Recent content by slobberinbear

Long time away from the forum. I had a fair game, 1919 space. Overall I think I was delayed by building to 7 cities, allowing some Great Merchants and many Great Engineers to spawn, wonderspamming when I had the techlead, and building nonessential things like tourism buildings just to see if I...

You'll enjoy the game more by playing differently depending on your civ and map situation. Experiment and branch out. The policy you reference benefits Melee units only, not mounted or ranged. True, it expires, and the value of a great general is early-game (when you don't have one) rather...

I am not denying the power of the National College. But there are some map/civ situations where wild expansion takes precedence, and Liberty still makes that easier.

Great idea. I think you'll need a hammer economy since you won't have the funds to buy stuff. It also means you'll have to seriously pursue CS quests in order to gain their friendship, rather than dumping cash on them. I also think this could indirectly lead to an early military...

I like the cultural beliefs a lot -- it's a huge way to offset the policy penalty for settling multiple cities. I think Sacred Path, on the right map, is huge in the early game and then post-University/Guilds. I am also a big fan of Fertility Rites. Anything that adds to raw food output...

Then we'll agree to disagree. I will take the hammers sooner than later and get my food elsewhere. As with happiness, there are more than enough food sources in the game especially with G&K's pantheons. For my playstyle, I have more food than happiness.

You're adding extra stuff in there, namely, the extra citizen. That's not apples-to-apples, because you are assuming the existence of another resource -- the :c5happy: necessary to support the additional citizen. This is not a free resource, and since happiness (but not food) is empire-wide, I...

My point is simply that when I want hammers, I want a tile that gives me more of them. The entire point of high-end non-food tiles (settled great people, natural wonders, etc.) and the entire concept of specialists is that they need to be fed. Does this mean you eschew such tiles/specialists...

That assumes you would have mined the hill in the first place, which is not necessarily true. Manufactory is +4 :c5production:, any way you slice it. Yes, on a hill it is +2 :c5production: compared to the mined hill, plus the worker turns saved in not having to build the mine. Let's say...

I have searched the web and this forum, and tried the following: * deleted all video & audio files in the programs/steam/etc. directories, including the expansion subdirectory * "verified" and reinstalled files via Steam library * tried loading with a saved game. tried DX 9 and 11. Tried...

I have always preferred to do this early-game and it seems like a no-brainer. Take a mediocre hill tile and BAM you have a 6 :c5production: manufactory tile. Yes, a key wonder is nice. I am sure there are other occasions where a key tech makes bulbing a great scientist useful. I play on...

It's good for Iroquois, to buy/expand onto those pesky forest tiles that the game doesn't ordinarily like. Plus Hiawatha usually has plenty of hammers to throw around. Not sure he has a real good shot of getting it at Emperor+ though if he prioritizes Metal Casting.

I like policies. More is good. Anything that gives you more culture is worth doing, but it's a lower priority item in non-Culture games. For a non-cultural game, I like to get around 15-20 policies total. This lets you seriously explore/finish 3-4 trees. Policies (and to a lesser extent...

I play continents, continents plus, archipelago, and pangaea plus the most. My computer can't handle maps bigger than standard. The "plus" maps feature later City-State interaction (since many are on islands) and more room for expansion. I also like the way the maps come out better on...

Thank you. I am trying to convey game information visually and restrict all verbiage to the story. It's an immersion thing. :) I will be posting the next chapter soon.