Recent content by Swooping Hawk

I sometimes show mercy if I happen to like the other civ, but it depends how far they push me. For the rest... nuke them all!

At last count my rival had 2/3rds the number of points as me, and most of his wonders are in the same couple of cities. He keeps declaring war on me, so it shouldn't be a problem to attack. I'm ahead of him tech-wise too, and I nearly have nukes. :) The amount of culture you need for the...

Okay, I'm playing on a tiny map, and the cultural limit for the empire is 60,000. I've been over 60,000 for a couple of turns and I haven't won. I checked the manual and civilopedia for more info but I couldn't find any. I've got a very very fuzzy memory of reading somewhere that your culture...

Wow, the highest score I ever got was 81%, and that was on king mode. I played as the Egyptians and got Chivalry (drool...) the continent was a wierd spirally-thing, and I just had to take out the enemy civs one at a time until I conquered the world. The Indians were the last, and had their own...

I forgot how sexy the communist domestic advisor was. Love the eyebrow.

I see... Thanks for the link. I think I'll just play it the old fashioned way though. :)

I've no doubt! :D I don't often play the warmonger, but I was curious if the ladies like the conquest game or science game.

I see, but I'm not sure how it works. Does that mean you can place your cities further than normal - like a cheat?

I'm not surprised that a few women play, but I wonder if men and women have different reasons for liking the game. I'd like to know how many warmongeresses we have here.

Hi, I've just heard some references to ring city placement. Can somebody inform a noob what this is? :)

I usually upgrade my defenders, and only the offensive units in troublespots if i can afford it. Upgrading turns all units into veterans though doesn't it? I noticed that my elite warrior lose a hit point when it became a swordsman.

I find this happens to me a lot because I like the archipelago settings, but I don't mind that much because I dislike having too many cities. When I realise I'm trapped, I switch to science mode and try to make contact with other civs to buy/trade techs with. You could try out a few maps in...

I think MOO3 is OK (but just OK). It's certainly no MOO2, and shouldn't carry the MOO title at all. They should have just called it 3. You have to realise that it's not the same game. Later in the game micromanagement becomes impossible. The only way to play is to let the governer do it for...

The Byzantines were the first of the Conquest races I tried out (random pick), and have become one of my favourites. I love the article, but you forgot to mention that Theodora is by far the most attractive of the female leaders. ;)

I'd like more practice in developing my navy. In my most recent Emperor game, I was at war with the Persians and 15 frigates appeared on my coast and proceeded to bombard my capital!