Recent content by loki

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Hmm. Maybe I will patch and play again then :D I have read from Soren Johnson on apolyton the AI - AI tech trading rate was 200 in 1.17f (compared to 110 now in chieftain and 160 in deity). Eventually I will have something playable :) loki

attacking them outright counts as a "sneak attack". It hurts your reputation badly. The other two methods you are describing are equals I guess, as long as you declare war before attacking. loki

Yes. This is why the AI who loves to settle crappy towns all over tundra, will use all its workers to plant forests on these tiles. I hate it because it makes capturing/razing these towns very tedious, since you can't use three movement points with your fast units in forests. loki

Use fast units (horsemen) to block the settlers. Demand them to leave. Secure that bottleneck with workers, fortresses, and defensive troops. Settle these unclaimed lands asap while you are preventing AI settlers from moving toward them. Oh and finally, MASS defensive troops on the...

Destroy the Zulu. They will respawn somewhere on the continent anyway : destroy them a second time. AI is nothing but a nuisance when you have to share land. loki

This is weird, Zouave hasn't reply to this thread yet. As for spies, I plant them to get a view of the military units my oppponents have. I never use them for anything else. loki

save your elite units for easy fights. That will help you generate more leaders and llose few units. For instance, after a bombing, when the enemy is left to one hp, you can throw in an elite unit. loki

uh... I thought you could not get techs from goody huts once you are out of stone age ??? loki

patch back to 1.16 ? loki

you should be extra cautious, because this is a sign they will probably attack you soon. If they ask for your territory map, you're screwed :D loki

This is a blatant lie. 1.17 features : - Accelerated tech research which leads to tanks in 1200AD - Outrageous AI tech whoring - Worthless AI cities because of excessive pop rushing. Those supposed exploits which have been fixed lead to another "exploit", you don't have to research for...

On border wars and setting honeypots : try to find a border full of mountains and hills, occupy these mountains at all costs. The AI will send hordes of units to try to dislodge you, and lose many. This is especially useful if you are trying to conquer the border cities with few units while you...

Congratulations ! I exclusively play on huge maps / regent level / v1.16. This week end, just to get the quick out of it, I tried my first game on standard map, emperor level. I won almost easily... Playing on standard maps was a whole different game than what I was used to, it's...

The graphics are very good in this game. But... The fortresses look different in the middle age depending on your civ : chinese fortresses are different than german ones. However, when you move to the industrial ages, they all have this star shape, and then green bunkers in modern times. loki