Recent content by lepruk86

I am kind of in the opposite boat to yourself. I really struggle with anything other than essentially a military focus. I still find even after all the improvements, that Civ's in V will randomly declare war on you so you need to have a standing army. If you have a standing army you may as...

I came to the Civ series very late and only played toward the end of IV. What worked for me to learn everything early on was twofold. Reading some basic things either in game or on here I.E. learn what specialists actually do, learn what the city UI all means (designating which tiles to work...

But does it have to make sense? I mean, it is a game. I don't mind suspended disbelief if it is to aid the game-play personally? I also don't like the Total War series because of the combat oddly. Admittedly the last one I played was Shogun: Total War. But I always auto-resolved combat and just...

I go back and forth... Civ4 feels more like a Civilization building game. It just feels much more rewarding to build up and play. Tech choices feel more meaningful and a peace-style game feels a lot easier to play and maintain. However, Civ5 does have a lot of improvements that I personally...

Just visually... I actually prefer that to what we got. Is that odd? I think the art has far more personality than what they eventually went with.

Hence why I said thanks to someone before... :D It was my map settings I think more than anything and perhaps a lack of complete understanding on my behalf of how to build Science quickly etc... :). I suppose just for clarities sake, I was really asking; what's the minimal amount of...

pre-ordered here :) can't wait!

I think you have misinterpreted me a little bit. I lose on King now and again so it isn't the difficulty that I find confusing. It's that whilst going for another victory type (particularly, Science) I pretty much have to have an army capable of wiping out the world. Thus the science victory is...

I have a follow-up question... What would you change about Liberty to make it the less obvious choice? I'd remove the free settlers/workers for a start. But no idea what I'd replace it with.

Depends how I feel. I agree whole-heartedly that Liberty is the stronger start. But Tradition can be really good especially if you have a source of Marble near-by for wonder stacking. Likewise if you don't, then it's extra handy to help snipe the good early wonders. I don't always...

Would be really interesting to try something like this. Sounds like a really great idea on paper. It would also stop the A.I from randomly embarking if they don't have the hammers or w/e for it meaning they might stay and fight more.

Civ 4 sounds like your game... Seriously, go play it... and IMO it still looks better than Civ 5 at a glance. Civ 5 tiles become really ugly late in the game which is a shame. Civ 5 is a war game in my experience. I think many people would prefer Civ 4's gameplay with Civ 5's combat so let's...

This is actually an interesting concept. I usually... actually, ALWAYS play standard size (though I sometimes play marathon over standard). I might actually start a huge map game, and see if it feels any different. Any other recommendations for settings to try (to sort of remove *military* as...

Haha... Actually it's turned out to be a really fun game. I forgot as I posted that I was messing about the defence pacts. Persia Declared on me, which made Rome, Inca and India all declare on Persia. I managed to win by taking out just one of Persia's cities and stay ahead in tech without...

Thanks for the feedback so far :)... I don't tend to play ICS-type games. I am much more of a tall-empire player and try to section of a bit of the map that is out of the way or tucked where nobody will really need. Also I don't feel good enough to try deity. I clearly want a challenge but...