Barbs ?!? Run away, run -very- far away!

[Malleus Dei]

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt

I don't have Civ4 and won't see it before the end of the year....at earliest.

Go donate blood or something. No way you want to wait that long for this game.

[Malleus Dei]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Barbs build wonders?

Barbs will kick your butt up around your ears in this game if you don't watch out.

[Willem]

Originally posted by Malleus Dei


Go donate blood or something. No way you want to wait that long for this game.

Not all countries give cash for blood. Here in Canada they don't, it's strictly voluntary.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by Solver
If you let the Barbarians keep a city for long enough, it will grow into a nice city with the land around it improved, and nice productivity.

Can this be exploited? Let barbarian cities on good spots grow and take them when they are ripe? Or is it better to get rid of them immediately?

[The_Aussie_Lurker]

Well, VetLegion, judging from the first screenshot, doing that is fraught with great danger, 'cause they not only build wonders, they also upgrade their units and can keep pace-technologically-with you!! Yet another feature I am really looking forward to in the game!!!

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

[Malleus Dei]

Originally posted by Willem


Not all countries give cash for blood. Here in Canada they don't, it's strictly voluntary.

Yet another reason to live in the U.S.!

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by The_Aussie_Lurker
Well, VetLegion, judging from the first screenshot, doing that is fraught with great danger, 'cause they not only build wonders, they also upgrade their units and can keep pace-technologically-with you!! Yet another feature I am really looking forward to in the game!!!

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

Well in that case, what distinguishes them from a normal game faction?

I would expect barbarians to be bent on destruction, not progress?

[asleepathewheel]

Instead of categorizing them as barbs in such a case, perhaps they should be referred to as minor civs.

[Igloodude]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
Instead of categorizing them as barbs in such a case, perhaps they should be referred to as minor civs.

Or barbarians with benefits.

[Willem]

Originally posted by Igloodude


Or barbarians with benefits.

And rifles.

[LongKnife56]

How long do you have to wait in line in Canada to give blood? Just curious.

[archermoo]

Originally posted by Willem


Not all countries give cash for blood. Here in Canada they don't, it's strictly voluntary.

Just as a minor side note, in the US blood products cannot be used for transfusion if they were paid for. Which is to say that while we have for profit plasma centers that'll pay people for their blood plasma, none of it can be used for transfusion. It all gets used either for research or, surprisingly enough, in the cosmetics industry. Anything that is used for transfusions has to have been actually donated, rather than paid for.

[evizaer]

This is the best Civ4 thread yet!

I've never had the barbs capture a city and let it stay theirs in my games. Perhaps it's worth a shot...

[Willem]

Originally posted by LongKnife56
How long do you have to wait in line in Canada to give blood? Just curious.

I wouldn't know, I've never donated. I don't like needles, they make me faint.

[Willem]

Originally posted by evizaer
This is the best Civ4 thread yet!

I've never had the barbs capture a city and let it stay theirs in my games. Perhaps it's worth a shot...

It's nothing new really, that happened all the time in Civ 1. And they were bloody pains to get rid of sometimes when that happened, a real thorn in the side.

One advantage of this now, which I used to encounter in Civ 1. If a barb takes over an AI city in an area you're hoping to expand into, like on another continent say, you can now take it and gain that foothold you wanted. It opens up some new strategic opportunities for the player.