Recent content by RuntyBassoon143

Yes. In general I just think HG is average. Even if I am going full tradition I rarely ever consider it, given the risk of losing that production if someone beats me to it, and definitely not when I have a coastal capital. My tech route to Civil Service typically ends with Math -> Currency, so...

Your original post comparing the policy trees appeared to imply an order (perhaps unintentionally). Did you start the game yet? I’ll commit to Liberty and you can do Tradition, then we can compare.

@Megalou My general approach to these lower level games is to play as close to how I would on Deity and account for the differences. But policy progression does not change. For example, on lower difficulty, gold is actually harder to come by because the AI has less gold to trade away. This...

That is true, but this simply means you can get away with inefficiencies. Getting the free settler before the worker is optimal because you start snowballing earlier. This advantage carries through the entire game and does not change with difficulty level; the only difference is that you will...

Sorry, but I find it hard to see how this is viable on Deity. For the cost of an additional policy, which delays expansion, you unlock a wonder that you might not even get. If you need food in the capital, building a cargo ship and prioritizing a granary in your first expansion city would be...

In the standard Liberty opening, this is the third policy taken, not the first. If you’re taking Citizenship before Republic it’s going to drastically alter the effectiveness of Liberty on higher difficulty levels. Delaying your expansion for one free worker is a huge loss of tempo.

Anyone up for rolling a map and trying it out? I am particularly interested in consentient’s take on this guide given how starkly its strategy differs from his guide. Is there a civilization that you would rate low for war that would be significantly better at executing a small piety Diplo game?

The strategic resource bonus usually functions as an economic benefit, allowing you to double your normal early game GPT boost from selling off horses and iron. But this ends up being much less valuable on lower difficulties. The forests give us a lot of flexibility for chopping out the early...

Small Continents + Dido + Diplomatic Victory = Liberty Given these conditions, I prefer Liberty because you need to get triremes out asap to explore and the extra production and free settler allow you to squeeze ships into your build order. On small continents I find scouting early to be...

Gave up on this one. I tried the small piety strategy because I’ve always wanted to attempt it and the start looked well suited to it. Then I found the two natural wonders and it seemed like a perfect match. Then I met Austria and knew it was going to be tough. I was able to ally Monaco early...

Hey guys, got caught up with real life stuff for a while so haven’t had much time for Civ. I’ll post a quick summary of my game as I don’t really feel like going back to grind it out, especially after seeing these reports. I settled three cities, moving my capital inland because the ocean...

Wow turn 191, that’s impressive. I won’t read your report until I finish my game, but no way I’ll be anywhere close to that.

Definitely will. I’m excited to start this one but need to finish Ottomans game first.

I’ll give more details in my final report but I was beaten to Autocracy. I think I’m second or third to industrial era and not sure whether to go for Order or take Autocracy and only get 1 free policy (seems pretty bad) but interested to see what some of the more experienced Dom players think.

The opener for honor is massively overrated IMO. My skepticism is more around delaying the Honor finisher so much and eschewing Commerce. I find the timing of the gold and happiness boosts from commerce often come right when I need them.