Recent content by wntrmute

But it's not odd that Abraham Lincoln is president from 4000BC onwards? ;)

I was comparing the early medieval GA my strategy provides versus the no-wonder GA from Panzers, which is very late industrial/early modern. Agree that Newt's is more useful than MoM, but the Leo/Newt combo give a very late Medieval/early Industrial GA. Not as good for expansion (which is...

Well, this is for Regent. At regent the GLib is usually pretty useless (IMLE), at worst you can maintain near parity with the AI's and at best be a few techs up on them. MoM is pretty cheap compared with the lib, and the only point is to get the scientific wonder req for a (early for Germany)...

warrior/warrior/settler (or warrior/spear/settler) is what I do. I think getting a second city established ASAP is more important than building infrastructure in the early game. I also race for COL/Philo to shoot for the Republic slingshot and try to get pottery from a hut or trade. Without a...

Be careful with the leaving cities undefended thing, though. I've had more than one occasion where a gracious AI with an ROP ROP raped me due to an undefended city. Then again, nukes are fun.

As Germany, though, isn't it a good idea to try to get the Republic slingshot, the Mausoleum, and either Leonardo's or Sun Tzu's? That seems to be the only way to get a decently timed GA, which makes early middle ages expansion and wars a bit easier. Other than that I would agree, focus should...

Well, unhappy people are always complaining that it's "Just too crowded." Opening up a nuke plant would certainly reduce that crowding.

I like letting the AI build up what will shortly be my infrastructure. Also, getting 10-15 free workers from those big cities rocks.

I would go with an Army first. Too many things depend on having a winning army (Hero's Epic, West Point, Pentagon, etc.). Use leader #2 on FP, which is still pretty useful in C3C, it just doesn't have the way-cool exploit of Vanilla.

WW in republic honestly isn't that bad, especially if you can get happiness wonders where your core is. Luxs + markets help alot too.

Sell all improvements the turn before you finish that last settler. Or sell them all once you decide to move the town, since you would save a bundle on upkeep.

The Spanish UU is the Conquistadore, and I think he comes with Navigation. Maybe Magnatism. In either case it is late middle ages. You can try to get a wonder gold age maybe. Warmongering with Republic can be done, but you need temples, cathedrals, marketplaces, and more than 2 luxxes. But...

You are getting close to the UN. Identify who is in second place for land area (or first if it isn't you), and get ROP's and MPP's with every civ other than that civ. Before signing the ROP make sure every city and town has at least one Inf, Mech Inf, and/or Tow Inf (AI civs will ROP rape if...

There used to be a '31 civs in one thread,' too. *cough*

As long as you have the resources you need via trade, I would avoid further wars. It's hard to get a humbled nation to vote for you in the UN, in my limited experience. Remember the ultimate goal -- that trumps a fair number of more limited concerns.