Recent content by TigrisJK

This was only my third Civ playthrough but oh my lord, India is ridiculous. I had a rough start, especially when several AI states went to war with me at once and each city I capped (either to raze or make a puppet) added an ungodly amount of unhappiness... but once I found some maritime...

Hey, I've been playing Omens and doing (I thought) rather well... when all of a sudden, rather than beating on Washington, the Divines send Death after me. Which is alright, really. I was in the middle of building up my army of Regulars to squash those pesky bloody Brits. But Death quickly...

If you bump up your research, (and I only play at Noble or above) you should have very few problems with this. As long as you play well and stay at the top of the research game you'll end up with plenty turns by which you will have the technology to build space components, and they simply will...

I've almost played exclusively with Catherine after having tried Frederick, Bismarck, Asoka (though the fast workers are REALLY nice), and Elizabeth. I've a friend who swears by Elizabeth, but it doesn't fit my strategies. Catherine is Cre/Fin, and the Cre *really* helps in the early game...

I typically play on a Terra map, so by the time I have Galleons to shuttle over, their towns are pretty big, and I have to bring catapults. But free size 9-ish cities are nice. Verrrrry nice. Only problem is that the neighbouring cities start pumping out units and continually attacking my...

I'm playing Noble or Prince. Frankly speaking, LeConquerant's view seems about right... To scarl: How did you go about it? My friend wasn't able to pull it off at first either... You don't let THEM propose anything. You put everything you want on the table FIRST, then hit "Let's bury the...

Excellent, thank you.

I personally think it certainly IS cheating. It certainly FEELS like cheating... but since I know it, I can't stay away from it. Hency my preference to play human players. They provide more sport without THEM having to cheat either (I'm referring to handicaps in favour of the AI at higher...

I think this may be something to look into, or a very, very exploitable bug... maybe someone's already found this and I just haven't done a search for it... BUT nonetheless: It seems the moment you start suing for peace, especially if the AI attacked you first but failed to take a single...

I'll download the save tomorrow, but from what I've read it seems very similar to what I've been doing except waaaaay faster. It makes sense... The more the cities, I figure, the more the production, no matter what the maintenance blow may be. Growth can wait. But I hadn't thought of the...

*ahem* F-asterisk-colon-ampersand diplomacy. There. I said it. I am totally clearly far too tired to be sitting in front of the computer and skimping out on essays. The power ranking advice is a good one. If you find yourself lagging behind on power rankings, you are doing something wrong. Or...

I've toyed with religion, but I've never liked it much. I typically do an early push towards Taoism, neglecting most other technologies (trading for them with my higher end techs, if needbe) for Pacifism. I like the great people... they do a city good. =) However... spreading them do help a...

I don't think resources are all that plentiful. Certainly an improvement over Civ III in certain aspects, but as Old Jubilee stated, sometimes there just isn't any oil. Or uranium. Or aluminum. I've had all three of those problems, even with an expansive empire on a Terra-type map across most...

There are often bends in the river which may lend to a city being placed in the middle having two or even three sides defended by this bonus. Which is actually a defense from 5 out of 8 possible angles of attack. It can really make a huge difference. But yes, the other people said pretty much...

That is utterly bizarre, and you're correct, that seems ridiculous in implementation. All I can say to that is... hopefully, they fix that. Someone needs to buzz Firaxis and let them know that a completely outdated and miniscule air force can fend off a modern, vast, and overwhelmingly large...