ChrTh
Happy Yule!
Speaker said:
I'll trust you'll fix that then in RBC IV
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I'll trust you'll fix that then in RBC IV
Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
Sullla said:
Ha! Like I'm going to wait two turns!
Today is a good day to die.
Cry havoc
and let slip the dogs of...
ChrTh
Happy Yule!
^^Well, I ain't going to bed anytime soon ... I need to see how this turns out!
... I need to see how this turns out!
Seems you will need another great prophet for the taoist shrine after you take the holy city for the 7th religion away from Victoria.. 
TerrisH
Mischief?
Victoria might have already built a shrine.. by this time, she hase gotten a few great people, right (I know she went into a golden age at somepoint..)
eldar
ChiefTank
TerrisH said:
Shrines get destroyed when a city is captured, you have to rebuild them.
TerrisH
Mischief?
ah, I did not know that. neat fact to know for when I finialy get to play this thing.
eldar
ChiefTank
Heroes said:
Aggressive Civs are very nice, I'm having fun with the Mongols right now (no early religions, but plenty of late ones
). Imagine all of the nice military improvements built by these guys, and add the bonus Combat I for footsoldiers thrown in on top? 
Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
ChrTh said:^^Well, I ain't going to bed anytime soon
Are you still awake, ChrTh? Get some sleep, man.
Wars take time to play out. 
Then there is all of that imbedded journalist footage to sort through and edit.
Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
Heroes said:
Half what it would otherwise have. (If you have barracks -> 4XP, drafted from that city would be 2XP, which is what we had in most cases when I did that round of drafting.)
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ZombiVoziKombi
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Oh man, this is what I call a cliffhanger.
Great game guys! I'm totally hooked.
Great game guys! I'm totally hooked.
Kylearan
compound eye
Hi,
Agreed, although it's not only the improved AI, or that we don't know the game inside out yet, that makes it challening. It's also the change of many game mechanisms to the better (like no prebuilding wonders, the maintenance system etc.) that did the job of making even Monarch, where the AIs don't get that much of a bonus compared to some Civ 3 levels, a more fun and challenging experience. There are a lot of things done right this time inside Civ 4!
-Kylearan
Sullla said:Monarch is still plenty challenging for me in most games that I've tried recently. [...] Civ4's AI is simply better than Civ3's.
Agreed, although it's not only the improved AI, or that we don't know the game inside out yet, that makes it challening. It's also the change of many game mechanisms to the better (like no prebuilding wonders, the maintenance system etc.) that did the job of making even Monarch, where the AIs don't get that much of a bonus compared to some Civ 3 levels, a more fun and challenging experience. There are a lot of things done right this time inside Civ 4!
-Kylearan
Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
QUOTABLE
"A good plan executed today is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite point in the future."
"Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational competence."
"War is an art and is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula."
"Make your plans fit the circumstances."
"Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended... then go forward on foot!"
"There is only one tactical principle that is not subject to change.
It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound,
death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."
"Audacity, audacity, always audacity."
"All glory is fleeting."
CARPE DIEM
"Let's roll!"
First up, the artillery. (Always helps to have ACCURATE artillery.)
City defenses down to 24%.
We can sit around and wait for a turn, so we can get that down to 0%.
Or we can attack now. Here are the odds:
Check out the armor units maxed out on City Raider promotions.
(Just don't let them get caught and ambushed in the open by counterattackers!)
ATTACK! Forward, you magnificent bastids. FORWARD!
Their best unit falls. Now for the second ranks. Here are the odds:
It only gets uglier for them from here.
There's nothing so sweet as the smell of victory in the morning.
Attack again! BLITZ! Again, I say! FORWARD!
This first battle of this war isn't even over yet and already I am feeling the surge of adrenalin.
"A good plan executed today is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite point in the future."
"Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational competence."
"War is an art and is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula."
"Make your plans fit the circumstances."
"Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended... then go forward on foot!"
"There is only one tactical principle that is not subject to change.
It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound,
death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."
"Audacity, audacity, always audacity."
"All glory is fleeting."
CARPE DIEM
"Let's roll!"
First up, the artillery. (Always helps to have ACCURATE artillery.)
City defenses down to 24%.
We can sit around and wait for a turn, so we can get that down to 0%.
Or we can attack now. Here are the odds:
Check out the armor units maxed out on City Raider promotions.
(Just don't let them get caught and ambushed in the open by counterattackers!)
ATTACK! Forward, you magnificent bastids. FORWARD!
Their best unit falls. Now for the second ranks. Here are the odds:
It only gets uglier for them from here.
There's nothing so sweet as the smell of victory in the morning.
Attack again! BLITZ! Again, I say! FORWARD!
This first battle of this war isn't even over yet and already I am feeling the surge of adrenalin.
