Recent content by Stangler

lil tip, if you have to make 3 rather large qualifications to someone's statement to make it wrong then they were right. I think the culture flip idea was not great but there is no doubt that the spread of culture was just as important as military might. It is Greek culture that survived long...

So in other words I was right. It is a game with rather straight forward victory conditions that attempt to establish a civilization's significance as a civilization. There is zero point in getting caught up in historical accuracy when historical accuracy would not be all that much fun.

The game will never mirror historical happiness all that well because players are not that interested in building an empire like that of Rome or Alexander or Kahn only to see it fall apart. It is a game of world domination more than a historical simulation. Global Happiness is not perfect by...

Uhh... you do know that none of the victory conditions exist right?

The current Civ 5 system is better than you let on and Civ 4 is not exactly realistic with people developing cities for very specific purposes and having to spam cottages early on. :crazyeye: I would also point out that no version of the game really gets population growth right. Rome's...

Well with Germany, and particularly Bismark, the major historical characteristic is the unification of the various German city states into a unified German nation. He had multiple opportunities to try and conquer other nations but seemed content to simply rule Germany. I think if you want a...

Both games fail at being historically accurate. IMO the settler mechanic is largely to blame for that. It makes far more sense to make culture and military power the focus of who controls what land.

I have been messing around with large maps and less civs but raging barbs for fun lately.

I just played a fund game with the Celts. They really start to take off once the benefits of faith start paying off.

I am a big fan of Civ II as well and there were certain adjustments that I have had to make. 1) Dealing with culture and border expansion. By pushing out your borders you can reach more resources and you see more of the map. I love creative civs early on because of this. 2) Limiting early...

A lot of civs have backstabbed me when they are cornered and have no one else to attack easily. Especially ones who just got a UU or are aggressive. I think there must be a part to the AI that encourages aggressive behavior enough to override friendship. There are also things that can just...

They are very powerful compared to other improvements and by late game they are the right choice more often then not. Their power is only magnified with the power of science and money and the Kremlin. They scale far better than other improvements and are available early. With that said, I...

I think the model is great, best one yet. IMO it is more complicated and takes more thought to execute than previous titles. This is a good thing as it means you are making impactful choices. I like SMAC a lot and have nothing agains them but if you are doing poorly it is because you...

I use a different strat then the OP for better or worse I don't know. I tend to go as follows. BW > Wheel > IW or other relevant improvement > other worker improvements > writing >alpha One of the problems I run into is that by the time I get alpha, others have writing so the only thing I...

Not enough, and it is one reason I have issues. Too often I let a city grow too big and produce a useless person when I could have caused the city to go stagnant and start work on some GP. But I have chosen Philisophical civs to help me concentrate on it a bit more. Next I will pick a...