Recent content by The Fool King

I haven't upgraded from 6.3 yet, but it doesn't seem to appear in the patch notes anywhere: The Persian Immortal Guard shows the green upgrade button at rank "eran anbaraghbad", however upon moving the unit to a provincial capital (as indicated by the green circle) no upgrade happens (the...

I don't see how their mere strength compares. The sum of all those rank strength bonuses is pretty powerful. I don't have the numbers off the top of my head but a centurio (Primus Pilus) has a lot more strength through his ranks bonuses than a Praetorian with his extra 2 base strength. I like...

Not sure whether this is a bug: I kept promoting my Legionaries in my provincial capital (with Military Academy) all the way through the optio and centurio ranks. At Primus Pilus (XI) I get both the green "upgrade to officer" button (which I now can't click unlike with the upgrade to the optio...

Well, I happen to be a high school history teacher and forgive me, but you, sir, seem to have to have a warped concept of education. Or playing games for that matter. 1) People don't play games if they aren't fun - ask any psychologist to explain the basics to you better than I probably can...

What is the point of realism in game design, when it takes the fun out of playing? (Surely, for example, the Environmentalism civic in the main game may be slightly unrealistic und overly simplified, but it serves its purpose in the balance of the game well.)

Right now, corporations feels like a massive nuisance for little gain. For a small, neglegible bonus you get tons of additional unhappiness and unhealthiness, not to mention you have very little control. Public Welfare is like a drop of water on a hot stone when combating the problem. A big...

Hmm, necroing this thread: :) I would love to know that too: my custom houses kept overflowing even though I had set most of them to sell anythng more than 50 of the processed goods in the capital that has the central customs authority. They never sold anything.

I always hated the Independence War, cause it feels so unlike the rest of the game. I would love a peaceful way to reach independence and then keep playing as long as I want. Then there's the problem though that the options for a constitution suck: There is for example never really a reason you...

Pretty cool map, especially love the Euro-Asian divide and the tactical possibilities it offers. What's the reasoning for no uranium? To prohibit nuclear war? I am asking because it blocks certain units from being built.

I like the change, but your argument is pointing more to giving them +1 trade. However, you could always argue that, them being by the river grants them access to easy energy via a waterwheel - voila: +1 production. ;) I like either of those options.

Balance suggestion: I'm currently playing mid to late Anno Obscurii. My impression is that limestone and mudbricks are becoming quite rare and if you aren't very lucky with resources, you can't build many of those fancy new buildings. I guess you could tear down old ones, but I don't know who'd...

v26 (Constantine): - Some time in the Anno Obscurii era Great Generals suddenly started building an encampment instead of a citadel when used. This might be design for all I know, but I thought I'd mention it.

Yep, apologies, that was entirely my mistake.

Playing Constantine, I can confirm that. Must be a bug in the Wonder itself.

Exploitability aside, right now the problem (at least to me) is that making war is no fun at all. It happens so often that I make war, I crush them, destroy their army, their economy (warscore 100) and they still don't want to peace out. I'll even bomb down one or two of their cities to nothing...