Recent content by riapopia

So, it seems like the consensus here has been settling 1 tile from saltwater is bad. Is the rationale for that the loss of intercontinental trade routes? Is that the entire reasoning? I cannot post my screenshot now but I have a city site that is optimally placed (from a resources in the...

Couple things- 1. I play Warlords, not BTS, so Aesthetics isn't a factor for me personally. 2. It sounds like you guys prioritize early Writing and the associated library much more than I do. Some games I do get Writing early but not always. I'm going to try and see how the 'beta GP farm'...

Hi, just getting back into Civ. I feel like I've read somewhere in these forums that one should get 2 GPs out before 1 AD. Is that generally correct? I recognize every map/game condition is different but wanted a typical answer. I almost never get my FIRST GP out before 1 AD. Too many...

So, I can pretty much win on Monarch regardless of Civ, map type, etc. Definitely not 100% but most of the time I can pull it out. On Emperor I can win with Augustus but have been smoked by any other leader I've tried. Definitely realize that I need to get better at some things to win more...

Stupid question - what is 'NP'?

Most of the content on these forums seems to push the idea of a single GP farm (in a CE at least). Which makes sense to some degree as you can only build 1 National Epic. But my question is, does it sometimes make sense to run multiple GP farms? You'd end up with staggered Great People with...

Ok, couple of rookie questions. 1. Why bribe Mao specifically? Shouldn't I just try to get wars going between the other 3 generally? 2. What does 'run philosophy' mean? That is not a civic is it? I am posting another save in case you have time to look at it. I cancelled my state...

Can you win via Cultural in OCC? So by dropping my religion I lose the +25% production bonus in OR. That hit is worth the diplomatic help? I just want to make sure I'm understanding correctly.

I'm playing my first OCC and I must say it's very interesting! Pretty different from a standard game. As this is my first game, I wanted to post a save to see if I'm even close to on the right track. Please hit me with criticism- you won't hurt my feelings. ;) My biggest concerns are-...

It seems like it is relatively expensive to found a religion and I wanted to get some opinions on this. Do people make founding a religion a priority in their games with any great frequency? It seems like there is one hard and one soft benefit to founding a religion (versus obtaining a...

Thanks for all the responses! I had a follow up question - if you trade an "exclusive" tech to a Civ, should you expect that Civ to trade that tech to all Civs the next turn? Just the Civs that they are friendly with? If indeed techs are traded liquidly between the AIs it definitely makes...

So I am a veteran Civ 3 player and proper tech trading seemed to be the single most important skill to focus on. In Civ 4, it seems much harder though that may just be my ignorance. By basic question is do you all look for "fair" trades based on number of beakers being exchanged? I seem to...

In short - is it possible? I'll admit I tend to win via Space Race. Probably because I'm still learning the game. But the few times I've tried to invade and hold land overseas I've failed. I can harass and hurt someones economy but it seems like it takes ENORMOUS resources to invade another...

Is it more efficent to research "in order" versus beelining from a raw beakers point of view? For example will mining -> mysticism -> masonry be cheaper than mining -> masonry -> mysticism? I wouldn't have thought so but a couple threads seemed to imply that this is the case.

Ok, that explains part of it then. I assumed that beakers would be affected by the +50% under Bur. since they are a form of commerce.