Recent content by Manpanzee

(I wrote this a couple weeks ago and sat on it until I was sure I wasn't gonna continue with the game. The writeups I've seen in the Exploration thread kind of confirm my fears about how this one was gonna go.) 96 turns This was a fairly low-power era, as Blackbeard was pretty much a blank for...

Egypt was definitely over-buffed in this pass. Some nerf is warranted for both power level and broader design reasons. For the core abilities, Egypt was buffed in three different ways: 1. Yield bonus numbers from rivers directly increased 2. Bonus expanded to all rivers, not just navigable 3...

Age progression from civ wipes varies by map size and is smaller on larger maps. I don't think this is exactly for "balance" reasons, but it is actually a balancing factor, since otherwise larger maps are just better. There are definitely restrictions on production overflow, and building up...

Got another nice one to report. This will probably be as far as I push in the current iteration of the game, but I am now confident that 150's are possible. Isabella leading Egypt / Inca / Russia 95 + 40 + 26 = 161 turns --This was the fourth or fifth map I rolled, and the first that I pressed...

Well, I blitzed through my first game on 1.3.0, and it looks like power levels are creeping back up. We’re into the 160’s… are 150’s still possible? Himiko QoW leading Tonga / Inca / Russia 103 + 40 + 23 = 166 turns Mementos: Cultural attribute + diplo attribute Corona Civica + Gold Snuff Box...

Well, I thought Bulgaria might still be good, but I kind of hoped they weren't actually THIS good. I doubt I'll have the patience to try to replicate this strat, but maybe you guys can get them to nerf Bulgaria and/or increase the maximum over-the-cap penalties. :lol: It seems to me that if...

I’m honestly not sure; it might depend on where the ceiling is. I think Russia may be stronger on raw yields. But Japan's UA can be leveraged to do unfair stuff, and if people are still able to "break the game" to the extent of getting sub-20-turn Modern eras, it'll be with Japan. It sounds...

--I had only three cities in Modern. In Exploration I had six cities, all converted early enough to actually develop. So, that’s six cities worth of specialists / Abbasid UBs / GA Universities. But retaining the three-city specialist buffs, and getting +percentage yields in the former-city...

I'm curious what you're doing for culture generation? I can see doing Future Tech in 100 turns, but I haven't come particularly close on Future Civic since the big patch, even when playing very culture-friendly setups. Are you using the culture celebration? Spamming a lot of Monuments in Urban...

I have just recently discovered that the age progression from wiping a civ seems to vary by map size. I know on standard size maps it's 25 turns in Antiquity and 10 turns in Exploration. I mostly play standard size, so I don't know for sure what the numbers are on other sizes. But I think it's...

I've also been planning on doing Culture Xerxes + Silla for my next game. Waiting on the next patch and hoping that the improved trade UI / "Commerce Hub" they've talked about will be in the mix. Doing some theorycrafting in the meantime... An overlooked component of Culture Xerxes' kit is the...

I think it's just a visual bug

Last game of the monthly patch is a new PB for me: Ben Franklin leading Assyria / Abbasids / Russia 99 + 52 + 29 = 180 turns Cultural attribute + Scientific attribute Cultural attribute + Expansionist attribute Lotus Blossom + Note G --I pulled off the Deity Antiquity double civ-wipe for the...

Here ya go. It was an imbalanced map roll, with three of us clustered close together and a lot of empty space on the other side of the continent. The three dots on the mini-map just out of frame to the northwest were all founded by Ada Lovelace of Rome, Jose Rizal's former ally. Her settlements...

Another interesting one to share. I had the same idea as others of playing a culture-heavy early game, before transitioning to science in Exploration. The main reason for this is simply getting some help with the hardest Antiquity legacy path, treating the rest as all easily achievable. Xerxes...