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[Jeremy Buloch]

I would recommend the purple (Sioux) because when ever I'm them I usually Get the best outcome. I'm rarely lower than a supreme power, but I've had a vicious reputation once when I had to take revenge on the english when they stole my technology. I totally destroyed them.

Oh and Welcome to the Forums

-J.B.-

[cavebear]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits

The importance of the purple civ is as follows:

Assuming you are not the purple civ...and are "Supreme"...
you must give techs to the purple civ to prevent the science handicap. (This is imposed by the game if you are the most advanced nation)
If you are only Mighty then make gifts to the Orange civ
Strong to Cyan
Moderate to Yellow
Inadequate to Blue
Weak to Green
and if you are pathetic give advances to the White civ!

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SG(2)

Oh c'mon! The programming isn't *that* detailed, is it?

Oh heck, I don't even know what the "science handicap" is. Or is that only in SP (which I seldom bother with).

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by DaveV
Another nice thing about fanatics: they are a very useful first step in incremental rushbuilding. With one shield in the production box, you save 20 gold by buying a fanatic, then a diplomat, as opposed to buying the diplomat first. With an empty box, the savings are 65 gold.

...and many of us (for example myself) know that dave is VERY keen on buying diplomats for cheap and then buying anything else (including vet ironclads) for cheap with those diplomats.

Hello dave! I salute you.

[Scouse Gits]

Originally posted by cavebear


Oh c'mon! The programming isn't *that* detailed, is it?

Oh heck, I don't even know what the "science handicap" is. Or is that only in SP (which I seldom bother with).

Civ 2 is a complex game! The science handicap cuts in when you are about 2 or 3 techs ahead of your nearest rival. During the spring/summer of last year, when samson and Solo were breaking records for early landings, there was a detailed discussion on the subject. My MP experience is mainly PBEM - but I can't see why it should not apply in multiplayer games.

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SG(2)

[Marquis de Sodaq]

Originally posted by cavebear
Oh c'mon! The programming isn't *that* detailed, is it?

Oh heck, I don't even know what the "science handicap" is. Or is that only in SP (which I seldom bother with).

Also in MP! Research costs you fewer beakers if you follow the tech gifting guide briefly summarized above. Samson, iirc, discovered that your power rating related to one of the civ colors. If you gift techs to the civ whose color corresponds to your power rating, you speed up your research.

Maybe other MPers don't know this either. Find the thread and arm yourself with some powerful strategy! It was titled "The Key to Tech Gifting" or something similar.

[DaveV]

Yes, the "key civ" concept adds a whole new wrinkle to selection of colors in MP. Since some colors may not even be in the game (and therefore will have no techs), changing your position on the powergraph can make a huge difference in your tech cost.

Hi, La Fayette! Vet ironclads are expensive, but worth the cost in the right circumstances.