Recent content by TheDifficult3rd

Sorry for the Uber bump, but this is the thread that NEVER DIES! Anyway, seriously, I remember this thread from the time Civ 4 was released as being a major influence on me (and I assume other people) at the time of Civ 4. Yeah, Civ 4 was different but that's something to embrace, just learn...

OK - So, I consider myself to be a reasonably competent Civ IV player (I win on semi-regularly on Emperor) and I love the game. But I am tired of seeing my City Governor fill the Spy specialist slot as its first choice over more useful (in my mind) Engineer / Scientist / Priest etc slots...

:rolleyes: 4->2

Sorry, I was unclear. More whipping in the sense that'll you potentially have more pop available to do bigger whips, if needed. How quickly you regrow is obviously a consideration yes, but then that is true for any amount of whipping. My point is that if you have plenty of food in the BFC...

What about as a warmongering Charismatic civ who will not have to build a monument in every city it founds and conquers?

Numerous comments here about Boudica's economy being a potential problem, especially with no economy boosting traits and a potential borked economy after the early war / REXing that being Boudica demands. However, I don't see a problem at all. Let's look closely at Charismatic and her...

Don't move the capital and certainly cottage the floodplains - you cannot not cottage those floodplains! :D Now, looking at your dot map, I would move the southern fish city 1S so it is on the coast and move the wine/spices city 1W so it too is on the coast. The reason for that (other than...

:eek: I consider myself to be *reasonably* knowelgeable Civ player. But I've never heard of this "tech discount"! What's the deal? Is it documented anywhere? Can anyone point me in the direction of some info? :goodjob: I've done a forum search and nothing much is coming up. As for the...

You have read an ALC before, right? :p

This is like the wait for the 3.13 patch! (Remember that anyone? :rolleyes:) This time, the part of Alexman is played by Sisiutil :goodjob:

IMHO, Flood Plains should be Cottaged, rather than Farmed - even in a GP Farm - as the "3F + Town" from Cottage is better than the " 4F + Half a Specialist" from Farms. Hope that helps! :goodjob:

Sorry for clarifying - and the 3 being Courts, Granary and Library? :blush:

I happen to agree with this idea - If Lincoln is all about the late game (in terms of UU and UB) and the plan is to go for Continents to showcase the Seals for late game amphibious action, then being way ahead by the mid game makes playing Lincoln on Emporer rather pointless and a waste of a...

It's amazing my OP was over 2 years ago! I've had a kid since then...! Anyway, I just updated the post to reflect a few changed to chopping and forests in the various patches etc (i.e. health is now .5 per forest rather than .4). I've looked back through that list of guidelines and I...

I enjoy the ALC series so much - but the most painful thing is the first few pages where everyone debates/argues over where to move the settler or settle in place when there's liitle or no information to go on. So, the only way to advance this debate is to move the scout as suggested in the...