Recent content by Newbert

Actually, you're not entirely correct. I play vanilla Civ latest patch and when bribing civs to go to war I've noticed that they generally tend to ask for more at first than they're actually willing to settle for. For example, I was recently bribing Monty into a war with Isabella and he asked...

I haven't played the challenge, so this may be a stupid question: Does anyone know if there were any feasible nearby islands? Sending a galley with a settler would have made one heck of a survival strat... (I'm aware the map is a pangaea, but it's still possible for there to be an island or two...

This looks like a wicked mod! Can't wait to try it... One suggestion, though. Would it be possible to create a unit action, that would allow a unit to spread a certain amount of cultural influence without engaging in combat? (To prevent abuse, you could limit this ability only to certain...

Agreed - the reason I propose two variants is to avoid overcomplicating things. To me, religion in the game is a diplomatic variable right now, with some minor revenue benefits. I don't necessarily see this as a bad, but it's my feeling that this system could be expanded somewhat. Assigning...

I agree that they aren't religions - but call them what you will, they're codes of spiritual beliefs adhered to by (relatively) small groups. They would become available to any civ having the prerequisite technology. Having you civ follow them would confer certain benefits / penalties, much...

I've never been a big fan of the current religious system - political sensitivities prevent the assignation of benefits / detriments to the different faiths represented in the game. I would argue that a better approach would be to found different types of faiths with the religion techs. For...

Has anyone tried intentionally missing wonders for the cash conversion? i.e. Work on a wonder until it's one turn from completion and then abandon the project. Then, when the AI finishes it, voila! a few thousand gold in your coffers.

In my current game (monarch difficulty, playing as Isabella) I decided to make a grab for the early religions, something I usually don't try. Well, let me tell you, it's one hell of a money maker! I managed to found all three early religions and got Islam later on. With all four shrines and...

I can't speak for Warlords (don't own it), but the XML art solution isn't compatible with v1.61. If anyone is updating this to be compatible with the latest versions that would be great. :goodjob:

I recently had a brilliant start, though not in the sense of most of the above posts. Playing one of my first games on Prince (or Monarch? The difficulty level smack in the middle), I started on a continent with Hatty and Peter. The brilliant part is this - they were cut off from me by a...

Hi, my name is Newbert and I'm a recovering save-reload addict. I used to loath the thought of losing a single unit. A hard habit to break. :blush: The "preserve random" seed option helped me for a while with my addiction - what sense reloading if the result wouldn't change, until I found...

I haven't tried it out yet, but would anyone say that the "revolutions" mod has done anything to address late-game malaise? Also, I like Aussie Lurker's victory suggestions. Multiple victory types, including an overall category would make for a more interesting experience. You could even...

I'd always kind of hoped that the Roman UU would have the ability to build roads. Wasn't this a big part of the Roman soldier's job?