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    Gods and Kings Mac

    New 2012 Ivy Bridge iMac and CiV Gods and Kings around the same date? A guy can dream...enough to make you wish both were dropping in January, not June.
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    Expansion pack announced - Civilization V: Gods & Kings

    Two questions...will Atheism be a choice (one that gives its own benefits) and will the pack be released concurrently for Mac? I prefer my Civ powered by Rationalism :)
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    New Patch On Its Way (2K Greg Confirms) (november, 30th)

    My wishlist: Improved combat AI Diplomatic victory that is actually diplomatic and not economic victory Easier to achieve cultural victory condition - currently fundamentally inferior to science and diplo Co-release of the Mac patch with Windows!
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    Science Victory before the 20th Century

    There is a lot of truth in these posts, but also, don't forget about the importance of population size in generating science. You will need a lot of population to build base science and run :c5science: specialists. A size 7 city without a library generates more science than a size 4 city with one.
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    So, another "where to go from here" thread

    One thing that helped me start to consistently crack Immortal: Conquering 1 neighbor early. I feel like too many players think of conquest as very black and white. Either you go for a domination win or you play pure peace and defense. I've found that taking out one of your neighbors in the...
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    About arabia UA

    The average Spain game (25% you will do better, 25% worse) yields 1 NW that you sight first and is workable. Even if you can't work it, that is still 1000 :c5gold: (1 first sight + 5 regular) and +6 :c5happy: over and above anything any other Civ gets. The lion's share of that gold comes in...
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    Worst Civ?

    Spain is highly underrated for a generic conquest win using Conquistadors. They have same/better properties than the Mandekalu Cavalry and even with no NWs in your lands you score 600 :c5gold: and 6 :c5happy: early on.
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    Making the jump from Prince to King

    Focus on :c5food:, ally CSes next to your borders, and fight wars across the top of the tech tree (pikes, horses, mech infantry) if possible. Those are the 3 things that most improved me from Prince to Immortal/Deity.
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    Mi first immortal game

    Make sure to let your starting position relative to your opponents guide your early policy choices. A center start demands a Liberty approach while an isolated start begs for a Tradition approach. An early CS alliance or two (on your border) can really take the snap out of an early rusher's jab.
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    About arabia UA

    Nobody ever picked the Arabs for their UA. You are right, it is one of the worst in the game. It is all about the Bazaar.
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    Honour first? Farming the barbarians

    To me, Honor vs. Tradition/Liberty is a little like North Korea vs. South Korea. If the two were to go to war again (Darwin forbid), who would win? Even though the North Korean army is substantially larger, I would bet on South Korea, given their huge technological, infrastructure, population...
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    Honour first? Farming the barbarians

    Honor stinks for anything but an early domination push. Seldom is a war decided based upon little bonuses your units may have. You win by building a stronger foundation than your opponent. If you build a bigger and better empire, the battles will handle themselves. Take Tradition or Liberty.
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    Deity early aggression

    I admit, I'm not a big warring expert, but I find most wars before Chivalry, Longswords, Crossbows - the mid-medieval units - to be futile. A crazed Mohawk rush, Bowmen, or Legions if you get lucky with Iron can be OK, but otherwise the AI's starting advantage on Deity is still just too much to...
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    1st time player

    The one thing that most took me from a Prince/King player to a Immortal/Deity player was paying attention to :c5food:. It is the least glamorous of the commodities in the game, but probably the most essential. Touches everything you do. Farm, farm, farm.
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    Early Rush problem

    The only truly early rush I have ever pulled on Immortal was wiping out China with 7 warriors around turn 20 as Spain...after finding Great Barrier Reef on turn 4 for 1000 :c5gold:. Otherwise I never do them and on the higher levels they are near impossible.
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