AU402 - Gargantua

[Dominae]

Originally posted by alexman
but then is using Artillery an exploit too?

Exploit!


Seriously now, perhaps someone should give a little tutorial on how the "naval transport" trick works (I've never used it myself). Could make many games are lot more enjoyable.


Dominae

[jim_steer]

Originally posted by Dominae
Seriously now, perhaps someone should give a little tutorial on how the "naval transport" trick works

Good call, I think I am going to need it on this map.

[Catt]

Originally posted by Jawa Jocky
I've got . . . a case of beer and free weekend. Let's get started

Only a case? It's bloody hot here in the SF Bay Area, and I think I'll be needing more than a case

I'm going to start later today. Hope my 1.6 Gz 256 Mb laptop doesn't collapse under the strain.

I'll leave it to alexman to explain ship-chaining. Whether or not you consider it an exploit, it is a royal pain in the butt and, for me, will probably fall into the same category as checking trade opportunities every turn among 20+ civs -- an optimal play but outweighed by the micromanagement requirements if the goal is fun (all in my opinion, of course).

Catt

[Panzer32]

I think I'll wait until I get a new computer (soon ) before I try this

[burly]

This ship-chaining sounds like a nifty little trick!

I'm playing on an AMD AthlonXP 2100 w/ 1GB of RAM and I'm already near 300AD with turn times around 5 seconds, which is about what it was at the start. I really don't expect much of a slowdown throughout the game, although I've never played with more than 16 CIV's. Maybe that will affect it?

I agree that inter-continental unit-movement is absurdly slow, especially given that units can zoom across a single continent in one turn. I was hoping that CIV3 would have better air-transport capabilities than CIV2, especially late in the modern age. Alas!

[vmxa1]

I have run into a serious problem. PTW keeps crashing and now it does not want to load.
I had a similar issue with AU208, but managed to play through it. I sent in a report, but I am not expecting to get any he;p soon.
I am not anxious to drop it on my back up PC (1.7GH Pent on win98SE).

[Rhothaerill]

Originally posted by vmxa1
I have run into a serious problem. PTW keeps crashing and now it does not want to load.
I had a similar issue with AU208, but managed to play through it. I sent in a report, but I am not expecting to get any he;p soon.
I am not anxious to drop it on my back up PC (1.7GH Pent on win98SE).

Ouch! That's rough. Well I hope you get your computer back up. I haven't had time to get far enough in the game yet for the turn back-ups to be a problem.

1.7GHz Pentium as a back-up computer? Sounds like a programmer. My wife's sister and her husband used to work for Intel and have I believe 7 computers in their computer room solely devoted to gaming and emails!! My wife and I get by with one computer that isn't even as good as your back-up.

[vmxa1]

It is not my PC that is crashing, it is PTW. I finally rebooted and seem to be ok for now, but who knows how long that will last.
Whoops took another dump. I wonder if Norton anti virus is involved.
I am determined to try to hang in, but it is gettign to be a real burden.
BTW I do not even work. I got layed off two years ago and decide to take a few years off. I was a system programmer though.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Wow. I will start it, and vote here later based on how the slowdown is. I don't expect to get far with this monster though. Trust my luck to attempt a start of AU when small maps are out.

[Theseus]

Here I go... Vikings, Monarch. We'll see how old Betsy (my comp) holds up.

[Theseus]

It occurs to me... aren't we being historically biased? Weren't the Chinese and the Arabs terrific sea-going nations at various times?

Just a thought. Too late now.

[Beta]

Originally posted by Catt


I'll leave it to alexman to explain ship-chaining. Whether or not you consider it an exploit, it is a royal pain in the butt and, for me, will probably fall into the same category as checking trade opportunities every turn among 20+ civs -- an optimal play but outweighed by the micromanagement requirements if the goal is fun (all in my opinion, of course).

Agreed! 110%!

OK - the new computer will now get to stretch its legs a bit.....

[Konquest02]

Cool Beta!

Welcome to AU!

[nbarclay]

Interpolating from available evidence, I think the forbidden palace probably becomes available at 30 cities (half the OCN). Whether that's different for commercial civs, which have a higher effective OCN, I don't know.

[FrustratedPoet]

I'm playing as Carthage on Regent - yes I am a big girl's blouse.

I should (fingers crossed) be building the Great Lighthouse in a couple of turns. I've got several galleys on standby to get out and explore. I plan to do a brief 1AD DAR and continue from there up until I get bored or win.