Recent content by Jacozilla

Maybe theres other scenarios that give no gold on disco of new (to you) city state besides the multiple declare war on CS = no gold discovery Kinda rare, I'd say maybe only a few times in last couple dozen games - so not common - but I've never declared war on a CS, ever - and had my unit...

I find two sponsors are my current favorites. I do agree that there is a LOT less "civ" unique traits and as ppl said more how you configure your game and affinity/tech path you take. But, that said, I find at least a couple sponsors to be sort of unique and ones i like taking 1. PAC - In...

Have finished many, many full games. Down to 2 achievements left. Every now and then I'll abandon a game because the conditions seem not as interesting, but I'm still finding lots of new ways to keep my interest level high, and looking forward to whenever they release that patch release firaxis...

There's also the important distinction between ppl who just hate trade routes period, vs people who like the concept of trade routes but hate the a) poor implementation of Trade Route Simulator Pro UI, and/or b) the balance of yields via trade routes Me, I like the routes but even with modest...

There's also a not so well explained map you need to play, in order to get the achievement for having played on all maps and sizes. You'll need in addition to all the ones specifically named as individual map achievements, the unnamed Taigan one.

Semantics. One far outlier or couple outlier conditions doesn't invalidate the general statement. If you have to trick a system into thinking the modification you just made to that system was not a mod but part of the game expansion (e.g DLC), you can still call that a mod if you like, but at...

And as a note, I'm not against installable mods. There are a variety of conditions which can only be done with a physical mod. For example, if you want to level infinitely with alien xp up to whatever is the max unit xp cap, ala the no cap barbarian xp mod from CiV and I think there's one...

Yes, that's one answer. But not all solutions solve the same issue. I like achievements. I chase achievements. Mods = no achievements possible. And in my book, self control is the best mod of all. If you really feel you just can't control yourself, by all means, use a physical mod that...

I think you misunderstood my reply, because that's precisely what I was trying to say, that a local geopolitical entity is a distinct country even if half a world away some other leading country had no idea that other world away country existed. I should have been more precise and added a word...

Yes. While like cooking with a recipe you can obviously add your own twists, if you're asking how I personally apply rule 2 - yes, I never let myself go below 0 health (which doesn't mean for a few turns it doesn't happen - see more below) So early game, yes - I deliberately handicap by teching...

Exaggerate much? (As reference the kirbdog post you replied to stated in 1940 there were 65 countries, today about 3x - which is roughly correct with the 180+ UN countries) You can define country however you like so that you're right, but by any reasonable definition by either 14th century...

Sure, or that too. Generally though the hammers cost of early autoplant production doesnt really pay off if you're not going to use that extra third trade route. so if you build the plants anyways for the energy handicap instead, it's prob better after early game.

I will punctuate with period pauses to accentuate my response. Reading....comprehension....for....the......win. If you're going to quote me, don't selective parse the quote. "Usually play apollo or Soyuz but was going for the build all wonders achievement, so started game one level below...

Oh, and last note - i self impose a 0 of higher health handicap on myself. Yes the game is kinda borked right now where negative health really is trivial but I play 0 or higher for the self challenge. So that said, if you want to go lots of warmongering like I do, then picking up both...

Warmonger addict here. The only non-domination games I ever play are to get the achievements once. I find with the double martial law penalty and the long duration martial law lasts based on population size, good rules of thumb for annex v puppet in CBE are: 1. Early game - rarely ever worth...