Any policies slotted that reduce specialist maintenance?
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On age transition any tiles not adjacent to the city center lose their base happiness.Is there a way to see the source of the happiness deductions?
My capital went from:
- Last turn of exploration: 10.6 happiness (-68.8 deductions)
- First turn of modern: -28.8 happiness (-60.8 deductions)
- First turn of modern after switching capital: -29.3 happiness (-58.3 deductions)
I went into the building list and manually counted the unhappiness caused by buildings, which came to 46 total. Where are the other 12.3 deductions coming from?
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No, this was right after transition, so no policies slotted yet.
I am aware of this. That doesn't help explain the exact deductions after the transition though...
I guess there's no definite answer here anyway, only a more elaborate UI would be able to!
Attributes could also reduce specialist (or building)
you have…
18 from spec
46 from buildings
….so 64 (dropped to 58.3 from attributes)
There might be others
When resource slots are all used up in my settlements, how come I cannot simply take them off each settlement, put them in the main pool, then swap them with another?
What makes the AI come back to war after a peace deal? The peace deal doesn't stay permanent no matter what I do unless I move on to the next age (Reconciliation doesn't do much). Is there any way to stop the AI from declaring war on me again so soon?
What makes the AI come back to war after a peace deal? The peace deal doesn't stay permanent no matter what I do unless I move on to the next age (Reconciliation doesn't do much). Is there any way to stop the AI from declaring war on me again so soon?
Resources: Yes, you can do that, but not right away. The game only lets you swap resources around on turns when you either a) get a new resource to assign or b) get a new slot on a settlement or both.
Declarations: You can see details of how a leader feels about you in two ways. On the main map, mouse over the icon for the leader's status and get a popup with plusses and minues. If you click on the leader, choose the "heart" tab to see details about why they like or dislike you. I play on Sovreign difficulty. The AI declare on me when they are hostile and when they perceive that I am relatively weak. If I move my troops from (say) north to south to attack a different opponent, the northern neighbor might declare because my cities/towns are not well defended.
But the biggest reason the AI declare on me is alliances. If I'm at war with their ally, sooner or later they will declare on me. Even if I'm much bigger and better armed. Check the "heart" tab to see who is allied with whom. If you make peace with leader A, you will need to make peace with their allies as well. If one declares on you, or you declare on them, the chain reaction begins again. If one of *your* allies goes to war, you will be asked if you want to also join the war. That can restart the chain reaction.
Boris Gudenuf
Deity
I highly recommend the Mod: "Global Relations Panel", which gives you access to a simple graphic indication of every AI and human Civ's relationships with every other in the game at a glance. It is an immense help at keeping track of who is allied, friendly, unfriendly, or at war with everyone else.
It happens. Don't worry about it, they don't always take proper advantage of their yields, especially in the modern age.
In my last two games, Napoleon had giant yields, similar to this. I wonder if there's a synergy that I'm overlooking?
Why always him?
stealth_nsk
Deity
Usually AI has huge yields when it has many settlements. Could you check them? And it's more common for more aggressive leaders, who conquer settlements from others, of course.
Boris Gudenuf
Deity
Went back and checked a couple of older saves, and Napoleon (Emperor) in at least two games also had oversized yields, and in both cases also was leading or near-leading in number of settlements (luckily, he wasn't anywhere near me in either game!). In my latest game, I noticed that he went to war with his nearest neighbor before they were 30 turns into the Antiquity Age, so he starts early.
On the other hand, neither he nor any other AI Leader/Civ that I've encountered makes good use of their massive leads to compete to win the game. Except for hoovering up every Wonder they can grab in Antiquity, I do not find the AI to actually chase any Legacy paths/Victory conditions competitively:
Their Distant Lands settlements in Exploration re nowhere near any Treasure Resources - in fact, they will plop down a settlement that is 1 - 2 tiles out of reach of a Treasure resources, to no purpose that I can fathom.
In Modern Age, they start out strong with Explorers, then seem to lose interest so that the game ends with them having 4 - 6 Relics while I have 12 - 15.
I have never seen any AI complete the Modern economic path with railroads and factories, or even come close, despite frequently having piles of Science and Gold with which to do so.
The only consistent 'winning/competitive behavior' I have seen from the AI is in war. They can and do buy or build 1 - 5 units per turn for as long as they can - not using them very efficiently, but throwing up a mass of roadblocks and 'Unit Waves' that drag out the wars to mutual exhaustion. - And mutual exhaustion means that sooner or later an AI opponent will offer a settlement in a peace deal, which is probably how Napoleon gets so big so consistently - he thrives on negative relationships, and negative relationships come from and lead to war as nearly continously as you like.
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