Recent content by Manoa

Not basically useless. Useless. Completely and totally. 1 Shield and 1 Commerce max. With a courthouse, WLTKD, and democracy, maybe a few more . . . .

Just trying to maximize the score. The whole corruption problem wouldn't be an issue if it weren't for how the score is calculated. Because it's averaged (as opposed to just the ending score like in Civ 2), it is simply not effective to build hundreds of cities after you have already "won" the...

Easy answer: Nope, because they don't accumulate culture before the pyramids either. :)

They can move three land squares regardless of movement points (i.e. over three mountains). Pretty big advantage if you're just interested in exploring.

Not sure about after the Pyramids, but you can sell improvements by right-clicking on them.

Hey Johnny, I have a question: I've only played up to Prince level so far with decent success (I at least won every game). Do you use some kind of small empire strategy on higher difficulty levels? It might be that I'm still stuck in Civ 2 mentality, but I simply cannot see how it's possible to...

mote, your strategy is a good one, but there's one problem. Since WLTKD is restricted to cities of size six or greater, I'd either have to bring along 5 workers or 2 additional settlers for every outlying city I found. Plus, since the problem snowballs as additional cities are founded (the...

Strategy sounds good for lower level games, maybe king or below it would work. But I simply cannot see the developers intending that strategy for a deity level game. There is no way you'd have the resources to build your palace four or five times while the majority of your cities sit producing...

I agree with most of your points, but I think clearly the corruption/waste issue will be the most important as players get deeper into the game. The other issues are relatively minor seeing as one can use substitute units or simply pick different tribes. But trying playing any game on a standard...

Is it just me or is corruption in this game out of control? I guess I should first state that I do understand the effects of the Palace, Forbidden Palace, Courthouse, government type, empire size, etc. But while trying to play a standard map prince game (practicing before I try the GOTM) I have...

Not sure if this is the right forum, but I just started the GOTM 9 tonight (after many RM practice games with the same starting settings) and something very odd happened. A few dozen turns into the game, around 1500 BC or so, I got a message saying the Carthaginians had been killed by...

I recently found this site and I have to say the GOTM is a great idea. Can't wait to see how (low?) I score on GOTM 9. I do have a question though: What kind of strategy will people use on this Emperor level game to control unhappiness at the beginning of the game? I normally play at King...