Recent content by Nivrax

Embassies don't help too much. To be honest, I seem to get super-early DoFs if I wait the Writing tech and they will want to befriend you just to next turn offer 25g for embassy. Although it might be coincidence, the value of embassy is extremely low, based on screenshot from mod that shows true...

Propose stuff that they like for World Congress. Help them pass them (even by single vote). If you can't get majority to take control of Congress, vote for someone else to let them win. Give them gpt (up to 10 works I think?) or spare luxes you can't get rid off anyway. If one Civ is hated by...

If AI get to Sattelites, let alone 15+ turns before you get Internet/Global, something went very wrong with your game (or you have runaway with whole continent with triple your production anyway).

This. Having diverse, powerful perks to choose is way better than more balanced but weak ones. First one gives possibility of different openings, the other don't let you feel much change of your choices. Moving settler back up would really speed expansion for Liberty (unless you luck on...

ISS is absolutely worthless for a planned strategy. It requires Satellites, that is far too late. If you are going for Space Victory, you will get to this tech first to grab Hubble. This is last place where you get GS, so after it's build, you pop all your saved Einsteins and use up your faith...

So, in trade You-AI: 1gpt - 30g 42g - 1gpt lux - 240g/6gpt 240g/8gpt - lux strat - 45g/1gpt+3g ambasy - 1gpt 25g - ambasy That are pretty much basics. But there also seem to be some trades that don't add mathematically yet still work. 5 strat (225g) - lux (240g) 2 age above RA - 6...

On Immortal, I had 2 games where they were close. 600+ tourism and stuff (Gandhi and Elizabeth). In fact, only reason they didn't win is because second AI was also going for CV and their culture blocked the other win. @civ54lyfe By delaying your digs (that are safe as long as you didn't...

They are just names. Gameplay wise, Liberty is for making fast expanding wide empire, which Order enhances, while Tradition is superior in making small but Tall empires, which Freedom then work off with specialists. If Washington makes to Idustrial (his expansion spam seems to piss every Civ...

Assyria as AI seems to have very high chance of snowballing out of control. If their first push in classical work against non-warmonger, they will have both huge empire and be fine in techs. He did managed to get 1/3 of the world on Deity, killing off China and Siam.

I wish Order t3 policy for Space Victory got updated with changes to Faith bought GP. The only way to have any use of it is to run Tradition, when wide/order-like empire would use Liberty (not counting full piety, it's still too weak compared to those two, and next to useless if you go for SV)...

If you are already leading in tech (or not being behind), you can try bee-lining Archeology and stealing as many of her dig sites as possible, those are the ones generating tons of tourism after Hotels/Airports, especially next to their capital. Then if possible sniping some culture wonders like...

Itinerant preachers - Religion spreads to cities 30% further away. If you have this enhancer and his city is between 11 and 13 hexes away, he will be able to pressure you through trade while you won't (since you are already doing it via city itself).

AI does seem to have boosted steal rate on higher diffs. I was surprised how Monty that was lagging era behind went autocracy and kept rapid stealing higher tier techs, including Plastics 3 turns after I discovered them. All you can do is put your spy as counter and hope for RNG. Do note that...

Not stupid at all. The only policy in Piety that require you having your own religion is Reformation Beliefs. You can still have every other bonus, gold, cheaper/better temples, two pantheons and most importantly, piety+gold+culture from bought-planted Great Prophet (which he will have MORE than...

Morocco, spawn in middle of near-flat plains. Desert bias? Yeah, there was ONE tile (surrounded by plains) of flood plains for some reason... Generally reroll if start is unsuitable for Civs UA/UI, Maya not near mountain ranges, Sea Civ spawning on lake etc. I don't care if the game is beatable...