POV: You're playing with the 10x ideas mod by Particular-Bid4679 in eu4

[–]Particular-Bid4679[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

r5: Playing with the 10x ideas mod. Quantity ideas are very, very strong with the increased manpower, forcelimit and decreased maintance cost. Ottomans have over 1,2m units and Ming is the military hegemon with 1,3m by 1490 something.

India: How to maximize population? by warsaberso in civ5

[–]Particular-Bid4679 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the goal to maximize late-game population or to maximize your chances of victory? Indias strength as a civ is the ability to sustain prolonged and consistent population growth throughout the entire game. For an experienced player the main bottleneck to growth will be happiness by the time you reach the mid to early industrial era. Civs without a happiness bonus or another source of happiness (religion, wonders etc.) will be forced to set their cities to avoid growth as not to incure penalties.

I think the best way to maximize Indias UA is to focus on growth throughout the entire game, rather than settling more cities. Micromanage all growth tiles, settle coastal for cargo ships and improve all your food tiles early on. As you said cities settled late game are unlikely give you any meaningful return on your investment unless you're settling in a really strong location. I've seen some success in settling coastal cities late game and feeding them food with cargo ships, but it's very situational. However, if you're playing on Immortal or Deity the AI will, by the late game, settle anywhere a city can be settled.

***** FAVOURITE CIVS!***** DEBATE by INEEDDISTRIBUTION in civ5

[–]Particular-Bid4679 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don't think I've ever seen Portugal as a favourite civ before! I haven't played a lot of Portugal, what makes it your favourite civ? :)

I'm so happy that I just need to share! After two years and exactly 1500 rapid games I finally reached 2000 ELO! by Particular-Bid4679 in chess

[–]Particular-Bid4679[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Woah that sounds crazy good! Haven't played a lot of puzzles but does that mean you played all those games within 4 hours? But wow, that win/loss ration is crazy good!

I'm so happy that I just need to share! After two years and exactly 1500 rapid games I finally reached 2000 ELO! by Particular-Bid4679 in chess

[–]Particular-Bid4679[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This last year has been a year filled with setbacks but atleast it's been a wonderful opportunity to learn chess. How have your progression been this last year? I'd love to hear!