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i didn't really like the fact that waste/corruption was gone. it didn't leave much to do in the game other than hit buttons when it told you to... my view is if you could beat civIII every time, this game would be super easy to you.

Quote: Originally Posted by Spoonwood I believe I've only trained a defensive army in a 20k game when I knew less about the game. I believe chances for promotion and I know for an MGL comes as greater when attacking than defending. The odds of an MGL are same regardless of attacking or defending. It is just that we do a lot more attacking than defending and our defenders are less likely to be elites. I have had countless leaders on...

I haven't looked at the chances of promotion on attacking vs. the chances on defending, but you're probably right. However, units inside of an army cannot generate MGLs, regardless of whether they're attacking or defending.

Quote: Originally Posted by Spoonwood LeHam, It would increase the challenge of the game. The pecentage of optimal cities decreases as you move up levels, which effectively raises corruption empire-wide. Bamspeedy put his percentage at 50% in his Beyond Sid game. So there's someone who effectively increased corruption. Hmm, given my style of play, I wonder what would happen to the AI if I set the corruption level to 200% and lowered the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pacioli Do you ever create/use a defensive army? In the past, I’ve created armies consisting of only infantry or mech infantry (never with lower defensive units) and used them to fortified key positions. Offensive armies are obviously more useful, but is there a place for a defensive army in your book? Assuming your civ has not reached the maximum number of armies allowed, what would you do with an obsolete army,...

SirPleb wrote this on leaders "Each time one of your elite units wins a fight against a rival, there is a 1 in 16 chance that a leader will appear. If one of your cities has built the small wonder "Heroic Epic" then your chance of getting a leader improves to 1 in 12 when you win a fight with an elite. You can not get a leader by fighting a barbarian. Only fights won against rival Civs have a chance of producing a...

One game I was on a Pangaea, standard-size 8 civs. The Iroquois became a runaway civ and controlled about 70% of the continent. Eventually it was down to me and them. Sure enough, they declared war on me, and not only were they much bigger, but they were much more advanced. They took a bunch of territory from me early on, and there was no stopping them, and they ended up winning a domination victory (only time I've ever let another AI get...

Who would want to increase corruption levels to 200%?

One of my biggest blunders was when I first played the game, I had one city for a while and when I tried building another I everywhere was already settled up and the civilization I build New York on declared war on me and destroyed my civ in 3 turns. Or was it 5

sigh. i really don't get this idea about iv having little to no micromanagement v. III. it's like another game is being referred to and not cIV. oh well. personally i feel like ive grown sharper analysis and tac-wise playing cIV. a feeling i never really had with civ iii even if i played the game for years. but that's just me.