Attention All Diplogamers!

[Robert]

Were you already able to fix your connection?

[OmnipotentTrout]

Mongolian Horde no longer

The Mongolians have lost thier leader and kapitulate to the powers that be!

But remember that their Barbarian blood will fuse with whomever conquer them! (See Story Line, History of the World: Legacy post)

Denghis Kahn Will Return!

I'll keep an eye out for a new Diplogame, so I kan build an empire anew.

cheers,

OmnipotentTrout

[KunojiLym]

English barbarians? How quaint.

[OzzyKP]

Re: Mongolian Horde no longer

Originally posted by OmnipotentTrout
The Mongolians have lost thier leader and kapitulate to the powers that be!

But remember that their Barbarian blood will fuse with whomever conquer them! (See Story Line, History of the World: Legacy post)

Denghis Kahn Will Return!

I'll keep an eye out for a new Diplogame, so I kan build an empire anew.

cheers,

OmnipotentTrout

I just started a thread for you:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=150335

[OzzyKP]

btw, since I'm interested in having a good competitive game I noticed a few things in people's cities that I found puzzling.

For example France is creative yet has obelisks in all his cities. Including his capitol. I know its tight down there, but.... that really seems like a waste. Though perhaps it was the AI's doing, in which case.... stupid AI. But otherwise, obelisks are really only necessariy for poping your borders. If you are cultural, or if you have a capitol that is growing culture on its own, then building an obelisk is really a waste of time and resources.

And Inca, you have 3 cities and built courthouses in them all including your capitol. I don't know what kind of maintence costs you have, but I have 5 cities and Delhi is bigger than Cuzco and I have a maintenence penalty of -1 in Delhi. So building a courthouse there does absolutely nothing for me. I would imagine your maintence costs would be less.

So why, as a non-organized civ, did you pay full price to build relatively expensive buildings that are so far returning very little?

Being small you can still be powerful, but you have to make smart choices. Get the best out of what you have. Play to your strengths, etc.

I just don't want people to fall behind and get frustrated. Better parity makes for a better game, but people have to make smart decisions in game. Maybe folks should check out some of the other forums for gameplay tips.


(btw, no i didn't cheat and peak at anyone's civs, all this information is available on the main map if you zoom in to cities and check what buildings appear on the map)

[The Capo]

That's kinda messed up Ozzy, I don't know why but I think you should reserve the criticism for after the game.

[OzzyKP]

Its not criticism and its not messed up. I'm trying to help people play better.

[NicodaMax]

I was having money problems, even with 3 cities (after I lost that one to barbs), I want to keep my research rate above 80%, and all I know is that courthouses reduce maintenance costs by 50%. After building them, no more money problems...what am I doing wrong? Maybe it wasn't necessary now, but in the long run, after two or three cities more, it will be imperative. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[OzzyKP]

I can't see into your cities to know what maintenance costs you have. But if its anything like mine they are -1 or -2 per city. Building a courthouse saves you either 1 gold or 0 gold per city. That is an incredibly small return on the hammer investment.

And yes, some day they will be needed. But you have to think strategically. Maybe build a library that will have a more immediate effect, or forges (so when the time comes to build those courthouses they'll go faster). I dunno, anything else.

Especially as a financial civ you should be building things to maximize the coin coming in, as it will have a bigger effect than minimizing the coin going out, especially at this stage in the game with the size you are.

[NicodaMax]

Well, you're right, not getting much return from the shield investment. And what's funny is that the city that would benefit the most from a courthouse, doesn't have one yet
Game mechanics is not my strongpoint, and i've always had a tendency to be mechanical myself and build all buildings in every city, which I know is often a waste of resources.
This is a learning experience in the end, and your input is valued, even if it makes me feel like an idiot

[OzzyKP]

Glad I could help.

[Robert]

How can you see what other civs are building??

[LzPrst]

grmf. the ai messed up some stuff for me too, but one thing it did right was to build forges in my 3 main cities. german production powerhouse for the win

[NicodaMax]

Originally posted by CyberShy
How can you see what other civs are building??

He's got some U2 spy airplanes flying over the major cities of the world taking pictures of buildings

[LzPrst]

eek! I was in the bath! give back those pictures this instant or I'll send my armies!