Recent content by Finvola

I voted for Nzinga, Yongle, and NeoCleo. I thought the Kongo was much more fun to play as her. I will never play Mvemba again. Yongle felt like a real laid back game, like I didn't have to do much of anything but sit back, grow cities, and reap the rewards. I think I got a science victory with...

Yeah, Caesar is also great for barb farming on marathon. You can get rich pretty fast just by raiding the clans over and over. That can also put you in the lead pretty fast because the the amount of gold you get, if you raid enough barb clans every 10 turns. He doesn't work with regular barbs...

That's what I did. I got Kongo's capital, then launched a nuke at Japan's capital and finished the game. Well, I might have launched several nukes. It was satisfying. I normally play on Marathon anyway. I played kind of in the style I would normally play, but adopted a Qin Challenge for myself...

I also managed to found a religion, Korea had a holy site so I used it to found a religion and I managed to build the Hagia Sophia so I didn't have to sacrifice units anymore. I guess that would go for vamps too if I wanted but I just wanted those for bashing city walls. I noticed the Twins...

I already knew not to use the vampire for conversions. I just wanted them to maybe bash walls later on, since I didn't want to build any units apart from battering rams or siege towers. If the vamp is strong enough you can just slam them into cities and pillage for health. I am not sure if...

I've started one of sorts but I have no idea how it will play out. I'm not doing the no city challenge. I wanted to at least found a city. I didn't turn zombies on for it either but I might change my mind. I dislike barbs as it is but I know they are a necessary evil and zombies are barbs and I...

970. You start singing "Hard Times Come Again No More" when your cats are making you feel guilty that they will have to wait until the shops open in the morning for more treats.

Yeah I went work ethic with Sundiata, it just made sense. I did find the early game to be a slog with how long it took to get going but once I got over that it was fine. I didn't have anybody the minimum settling distance from me to start, thankfully. I think I would have been toast otherwise...

She's the one I'll be playing next. I'm looking forward to it!

I played Sundiata earlier and my nearest neighbor was French Eleanor. I was like "I'm SO not dealing with this." She had to go. :lol: She was getting beat up by another AI earlier on so I took the opportunity to wage my war then.

Speaking of Kupe, I was just going for that achievement where you have to do a domination win on a large island plates map. I was Dido. I didn't meet Kupe until after I had met all the other civs. Kupe was not doing well at all. He had 2 cities. His capital was at the very top of the map, on an...

And maybe turn Heroes on to get the Twins for the challenge? Qin can capture barbs and the Twins can capture everything else. No need to build an army at all!

I wish there was a way to save leader pool settings (If there is, I'm not aware of it) for each new game, otherwise I'd probably use it more often. When I do exclude civs, it's usually Maori and Babylon. I just started a game and they were both in it. The only thing that would have been the...

Deity, Marathon, Huge, Continents. 10-12 players, 14 CS. My PC tends to run hot late game so I can't really add more than that. Sometimes I play with modes on, sometimes I don't. If I do, it's usually SS or Heroes. Sometimes I use barb clans and monopolies/corporations. I have tried tech...

Ooh I'll give that a watch. I saw Inquisitive Otter's the other day where he did no barb clans/no zombies on standard speed but he lost to a religious victory. :lol: