Recent content by Jacksup

I would beg to differ. The conquistadores replace knights, have extra visibility, can defend themselves on water, and don't receive a penalty to attacking cities. What's not to love about that?

I've noticed that since the patch the AI likes building cities really close together too. Ironic, isn't it?

It seems to me that there is never a reason NOT to give your melee/ranged units drill (the bonus on rough terrain). Enemy units already get a huge penalty when fighting on open terrain so your units don't really need any bonuses taking them out. Units on rough terrain, on the other hand, get...

This isn't going to set any records, but I thought I'd throw my attempt into the ring for kicks... Went with Siam, as their ability seems to be the best suited for lots of city state alliances, even more so than Alexander, since I usually don't have trouble affording alliances. ICSed as much...

Hall of Fame score: 3235 My first space race win! My plan from the beginning was to wrest control of my continent, fill it out while teching up and beelining the space ship parts techs. My strategy going into the game was to horseman rush the AI. This strategy is just too powerful...