I'm salivating here!! I need more!! Can't wait for more war reports. I will be sad when you guys finish the game... I look forward to reading your reports every day at work (if I can't play the game at work, at least I can read about it!)
Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
Note the vulnerability of a city positioned just across the border!
If you don't think culture matters in this game, think again.
Now for the dreaded Longbow vs Tank battles.
The odds vs an unpromoted Tank, in a city with reduced but not eliminated defense rating:
The thing about Civ4 combat is this:
Your current strength rating -IS- your Strength rating!
A wounded tank down to 7 Str is weaker than a fully healed Maceman at 8 Str.
If you want to be successful at war in Civ4, you must grasp this element.
Capice?
Rather than toy around with 28 to 11 odds, I use some of my promotions.
Now it's 28 to 9, and that's a lock. We WILL NOT lose. However, we may take damage.
If we take too much damage and attack again... :shakehead ...that would be choosing unwisely.
We lose 3.1 units of strength in the fight. That's not enough to scare me.
BLITZ! Attack AGAIN and TAKE THE CITY.
We capture a settler, which is turned in to a worker.
I use the new Worker to scout ahead.
"Just drive down that road until you get blown up."
Ooh! They spot some more targets-- er, "enemy units".
If you don't think culture matters in this game, think again.
Now for the dreaded Longbow vs Tank battles.
The odds vs an unpromoted Tank, in a city with reduced but not eliminated defense rating:
The thing about Civ4 combat is this:
Your current strength rating -IS- your Strength rating!
A wounded tank down to 7 Str is weaker than a fully healed Maceman at 8 Str.
If you want to be successful at war in Civ4, you must grasp this element.
Capice?
Rather than toy around with 28 to 11 odds, I use some of my promotions.
Now it's 28 to 9, and that's a lock. We WILL NOT lose. However, we may take damage.
If we take too much damage and attack again... :shakehead ...that would be choosing unwisely.
We lose 3.1 units of strength in the fight. That's not enough to scare me.
BLITZ! Attack AGAIN and TAKE THE CITY.
We capture a settler, which is turned in to a worker.
I use the new Worker to scout ahead.
"Just drive down that road until you get blown up."
Ooh! They spot some more targets-- er, "enemy units".
Sirian
Designer, Mohawk Games
A peek inside Canterbury. Some buildings have survived.
I queue up a Granary and order two Artist specialists for when the city is pacified.
I reinforce the city by moving some of our City Garrison units forward.
Ten turn movement on rails is not infinite, but it sure beats moving along roads!
One of our two-promotions tanks is sent chasing the targets down in the ice.
No damage to us. Very sad for them.
I was only able to hit one target, though. Our other tanks have other priorities!
The unit guarding their horses... Wow, does it do a number on our Tank or what!
Takes him down almost to half strength!
That's the end of my initial push. I have to use our remaining healthy Tank to cover that wounded one.
I wake an Infantry from Rosa and advance him to a forested hill across the border.
I cover our exposed workers with other units as necessary.
A couple of our back line Riflemen are awakened and moved forward.
Not too many though! Don't want to invite an invasion on our back side!
That concludes our effort on the Zeroeth Turn.
Say what? ZEROETH turn? Yes, the Inherited Turn. IT1880AD.
Now I shall Press Enter and begin my First Turn.
There are ten more turns to come.
- Sirian
I queue up a Granary and order two Artist specialists for when the city is pacified.
I reinforce the city by moving some of our City Garrison units forward.
Ten turn movement on rails is not infinite, but it sure beats moving along roads!
One of our two-promotions tanks is sent chasing the targets down in the ice.
No damage to us. Very sad for them.
I was only able to hit one target, though. Our other tanks have other priorities!
The unit guarding their horses... Wow, does it do a number on our Tank or what!
Takes him down almost to half strength!
That's the end of my initial push. I have to use our remaining healthy Tank to cover that wounded one.
I wake an Infantry from Rosa and advance him to a forested hill across the border.
I cover our exposed workers with other units as necessary.
A couple of our back line Riflemen are awakened and moved forward.
Not too many though! Don't want to invite an invasion on our back side!
That concludes our effort on the Zeroeth Turn.
Say what? ZEROETH turn?
Yes, the Inherited Turn. IT1880AD. Now I shall Press Enter and begin my First Turn.
There are ten more turns to come.
- Sirian
Sullla
Patrician Roman Dictator
Feel free to take your time with these turns, Sirian. I'm leaving in a couple hours on a roadtrip down to North Carolina for the UNC/Maryland football game tomorrow. I won't be able to play any turns in this game until Sunday, as a result. Of course, England will be a landscape of smoking craters by that point in time, so I can come back in order to take charge of the post-war reconstruction.
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