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Blown away at how fast this is downloading. Was expecting hours of waiting but it looks like 5 minutes is all that was needed.
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Captain Oblivious posted:The Zulu unique promotions are hideously good Zulu is going to be my war mongering Civ. Started one and they declared war real quick on me and just pounded me. I have a feeling they'll be the Civ you don't want to start next to.
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Jul 9, 2013 08:56
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Do you need to decide what victory you want to go for real early like before? Or is it more fluid?
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Jul 10, 2013 03:01
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Is this game harder now? I used to whoop the AI on Prince and now they're actually putting up a fight.
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Jul 10, 2013 12:44
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Is there something I'm missing when it comes to the theming bonus? I have the Sistine Chapel, it says I need to have two art pieces from the same era and civilization. I put two pieces from the Zulus in there both from the Ancient Era. No theming bonus.
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Jul 11, 2013 22:55
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Samopsa posted:To deny the enemy science/gold maybe? Also to stop spreading religion influence. And of course when there is nothing else in range. I almost always trade with city-states late in the game. Don't want to give the other Civs the extra science or gold. Sometimes I will with a civ that isn't a threat, but never with one that is. I also find that trading with a city-state that is close in proximity is less likely to have issues during a war or from barbarians. Question about city-states, how can I get their support early in the game? It always feels like one Civ buddies up with all of them and it requires 80+ influence to get them to ally with me. How are they doing this? Mind you this isn't just BNW related, I've always had trouble getting them on my side early on.
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Jul 12, 2013 22:52
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movax posted:Early game quests are good for city-states, killing barbs near/in their territory, connecting trade resources (trying to chain these takes some work but it's worth it; i.e. figure out what everyone wants and there's usually 1 city-state you can ally with that'll trigger a domino effect). You can micro and kill barbs near their encampment (But not take it), reaping rewards from the kills, and then eliminate the camp at the last possible instant. How does the domino effect work? I guess I'm confused at what gives you influence besides the quests and money. Or maybe that's it? It feels like I'll work my butt off helping one and when I get them to ally I look up and another Civ has the other 7 on the continent. I guess I don't understand how they manage to do this.
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Jul 12, 2013 23:02
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I also finished up a game with the Zulus. Almost feel they are overpowered. You can maintain a rather large army without it dinging your gold too much. And the Impi is a great UU. I was able to take over my continent rather early which makes the rest of the game much easier. This isn't BNW necessarily, but what does everyone think of how nukes are done in the game? I feel like they are just too cheap and uranium too easy to come by. If I'm going for a domination victory, I feel like I can look up and see who is close to beating me in another area, and just wipe out their top cities like that. Obviously it mimics how damaging it is in the real world, but I feel like it should be harder to spam them and it should draw bigger ire from the other civs. And perhaps you shouldn't be able to use gold to purchase them, it should be something that has to take turns to build (and maybe can only be built in one city). In my game Brazil was dominating the other continent. Had almost all the city-states aligned and a huge cultural advantage. I was able to wipe out any hope in a handful of turns.
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Jul 12, 2013 23:15
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Sometimes you can get lucky with quests, otherwise the ones with a ton of allies goes Patronage and Commerce and makes a crapload of money from trade routes to spend on the city states. The downside to trading with only the city states is that you make less money to buy influence with. It also helps to spread your religion to them, which reduces decay. That, combined with Patronage can go a long way. Late game, Freedom and Order have influence affecting tenets that really help a lot. Gunboat Diplomacy and Treaty Organization can keep you allied without spending any money and Arsenal of Democracy lets you replace monetary gifts with units, basically. Some people will go patronage and get the 20 influence resting point bonus and then pledge to protect a lot of city states for an additional influence resting point bonus and be perma-friended with cheap alliances, but that can be risky and bad for your overall world diplomacy if there are aggressive civs on the map. It synergies nicely with Freedom's Treaty Organization though. Thanks for the tips. Didn't even think about hooking up with a city-state that has a luxury another wants. I'll give Patronage a go next time I play, think I only tried it a couple times in the past. Never got real into religion. One thing I do like about BNW is using great writers to write a treatise and get a huge culture bomb.
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