Recent content by Hail

I highly recommend you try Civilization: Call to Power (*only* the first one. NOT Call to Power II).

what happened to Shafer's "At the Gates"

the city center is a district.

1. One unit per tile 2. Hexes 3. Districts 4. Embarkation 5. Night/Day cycle 6. Denunciations

can you provide a link to the video of Ed's speech on GDC?

I cannot access the polycast homepage as well. Firefox is unable to estalish a connection. I listen to polycast from here. you are welcome. so what? thepolycast.net resolves to 50.63.202.10, however firexfox is unable to connect. the dns servers I use:

I would love if Civilization: Call to Power appeared on GoG. the cd-rom requirement is getting tiresome.

walls do not prevent conversions. afaik Hagia Sofia grants an immunity to converions for its duration. the antidote is the Reformation unit action. costs 1000 gold. lowers happiness. you can yell out loud - "Hail to the Chosen!"

the reason that most games tend to have an overwhelmingly positive rating is self-selection bias that steveg "forgot" to mention. 57% is not really low, it is an abysmal rating, especially, considering conformity bias (the tendency of an individual to hide his personal opinion and publicly agree...

you forgot about the AI Battle Royal. anyway, stability is the primary priority. since the AI does not crash - it's good enough. :lol: they are busy counting your money. Sid is the Create Director at Firaxis. he prototypes new games [he likes] and has marginal influence on Sid Meier's titles...

the topic starter is asking about superlarge (huge) unit maintenance costs. 1. the topic starter has way too many helicopters. disband some. I suppose that Scythia is played by an AI that built many horse units and eventually upgraded them all to helicopters. 2. trade routes are underutilized...

the Babylon DLC for civ5 was advertised for MP. :lol:

you mean how low a priority can that [sea dogs] be? very low, I can assure you.

interesting results. it appears that people who play civ5, stick to it. civ6 attracts those that like civ games before V. fascinating. Mo03 has potential, new MoO has potential, Spore has potential, civ:be has potential, civ4:col has potential. even At the Gates has potential :eek: civ6's AI...

making game(s) aiming at the casual gamer is only part of the issue. they release unpolished games, prioritize visuals & audio over gameplay & AI, abandon games that fail (commercial failure, low ratings, etc.). what's better? buy off Vox populi's devs for like $40,000 and sell it as a $10 DLC...