Recent content by Sharpe's Civ

About units: I dislike having to build them. I'd rather there be a way of recruiting units that would vary over time in things like how much you can train them, what affects how many you can recruit, etc. For example, in the Feudal era you'd call up your "nobles" to fight for you, whereas in an...

It might sounds strange, but I think war is actually the most unrealistic aspect of Civ. From 4000BC to 2050 AD it's primarily about taking cities. Look at war throughout the ages: Ancient Era: Armies go off to fight each other in battle. The victorious army then marches to the (capital)...

That's why I think it would be unworkable. It would be too complex to factor in all the different variables.

I'm still pretty unconvinced by Spiritual. I don't want to continuously meddle with my civics for a simple reason: my civics are tailored towards my goal. So for example I'll go for the ones that give exp if I'm going for Conquest or Domination. For Cultural I'd go for things like Emancipation...

I do like the idea of neutrality. I for one desperately wanted a Non-Aggression Pact for Civ4, and the option of a "Concert" (peace summit) but they never came. A possiblity that's come to my mind was that you could also have a "protect neutrality" option. That is, you could declare that if a...

I like the idea of migration. To be more accurate to historical development, I would say that at first it's done by individuals with no control by the player. After a certain point (Industrial/Modern Era?) you would be able to move people around yourself - with a temporary unhappiness penalty...

I've always wondered why it's just two traits. Why not three? I just think it's too "simplistic" to box leaders into just two categories. Taking someone like Hitler or Stalin, for example, he could be anything from Charismatic, Aggressive, Expansionist, Industrious, Philosophical (ideology!)...

I've been using this forum for downloads for a few months now but I thought I'd make it official and register! I've been playing Civ for a while now; had Civ3 for about 3 years now (PTW for the past 8 months), only just got Civ4 last month and although at first I was a little disappointed (read...

My gripe is the fact that once you reach the last era of the game, you're pretty much winding down the game (unless you're going for Space Race). If you're playing for Conquest or Domination, you'll have fought most of your campaigns. If you're after Culural, you'll be patiently waiting for your...

First of all I have to say that the changes made to Civ4 re:modding have been a great improvement on Civ3. Now there is no end to the possibilities! But I also have to say that it is a great disappointment that there is no program to facilitate this. One where you just type in something (say...