Lord Parkin
aka emperor
I consider Ramesses as one of the better leaders for the higher difficulty levels. (Not the best, but by no means bad.) I don't know where anyone would get the idea that he wasn't good.
best game advice u ever got?
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Crime Doesn't Pay
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You speak the language of blashempy!
Seriously though the best advice was...
1. Use seige
2.cottage spamz
3. Save before you declare war!
Julian Delphiki
Anton's key
'Plan ahead'.
IAM
Emperor
proper prior planning prevents piss poor performance
Lord Parkin
aka emperor
Civ4 related, please. Let's keep this on topic.
blitzkrieg1980
Octobrist
I got another one. This pertains to a civ in Caste System / Representation and a city that has all modifiers.
If you forget to check your happy caps for a while and end up with a
citizen simply from population, take off all the tiles except 1 
heavy tile. Put all those citizens to work as scientists (or whatever that city specializes in). Starve the population down to the happy cap.
This not only boosts your GPP temporarily, but it gives you a short burst of extra
or 
(or 
I guess, but that's specific to cultural victories IMO).
Oh yeah, don't forget to start feeding those people once your pop is back down to the cap! I've done this a couple times and it sucks having to do the opposite (use specialists to grow the city back to cap lol)
modifiers.If you forget to check your happy caps for a while and end up with a
citizen simply from population, take off all the tiles except 1 heavy tile. Put all those citizens to work as scientists (or whatever that city specializes in). Starve the population down to the happy cap. This not only boosts your GPP temporarily, but it gives you a short burst of extra
or (or I guess, but that's specific to cultural victories IMO).Oh yeah, don't forget to start feeding those people once your pop is back down to the
cap! I've done this a couple times and it sucks having to do the opposite (use specialists to grow the city back to cap lol)
Lord Parkin
aka emperor
Hmm, not sure if this is a good idea in many situations. Firstly, you should really not be letting your cities grow that unhappy... you don't have to micromanage every turn, but a quick sweep of your empire every few turns will cover your bases.I got another one. This pertains to a civ in Caste System / Representation and a city that has all
If you forget to check your happy caps for a while and end up with a
Secondly, assuming you have unhappy cities, rather than starving them it's better if you can secure additional happiness from some source (the culture slider is even a potential temporary option if nothing else is available).The boosted GPP production will be next to worthless in all but your GP city, just because of how the GP mechanics work. The short boost of science/gold/etc is nice, but in my opinion it's nicer to find additional happiness and keep the cities larger.This not only boosts your GPP temporarily, but it gives you a short burst of extra
Ouch... yeah, whatever you do, don't do that.Oh yeah, don't forget to start feeding those people once your pop is back down to the
Sciguy001
CiV Great Scientist (duh)
Never trust Montezuma. Proven true as once he was friendly with me and I still got backstabbed!
And also: Cottages are very important. It got me able to at least be able to succeed on levels higher than settler.
And also: Cottages are very important. It got me able to at least be able to succeed on levels higher than settler.
"Y'know. Civ would run a lot better with more memory.
We take Visa."
We take Visa."
ahmedhadzi
Relocation Consultant
Settlers and cities don't win games, Axes on the other hand does
Please, for those of us lacking in -- I guess -- Britishness, will you let us in what a tea cosy is?
Julian Delphiki
Anton's key
Ooh, I know this (and I'm not even a Brit). A tea cosy is a knitted thing that goes over a teapot. Why? I dunno. People usually get nice teapots and then cover them with some horrible knitting; it makes no sense.
Why anyone would want to try one on, that I cannot answer.
pressing f11 will bring up the global view perspective. The interface has a drawing tool. Basically, you consider city locations based on the map: resources, aI, your cities, etc.
Sciguy001
CiV Great Scientist (duh)
Hmm, I have never tried dotmapping before. It might prove to be better orgnize a game. I am going to try doing that and see if it has a greater effect than placing cities wherever sees fit at the time.
