Civ 5 Playthru -How to Conquer the World by being Poor, Upset and Massively Outgunned

[Louis XXIV]

The peoples in Europe are all in the industrial era minimum. China has plenty of infantry and whatnot knocking about. I just lucked out with derpy dumb Bismark I think. Check out the scores.... (considering Caeser and Suleiman have lost most of their cities)

OK, that's a relief. I was worried about the complaints that Babylon was unbalanced. Seems pretty reasonable to me (although you'd probably have been eliminated if it weren't for Babylon at this point ). What's up with Bismark, though? Bad city locations? Bad game decisions? Just has some kind of science phobia?

 

[lemmy101]

God knows. I too was slightly concerned until I got over the Atlantic and discovered the rest of them were normals.

 

[Flyinfungi]

Great read sir, I registered just for you.

I make a formal request.

Nukes.

The target is of little concern to me.

 

[jdevo]

I've heard that map trading isn't allowed. Are there any techs that allow you to see through the fog of war? It seems strange to be in the 20th century with half the globe hidden. Thanks for doing this! Been following all day.

 

[lemmy101]

Bismark proves that the stereotype of the German sense of humour is total nonsense by telling a hilariously funny joke.

 

[Threedog43]

Second on the NUKE request.

 

[lemmy101]

I'll keep Bismark around just for that.

re: Map trading, nope. Not that I can see anyway. Perhaps satellite?

 

[drowzyus360]

lol!! does your treasury say -130 gold per turn?!?

 

[lemmy101]

Get with the times, Bismark! Even Belgrade have got riflemen!

 

[lemmy101]

lol!! does your treasury say -130 gold per turn?!?

-3.

-130 is his treasury... I'm starting to feel sorry for him now.

 

[lemmy101]

One thing I've learnt is that artillery is pretty useless in widely forested areas. Not sure when I can get the indirect fire promotion, but since I can't fire promotions are unlikely to be coming any time soon.

 

[lemmy101]

World News: Rome is no more! Bye bye Caesar, nice knowing you.

 

[lemmy101]

Cologne is mine!

 

[Aussie_Lurker]

OMG, this is the most entertaining thing I've read all day! Kudos to you Lemmy ! I must say that you're assuaging a *lot* of my previous concerns about the game. Whatever my thoughts on some of the mechanics, it definitely does *not* sound dumbed down! I reckon I'll enjoy playing this game side-by-side with Civ4 for many years to come !

Aussie.

 

[lemmy101]

Frigates docked in cities are awesome. I rush built one in Akkad to deal with the hordes and they tear through units with their ranged attack.

 

[lemmy101]

Yikes. That Frigate has totally fubarred my unit maintenance. Not sure how it works yet but I'm at -53 now. I think it must have pushed me over some support limit or something...

 

[SeptimusOctopus]

Thanks for this. It makes the wait a bit less painful for those of us who can't play right now.

 

[Louis XXIV]

Just a guess, but are you short on iron at all? I've heard iron units would cost more in upkeep if you are. Aside from that, no guesses. Was it a dramatic shift in support costs?

 

[lemmy101]

Cheers for all the kind words everyone. If I don't thank anyone personally for saying lovely things it's just because otherwise I would be breaking up the commentary too much, but they're all appreciated.

 

[ashmizen]

Do you mind sharing what the Babylon bonuses are?

I can't find this information on the internets, despite trying various creative queries on google.

I want to see what I am missing, as I bought the regular edition on steam, and am already regretting not shelling out the extra $10 :/