Recent content by Reprisal

I have to admit that I thought about the same thing due to the sexy, sexy touchscreen functionality. It just didn't have the horsepower though.

I think it all really depends on your graphics card...

I pillage all the time with certain civilizations. Zulu Pillaging Division: Archer, Axeman, Impi, Impi. Mongolian Pillage Squad: Longbow, Crossbow/Mace/Axe, Pikeman, Keshik, Keshik. It only moves one square, but then the Keshiks or Impis pillage whatever square they move into... even mines on...

Regarding Tamerlane, if by Persia you mean Mongolia, then yes. :D Soloman as the Ind/Phil leader sounds quite appealing -- though the traits are still pretty powerful if used correctly.

If you're big on retaining your non-suicide catapults, it might be wise to actually promote them with Drill against leaders with the Protective trait or those with a archery-based UU. As far as I know, the first strikes on an attacker counter the first strikes of a defender, but I'm not sure...

True enough, Leventis. Though if you try for the Oracle, I think it'd be best to grab Monarchy unless you can try to conquer the Pyramids in your first attack with Horseback Riding. Pillaging only really pays when you're situated next to someone who constructs copius cottages (:P), but it can...

I'm leaning toward calling Sitting Bull's civilization "the Sioux" though that's not necessarily what they called themselves. I wonder why they chose Totem Pole, since that's a part of the culture of the aboriginal people of the Pacific Northwest (like my tribe! :D ). There's another thread on...

The inclusion of the Byzantine Empire would be interesting in that it brings the flavour of Greek, Roman and the Slavic influences together and adds in Christianity to great effect. While it might be easier to just include Constantine to the list of Roman Emperors, I figure having a separate...

Charles de Gaulle would be an excellent addition, I think. I wonder what his traits would be: Charismatic, definitely; but I was thinking that Organized or Financial may, in fact, fit as well. He did preside over the construction of the Fifth Republic, which would suggest Organized; and he did...

As others have said before, you may benefit from doing a bit more fogbusting. Barbarians cannot spawn in tiles where you have line of sight from any unit. If you have early access to scouts you can use those to explore and when you've explored "enough," you can post them on wooded hills away...

Upgrading your RAM is one of the cheapest things that can be done to improve performance... It's worth it just to get your computer running better all around. A gig of RAM costs, what, eighty dollars Canadian?

You may want to take a screenshot and post it up. I believe that all you have to do is hit PrintScrn and then paste the image from your clipboard to paint and save it as a .jpg or whatever.

I wouldn't mind seeing a few more options like planting trees. Being able to get a bit more use out of the tundra squares would be quite helpful. Slightly tangentially, do forests that are improved with a lumbermill still count for the purposes of the happiness from Environmentalism?

Very true, and since Flanking II also gives immunity to First Strikes, you'll not likely lose as many of your units in an assault.

I used Ramses to found most of the religions, I think I failed to found Hinduism and Confucianism. It was ******ed how easy it was to use relgion to alter how the other civs regard you... everyone on my continent was Buddhist because I shot out missionaries to their capitals as soon as was...