Recent content by Javariel

I almost never do, unless under attack and needing units now! I was thinking today that it may be a leak in my game- if a library is going to take me 19 turns, it may be better to lose a pop and get it now. Well before those 19 turns are up I'll have replenished my population and lost the...

Other interesting options: 1)Code of laws, for quicker expansion 2)whatever gives state property, for the same. Probably not as strong though, since early cities will be near the capital. 3)For chinese- whatever gives crossbows for cho-ku-nu. They aren't that hard to build early. They...

If we do this, we need to make increasing faith lower research. Religion always stands in the way of science- see Gallileo, Scopes Monkey Trial, ID morons today, etc.

You read that right- the barbs are kicking my ass. They get archers almost immediately. Do I have to go straight for archery to play at this level?

Just an odd game I had in prince. Normally, your allies and enemies stay constant. In this game, every war I had a different set of prime allies, and stabbed my friend in the back twice. It started on a continents map, that as usual had all 7 on the same continents. The noble American...

Am I the only one who uses Oracle to get metal casting early? Getting forges up that quick will help you knock out the buildings you need and let you move on to an army. Or allow you to make another of the wonders in 2/3 the time. Or do both, wonder in main city army in others. With your...

Perhaps I should be more clear- this is how I'm trying to move away from a building game. Previously I would go all buildings unless I had none left to build. Problem was I would get my ass kicked by anyone who went offensive with me. These were ideas for fighting back. Working ok so...

I could use some opinions on my military strategy. I play on prince at the moment (have yet to win a prince game), and epic length. I've been losing because I tend to play SimCiv (the building game) and that doesn't work on Prince. I need to be more offensive. First off- I like my first...

I'm having a hard time deciding when to take over vs razing my enemy's city. Generally, I like the idea of stealing his city. But I played a very aggressive game this weekend where I went to war early on (I was on a 2 nation island- I wanted the damn island). I beat him easily, but the...

I just played my first full game of Noble and beat it. But looking forward to prince, I see I'm going to have some troubles. Can someone see what I do with my early game and see if it looks like I have any major holes? Generally, I play Ghandi India. I love the fast worker. Techwise...