Recent content by Xahz

No. Why don't you just come out and say it? Do you think Islam should have a +10 bonus in religious combat? I didn't back up your point at all, you just didn't read my post properly. I listed examples of violence involving every single major world religion; the frequency of conflict involving...

What nonsense. Every single major world religion has been involved in numerous wars and other violent conflict throughout history, regardless of their teachings: the Christian Wars of Religion, Muslim conquests in the Middle East, Muslim/Hindu violence in India, the Sikh Empire, Muslim/Buddhist...

Saying the Ceilidh Hall isn't worth the hammers is a very different argument than "I don't build them because I don't build Opera Houses". Also, I'm not sure what "more hammer efficient ways" to generate happiness you're referring to; Ceilidh Halls cost the same as Zoos but give an extra...

This type of logic really bothers me. Obviously if you're not going culture you're not going to be building Opera Houses - but the Celts don't have Opera Houses, they have Ceilidh Halls which are absolutely worth building. Refusing to adapt your playstyle to a civilization's strength is what...

Old habits die hard. I'm not really seeing a case for why Tradition is objectively better in the majority of cases. Obviously it has benefits to mid/late growth and happiness, but there are a lot of advantages to early expansion as well. I don't know why VC is even being discussed; we're talking...

How in the world did you interpret this from "tradition is the best policy tree"? While I agree that opening Tradition is a viable strategy, it also has serious impacts for early growth. The delayed early settler/worker really hurt expansionist civs like Rome. Getting an early second city...

"Generally accepted" by whom? That was maybe true before the patch that pushed Legalism back - now Liberty and even Honor are quite competitive depending on what civ you are playing. If you're going for any sort of early war, Tradition is painfully slow; being forced to take two basically...

Their only problem is how thin you need to spread their science. Trying to get both their UUs and their UA means you'll be filling the entire tech tree. I guess you could skip Sipahi though since they're pretty garbage. Better than lancers but I don't know why you'd ever use lancers to begin...

So what is your basis for stating that better graphics are easier to develop than better AI? Do you have a source for that? Also, you are "rationalizing" with that explanation as well. We know empirically that turn length is significantly longer the more variables there are for the AI to...

You understand that time and money cannot build infinite technology, right? We just barely have supercomputers who can beat human opponents in chess - and that's with millions of dollars being thrown into the development of that technology from some of the biggest tech giants in the world. Civ...

That's not really relevant though, unless you're implying that every city will be working every hex, which is pretty ridiculous. That would be 36 pop per city not including specialists. Cities can expand well beyond their workable tiles as well, so 6 tiles of space isn't even necessary to link...

So what adds to the "debate"? Only posts that agree with you? The thread title is "does Byzantium need a boost". My answer is no. I'm sorry you think otherwise, but you don't get to just write off arguments because you think you own the thread. I have never played a game as Byzantium and...

Does Spain have a "start near natural wonder" bias? Do rush civs have a "start near weak enemy AI" bias? Biases also do not mean you will always get a decent start, especially when the map type disallows is. Why not disallow religious civs from being your opponent if you have so much difficulty...

Are you kidding? The vast majority of civs in the game need luck, and yes you should reroll those starts. What about Celts not spawning near forest? Venice with no good city-states nearby? Carthage, Indonesia or Polynesia with no coast? Incas with no mountains? Huns, Mongolia, Assyria or any...

How does 1/2 production Shrines and Temples along with +1 faith from each not help you get a religion? It should, at the very least, help you get a pantheon (which are not luck based, I'm not sure what you mean). The only civs that should be routinely beating you out are the Celts, Maya, and...