Recent content by Poodlebrain

My response was based on the premise that this city can be a late game production powerhouse. I was simply pointing out a method to enhance the productive capacity in the late game, and some of the consequences of the method. It was all hypothetical. It is obvious this city could easily out...

If all you want is production capacity, then throw in the Maori Statues for another 9 hammers. The only problem with that is the fact you won't be able to build some other National Wonder that might be more beneficial. This city would be a great location for any of the +100% modifiers since it...

An alternative to building a large fleet of bombardment units is to use spies to incite a one turn revolution to eliminate the cultural defenses and build aircraft carriers and fighters to bombard the defenders. While aerial bombardment is not as effective as the old bombardment by siege...

Great Prophets can be lightbulbed for Future Techs. I learned this near useless fact today. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the lightbulb highlighted when one of my cities defied the odds and generated a Great Prophet instead of a more desirable GP.

Well done aelf! Your perserverence and ability to pull off a diplomatic victory was truly inspiring. I learned so much about diplomacy watching your game that I'm embarrassed at my ignorance in this critical area of the game.

How much use of the Panzer do you expect to make and still challenge your score as Hatty? Your chances of besting your score are maximized if you take advantage of the philosophical and cultural traits rather than capitalizing on the unique unit, especially given the Panzer's arrival time. I...

I lost my shadow game despite popping animal husbandry and masonry from goody huts while still researching bronze working to start the game. I thought I had every advantage a player could possibly imagine in saved research time being able to get the sheep, cows and gold mines into early...

I'd be willing to bet that there are no tiles for Catherine to be able to move and settle in on the first turn other than the tile to her immediate west. If you settle in place, which is not such a bad site given your leader, it looks like she will be moving into a forest tile no matter which...

I used the bee-line to Archery strategy in my shadow game, but I think I got way too lucky for a fair analysis. I popped two goody huts that gave me Masonry and Animal Husbandry. So by the time my worker was built I was able to mine the gold and build pastures. With the cows, sheep and two...

If the first build is a worker, which will take approximately 20 turns, then you should probably spend that time researching Hunting and Archery to get the Skirmishers on line. The Skirmishers will be superior to anything your opponents can muster for many game turns, and they transition into...

I did the same thing when I moved up to Emporer. Although, I ran 10 experiments using Washington as my leader and huge terra maps. On each occasion the settler was placed on a coastal tile. 7 of the 10 maps I was at either the extreme northern or southern edge, meaning lots of useless frozen...

Why is it that when I learn a new tech and offer it for trade that only one AI nation will make a trade with me for another tech? All of the other AI nations will not trade anything except the gold they have available, they won't even trade for older techs that I bypassed. Then the next turn...

Is it sticking by the rules when the AI acts upon intelligence it should not have? How often does the AI know exactly where your lone ship is in the middle of the ocean? How often does the AI send one unit to attack a unit that it cannot spot without having to send anyone to scout? How does...

At Emperor level and above the chances of getting SGL's are very limited due to the AI's reduced research time. The best I've managed in an Emperor game is getting to 3 techs first, and I did not get a single SGL for my efforts. Meanwhile, it seems the AI tribes get SGL's quite often based on...

Have you considered capturing the city, selling any/all improvements and then abandoning the city? I try to use this strategy when I have a surfeit of captured workers. You'd be surprised at the benefit the extra gold can bring, especially early in a game.