Recent content by MaximumPain

When its the mount Everest Natural wonder and you need to build an aqueduct and its the only "not a mountain hex" within 2 of your city center. :lol:

Ok so up front I am not that good at this game. I still play on prince and lose a fair amount of time. But lately I have been getting better. :cool: I started a game with the Aztec Prince, Large, Epic, Raging Barbarians (hey I like to fight). Had no first row exploitable luxury's so I bee...

A nearby capital is a gift you should take possession of as early as is practical... earlier if its someone like Alexander or Shaka lol.

Berserkers are one of my favorite units. I love the Vikes and usually win with them. Much easier to get Knights early. If I do things right (using a similar economic strategy of making lots of cottages) I get them before the AI gets engineering and use available siege tech and some combined...

Sorry for suggesting that people not be lazy.

Just a suggestion but please use the complete names for things. Elepult had me confused for a moment until I realized it was a hybrid of Elephant and catapult ( and didn't really take that much more effort to type out ). Keep in mind not everyone reading this will be a civ IV nerd.... I mean I...

Depends on how many times your "friend" Makes unreasonable demands? "A friend in need is indeed a pest" Or if they happen to have the only Iron or Horse or other important resource in the area. Or if its Shaka, Monty, Ragnar, Alex, .....and any other backstabbing a-holes I missed.

Wow this thread makes me want to go fire up a game with Saladin of Arabia when I get home. As a side note did anyone else know he was Kurdish?

How do I handle more then one Kill On Sight leaders? I'll give you one guess :) Seriously though I try to chariot/ax rush the first one and kill the rest as soon as possible. Im not good at getting off more then one ax/ chariot rush in a time period I probably need to learn to be more...

I think playing a few games and not allowing yourself to build wonders really helps your play. I usually only build a wonder if I have some advantage that helps me get it like stone/marble or industrious, or some trait that makes getting it much better like charismatic and Stonehenge ect...

Yeah and with Ax men (or chariots) you can get that iron... usually anyway. Im playing a game as Shaka right now where I have no copper (well had no copper now I do have copper and Hannibal no longer exists ). I rushed horseback riding ASAP (as in after the needed econ techs and my abillity...

Horses followed closely by Copper. Chariots are easy to get. Horse archers are not hard if you go for them. If you have both... look out! The other resources can be acquired by your superior military strength if you start planning to take them the moment you find out your empire doesn't...

Is my math off? It looks to me like a basic Swordsman is stronger then a basic axman in a city attack. Axman with 25% bonus vs melee unit 5 x 1.25 = 6.25 Swords man vs city 6 x 1.1 = 6.6 Yes the sword is more expensive by 10 hammers I believe but its obviously the better unit based on raw...

Yes but more so the ones! I can see people hating the game I totally understand peoples frustration with it not being as good as Civ IV but a 1???!!! WTF its not that bad or they have never played any other bad games. I can see a few people thinking its among the best ever rating it a 10 but...

I gave it an 8. I would give vanilla civ 4 a 7 and Civ4 BTS a 9.