No grey areas here. Either you cheat or you don't.
However, if you do cheat and admit it like me, feel free to justify how and why like I am about to do.
1. As mentioned in another thread, I quick save now before what is becoming most battles. I never used to do that before, but it just pissed me off that I was losing so many high-XP units in battles that I should have won. Now, I quick save, and re-load as necessary. I am a cheater.
2. Shortly after every game starts I open the World Builder to see if one of the AI civs is the dwarves or the elves. If either or both are there, I know better than to waste my time founding the ROK or FOL religions respectively. I have played so many games and NEVER beaten one of them to those religions. Yes, it is cheating, but I am convinced the AI cheats in making sure they found the religions. So, I feel much better than I am responding to cheating with cheating of my own.
However, if you do cheat and admit it like me, feel free to justify how and why like I am about to do.
1. As mentioned in another thread, I quick save now before what is becoming most battles. I never used to do that before, but it just pissed me off that I was losing so many high-XP units in battles that I should have won. Now, I quick save, and re-load as necessary. I am a cheater.
2. Shortly after every game starts I open the World Builder to see if one of the AI civs is the dwarves or the elves. If either or both are there, I know better than to waste my time founding the ROK or FOL religions respectively. I have played so many games and NEVER beaten one of them to those religions. Yes, it is cheating, but I am convinced the AI cheats in making sure they found the religions. So, I feel much better than I am responding to cheating with cheating of my own.