Any idea if the AI kill off their workers during war? I saw many workers during the war and expected them to be waiting in the last cities as they often tend to do. But nobody were there. Any idea what happened?
Where they at war with anyone else/excessive barbarians?
I've 2 quick questions: Which unit is better at defending at city with a civ that has vassalage enabled:
1) A machine gun or infantry?
2) A machine gun or SAM infantry?
It depends on the attacker and the promotions. In almost all cases the SAM infantry would be worst, but would be better against gunships.
If you really want to know, use the world builder to give the AI 3 cities, and put a machine gun, infantry and SAM infantry (one in each) and you all the various units the enemy has. Then in the main game select each attacking unit, hold down alt and mouse over each city. The odds will be shown, and the one with best odds for the defender is best.
I've 2 quick questions: Which unit is better at defending at city with a civ that has vassalage enabled:
1) A machine gun or infantry?
2) A machine gun or SAM infantry?
Think I asked about something similar recently, but when is it best to start adapting your hills to windmills?
Right now it's fairly late game and I'm running Emancipation and Free Markets, so no massive boosts for workshops, watermills or windmills. Changing a mine to windmill will +1 , -2 , +2
Commerce and food wise it's obviously a good move, but won't those lost hammers be a nag? In short, would I be better off to convert all mines to windmills, perhaps except in the HE city?
Have noticed the AI builds windmills very early and aplenty, so perhaps that is why I'm reluctant
Same with watermills, should one build them basically everywhere it's possible by this stage, even though you're not able to run state property (due to corporations)?
Another one too, probably very newbie-y. What do the stars mean right to some cities. A city has an icon for the religions in it, a small star on the religious icon if it's the holy city, etc. But for some cities there is a star too. What does it mean?
Think I figured out the one about the stars actually. Took a look at the stats screen with world and national wonders. Couldn't see any connection with world wonders, but when looking at national wonders it looks like it's the cities with Forbidden Palace in it. Fits well with the current game anyway.
Hey, just got Civ4 Complete and a couple of questions.
1. What version do you guys play? It has Civ4, Warlords and Beyond The Sword on my desktop; I went with BTS but which one is more popular online?
2. What difficulty is good to play with? I don't like playing on easy, even when learning things since I don't mind losing (in fact it's fun to get slaughtered and try again behehe); but the higher difficulties effect A.I. behavior and bonuses right? Just curious what most of you guys sit on, maybe the higher difficulties make the A.I. ******ed\obnoxious so figured worth asking.
A warm welcome to the forums .....
1. Most people seem to play BTS. Might be worth playing Civ4 vanilla once or twice as it is the least complicated.
2. Noble difficulty is considered to be 'Par'. I personally started on Warlord
Have fun - you probably won't be going to bed tonight
You also get one for Versailles. I think it might be gold/yellow in color (which would presumably be due to it being a world wonder), but don't remember for sure.
Personally, I would axe-rush him, beeline IW, and finish him off with swords. You might have to build a large stack of axes, and you may only take a city or two (or all of them ), but it will cripple him while you get IW and can take his capital which will likely have walls by then.In the game I'm playing right now I'm Brennus/Ethiopia and the only other civ on my little continent is Stalin/Mali. I'm trying to get good at early rushes so I was planning on bumping him off. However, given his Skirmishers- and the only Copper on the island being in a reasonable but not very convenient location- should I go ahead and Axerush, or should I beeline IW and go after him with Swords?
I believe this is correct. I build as many Oromos as I can.One more for later on in this game, regarding Oromos. They come with Drill 1&2, so it's my understanding that any upgraded Oromos will become Drill 2 Rifles, then hold those promos all the way up through Infantry and beyond.
I don't know that he bothers. I usually try to kill him early if I can, or else he's too far way. I haven't seen him in game for ages though. I may be wrong.EDIT: Another question, about Stalin. I haven't come across him in many of my games. I know he's not Louis, but given that he's Industrious, should I sit back and wait for him to build a Wonder for me? Or does he usually not bother?