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    Anyone come up with a solution to low production?

    Adding an industrial district to a low production city is usually a bad idea. Without an adjacency bonus from at least 2 mines it takes a huge...
    Post by: UncleJJ, Oct 24, 2016 in forum: Civ6 - Strategy & Tips
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    Big cities in relation to worked tiles and districts

    Large cities in the late game will be fed by multiple internal trade routes bringing food and hammers. So farms and other tiles can be replaced...
    Post by: UncleJJ, Oct 19, 2016 in forum: Civ6 - Strategy & Tips
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    Reasons to stop expansion

    With proper support cities settled in the late game can grow very fast and have strong enough production to build 2 or 3 districts. Don't just...
    Post by: UncleJJ, Oct 15, 2016 in forum: Civ6 - General Discussions
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    Encampments ?

    Firstly as a bit of an aside most of the LPs I've seen spend far too much effort building industrial districts in weak cities with no mines or...
    Post by: UncleJJ, Oct 14, 2016 in forum: Civ6 - General Discussions
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    Are you pre-ordering?

    No way, I was burned by Civ 5. Let's see what they produce this time
    Post by: UncleJJ, Oct 9, 2016 in forum: Civ6 - General Discussions
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    One Unit per Tile Debate

    Sulla nailed the main problems with Civ 5 back in 2011. An empire and city building game like the civilisation series is not well served by 1upt....
    Post by: UncleJJ, May 1, 2014 in forum: Civ5 - General Discussions
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    Go SE and still get GE and GM for corps?

    I agree, this is what I’ve found as well. If you are going for a Conquest or Domination victory then Communism is usually the way to win faster...
    Post by: UncleJJ, Apr 2, 2014 in forum: Civ4 - Strategy & Tips
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    Cannon rushes

    Cannons are indeed very powerful and one of my favourite ways to go for a Domination victory (including AP and Diplomatic victories as Domination...
    Post by: UncleJJ, Feb 10, 2014 in forum: Civ4 - Strategy & Tips
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    Whats your favourite type of map to play on?

    I like complexity and often use espionage so I find that maps are more interesting if they involve significant amounts of water (Continents and...
    Post by: UncleJJ, Nov 7, 2013 in forum: Civ4 - General Discussions
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    What is your favorite Civ IV mod?

    Fall From Heaven 2. simply the best :D
    Post by: UncleJJ, Nov 6, 2013 in forum: Civ4 - General Discussions
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    The Overcouncil Strikes Back: Drafting for Fun and Profit in FFH2

    I have used drafting in 3 games I played a long time ago. Unfortunately I've not played FFH2 for a couple of years :blush: but I looked at some...
    Post by: UncleJJ, Nov 5, 2013 in forum: Fall from Heaven Strategy & Tips
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    Unit upgrades - worth it?

    I tend to agree with Nials. Occassionally, I will upgrade a draft musket if it has gained some useful promotions but spending 110 gold to upgrade...
    Post by: UncleJJ, Jul 4, 2013 in forum: Civ4 - Strategy & Tips
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    Unit upgrades - worth it?

    One of my favourite upgrades is crossbow or grenadier to machinegun. That can give the machinegun several promotions it could not otherwise get....
    Post by: UncleJJ, Jul 2, 2013 in forum: Civ4 - Strategy & Tips
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    It may be silly but what happens if you attack a catapult with a catapult?

    One good reason for doing it, that I have often used, is to gain 1 xp point for my CR2 catapult and get it to CR3. A CR3 catapult is much better...
    Post by: UncleJJ, Apr 12, 2013 in forum: Civ4 - Strategy & Tips
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    Whipping question

    Playing on watery maps with many low hammer cities is a perfect chance to use whipping and drafting to turn excess food into hammers. It is...
    Post by: UncleJJ, Dec 29, 2012 in forum: Civ4 - Strategy & Tips