Recent content by dysent

This. Playing on immortal, epic this build was not close to getting the wonder. I had a strong start, ~8+ goody huts (only got one relevant tech tho), no war, very defensive position allowing me to trim unit acquisition from the build, early pantheon giving me massive culture bonuses with 3...

This could also be done with Shoshone, interestingly. You'd be looking to do it a little differently since you'd want to hut 2 pathfinders into CB's and then build a warrior or two, but 2 early CB's makes a huge difference for a rush, and they'd be more effective at attacking certain kinds of...

I'd go monument before shrine. I'm not sure about king, but normally for me a single early shrine isn't nearly enough to actually make a religion before the AI locks them all up, and the 1gpt cost is significant over time. If you're going to be picking up the worker from citizenship and later...

This. Pathfinder UU is good... for a little while, but it's one of the steepest cost increases of all UU's compared to its base unit. (nearly double) - meaning you're paying quite a bit for a warrior with a scout's upgrade path(-) / movement bonus (+). Polynesia, by comparison, can make 4...

It's not even this... the AI just doesn't really want to go to war anymore. I went an entire immortal/large/epic game as shoshone without making any units aside from 2 pathfinders (comp bowmen -> archer upgrade path), until I hit modern era. It took me forcing my religion and ideology as...

I've played a few games as Shoshone on Immortal -- it's nice to be able to get a good start from goodie huts, and you're near-guaranteed a quick pantheon. But it really doesn't do things after that. Quite a few civs outpace the Shoshone once you're not finding huts anymore. If you don't...