Recent content by SolDelta

Discordianism. Hail Eris.

Mind if I claim Turkey? Time to bring strength and stability to this proud democratic nation.

Hmmm. If you're looking to make an empire that is relatively wide, I'd recommend going Mayans. Pyramids take a lot of the stress off early science, and can push you to things like colluseums and circuses much earlier than normal. By settling 4 cities early, you can have what is in essence an...

I'm going Autocracy Venice in a Diety game tonight, I'll see how well that goes. I personally have had good success with venice as a warmongerer, as by packing all those trade routes, you can save up gold to purchase and pay for a massive army. Commerce and Autocracy also have very good policies...

Byzantium: UA: Patriarchate of Constantinople - Gain 1 extra belief when founding a religion. Palace produces +2 faith. UU: Dromon - Same as before UU: Cataphract - As before, but can also set up like a Catapult and turn their attacks into ranged attacks, though when this is happening they can...

Ethiopia is actually very flexible as to whether to go wide or tall; it's way too simplistic to say that you'd be going wide just for the Stele. The Stele's almost automatic religion is why you'd go wide, as religion assists with wide play. I find taking Messenger of the Gods and kind of ICSing...

As far as underrated civs go, I'm going to have to say Byzantium. The religious part of their benefits is absolutely a crapshoot, I am not denying that whatsoever, but their early game UUs have so much utility to defend yourself in the critical point of the game. The Dromons can harass coastline...

I still don't get what the issue is; intolerance between religions, leaving aside moral questions, has been not only supremely common on the world scene for the last 4000 years, but also supremely influential. The Crusades, the Israel-Palestine conflict, hell, even the War on Terror. And that's...

I think Portugal might actually be my favorite BNW civ. Naus are very cheap to produce, and with a solid amount of hammers in say, 3-4 cities, you can churn them out every couple of turns and send them straight to the other side of the world to sell their goods, before exploring the map. You'll...

I still maintain piety is the most versatile of all openings, just don't expect it to pay dividends right away; apart from the opener and the +faith from temples and shrines, none of the other policies really shine until after your religion is enhanced. Which, admittedly, won't take long if you...

Honestly, I wouldn't say religion is a massive boon to wide play, I'd say it is one of the only ways to make it at all feasable. Pagodas and Church Property probably should be your highest priority, bar NONE, that added 2 gold and happiness per city is an absolute lifesaver. I have a lot of...

Don't rush buy them, just churn them out when you're not doing anything else. My last Portugal capital could churn them out every turn or so, effectively giving me +110 gpt AND a lot of city state influence. Feitoras were mega useless by the end of the game.

I'd just like to add Carthage to that list: those free harbours keep your gold in the black early, which can be troubling for wide civs. I personally also like to play Ethiopia wide: you miss out on the combat bonus, but 2 faith for every monument means you can do whatever the hell you want to...

Doctrines are an incredible idea, but I feel they should fill a substantially different role to reformation beliefs focusing much more on direct offensive or defensive capability, rather than empire enhancing beliefs, to keep it very grounded in actively winning battles. I'm going to rattle a...

No, you can only mostly genocide an entire race, salt their fields and randsack their trading posts. Oh, and nuke the city into oblivion without any hope of recovery.