Civ 5

[Nine]

That poor computer.

I'll buy it a nice new CPU cooler and a couple new case fans to help it out. If its really well behaved I might buy it some LED's and make it look pretty.

[Chad32]

New toys make everyone work better. Even machines.

[Napoléon]

* Insanity wonders if he could play both CiV5 and BF4 at the same time without his PC bursting into flames

Won't that like, create a black hole or something?

[FatAndFaithless]

Currently got a game going as Greece. I vastly underestimated Greece's passive combined with just one point in the Patronage tree. It basically makes every city state in the game into your bitch if you toss a few gold pieces their way. I've got all but two city states as allies (some as ridiculous as 200/60 reputation) with barely lifting a finger to do anything intentionally. Greece's unique units are pretty bleh, especially past the older eras, but the city-state bonus makes up for it diplomatically.

[Chad32]

Greece interests me. I/m not sure how well the hoplite really does against enemy cavalry, as I haven't had much chance to test it. Cavalry itsself has always been situational, but in an older age with fewer hills they can still be good in the right spots.

Later if I get my gold up, I try to use city states as shields against the enemy. I think it's one of the better civs.

[Jackalope]

Greece interests me. I/m not sure how well the hoplite really does against enemy cavalry, as I haven't had much chance to test it. Cavalry itsself has always been situational, but in an older age with fewer hills they can still be good in the right spots.

Later if I get my gold up, I try to use city states as shields against the enemy. I think it's one of the better civs.

If you're going for a diplomatic victory, I can't think of a better way to ensure victory than to play Greece. At easier difficulty levels, I think you'd have to really try to fuck it up to fail.

For a domination victory, I don't know - there's probably plenty of ways to exploit city-states that I'm not aware of. When playing for a military victory, I generally only care about city-states that have strategic resources I want (or want to deny my enemies), or have other strategic value. Since I find invading them usually less costly than sending them gold, most of my city-state friendships/alliances are accidental in such games.

I don't see any real military value to Greece's unique units much past the ancient era - and in my typical game, I avoid military action in the early stages of the game and often skip the earlier eras, so Greece doesn't seem all that compelling to me.

The possibilities of leveraging city-state relationships are intriguing though.

[FatAndFaithless]

Greece interests me. I/m not sure how well the hoplite really does against enemy cavalry, as I haven't had much chance to test it. Cavalry itsself has always been situational, but in an older age with fewer hills they can still be good in the right spots.

Later if I get my gold up, I try to use city states as shields against the enemy. I think it's one of the better civs.

If you're going for a diplomatic victory, I can't think of a better way to ensure victory than to play Greece. At easier difficulty levels, I think you'd have to really try to fuck it up to fail.

For a domination victory, I don't know - there's probably plenty of ways to exploit city-states that I'm not aware of. When playing for a military victory, I generally only care about city-states that have strategic resources I want (or want to deny my enemies), or have other strategic value. Since I find invading them usually less costly than sending them gold, most of my city-state friendships/alliances are accidental in such games.

I don't see any real military value to Greece's unique units much past the ancient era - and in my typical game, I avoid military action in the early stages of the game and often skip the earlier eras, so Greece doesn't seem all that compelling to me.

The possibilities of leveraging city-state relationships are intriguing though.

What I've been doing is befriending all the city states with a quest here or there, and a good chunk of them are militaristic. I've kept every unit they've given me, and I'm currently in the industrial era with 8-10 fully upgraded units that I didn't have to waste any time producing or buying, more than enough to defend my borders from my more science-illiterate opponents as I build my spaceship.

EDIT: Also, Seahawks-Packers this Thursday. Let's see what you got bird boy~

[Zack]

EDIT: Also, Seahawks-Packers this Thursday. Let's see what you got bird boy~

Bears fans everywhere say GO Seahawks!

[Jackalope]

EDIT: Also, Seahawks-Packers this Thursday. Let's see what you got bird boy~

We got a big 'ol fucking can of whoop ass for you.

P.S. I learned from the ex (a delusional Bears fan) that the proper insult is "Sea Chickens".

[FatAndFaithless]

EDIT: Also, Seahawks-Packers this Thursday. Let's see what you got bird boy~

We got a big 'ol fucking can of whoop ass for you.

P.S. I learned from the ex (a delusional Bears fan) that the proper insult is "Sea Chickens".

I don't take words from bears fans.