Recent content by The Disciple

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    Recon Unit line should be buffed

    Suggested elsewhere: I'd flesh out the unit with a progression path. Why is this relevant? Well, because scouts do factor into ancient and even medieval combat. Of course their not used to apply damage. They are used to provide sight for indirect fire ranged units. Their used to peak over...
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    Male leader for England

    If we were to have a male figurehead for England it should be Winston Churchill. Although not a king, he was perhaps one of the best wartime prime ministers and carried that country through it's darkest hour. No one epitomises the fighting spirit of this culture better than the 'British...
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    Multiplayer early rushes

    Which might be the case if it would give him four unique luxury resources.
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    I'm SoonerJBD, and I am addicted to the early game

    In the Modern Era, are you setting your military units to Alert <A>, Do Nothing <Spacebar>, or Fortify <F>? Fortified units are better when you have a known enemy presence. The unit will not prompt you for new orders every turn. That way you command only the units which actually need orders...
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    Earliest Recorded Instance of Global Warming

    It would be terribly unrealistic if it was. Climate Change events have occurred regularly in the history of this planet, and this is due mostly to natural causes. It is only in recent times that climate change has been supposed to have been linked to human activities - and this is still...
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    I'm in a bit of a sticky situation...

    Pillaging ever single mine is possible; but risky. You will never know if he has uranium or not. Because, of the City States. Having map knowledge of Uranium and Aluminium, and making targeted pillaging runs is ideal. But, if time is a factor, then you do without - and pillage all mines...
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    Scout Upgrade Path

    I chose that name in keeping with how the units mission is likely to change during the game. As "Pioneers" and "Settlers" tend to work together; but with inherently different missions. The task of the "Settler" is to settle. The task of the Pioneer is to go first and explore - so the name...
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    Rushing the Great Library

    Well that answered that one. Thanks Aea.
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    Rushing the Great Library

    If Immortal and Deity lead to such constrictive gameplay styles - wont that lead to a mal-adapted play-style in multi-player games? I know I'm coming at this from an RTS perspective. But, the first thing you do when transitioning from AI to multi-player, in an RTS, is forgetting everything you...
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    Great People improvements

    Thanks for the info, this really helps. BTW, it would be nice to be able to benchmark growth through game replays. Is there a tool for doing this? Usually by the Industrial Era I have a 20 to 25 pop. Capital with 16 pop. in my three other primary cities. For reference, in my current game...
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    Domination without ranged units

    Best I could do was Vanilla, King (5), 10 Player, Continents, Standard Time. Played as America and rushed Minutemen by 1000 AD. Had 3 supporting Trebuchets. Stormed straight through the Aztecs, who still only had Swords and Spears. Egypt sent Chariots against me (they didn't last long), but...
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    City Strength

    Build MOAR rockets.
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    Multiple sea-tile resources blocked!

    You could possibly build your city on a tile adjacent to both seas. But, don't despair. When you get Refrigeration, you will have one awesome Submarine Pen. If there is only one tile separation between both bodies of water, ships can move through a city positioned on them. Perhaps a city...
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    Rushing the Great Library

    I'm not sure if I'm the odd one out here. But I commonly don't have much trouble getting Stonehenge, or GL, or both, at King (5) difficulty. If I am smart with my research I can often research deep into the tree with Philosophy + Trapping and get Civil Service as my free tech. Boosting me...
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    Great People improvements

    Rationalism gives +1 :c5science: per trading post. If you put a trading post in the jungle, with rationalism and university, you get +2 :c5food: +2 :c5gold: +3 :c5science:.
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