Recent content by Midgardsormr

Really? Does that apply to Medics/Convoys as well? It never occurred to me to check.

I personally loved hearing Mr. Nimoy read the Sputnik quote.

I find Archaeologists to be the easiest and most reliable source of peaceful era score in the late game. The trick is to realize that the Archaeologist only disappears when the museum is full. And if you trade away the artifacts, it never fills up. So as long as the AI has built museums, you can...

My ideal win time is just a little after I start getting bored with the game. On standard/continents/immortal, I usually hit my victory in the 290 - 320 range. Long enough to get into the future techs and civics, but maybe not quite enough to finish both of them. I don't play for optimization...

To clarify: Wars of Religion gives your non-religious units (swordsmen, tanks, etc) a combat bonus, similar to Defender of the Faith and Crusade. There is also a Holy War casus belli, which allows you to declare a conventional war on a civ with a different majority religion. It reduces...

I don't really care about the government bonuses themselves, but I love getting that huge spread of wildcard slots they offer.

I really enjoy the X-Com franchise. I really need to find something in between the abstract strategy of Civ and the small squad tactics of X-Com. Is there a turn-based equivalent to Total War's army-scale battles?

Thanks for the number-crunching. I've always just followed my gut, but as in most cases, thinking with one's intestines is not the most efficient strategy!

Yeah, I think Pingala's a bit of overkill for the Inca. I actually like Liang first for the extra Builder charge if I don't need early chops—I love those tunnels. And since Incas usually have decent production from the start, I don't feel so much pain from putting off Magnus for a little while.

So since there were already two threads on this topic, you decided a third was necessary why? See my reply in https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/antarctic-late-summer-update-now-too-easy-on-diety.644997/

I'm currently finding the extra complexity in the Space Race makes it all but impossible for the AI to win a SV. It doesn't know how to properly deploy its Rock Bands, so it can't get a CV, either. It's never been any good at RV on any map other than Pangaea, and nobody can consistently get the...

I think you have to have a positive relationship (DoF or Alliance) with the civilization that was attacked in order to participate in the emergency. You were already at war with Russia, so the Congress gives you no credit for continuing it. I don't like that mechanic, either, especially since...

Nah. If that's what I wanted, I'd just play Total War. I like the high-level abstracted strategic game. I just wish the computer was better at playing it.

Are you grabbing as much gold as possible from the AI? Sell any luxury that would take your cities above Content. You should shoot for at least 5 gpt per lux at the beginning of the game. Even at the point where you need to start importing luxuries, you should still shoot for getting a profit...

I think it's 180, if I recall correctly. And it doesn't increase as climate change worsens, unlike the production cost. All it takes is pillaging a luxury or two to buy one, usually. Something to consider for next time.