Recent content by davidttm

Thanks.

But in a city with a factory and NO river does the free hydro plant have any effect?

Thanks. I swear I looked at the manual before I posted, but you explained it much more clearly. I didn't get that 1 happy face = 1/2 step from unhappy to happy. Maybe the icon next to the temple should have a 1/2 happy face (maybe I should log off and go RTFM again). btw I think this is...

I've read posts by players who think expansionist ROCKS, so I've played a few games as Iroquois (who are also religious - I hate anarchy). I don't think I have made the most of it, but I have to say it can be a good trait. IF you are on a decent size land mass with other civs, and you crank...

I am getting confused (again) trying to figure out how to keep my citizens happy. My current game is Warlord, Standard Map, Pangaea, 8 civs, playing as Iroquois. I'm in Republic and I haven't fought any wars or pop-rushed ever. It is 280 AD. Grand River is 5 squares from my capital. It has 6...

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm not sure where I came up with that nonsense, but I am heartily glad that I can forget it!

I think loki means that because you have a barracks in every city you don't have to cycle your troops to a barracks city in order to upgrade. Each luxury that is connected by a road to your capital gives one happy citizen. If you have access to eight different luxuries then the capital (and...

Good question, and lots of good advice. I've been forgetting about the effect of rivers myself, so thanks for that especially. I'm curious about the difficulty levels though. The advice seems to range from attacking with two swordsmen up to an attack with ten combined arms. I have been...

I don't know what your problem is. Why it's as clear as mud! The basic time 1 worker takes to do a job is determined by: Terrain Type, Nationality (i.e. Industrious or not), Government type (I think Democracy is the fastest), and the discovery of Replaceable Parts (which speeds the worker...

I like the idea of culture. Its fun to have some cities join you. The cultural border also looks nice, even with the other civ's units trampling all over it. Plus its usually interesting to have to decide whether to build temple (happiness plus culture), library (science plus culture) or...

This one puzzles me too. Once I've built Hoover Dam, Hydro Plants are shown in all my cities on that continent; even cities away from rivers (which the civilopedia seems to say can't have Hydro Plants). I have assumed that they give a production boost to all those cities, but I haven't...

I agree too! I don't think the change has added difficulty (Not on Chieftain anyway). But it has had a levelling effect on the ai civs and it has gutted an important part of trade and diplomacy. In my current game my seven opponents have all been within 1-2 techs of each other since first...