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I think yes, capturing a capital stops their spaceship, but I am not sure.

Emperor level OCC. The AI did this sometimes, they launched with 1 casing when I had already launched my SS, so it was their only chance to beat mine (which lacked some thrusters/engine).

Hello, I have recently been playing lots of OCC Space games, and I find it curious that, in close races, the AI tends to delay Composites and launch the SS with just 1 Casing. But what really intrigues me, is that they always succeed despite the 20% chance, whereas my 4/5 Casing ships (80%...

You could declare war to somebody near your vassal and sabotage your vassals defenses with spies just as they are about to be attacked while you mass your troops waiting to reconquer his cities. If your vassal loses 50%+ of his initial territory he may even break free from you so you can invade him.

Be careful with the "Marathon" speed, military units in marathon are overpowered since they are relatively cheaper and move three times as fast as in normal speed relative to technological development. The AI does not properly adjust to this, and military victories are much easier to achieve in...

Yup war is probably inevitable, make sure you are the one deciding where and when the battles are fought. And no, you dont want to be fighting on two fronts, so choose your target wisely and pick the right moment to attack. (My general advice if you see AI capitals very close to yours, would be...

probably the same thing that happens when you raze a holy city, except for the diplomatic penalty

From what I read my guess is, you neglected your military, he wouldnt ask for those sums of money unless his army was much more powerful than yours. I personally dont use spies much so I dont really know how good they are in a war, besides scouting. They strike me more like peacetime...

But what do you want to accomplish by doing that?

civ 4 AI tends to build a lot more ships than a player would judge neccesary, which means defending your coasts and resources is a heavy task, they seem to like trading individual ships while ravaging your coastlines and this can be a huge pain the ass, as it tipically goes on all the way till...

Nah, when a civ capitulates it automatically makes peace with everybody. Now you have 2 options, either trust the Khmer wont be given the city again via Apostolic Palace/UN vote, or just declare war on them and raze the city to be safe

You gotta raze (keeping it is too risky, they could surprise you and retake it) one of his top 3 cities ASAP, else you lose, simple as that.

Get him involved in wars. Hes prone to be a target for other leaders, and also hell usually be willing to dow someone if you pay him early game

Id say it depends on context. Early game you can pillage his resources/mines and farms with low risk for your troops and inmense damage to his war effort. Later in the game its more about crushing their army and taking big productive cities. Sometimes it is better to raze a city you cant keep...

In my opinion, you just had to rethink your objectives. Biggest advantage of horse archers is their mobility, so just go around pillaging roads (and most importantly strategic resources) and attacking the enemy where he is weakest. He cant possibly move his infantry as fast as you can move your...