Walkthrough by Sullla

[Grumbold]

I could have put your copy to good use while you were busy

[sabrewolf]

wow, this 3rd and 4th section really eased my mind. it truly seems as if it is well balanced and no (currently known) strategy is overpowered.

for instance my scepticism about later religions have been considered: 1 free missionary for the later faiths!! i just wished people had told me 2 days ago when i was half freaking out

[Arrian]

I'm on Wedding Duty this weekend so wouldn't be able to play it anyway.

Your wedding? Forgive me, my memory is as bad as ever. If so, congrats! If it's a friend's wedding, err... congrats to them.

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My first game is nearly at the end (I'm in 1920AD, IIRC, and am researching things like computers). I played on Warlord, just to get a feel for things w/o facing a real challenge by the AI. Tanks against pikemen and whatnot, you know.

Something I'm going to have to get used to is that there is simply so much you *can* do that you really cannot do it all. I must learn to prioritize better and pick a path, rather than going with the kitchen sink approach.

-Arrian

p.s. I've already lost a Tank to a pikeman Granted, it was a beat up tank (IIRC, slightly over 1/2 strength) attacking a pikeman fortified in a civ's capital. I can just hear the wailing and nashing of teeth now "but, but, but that SHOULDN'T HAPPEN!! EVER!!1 SCREW THIS GAME"

[Cort Haus]

Your wedding?

Someone else's. My GF and I are happily not married.

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Nice to see you claim the first tank loss to a pikeman, Arrian. Congrats. An impetuous strike, perhaps? I expect you had some more tanks nearby.

I like the sound of the 'so much you can do' aspect. It suggests plenty of strategic options. I also like the not-needing to check the 'F4' for rival tech progress early on, as you can't trade anyway. Now the early techs mean more than just a chip to get in the tech loop.

[Tattila the Hun]

I think this thread should be stickied, for those of us who don't have the game yet.

[polarnomad]

Part Five is out!

http://www.kalikokottage.com/civ3/sullla/civ4_walk_5.html

Sorry, Disk Killer... You're probably too busy playing the game anyways! (Or sleeping)

[Zealot]

Er... you pay for the Malaians to do war for you, and the very next turn they cry for help???

That should NEVER happen! Bad Firaxis, bad! Whatever Malaians need as payment for war, they should have asked for in the begining, not charging us and then blackmail us!

Don't you agree guys? At LEAST three turns of "silence" before demanding help in any way?

[LDiCesare]

It's quite sensible for Mali to ask help. That's a bit annoying, but then it's the player's choice to actually help them, so from Mali point of view it is very well done. Good ai imo. Though having an option like "I won't be able to help for X turns" could be nice, without such an option, I think it's a nice behavior.

[Grumbold]

Hmm, with the immediate turn around it feels wrong. I'd have looked for a fairly costly "lets declare war together" option alongside the really expensive "go it alone" one. If you've paid them to go to war, they really ought to make a bit of an effort before crying mommy. Otherwise its implying they didn't like the deal they just made.

[proviisori]

http://www.kalikokottage.com/civ3/sullla/civ4_walk_6.html

part 6 is up!

War against Gandhi.

[Grumbold]

Nice stuff. I hope Sulla has more to talk about after the game ends, I've got used to my daily fix of Civ news and the there is still another 5 days before Civ hits the shops in the UK.

[Grumbold]

...and there it is. Interesting final section. It looks like the diplo victory is going to be a challenge to achieve with even good friends not always voting for you.

[alva]

for the lazy:

http://www.kalikokottage.com/civ3/sullla/civ4_walk_7.html

Great work Sulla.

[MortVader]

Argh! server not responding... catastrophe!

[alva]

Works for me.