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Interesting to know, though I guess nobody playing China will chop for ancient great wonders.

Yes, the barbs do attack the AI, but only when the barbs don't see any human player unit in sight. Once your units show up, they will change target. So re. the OP, move your unit away, and get back a few turns later. You may have better luck seeing the settler already captured.

Taking two caps is fine... just be careful with the new patch, assuming you play standard map and have 7 AI civs, taking 3 caps will start that "we are winning, they fear us" diplomacy penalty. If in your game there are more AI civs then I don't see any reason not to take the caps. This is not...

Firaxis actually wants to send a hidden message.... Religion can make one blind.

Civ 6 has some very interesting and promising ideas, but imho none of them are implemented well. Districts: It is a great idea but the AI can't handle well so they rarely build commercial hubs, build too many holy sites and have horrible planning. The cost scale up formula is quite silly...

Just throw in over 8 envoys and most of the time that will scare away any competitors. The only concern is the AI may conquer it if it's not on your continent. Remember to send 6 cheap units to surround its city center if that's the case. It typically gives human player 10-15 trade routes so...

It is also an essential element of the warfare history. As a Chinese, I can use the ancient Chinese history as an example. Basically half of our ancient wars happened between the Han Chinese in the south and the nomadic races such as Huns and Mongolia in the north. The lands of Han Chinese...

The production bonus of Ruhr Valley also applies to the trade routes, so putting Great Zimb and Ruhr Valley in the same city can create a monster city very good for spaceport.

Great Zimb costs 920 cogs, and roughly 800 cogs if you put that wonder policy card. By the time a player gets banking one often has 15+ trade routes. Even putting 10 trade routes to that city and assuming only 5 bonus resources, that's 10 x 5 x 2 = 100 gold, which is equivalent to 25 cogs per...

It's all situational.....The situation one needs Venetian is in a large map, the player focuses on land war in first 150 turns, then suddenly realizes there is a run away AI somewhere on the other continent. Yes, I fully agree that Venetian is an overkill, but it's a very good deal if you don't...

The best way to get a religion at higher difficulty levels is to early rush your neighboring cities with holy sites, then keep praying. This nearly guarantees a religion at emperor and 50% chance at immortal and diety. Beelining astrology and building holy sites at your capital and 2nd city to...

Great Zimbabwe, big Ben, Venetian arsenal, forbidden garden, mausoleum are all easy to build even at immortal/diety and definitely worth it. Apanda is good if your capital is highly productive and the AI usually are not too in favor. All ancient wonders except perhaps Pyramid are distractions...

Not talking about the AI and the late game slow down again, I am just talking about the general game design. In reality, after the discovery of nuclear warfare, the stronger nations have a low likelihood to get into a full scale war between them. Using USA as an example, as long as a country...

Well... China is a real life example.... Even the CCP is no longer true communist and their market system is more a hybrid of free market and state-controlled business.

I am 100% sure about the suzerain status. See below. This is a few turns after I realized the issue. Valletta, got suzerain using the exploit....can't faith purchase anything: For comparison, this is another CS I got "normally", ie, sending enough envoys without using the capture, gift and...