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I think the classification made by Sisiutil is really good, but I also think a quite different perspective must be taken for multiplayer games. I've read a couple of times that both aggressive and creative were considered among the strongest traits for multiplayer games, while they are both...

Great article, ohioastronomy. One day I would like to estimate the benifits on early of traits like Imperialistic and Expansive.

I just played a game with Darius (Fin/Org), and I'm really skeptical about "Organized". With the -50% to civic maintenance, only a small fraction of my money was saved (nowhere near the benifits of financial). The double production speed can be useful, but again, it's certainly not as good as...

Louis XIV seems to have the best combination to produce culture; Creative and Industrious. Is he the best in this category or there's even better ?

I would like to organize a Civilization IV, Beyond the Sword game, Sunday at 14:00 (Eastern Time, US & Canada, UTC -5 [-4 Summer]), for about 2-3 hours and we would continue the next sunday. I would use the following settings; Map; Pangaea All victory conditions No barbarians No tribal...

I think there's only 3 possible combinations with no leaders; Creative/Charismatic Protective/Organized Philosophical/Industrious

Another question; some people on this forum have said Mansa Musa was often leading in terms of technology. Is it because of his traits or because of the specific AI personality ? Phi/Fin [Elizabeth I] seems to be a better combination to do so than Spi/Fin.

Do you think the strength of a trait is influenced by the type of game (whether it's a MP or a SP game) ? It seems to me (but again, I'm a newbie, I never played a MP game) that some traits ought to be stronger in MP, like "Organized", because games are shorter and some traits become weaker with...

Yep, in my 3rd game, I'll turn that off. I don't generally play video games, I'm a chess player and I don't like chaos. Now I just need to find good players willing to crush me a couple of times and I should improve :)

Willem Van Oranje, why ? Creative is not that good (at least, it's what I've heard, I'm still just a newbie), and his UU seems to be mediocre.

...Organized is also not covered. I guess you put "Charismatic" with the strongest traits and "Organized" with the "medium-strength traits" ?

I'll try it. But I prefer to play with no barbarians/no tribal village. I feel they contribute little to the game and increase randomness too much. With those settings, the advantage of building a warrior/scout first is significantly reduced.

So, all the fuss around Julius is "only" because of the praetorians ?

What are the best leaders, and why ? I'm really curious to know, because many people seem to think Julius Caesar is a great leader. That's strange, considering that most people find both Imperialistic & Organized to be OK traits at best.

Thank you very much for the guide Sisiutil. I have a question about initial build orders. You seem to prefer Worker/Warrior/Settler. Hoever, the "Optimum Early Growth Strategy" by ohioastronomy favors Worker/Worker/Settler, and his arguments are quite good. Also I generally play without...