Recent content by floydmcw

I've played the first 100 turns (thanks for the save!) The opening is not too hard: Expand to the fairly obvious spots and chop the Pyramids. Some of the advice earlier in the thread seems a little drastic (at least for Emperor). I was able to tech AH (there are 3 very nice animal tiles), get...

I was just about to say the exact same thing!

@Pixelbuddha do you have a 4000 BC save? Or failing that a current save? (4000 BC might be in a subfolder called "auto".)

To slow down spies? To stop Commando units from using your roads?

Can someone clarify the best bulbing strategy for ISO? Earlier "a pen-dragon" stated that it was best to skip techs like Alpha, and someone else said that you can trade for Alpha after contacting civs. Well that all sounded reasonable, but whoops techs like Alpha and Math are higher on GS...

In addition to removing the 10% city attack penalty, why not allow Keshiks to be promoted up the City Raider line? This is - historic (the Mongols were very skilled at attacking cities) - a good buff - not broken (the CR bonuses have to come at the expense of combat promotions; CR Keshiks will...

Lumbermills also get the +1 hammer railroad bonus. (This is just quibbling, I am not saying one should prefer lumbermills.)

If you're playing Always War you basically have to destroy the AP city if you capture it. Don't ask me how I know this. :cry:

"TXT_KEY_DENIAL_TECH_WHORE" :smoke:

https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Speed_(Civ4) explains the formula.

Coast is 2 coins and Financial boosts it to 3. Colossus should only get you to 4; it takes something else (Feitoria, golden age, that Harbormaster quest) to produce a 5th coin.

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/random-events-list.236727/ Quest4: Harbormaster Prereq: COMPASS AND Map has at least 40% water tiles Obsolete: STEAM_POWER or STEEL or SCIENTIFIC_METHOD or ARTILLERY Active/Weight: 25/500 Aim: Build default number of players...

Have you tried it? I will give it a shot after my current game. While this will probably be a lot of fun (and the purpose of the game is to have fun), my guess is this isn't the most effective strategy. For one thing it seems to take awhile: - Peacefully expand to gunpowder. - Build some...

No one plots at friendly. https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ-illustrated-1-know-your-enemy.478563/page-3#post-11931797 shows the sunglasses-smiley (now Santa-themed) of "does not plot at Pleased".

That seems like a loophole and I wonder how it's possible. Is it because siege units are immune to collateral damage from siege units? Also I'll add that not only do CKNs do all the wonderful stuff prloko mentioned, they also are free from the 1 XP siege restriction. Win a tough battle with a...