Recent content by Kietharr

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    The root cause of all the problems...

    Hexes were a pretty large improvement, but 1UPT destroyed the AI's ability to make war. Let's face it, civ AI has never exactly been Deep Blue quality but the high difficulty production and tech bonuses were enough to keep them dangerous. Tech trading kept them VERY dangerous especially with...
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    Did Sid just pull a George Lucas on us?

    This is a game that I desperately wanted to love. I have played civ for almost half of my life. But this is not civ. Yes, all civ games had horsehockey launch issues but having played 3 and 4 from launch NOTHING was this terrible. I'm not complaining about change. I enjoy change. I, along with...
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    Who else agrees that Civ 5 has been dumbed down?

    civ5 is most definitely dumbed down. It's the easiest civ to win at deity by a longshot, and having just won my first deity game about a week after launch I'm uninstalling. The AI is AWFUL. Civrev was a harder less dumbed down game than civ5. It's depressing, really the end of an age. I've...
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    Why did England let me win?

    Because the AI in this game plays to survive instead of playing to win, which is why it's so easy.
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    My totally unbiased and definitely not paid for by 2k review

    The problem with grading on an unweighted good verses bad point system is some aspects of the game are so bad that they ruin the potential good that could come of the improvements. For example 1UPT and hexes were great changes to military, AI being on par with vanilla civ3 negates that. The AI...
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    Enjoying Civ 5, but the tactical AI is disappointing.

    I agree completely, the biggest flaw in this game is how horsehockey the AI is at war. I had this situation last game: Playing Rome at Monarch, Hiwatha is buddy buddy with me, signing pacts of cooperation, research agreements, open borders and he hates the rest of the world, he essentially forms...
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    I officially give up on the Civ series

    The game is about as deep as a kiddie pool. This is the first time that in a transition between games in the civ series I had to boost the difficulty instead of reducing it. I'm currently in the process of winning an emperor game and I still have very little idea what I am doing, I was a monarch...
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    Diplomacy is awesome because...

    Yeah because IRL Alexander the great is going to ride on up and say 'HEY YOUR ARMY SUCKS LOL'. The current diplomacy screen is ridiculously over designed and not very useful. Even Alexander's little threats aren't useful in determining whether he hates me or not because he keeps doing this then...
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    Old timers: did the release of Civ 4 bring such rage?

    personally I'm upset not because you push different buttons, but because there are still 'i win' button tactics that work even more effectively than the 'i win' buttons in civ4. Civ3: Spam cities everywhere, road every tile, mine grasslands farm plains and build gigantic stacks of doom with...
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    One thing (of many) that I liked more than Civ4 and Civ3

    thus far this game does seem MUCH easier than civ4. I was a prince/monarch level player in civ4 and I can already very comfortably beat monarch, just my second game, with very little clue of what I'm doing. It took me months of playing warlord and then noble to transition from civ3 to 4, in part...
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    When to fold 'em

    I only fold prior to 2000BC. If I explore and (on higher difficulties) find out that i'm basically boned from the getgo by bad territory/isolation I regen the map. As Sisiutil said, pick targets wisely. Techers and AI that 'plays to win' are priorities. The only way nine tenths of the AI can...
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    Spearman beats tank??? original story???

    Only in civ4 did the unholy reign of the spear come to a close. I remember losing like four tanks to a spear army in one of my civ3 games. Offensive wars were SO much harder in civ3.
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    The Ugly Side of Expansion

    1. Have writing and bronzeworking (if this downturn is starting BEFORE you have these techs then you've got much bigger problems) 2. Whip libraries in every city 3. Run a scientist in every city The scientists will keep your research coming while you rebuild for a CE, or you can switch...
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    Island Maps - First time attempting

    Wasn't aware that this was a thread about multiplayer. Of course navy matters against humans because unlike AI a human will actually know how to use a navy instead of building a huge navy and docking 3/4ths of it in a major city. I don't discuss multiplayer here unless it's explicitly...
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    Island Maps - First time attempting

    - GLH is top priority. All of your cities are going to be coastal. - Colossus also a good wonder, but Astronomy should never be delayed on island maps so it obsoletes more quickly than usual. - Temple of Artemis also worth a mention, but never ever risk the GLH in order to get this wonder...
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