Your Civ 4 idiosyncracies

[ParadigmShifter]

but that word doesnt even exist

Huh?

http://www.yourdictionary.com/behoof

 

[JKWSN]

On occasion I rename cities that I capture to match upcoming suggested city names - I like to see how deep I can get into the list.

Also when I hold on to great people, I save the ones with I like for later use in the game. Ben Franklin often helps me start a golden age for a space race win.

 

[Silence101]

I avoid building roads on farms and mines, unless there's a resource there. I build roads under all cottages and workshops, and though I like to have a good road network set up between all of my cities, I avoid road spamming like the AI seems to do.

I'm always really nice to Hatty for some reason. Almost everyone else is fair game. I like to bully Civ's that I'm about to declare war on for money and tech. I'll usually make Monty mad just for the heck of it... cause he makes me laugh when he gets angry. Huanya Capac is annoying too.

I have to build the Oracle... even if I don't really need it, I always try for it. I also must build the Great Library in my capital.

I'll only rename units that I pop from a goody hut - I'll name them "[so-and-so] Tribe" or something like that.

 

[Rex rgis of Ter]

I have a compulsion to be nice to Churchill, Hatty, Pericles,Sitting Bull, and any Americans. It's very frustrating and difficult, but I just can't stop.
I always rename cities to either names for my civs, or names where the 2 civs mixed. If I conquer America as any Euro civ, I usually name their major settlements in America. i.e. Spain's capital in America is San Antonio.
The City where Rock n' Roll is built is named after the band I'm listening to at that moment. I don't listen to ingame music, but iTunes.
I never have played France. I don't know why. Maybe cause I'm American.

 

[Lefund]

I always name my civ, Lefaid after a made up culture of mine and then name all my cities and leader based on it. Sometimes, if I don't have my cheat cheat of Legendary names, I might name them something like the reasorce I parked the city next to. One time I decided to record every eventful thing that happened in the game, including background for all my great people. I think I might try that again next game, starting after Alphabet of course.

 

[ezwip]

My biggest pet peave is bullying Ghandi. I like to threaten him, take his cities one at a time then sue for peace. Message him again and demand gold. After he gives it to me I declare war anyways. He made me mad once with a culture victory as my vassal so I never give him the benefit of the doubt. I exterminate him.

 

[feando]

I always have a hard time squashing ghandi, i just feel so guilty when he would rather starve himself then have a fight, i mean just look at that face

 

[TheDifficult3rd]

Like some of you, I rename all cities based on their location and resources.

So, if a City has lots of Plains and is at the south end of my empire, I'd call it "South Plains". A city with a sea location and Copper would be "Copper Harbour" etc. otherwise I have to keep track of what "Nottingham" and "York" have got and what it's role is in each different game. Especially if I'm playing Zulu, and all the Cities mean nothing to me!

Also, my capital is always renamed "Capitol City"

As for units, now I think about it, I realise this is quite in depth and rather anal/obsessive, but it is what I do when playing Civ4 and that's what this thread is all about I guess...!

I categorise and rank ALL my veteran units.

Axes/Swords/Maces that get up to City Raider 3 are "Guards" - and they get numbered "1 Guards", "2 Guards" etc once each unit achieves that 'rank'. This is because I usually hold them in reserve and take good care of them (just like Guard units in real life) and only use them in the glorious attacks on cities.

I usually aim to get 1 or 2 Axes/Maces units up to Woodsman 2 (or 3 in BTS) and they get called "1 Woodsman", "2 Woodsman" etc.

I also aim for 1 or 2 units Axes/Maces with Guerrilla (the Hills promotion), they get "1 Rangers" etc (as in when the Rangers climbed cliffs on D-Day).

I go for 3 or 4 Axes/Mace units who get Combat and both Cover (against Archery) and Shock (against Melee) and they are called "1 Rifles", "2 Rifles" etc (as in the light infantry regiments in the Napoleonic era that did a specialist sniping / anti-infantry / light infantry role) - they defend stacks / attack barb swords/archers.

I also go for 3 or 4 Spear/Pike units and get them Combat and the Formation (against Mounted Units) bonus - they're called "1 Lancers" etc (I know Lancers are cavalry/mounted units in real life, but that's what I choose ages ago and it's stuck!)

Chariots/Knights/Cav units with Sentry and Flanking are "1 Hussars" etc to reflect their reconnaissance / light cavalry role in the Napoleonic era. Those with Combat and Shock get "1 Heavy Cavalry" etc.

Archery/Longbow units get Drill/City Garrison. Those that Garrison invaded cities are called "1MP", "2MP" etc as in Military Police. Archery/Longbow units that Garrison my capital and any major cities are called "Royal Bodyguards" or "1 Bodyguards" etc

Then there's obvious stuff like units with Medic I/II get "1 Medic" etc. Scouts get "1 Recon" etc but they rarely last long enough! And boats, like has been said, get "HMS _____" depending on who they beat ("HMS Zulu") or their role in a major battle they took part in ("HMS Invincible", "HMS Vengeance" etc).

Meanwhile, any unit going above level 5 or so and if they are the best unit in their 'class' (Guards, Rangers, Rifles, Woodsman, etc) especially if they've also got up to Combat 2 or 3 as well as Woodsman 3 or whatever, then they would be named "Royal Woodsman" or "Grenadier Guards" or "Scots Greys" or some such elaborate and appropriate distinction.

Phew! Reading all that back makes it sound very anal and excessive!

However, when attacking in stacks or organising an invasion etc, I therefore quickly know which units to put in what stack and how to use them in which role (and which unnamed units to use as green cannon fodder!), which to use to attack cities, which to fortify on Hills or Forests and which to use to attack Archers/Longbows or defend against Chariots/Knights etc. rather than having to look at their tiny promotion icons each time.

Also, it just adds a deeper flavour to all my games as I can keep track of these units that stay with me through 1000's of years and 100s of battles.

Just my £0.02!

 

[Uberfrog]

When playing as Alexander, any conquered capital becomes Alexandria (unless already taken, where I vary it to Alexandrion, Alexandropolis, etc.)

 

[Öjevind Lång]

When playing as Alexander, any conquered capital becomes Alexandria (unless already taken, where I vary it to Alexandrion, Alexandropolis, etc.)

Alexander also founded a city he called Bucephala, after his warhorse Bucephalos which had just died. Just a tip.