Recent content by Ungeziefer

Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, Great Wall, Versailles, Forbidden Palace for me :)

Yes, I win most of my Monarch Space OCCs while I've never won any "normal" games above Prince (haven't tried very hard either ^^). See here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=324408 and here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=445711 for more info

:lol: good luck on the diplo side And nice BFC btw :eek:...

Oh I see, I misunderstood what you said before b/c when I get DoWed I usually defend in my city with LBs/Rifles, but if I understand correctly you tend to attack the enemy SoD b/c you have a bigger standing army (I try to stick with 1-2 warriors which I upgrade as the game goes :lol:) In this...

Really? In half of my games I have metals by the third ring (I play with Balanced resources), and event if I don't have any longbows are great defenders if that's what you have in mind. Again, I tend to disagree: - The push to Bio starts with crappy techs such as MC, Construction...

Then I guess the Sistine does have a huge impact then. AI culture was threatening before I tried to build it for denial purposes, now it seems that beating the AI to space and avoiding having a SoD at your city gates is the most difficult

Without screenshots, I'd say: - You should be able to go much lower than -9 gpt with 50% science, - The Mids are quite useful, and - You only have 3 cities => Don't raze ;)

That is exactly what I realized while eating breakfast this morning :lol:. I tend to build Sistine waaay too early and this completely messes up my GP pool, esp. since I build the Globe early too. Speaking of which, I do prefer to grow beyond the health cap and trade my happy resources to the...

Lull in production? 3GD? Tanks? When do you have time for all of this :eek::lol:? I even think that 3GD is actually detrimental since the time spent on building it for SS denial could be spent on SS parts, and the cost/benefit ratio is probably against you... But well if it works in your games...

Parthenon, ToA, GLH +Colossus in coastal starts, HG, which I now only build after the Globe to avoid bumping in the happy cap, and some others. I built the SoL once, I figured that an extra scientist would be worth it :lol: That's strange though, since I didn't build Sistine before and now I...

:lol: And the usual: "What do you think of this deal?" "X offers Monotheism. You offer Scientific Method." "YyyyyyNO" Weird, this almost never happens to me. By the time the AI settles near my borders my 3rd border pop happened long ago. They often settle in the "legendary ring", which my city...

Gold is useful for tech trades, most of the time the AI does not accept a fair trade tech (same beaker cost) but wants money or another ridiculously expensive tech. The best way to refill your treasury though is to sell old techs to the backwards AI, especially military techs if you want to...

Could you post screenshots please? It would be easier and clearer to read Thanks!

My thoughts exactly, I too am (super)influenced by Alexfrog, though I disagree with some parts of his strategy (the prevalence of the Oracle for example, I only attempt to build it if I have marble hooked up) Do you want the hammers for Globe+Oxford? Else it seems that hammers are irrelevant...

Oops sorry I read too quickly, I thought you said that I paid a hefty price, implying some kind of sacrifice. I feel this is the same situation as when you are researching Education. I always use a GS to part-bulb it in order to speed up Oxford and the university. The Edu bulb seems a bit...