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Thanks for the replies, I understand it now. I was thrown off by the fact that specialists' gold contributions are independent of how much commerce is turned into gold or research.

I need to better understand how my empire generates commerce. Clearly there is some kind of total income (GNP?) which I assume must be commerce from tiles worked plus income from buildings plus income from specialists plus income from trade (routes + trade deals). I can easily see the result...

I've thought it might be neat for every civ to have a flagship it can send into battle, like real historical flagships such as the HMS Victory or the um... well, I'm not much of a history buff. A civ is allowed only 1 (naval) flagship at any time, which is basically the same unit type...

I'll have to think about how this changes my strategy. I kind of knew that some great people could rush wonders, but I haven't been in a situation where I've been able to do that in so long that I was fuzzy on the details. I should figure out a way to rush-build the wonders I really want, then...

I was just playing a game on Prince. One of my neighbours, Wang Kon, managed to build the University of Sankore in 2-5 turns. I wasn't keeping track too closely, but I was holding off on trading Paper to him until I had the wonder nearly completed. I traded the relevant tech with 20 turns to go...

I'd agree it seems useless if you aren't building your economy around religion. I've always ignored it in the past, but now that I'm playing on Prince I make damn sure I have a religion to keep my economy stable. I had a game on Prince that I quit for lack of a challenge after I was making...

I long for more robust communication options between the player and the AI for the next Civ game. This desire stems mainly from my frustration when I'm being attacked by a Civ through the borders of another Civ who is "friendly" with me but refuses to close off their borders to my enemy...

Does nuking a city destroy all the units garrisoned in there? I'm about to build up, and spend a while premeditating an invasion against the most powerful civ in the game I'm currently playing.. we've both got all the technology and his cities are loaded with fighters, gunships, artillery...

Brilliant mod. I will install this shortly! No more choosing Roosevelt and renaming my empire Canada. The UU you've chosen is a bit confusing. I was born in Toronto and have lived here all my life, and I have no clue what the unique unit is supposed to be. The Canada Corps? What? The UU...

Viet Cong, I love it. That's the derisive term coined by angry US politicians. They're called the National Liberation Front. Someone should put together a scenario involving Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, the USSR, China and the US. Everyone vs the US :D

Thanks guys. A further question: Catherine is currently a Hindu and I believe she is the one who founded it. In either case, she is running Organized Religion so I'll have to wait until she gives that up, but, is there any hope for me switching her to Confucianism? She has Hindu in every...

Three ideas for Civ 5. Multinational Corporations Maybe there could be animated figures as per the Civilizations for multinational corps that emerge out of one country and can offer Civs currency, in exchange for some other service (or Civic type that their business depends upon).. and can...

I'd be interested to know what the weighting system is on religion and civic preferences for the different Civilizations. Government: Mao likes State Property; so do I. How does he feel about Universal Sufferage, though? Free religion? (Or does Mao have no opinion on any of the other civc...

Hauling out a fifth-century catapult to take on tanks and helicopters = suicide, which is probably why nobody on Earth has ever attempted it, ever. It'd be nice if when ages advance, the outdated units get superficial changes - so your catapult becomes the modern equivalent, like one of the...

Thank you very much.. that's very helpful. :)