Kev
Hired Goon
Grey:
I'm not completely sure how it all works, but I DON'T think that the autosave bug will kick in by going back to a regular save like you did. I think it happens when a player forgets to save and must go back to one of the autosaves to restore a game.
This will make it difficult to trade and broker techs to our best extent. Now, whenever we sell something to the Russians, for example, they can sell it INSTANTLY to the French and Germans (assuming they are not at war or something).
Two things this will likely steer us to do:
1. Techs we study on our own we may wish to gurad for a while. Yes, we could get "Second civ" money for some of these techs by selling, but it becomes moot when that civ then makes extra money/tech by selling it to the two other civs before we have a chance to blink. Probably better to make the others work a bit for their tech.
2. It makes guarding our contacts all the more important. If we can really hustle and make contact with the rest of the world before our neighbors, we should guard our contacts jealously and NEVER use them in a trade (until such time as they are nearing contact on their own).
Any other thoughts from the group on this phenomenon??? I guess if you think about it, it's like playing in a forced variant game. The autosave bug variant.
By the way, contact with the other civs will help us out a great deal if we can get the Library. I hope that the completion of the Pyramids does not cause the other civs to go for this wonder in the "cascade effect".
On that note, for future write-ups I'd like to request that we all try to make sure we mention wonder announcements. When a civ begins a wonder, changes to a different wonder, or builds a wonder - it can be pretty important at times.
Go, gonzo!!! Lead us forward!!
I'm not completely sure how it all works, but I DON'T think that the autosave bug will kick in by going back to a regular save like you did. I think it happens when a player forgets to save and must go back to one of the autosaves to restore a game.
This will make it difficult to trade and broker techs to our best extent. Now, whenever we sell something to the Russians, for example, they can sell it INSTANTLY to the French and Germans (assuming they are not at war or something).
Two things this will likely steer us to do:
1. Techs we study on our own we may wish to gurad for a while. Yes, we could get "Second civ" money for some of these techs by selling, but it becomes moot when that civ then makes extra money/tech by selling it to the two other civs before we have a chance to blink. Probably better to make the others work a bit for their tech.
2. It makes guarding our contacts all the more important. If we can really hustle and make contact with the rest of the world before our neighbors, we should guard our contacts jealously and NEVER use them in a trade (until such time as they are nearing contact on their own).
Any other thoughts from the group on this phenomenon??? I guess if you think about it, it's like playing in a forced variant game. The autosave bug variant.

By the way, contact with the other civs will help us out a great deal if we can get the Library. I hope that the completion of the Pyramids does not cause the other civs to go for this wonder in the "cascade effect".
On that note, for future write-ups I'd like to request that we all try to make sure we mention wonder announcements. When a civ begins a wonder, changes to a different wonder, or builds a wonder - it can be pretty important at times.
Go, gonzo!!! Lead us forward!!