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Things I Learned About The World Through CivV
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Chieftain
142: or is it the world where the Teletubbies live?
HammerandSickle
Warlord
143 When a helicopter wants to enter the sea, it gets disassembled, is loaded into two separate ships, and is reassembled once it reaches the other shore.
144. Archers and longbowmen can survive millenia into the modern era and can, with a bit of luck, shoot down a stealth bomber.
145. A wooden trireme can also survive millenia, and can simply ram a modern transport ship carrying mechanized infantry, sinking it instantly.
145. A wooden trireme can also survive millenia, and can simply ram a modern transport ship carrying mechanized infantry, sinking it instantly.
146. Iron is not really needed for Knight equipment or building iron clads. However a lot of iron is used in making catapults & trebuchets.
147. It takes a few years to deploy catapults so that they can fire stones on their targets.
147. It takes a few years to deploy catapults so that they can fire stones on their targets.
147. Giant Death robots really exist
148. But a Giant Death Robot can be killed by an archer.
149. To pruduce an archer you only need some kind of ''magic hammers''.
150. Apples are the only food that citizen can eat.
151. Horses, deers, cattles and sheeps can sometimes live in water.
152. Barbarians don't know how to use a settler or a worker.
153. Somehow, barbarians know how to steal technologies and make better units.
148. But a Giant Death Robot can be killed by an archer.
149. To pruduce an archer you only need some kind of ''magic hammers''.
150. Apples are the only food that citizen can eat.
151. Horses, deers, cattles and sheeps can sometimes live in water.
152. Barbarians don't know how to use a settler or a worker.
153. Somehow, barbarians know how to steal technologies and make better units.
More accurate!
155. Time is not like a long and smooth river. It's more like a stair with big steps in the beginning and very short steps at the end.
156. From the beginning, all we know is that every civilization appeared in 4000 BC at the same time and they know how to farm tiles.(Edit : looks like #24)
157. 2050 is hypothetically the end of world.
159. Technological advancement is relative. You can, for example, build mechanized infantry without knowing how to build a rifle.
160. Plastics are essential for diplomacy but have nothing to do with space exploration.
161. With enough luck and cash, a warrior born in the year 4000 BC can survive to become a giant robot ~6000 years later.
162. A ragtag band of settlers is defenseless and can easily be captured by a roving band of barbarians or by hostile troops, but as soon as they pitch camp, they are fortified and can immediately bombard attackers with enormous force.
163. Elephants are a luxury resource, supplying ivory. Any civliization--even France, Denmark or Korea--may produce it. However, only India and Siam may actually use elephants to wage war.
164. The more your empire is successful at war, the unhappier its citizens will be. If it captures enemy cities, it will be unhappy with its success. However, if one of your cities is reduced to starvation or suffers nuclear attack, the empire as a whole rejoices.
160. Plastics are essential for diplomacy but have nothing to do with space exploration.
161. With enough luck and cash, a warrior born in the year 4000 BC can survive to become a giant robot ~6000 years later.
162. A ragtag band of settlers is defenseless and can easily be captured by a roving band of barbarians or by hostile troops, but as soon as they pitch camp, they are fortified and can immediately bombard attackers with enormous force.
163. Elephants are a luxury resource, supplying ivory. Any civliization--even France, Denmark or Korea--may produce it. However, only India and Siam may actually use elephants to wage war.
164. The more your empire is successful at war, the unhappier its citizens will be. If it captures enemy cities, it will be unhappy with its success. However, if one of your cities is reduced to starvation or suffers nuclear attack, the empire as a whole rejoices.
CELTICEMPIRE
Zulu Conqueror
165 If you hop in the water, a boat will instantaneously appear!
TheLohoped
Known today as TLPD-AVW
171. Songhai warriors are professional alchemists. They take random stuff from barbarian camps and make gold using it.
ShahJahanII
Homesick Alien
172.It costs more to maintain a courthouse than a stadium or broadcast tower
173. Mathematics had to be "discovered"
174. You can build the pyramids with no knowledge of mathematics
175. Mathematics was necessary to maintain courthouses
176. For people to like their leaders, all the leaders have to do is give them the luxuries they want for years of support (Barrack Obama should offer free beer at his campaigns
)
177. People who like their government's leadership have more kids (were the baby boomers' parents that happy with the president?)
178. Catherine is very disappointed when you declare war on her, but not so much when you defeat her in war
179. Hospitals provide food for a city
180. Only one hospital, granary, broadcast tower, stadium etc. allowed per city
181. Leaders titles change depending on what laws and social policies they adopt
182. Arabs were such good traders because their bazaars were magical and could duplicate luxuries
183. Sun Tzu's book "Art of War" was used to train Chinese generals throughout history
184. Generals aren't trained for war, rather war creates generals
173. Mathematics had to be "discovered"
174. You can build the pyramids with no knowledge of mathematics
175. Mathematics was necessary to maintain courthouses
176. For people to like their leaders, all the leaders have to do is give them the luxuries they want for years of support (Barrack Obama should offer free beer at his campaigns
)177. People who like their government's leadership have more kids (were the baby boomers' parents that happy with the president?)
178. Catherine is very disappointed when you declare war on her, but not so much when you defeat her in war
179. Hospitals provide food for a city
180. Only one hospital, granary, broadcast tower, stadium etc. allowed per city
181. Leaders titles change depending on what laws and social policies they adopt
182. Arabs were such good traders because their bazaars were magical and could duplicate luxuries
183. Sun Tzu's book "Art of War" was used to train Chinese generals throughout history
184. Generals aren't trained for war, rather war creates generals
ShahJahanII
Homesick Alien
186. For the Persians this euphoria lasts even longer
187. Danish Berserkers were as fast as knights mounted on horses
188. The Siamese patralineal family system made them better diplomats than everyone else
189. City states are constantly at war with each other, with distance having little effect on relations. Monaco and Singapore want each other dead.
190. Larger nations tend to be more scientifically advanced
191. Technologies are well kept secrets that can cause huge scientific gaps in the world
192. The Polynesian Haka Warrior Dance really scared their enemies
192. No matter where the Arabs are, they will always tend to produce oil more effeciently than other civs
193. Control over a territory exists in 3 states: regular, Occupied, and Puppet. Provinces, states, prefectures, and other divisions don't exist
187. Danish Berserkers were as fast as knights mounted on horses
188. The Siamese patralineal family system made them better diplomats than everyone else
189. City states are constantly at war with each other, with distance having little effect on relations. Monaco and Singapore want each other dead.
190. Larger nations tend to be more scientifically advanced
191. Technologies are well kept secrets that can cause huge scientific gaps in the world
192. The Polynesian Haka Warrior Dance really scared their enemies
192. No matter where the Arabs are, they will always tend to produce oil more effeciently than other civs
193. Control over a territory exists in 3 states: regular, Occupied, and Puppet. Provinces, states, prefectures, and other divisions don't exist
