Quick Answers / 'Newbie' Questions

[Chamnix]

@Tukker - what is causing the governor to set a citizen to an entertainer is the fact that you are growing on the same turn as you get a cultural expansion. On a cultural expansion with growth, the governor automatically reassigns old citizens as well as assigning the new citizen, and he won't set them in such a way that the town will riot next turn.

There are no settings that will help you. The only way to prevent him from setting a clown is to make sure the town will be happy even after growth - turn up the luxury slider the turn before growth, for example.

Note that this is the only time it is necessary to turn up the slider before growth - if you are not getting a cultural expansion at the same time as growth, then you should not adjust the slider until after growth.

 

[Tukker]

ahh thanks alot, didn't knew that

 

[hrhomer]

Hi... I am TOTTALY new to al of this. I cannot understand even the basics of how to play the game. I need dumbed down step by step instructions that would help me to basically understand turn based games?

I had the same problem when I started about 6 months ago - now, I'm winning my first attempt at Emperor level.

1) This forum and website is INVALUABLE - the SINGLE reason I've improved. Devour as much of the material as you can. Read the War academy on the main Civ Fans page.

2) No matter how silly, post more specific questions. Like "What do I do with a worker," or "How do I get those horses."

3) Forget your free time. It's now CIV TIME, BABY!!!

Joe

 

[Sephiroth]

O.K. I have 32 posts and i still can't make a custom avatar what is wrong

 

[Turner]

You have 3 posts, not 32.

And as I told you in the PM, you need to be here 30 days and have 30 posts.

 

[Sephiroth]

i had 30 posts yesterday what happened?

 

[Turner]

You had a bunch of posts deleted for spamming up the Creation & Customization forum.

And you still wouldn't have had 30 days.

 

[Sephiroth]

i still do not understand, i downloaded from every place i made a post. a generic reply is just easy to do, less tiyping

 

[Turner]

That's between you and Chieftess. She was the one who deleted your posts for spam. To be honest, had I gotten there first, i would have too.

In any event, this is as far as I'm going to publicly discuss any action taken by a moderator. If you need more information, or an explaination, PM Chieftess. She was the one who acted on your spam.

 

[dallas2222]

i am a newbie at this, but i have downloaded before and i think cheiftess should not have deleted your posts and by doing so she or he is cencering you for no good reson cloud post as many times as you want right?

 

[Turner]

Moderator Action: dallas2222 - warned. Public discussion of moderator actions is not allowed.
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889

I also suggest you read the Forum Rules.

 

[Sephiroth]

can i change my user name? if so how do i do it?

 

[Turner]

You really need to read the forum rules. It's covered in there.

 

[Sir_Lancelot]

I am amused by the term "stack of doom". But I don't actually know what it is. What do you consider being a SOD? 5 units? 70 units? There is no exact answer of course, and I'm sure it's different opinions out there.

 

[vmxa]

It is any number that you cannot handle at that time.

 

[gmaharriet]

What do you consider being a SOD? 5 units? 70 units?

What vmxa said if it's the AI coming after you.

For your own units it can be 5, 70, or 200, depending on the age you're in and what units/cities you're attacking. It may be only 5 archers going after a size 1 town defended by a single spear in the AA. It may be 2 or 3 armies, dozens of single units and artillery going after a size 12 city in the Industrial Age.

What they both have in common is staying together in a single stack for doing the most damage while having the best defense because of their numbers. They may be all of a single unit type, or they may be "combined arms" with some offense, some defense and some bombardment units.

 

[azzaman333]

I have a SOD in my Emperor Story, which is over 110 units. Over 50 are artillery.

 

[Sir_Lancelot]

The biggest SOD I've seen was some +30 barbarian horsemen in the middle AA coming for one of my distant towns. Luckily I had roads and my Zulu imps (1/2/2) rushed from all around my land to that city, just in time. And the barbs was slowed because they came over mountains.

But I managed to defend the town so maybe that was not a SOD after all. At least not according to vmxa.

 

[10lire]

The biggest SOD I've seen was some +30 barbarian horsemen in the middle AA

Me too!
The barbarian horsemen SOD's (with some warriors) appear when you set 'Raging orders' as barbarian aggressivity level in the pre-game options; I don't know if it is depending by the diffuculty level too (does it happens the same with a 'Chieftain' or 'Warlord' level?)
The AI civilizations SOD's appear at difficulty levels higher than 'Monarch'.
This is my experience, I hope it's not wrong..
For me a SOD is every number of invader units that makes me scream!

 

[thetrooper]

@10lire et al: Probably as a result of the so-called 'barbarian uprising', happens whenever you or some other tribe reach a new era.