Recent content by JazzMan

Of course Transports should carry weapons, and of course they should be at least moderately difficult to kill in the modern age. I understand you should need to protect them with other ships, etc, even. But are you really trying to tell me that a Transport should be an offensive unit? That...

I'll grant you that. And like I said, I understand statistical oddities will occur; every now and then a unit with 16 strength will kill a unit with 40 strength. But they are Transports. Their function in the game is to Transport land units across the sea. They shouldn't be able to attack...

I pretty much hate the AP. In my least favorite instance, a computer player built the AP and put up for vote that an AI city should go to my empire. Of course I said yes. Most of the world agreed. I got the AI city. The AI declared war on me the next turn. I was wholly unprepared (ok, my...

Copper/Iron isn't usually a deal breaker for me. Oil or aluminum can be, though. I've had to engage in way too many "War(s) for Oil" and I hate it. Yet somehow, the computer always seems to know where those resources are even if they don't have the tech to see it...hmmm....

Right off the bat here, let me admit I'm still really new to BtS and Civ IV in general. My friend and I have been playing MP for a couple weeks now whenever our real lives allow us the time, and finally, we had an opportunity to take on a computer opponent in the modern age who matched our...

Don't know if this is a bug or not, but in my early game if I have a scout that manages the Woodsman 2 promotion, regular hill still cost 2 mps but hills with forests or jungles on them only cost 1. I realize the promotion allows the scout to move through forest/jungle quicker, but is it...

I couldn't agree more; this is a major annoyance. Does anyone know if there's an option or setting that can be changed?

The Collector's Edition?! I still laugh about that. My friend bought it for $60...and really all it is is a tin, a tech tree chart you'll never use, and Sid Meier Celebration CD that you'll never watch. Don't get me wrong, I like the game quite a bit but that Collector's Edition is not...

I think it's at least a decent idea. You can't just give a civ Map-Making to start out with, though. It's too far along in the tech tree. And for maritime civs, you could talk about the Greeks, or the English...but what about the Americans? We did, after all, win the only modern...