Recent content by SmartMuffin

Having the same problem. Game is now unplayable.

I dont remember much of Civ3. I played it for about a month then sold it :D

It shouldn't magically find out. But it should take some initiative to make sure that the invasion fleet which comprises nearly half of its overall military strength isn't walking right into a trap where it will be eliminated MUCH more quickly than if it stayed fortified at home. No...

It was a good move originally. But upon the reload, it was not a good move. Don't get me wrong, I like that the AI considers sneaky tricks like that, but I think it should be based on something. Unless there's some sort of "We're gonna lose anyway so let's just try something ridiculous"...

Perhaps you didn't quite understand. I won the game regularly. I nuked the transport to half the total HP of the invading force. She still took my one costal city, but as was pointed out by someone else earlier, it was right next to my two biggest production cities who quickly produced the...

Just finished up a Noble-Pangea-Standard game in which something interesting happened. Towards the end, only myself and the Spanish were left. I had a huge tech lead and my military completely dwarfed hers. Her army consisted of Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry while I was running around...

Why not emphasize food when building workers/settlers? Food still contributes to their production, does it not?

I guess I should have mentioned that I only play SP (still messing around on Noble, will move up when I get better) and not MP...

Hey guys, I came to ask about a strategy that I employ but I haven't heard anyone else talk about, which leaves me to assume it's probably stupid. I almost always have all of my cities emphasize food until they hit the happiness limit. I guess my theory is that regardless of what that city...

My point is that in the early game, your cities are not very large and typically, do not have much production avalible in their radius. I understand that it's important to get that Settler or that Wonder, but what you guys seem to be failing to mention is that after the chop, you take a hit...

Could you expand on that a bit? I'm not really a number-cruncher when it comes to this game, but the idea that a few settler-chops is going to get you 10 techs ahead seems a bit far-fetched. Furthermore, factories are a % modifier. If you've only got 10 hammers in your city radius, that's...

It seems to me that almost every strategy discussed on this board makes very liberal use of the worker-chop. Whether it's to get the first settler, the Oracle, or a military conquest unit. However, of the three main resources (food, commerce, production), production always seems to be the...

I really, really, agree with this. I'm not someone who typically starts a game with a certain victory condition in mind. I find that style of gameplay to be restricting. Instead, I go to build the best empire I can, with a fair mix of science, culture, military, and diplomacy. What this...

I just completed my first game since the 1.52 patch, and discovered, much to my shock, that every other game I completed was on Epic speed. Which is odd, because they all were ACTUALLY played on Normal speed. Did the addition of marathon speed to the game cause all other speeds to be somehow...

I think in my previous post I listed all the availible modifiers. The ones I can name offhand are: Refused Tribute, Refused to adpot our favorite civic, Are under the influence of a heathen religion, Our close borders spark tensions, Refused to stop trading with our enemies, Refused to help us...