Recent content by Xerhid

Starting on about Noble I think, the computer simply will not let you charge ahead on research. You HAVE TO establish a military presence to dissuade them from attacking.

I would say that you are probably not playing "well" in other aspects of your game. For instance, maybe you're not building enough cottages and thus cannot financially support a large army; let alone falling behind in tech. I wouldn't worry so much about military per se, but rather focus on...

ON PRINCE, I am usually only able to get out about 4-5 cities before all of the land is taken. After that my strategy geared toward eating up my closest neighbor's cities. Rinse, repeat until the end game. By the end, I'll end up with 20+ cities. This is the only way I've ever won. Having...

The jump from Noble to Prince was difficult for me as well. Here are a few macro-strategies that made a huge difference for me: (1) In general, be more aggresssive than on Noble. I am a bastard to my neighbors. (2) Specialize your cities so you'll have more hammers to constantly get out...

I believe you're posting in the wrong place. However, I did a search on Emule and found the file in question. Try downloading it and then sticking it into your Windows DLL folder.

There are SOOOO many possibilities here and without further info, I can only give a few tips. I have to assume you are playing on a pretty low difficulty setting, because AI usually finish the Race before 2050. -Make sure you have a handful of specialized monster cities in your empire. A few...

Sorry, I guess I was slightly unclear. Yes, I get the message as above, but they never go for it. From what others have said, I guess the reason I don't get them to gift me techs is because I am usually anywhere from the middle to the top of the pecking order. Meh.

I currently play on Prince, but I haven't been able to get the AI to give me Techs on any difficulty level, short of a military threat. How do you get the AI to give you techs as a "friend"? Even when I have pretty good relations, I just can't seem to do it. Yet, the AI expects you to give...

Really excellent and thorough post. This answers my question perfectly. Thanks!:goodjob:

I guess another question I have is this: Is tech trading with AI an important strategy? I mean, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, will reasonably planned tech trading with AI further your goals in the game, or is the jury still out? In other words, say I play a game identically in every way, except...

These discussions have helped me understand issues relating to trading techs. Thanks for the thoughtful input.

I am unable to keep up with AI in Tech. Yes, I think I have enough cottages. I think I am primarily losing my edge because I don't know how to trade effectively. I am reluctant to trade for the following reasons: (1) I don't want my rivals to have access to building/units that will further...