Recent content by KillerCardinal

For some reason, this happens to me both when choosing ottoman, and when meeting him in game. It seems to be some sort of bug with the leaderhead. You can "fix" it by substituting another leaderhead for mehmed in the Assets\XML\ART\CIV4ArtDefines_Leaderhead.xml file. I used the leaderhead...

Actually, you don't get the culture. Everything else transfers though.

If I remember correctly, each flood plain gives -0.4 health to your city. Since I count 5 flood plains, 5*0.4=2, so -2 health from features adds up correctly.

I've learned the hard way that if you want to be absolutely sure about something like that, check the event history. If you do that, you will see the Christianity founded in a different land, even if it hasn't shown on your screen yet. I realized this when I looked at the log one time, and...

Well, for this strat I think that I agree, unless you have somehow managed to get a decent amount of the commandos. However, another use for commandos is that a foot soldier with commando can keep up with a cavalry, or tank charge as long as there are roads available. This does the exact...

I tend to avoid unit specific promotions anyway, to be honest. Since I normally attempt to husband my units throughout the entire game I generally have a lot of legacy promotions, so the way I generally feel is that choosing a specific promotion will probably hurt me in the long run. Thus I...

To be fair, remember that this isn't how the numbers are calculated. All the situational bonuses are added and subtracted from the defender, so(assuming the pike is defending) Conquistador v.s. Pikeman 10 +0%= v.s. Winner: Conquistador 6 + 100%-50% = 9...

If you have 20 grasslands around the city, post biology farming will support 20 specialists. If you have food resources you don't need it to be all grasslands however.

Well, the one building that you should make sure you have before a lot of pop rushing, to my understanding, is the granary. Basically, after whipping you want to be able to grow back to the original size as fast as possible. The granary helps there. I'm not sure if it is a good thing to...

My biggest problem here is that as far as I can tell, your strategy doesn't rely on the defensive bonus that the fort gives you in the first place, if you are simply using it as a launching point for the knights. Unless you actually use the defensive bonus somewhere, your strategy remains...

Just as a note, I don't think this is actually true. Basically, the question you need to ask yourself before deciding that this is true for sure is whether or not you have done exactly the same actions, in exactly the same order. If not, then even with the same random seed you will get...

Note that if you are willing/able to run the culture slider at 100% then each town will give 7 culture before any bonuses. If it is at 90% it should produce 6 culture(I think). Note that if you don't have sistine chapel, then an artist will give only 4 culture, and with sistine chapel, it will...

I mainly have one piece of advice, which has been mentioned multiple times in passing, but not as a main point(I think). Don't be afraid to attack. This is what finally had me start winning on Monarch. Basically, find the closest civilization to you, and take their capital ASAP. If you are...

Amusingly, I recently played a game on Great Plains where my production monster actually didn't use a single mine after replaceable parts and biology. All my flatland was plains(I think 11), and I had 2 grassland hills, and I think I had 7 plains hills. Now before you ask why this bacame the...

Also, although I think you intended this, but just to clarify: Along with the foot soldier possibly being stronger, remember that they can take advantage of terrain, which the much more mobile troops can't. I noticed the same thing. I think that it is a bug. It seemed to happen if I had...