Recent content by MasterMishi

to solve the happy problem in suce a build consider religion: rush shrine in all city, settle natural wonders, or stonehenge get the happiness pantheon on rivers, then founder happy shrines, and follower happy per city with religion buy prophet before enhancing and spread to citys...

why trad? to get a really strong powerhouse cap with a superior science output and out tech whilst still maintaining above average hammers and stayting defensive until ren era. i go trad if i feel i wont need to defend an all in rush early and the map/ number of players means my best chance...

the top mp players are getting the most out of the situation by knowing the game mechanics very well and adapting to the map and civ. nq usually won by the player that has the most hammers and produced the best army to dominate whilst keeping up in tech and or beelining a tech providing a...

@ moriarte skill is tested when humans are on a level playing field, barbs will affect players to greater or lesser extent anbd therefore create imbalances, thus testing skill less imo. pangaea example arguing barbs on to test an isolated player: isolated will often mean less barbs. i...

i found tradition can out build liberty by late game given a peaceful buildup with minimal units and himeji/ defender ofthe faith this happens in a nq style game 6 player, the last player to be conquered by the lib warmonger if has himeji can defend to out build. in league style liberty is...

i prefer barbs off barbs will be more a problem to some players due to their random placement, this can have significant impacts on early development, and that effect snowballs considerably. so in the interest of testing skill and not map luck i prefer barbs off. Civplayers civ league...

Arty is not too strong imo I was about to start a rant thread on how annoyingly weak they are vs units now until i saw this. I play mp only, arty used to be an instant win if you got there earlier than your enemy not the case now. It took me 6 arty hits to kill an infantry, no more wall...

Ethiopia ; 20% combat bonus is significant. Stele almost guarentees a pantheon. maya archer spam boudica- pictish warrior bonus and early spammable unit, faith advntage with forest. huns horse archer is quite good GL is much stronger now cats dont need iron and crush cities

also the gold policy from trad (per citizen in cap) and golden age in liberty can be reached earlier with oracle, so beeline it.

eygpt=wonderwhore eng/polynesia on island map/ aztec with raging barbs= inferiority complex france=noob rome=noob china=aggressive russia=builder india=occ wonderwhore babylon/spain/korea=noob host germany=wunderbar und efficient mit landsknechts iro=rusher arabia=taliban...

early mas for pyra is as good, quick and 2 free workers can mean more hammers, gold, happy, res all game earlier more so if you go lib for lots city esp since you want to make workers anyway

2f 1h tiles, hills, river, lux you want in radius or 1 hex away, food tiles in general. buy the food tiles asap if you must to grow to size 3 asap

no earth map in multi maybe post other questions i nthe mod forums

ok so we established that dom win is most likely lets discuss it further: 1. how to win dom in ffa taking into account that after you take down the first civ with classical/ medieval unit the other civs will be aware of you and may gang up. Rush to arty then keep pushing? sit back and try...

once you filled liberty by medieval era often good to go honour if you plan to spam xbows and knights for win or push early ren with cannon musket