Recent content by demetrious

There is also a box for "Leave existing forest" or something in the 1.52 patch. If you check this box and the leave existing improvement they can't harm that much. I probably do the unthinkable and automate 2 guys mid game because every once in a while I miss a resource or a border change or I...

Read the manual. Re-read the manual. Here is the simplest set-up I can think of. Small map - settler - one opponent. Just focus on a military victory. When you get a tech option go out and click on IRON WORKING, then shift click CONSTRUCTION, then shift click on GUILDS (shift click adds...

And in the year 575 BC - 2 civs have been destroyed by the mighty Persians and Immortals alone. Ghandi didn't have iron or copper yet and it went pretty quickly. Now I have 2 AI capitals, one additional AI conquered city and one I settled to speed access to iron (which wasn't needed) for a...

That is what it was looking like to me, I just never head down this road (dating back to Civ I). Thanks for the push.

I guess I'm not certain about the advantage :) but I can certainly do some damage to him right now and it will not affect what I am doing. I'm just guessing I will see spearmen but I guess a combined approach of a few axemen and immortals might be a good combination. And if he has axemen then...

I typically am not a war guy. Only when forced, but I started a game last PM and tried a new start and looking for advice. Cyrus (random) - Prince / Continents. I started on a moderate size peninsula - capital will be northern most city and all else will be south. On turn 4 or 5 I ran...

What's to the north and ne of site 1? You also loose the oasis?? moving from site 2 to 3 to the ne.

Seems like that significantly handicaps the AI to me. I guess whatever you like just seems like you probably should bump up the difficulty because the space race is the AI method to win. To me, that is really the timer you have to beat - especially at anything above Prince - the AI spaceship...

Trading for techs is nice but seems like some of his problems related to an isolated start or a single neighbor in which getting to alphabet is much less important. Again I think that is right if you're not isolated but, for me, that is the fun of continents - you have to adapt to the situation.

I would think about this. If Score is a pretty good marker of "success" and his score is slightly higher and he is getting to the wonder one turn prior then it makes sense that if you don't alter the gameplan or head in some new direction that he will continue to be slightly better. Maybe...

I'm playing my 5th prince game now and happiness is the biggest change I noticed as well. I don't have specifics because I do the random civ option each time and I play continents (like you) and each game has played out quite differently, but here is what I have done pretty successfully...

I would add that if you are having trouble, when you go to war, go to war. I did this "kind of war" stuff where one or two cities made stuff and I kept worring about other stuff for a while. That can work but you have a dominating lead if you can or have great specialized cities and a pretty...

I think this is the take home message and probably why I seem to be weaker in mid / late game. It is amazing how many things you need to think about with the game. I actually made a mental note last week not to build cities one tile off the coast, but I guess I didn't follow through. With the...

Interesting. Just a note: when the second city went down, I couldn't see Iron yet but certainly in hindsight that is another clear advantage - but it is hindsight. I was saving the trees for the Pyramids and trying not to simply clear cut. Here are pictures of basically 0 AD. I have 6...

Hmmmm.... I think that is why I was posting. :) I've only started probably 8 or so games so I don't have a ton of practice. I've only loaded new and played to finish. But I see your point. A few weeks ago I felt like I did better with a smaller empire than one more spread out. Easier to...