Recent content by Doc Skillz

I finally bought this game after searching for something to fill my CIV cravings. I have been working through all of the GOTM's starting from the beginning - and even with all of the spoilers it has been a challenge to complete these. I played through this one a couple of times after getting a...

Yup. Buying the tiles you selected enraged Persia. It would have been better to use the gold to secure the luxury resources (copper and gems). In the SS's I also note that the Persian settler could have settled between YOU and the CS...so really your land-grab accomplished nothing. Next, I...

Title of this post made me chuckle. :S

Well, the long and the short of it is that I know that I absolutely can get a DV. I know that all it takes is managing happiness and income; then using this income/happiness to purchase favorable relations with AI's and CS's. However, since I wish to master the other victory conditions it is...

My last two wins on Emporer difficulty were DV's and truthfully it was very cheesy and boring. The first as at T330 and the second at T300 - and while I did improve by thirty turns it was far less engaging. Racing to build a massive income, beelining to a comfortable rate of science and...

Once this happened, you'd lost the game. Reload and implement a new strategy. So, you had no benefits? Capturing a settler converts it to a worker. Getting that initial settler from the LIBERTY tree is not too difficult. You need 25 culture to open the tree and another 90 culture to reach...

True enough. I do like taking random civ's but I do not like random maps. I prefer Pangaea maps over continents...as continents changes the pace of the game. Some civ's are definitely better suited toward continents or islands rather than Pangaea...but I will take it. So far my preferences...

Do you choose a civ you prefer to use or a completely random civ? I've been setting up my game lately on Emperor difficulty with random civs on Pangaea maps. Though I must say there are some civs I favor over others.

Thanks...I will give it another shot over the weekend if I have time. Thanks for all the help.

I am quite honestly thinking of just reloading T0 and starting fresh. The game is progressing a little too slow.

Hopefully this game does not take too long. Things are progressing moderately well - but I think Tradition may have been a better choice than Liberty. Initially, I wanted to go after Denmark - but there just didn't seem to be a good time to do so. I think Tradition is really the best way...

Occupying Monty's time fighting another AI that has aggressive tendancies ALWAYS makes sense. Single luxury and limited ruins...two of them gave nothing but maps. I think taking out Maria would be a good plan. In every game I've had with her, she's been a real PITA. She is always angry at...

Money, money, money, money...money! Get your economy up and just cruise through to victory.

Bud: When did you go after the Danes? I was thinking of going after them with some CB/Spears...but unsure how to work this into the game plan. I tried going liberty, but it seemed too slow...was hoping to get a GE to pop Petra, but I ended up with a hard-built Petra. The game progressed...

Was thinking Liberty on this one, shooting for Desert Folklore and going after Denmark...Portugal and Monty are immediate neighbors with Siam, Egypt, Poland and the Huns on the other side of the inland sea. Strange map configuration with only a few CS's around. Thinking about stealing a...