Recent content by Dr.Null

Sid Meyer's Alpha Centauri had some interesting mechanics around mitigating endgame complexity. - Unit hull & armament consolidated. Early-game, you have several different unit hulls which have different strengths; late-game, you get generally better hulls which are more expensive but make...

Nice map! I'm asking for info about those scenarios -- how well they worked out :) For example, I started as French Eleanor of Aquitaine with nearby Vicky, Dido, Amanitore, Suleiman, and Peter. Seemed like a decent mix, right? But nope. Vicky did nothing (boxed in by me and two city-states on...

Anyone have suggestions on a good mix of competing civs which make for a fun challenge? Old world only, or mixed old + new world, both are welcome. (Not interested in turn 1 settler-stealing setups.)

Did the missing pictures make much difference? I see stuff like: ... and I have concerns.

The especially annoying thing in this case is that many recent Macs lack DVD/CDROM drives. Especially the ultra-light portable ones that would be perfect for playing Civ4. Unfortunately the best solution seems to be to play Civ4 for Win32 via Wine, so you'll have to pay for another copy of...

I disable this event, as well as the "barbarian uprising" ones. Allegedly it's only supposed to destroy two Destroyers, but... yeah.

The cutest girl is obviously Asoka. Her jewelry probably helps.

I think the Polish demonstrated how well Cavalry performs in reality against machine guns.

I have a fantasy of stockpiling golden ages as Wilem van Oranje until after all my cities have build their Dikes. Probably not possible to get all of them after Dikes, because the invasion event is not under one's control, and some of the quests come early, but from the Taj on I think it's...

Wouldn't that guarantee isolation? (... plus Australia.) Not really the same thing as Pangaea plus Australia.

Sometimes I wish there were a script for Pangaea + Australia. Not a whole big "new world" out there, but a decent reward for winning the race to Astronomy and being first to settle it.

Using Liberalism to snag Military Tradition. Use Cuirs to snag your neighbor's mature cottage cities. Switch to (hybrid) CE. That's about the LATEST I'd consider switching... if I wasn't hybrid economy already, which is most of the time.

This. Dead civs don't whine.

That's the "Golden Age of Muskets" one? I got that randomly as Zara one time. Oromos for everyone!

Other than Inca, I think it depends on your playstyle, map, settings, and level. Financial is a great trait for my preferred difficulty (which is LOW compared to many people here); at higher difficulties, Financial is not as good as Organized.