Imperator Knoedel
Simperator Knoedel
I often build monuments first--even with writing. The quicker border pops often justify building a monument first.
I'm not sure how unpopular this is, I thought that was standard play.
I often build monuments first--even with writing. The quicker border pops often justify building a monument first.
A lot of people say, "Why spend hammers on a monument and library when just a library will do?"
Imperialistic + Creative... you're not talking about my favorite leader, are you?I think financial is over rated as an economic trait- yes it is top tier, but its only challenger is not philosophical, but also creative and imperialistic. I believe people often underestimate the cheap libraries of creative, and the power of the no effort border pop. As for imperialistic, settlers are the building block of any economy, and the ability to whip them out at two pop instead of three given the same hammer investment is powerful. The only reason it gets so much love is that it is easy to use.
that I don't like the Modern Era. It takes all the fun away...
Quintillus said:I know, libraries also boost science. And I do tend to build them. But I often want border expansion before I can build libraries. Sometimes to claim resources, sometimes to cut off my rivals' expansion. The effect of libraries also is limited early game when commerce production is still relatively low.
jackelgull said:I think financial is over rated as an economic trait- yes it is top tier, but its only challenger is not philosophical, but also creative and imperialistic. I believe people often underestimate the cheap libraries of creative, and the power of the no effort border pop. As for imperialistic, settlers are the building block of any economy, and the ability to whip them out at two pop instead of three given the same hammer investment is powerful. The only reason it gets so much love is that it is easy to use.
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7) If i can't take over the entire world with cannons, I usually ragequit, so despite being comfortable on emperor difficulty and sometimes playing immortal, I have absolutely no idea how to play late game. I have no clue what to tech after steel (liberalism? long gone, and won't save them from my giant mass of cannons & grenadiers, ha!). I don't even know how airplanes work.
People rly need to get over thinking SH is good I agree with pigswill's deity elitism, after all if you play deity you will know that SH is useless, since you're never able to build it (ofc if you play seriously enough to beat deity you would probably realize that it's a waste of hammers even if you could get it 100% of the time)
You're not missing much by skipping archipelago maps. They're the coolest looking maps, but the AI doesn't really know how to play them, and making a map naval focused is weird when navies are awkward and useless to begin with in civ. In fact the last strategy game I remember where navies weren't kinda useless was aoe2, and even that is a questionable example on most maps.
I agree with pigswill's deity elitism, after all if you play deity you will know that SH is useless, since you're never able to build it
Do you play Dutch, Modern Era start, by any chance?My unpopular opinion?
My favourite landmasses are Archipelagos with high Sea Water LOL