Changes in rules.txt

[SlowThinker]

You degenerated idler...
Sorry...

Why fuzzy? You must adapt, think about changes, find new strategies, maybe play one or two SP games (try SP deity+5, it is not so easy as deity).

I agree there would be a problem with 10 new different set of rules, but not with 1 or 2...

[rah]

an SP game, no matter how difficult is still playing the predictable AI. MP is the only way.

[War4ever]

they call the ai "pylon" for a reason ..... actually we call some civers that too

[rah]

BE NICE

[War4ever]

not anyone we play with just some players have this reputation

[rah]

Nice save

[War4ever]

i think i have heard you use that word too Rah..... don't be so innnocent

[SlowThinker]

In SP I never perceived Elephants are so early. (In MP La fayette showed me they are. Hopefully my warriors were on mountains)
So The Wheel is completely useless. Elephants should be moved, or their price should be higher.
What about Archers? Does anybody go for Warrior code? They might be useful in games without huts as an early attack unit. So Warrior code could fill that one tech in path to monarchy in place of Horseback Riding.

[War4ever]

if you want to go for early STWA , WC is a great tech, even early b/c it fills the third row and it can be used for off/def when the barbs show up.

WC doens't screw you until after BW lol

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by SlowThinker
In SP I never perceived Elephants are so early. (In MP La fayette showed me they are. Hopefully my warriors were on mountains)
So The Wheel is completely useless. Elephants should be moved, or their price should be higher.
What about Archers? Does anybody go for Warrior code? They might be useful in games without huts as an early attack unit. So Warrior code could fill that one tech in path to monarchy in place of Horseback Riding.

Ellies are very dear early on, and vulnerable to counters............phalanxes are cheap, and you'll likely have them fortified, and maybe on good terrain. It is pretty balanced IMO.

And you have to make the investment in ellies pay dividends before pikes, or it's gg.

[Hydey]

I feel that this game must be fairly good otherwise we would not be still playing it. Therefore I think we should the bloody rules.txt. alone.

[rah]

I mostly agree.
We've tried real hard not to screw with it. Just the oracle extension for us.

[War4ever]

mainly b/c its a good wonder that just never lasted long enough to be usefull....

the gw we banned outright in anything less than a four man

[SlowThinker]

Originally posted by War4ever in another thread
i agree caravans slow the game down,

Even I, a very slow player, consider caravans boring, especially after all those samson's and solo's discoveries. Now you can get very much from caravans, but it is extremely time consuming. After my first Early Landing Game I decided I will always play SP games where only undemanded deliveries are allowed.
This works well in SP, since normally caravans are unbalanced - they are too effective. But I don't know how are caravans in MP - I suppose they are balanced much better (since they are in danger): so you should switch caravan and freight in their slots so that caravans get that 1.5 times higher bonus. Or you can lower their price to 40, but then you should change price of wonders to 320 etc.

Edit: But spam should go back to 'rah rules' thread please
Edited by DrSpike's suggestion

[DrSpike]

Change the last SP to MP.