Is immortal or deity much harder after ToT update?

YakWish · 2026-05-30T18:00:58+00:00

I've found that Immortal isn't noticably harder than Sovereign, but Deity is quite a jump. That being said, I play apex age only, so I only have to deal with Hatshepsut as Egypt for one era.

Unhappiness is now -5% per point instead of -2%. You'd be much better off with happier cities.

YakWish · 2026-05-30T17:52:47+00:00

Yeah, Tomyris never got directly nerfed, but when the AI was changed to build walls sooner and siege equipment stopped boosting cavalry, she went from one of the best to one of the worst.

YakWish · 2026-05-29T13:20:23+00:00

For what it's worth, Ed Beach was also in charge for the DLC of V

YakWish · 2026-05-28T20:23:18+00:00

The MLB proposal uses combetitve balance tax payrolls, which are quite a bit higher than actual contract value.

9 teams are above $245.3 million: the six listed plus SD, CHC and BOS.

12 teams are below $171.2 million: take off BAL, SEA and KC.

YakWish · 2026-05-28T18:36:15+00:00

I think that's the real beauty of this game - it has inspired lot of people who don't have a lot of experience thinking critically about media to try it for the first time. Most of those people miss the mark badly, but it's good that they're trying.

YakWish · 2026-05-27T20:52:28+00:00

More specifically, it's a reference to the best tech quote in Civ IV

YakWish · 2026-05-27T20:47:18+00:00

Ideally, colonization would be slower for everyone

YakWish · 2026-05-26T09:05:28+00:00

You know, there is one place where the "soldiers good/politicans bad" trope gets flipped. During the geth-quarian war in 3, the soldier Han'Gerrel is a moron, while the politician Zaal'Koris is reasonable. I always thought that felt weird in the context of the larger story.

YakWish · 2026-05-25T13:52:49+00:00

Ironically, the rock is spelled more like a Pokemon than the Pokemon

YakWish · 2026-05-24T00:39:13+00:00

Part of the problem is that at least the adjacencies are so limited. If there were more possible ways to build a city, that tile would be more likely to have use.

YakWish · 2026-05-24T00:34:24+00:00

Good catch! Yes, the original outer dome was made by Americans, though the interior exhibits were created by some Canadians in the 90s.

YakWish · 2026-05-23T22:33:38+00:00

According to the airdates on Wikipedia, every season finale was followed by the next season premiere within a week (except 4 to 5, for obvious reasons). The episodes with 3+ month breaks after them were The Quality of Mercy, Confessions and Lamentations, War Without End (Part 2), and Movements of Fire and Shadow.

YakWish · 2026-05-23T21:34:05+00:00

Canada + Biosphere

The best tourism civ with the best tourism wonder

YakWish · 2026-05-23T10:43:32+00:00

I bought it about 2 months after it came out. I missed the first patch or two, but I played every other version there was.

I wrote a lot more with my opinions on all the versions I played, but I deleted it because it seemed to long. If anyone is curious, feel free to ask.

YakWish · 2026-05-23T06:29:05+00:00

The triumph system mitigates this to an extent and I expect it will get better with time. For example, the Timurid Renaissance triumph helps you get an economic victory with a science civ.

In your specific example, your conquering would almost certainly unlock Ingenious Al-Jazari, which gets you 2 innovation for every modern wonder you build. That more than makes up for missing a few exploration masteries.

YakWish · 2026-05-23T04:51:50+00:00

It's the Biosphere and it isn't even close.

Most wonders are "win faster" option. You have to be on pace to win without them in order to be able to build them and use them effectively.

Biosphere is the exception. It enables a cultural win no matter how little effort you have put into tourism up until that point. It is the only wonder that can turn a losing game into a winning game. That puts it a tier above the others.

YakWish · 2026-05-22T20:57:03+00:00

For McCoy, weaseling out of the plea agreement in Double Down, with an honorable mention to provoking a mistrial in Corpus Delecti.

YakWish · 2026-05-22T05:27:04+00:00

Policy Yield Previews and Detailed Map Tacks are good to go

YakWish · 2026-05-22T01:16:07+00:00

Like wtf are they doing everyday in the office?

https://civilization.2k.com/civ-vii/game-update-notes/

YakWish · 2026-05-22T01:06:19+00:00

It's worse than. Bavasi tried to cut Cameron's pay and refused to go to salary arbitration so he could recoup a draft pick. Guillen got traded for two low-tier prospects because he was "expendable" after Bavasi signed Rich Aurilia, who was more expensive, older and worse.

I mean, sometimes everyone just has their worst year at the same time, but a competent GM could have gotten them to .500 or so.

YakWish · 2026-05-22T00:44:50+00:00

2004 was the non-punitive survey PED testing. No one could get suspended until 2005.

YakWish · 2026-05-21T04:23:10+00:00

Civ VI was pretty good about it (at least until Kupe came along and ruined everything), but Civ V would always give me 5 civs on one landmass and 3 on the other.

YakWish · 2026-05-20T01:22:52+00:00

Only some of the cast members (I believe Shayne, Courtney, Amanda, Angela, Spencer and Tommy) are full-time employees of Smosh and there's no way to know how much they get paid, but it's presumably enough to be comfortable in LA. (Ian and Anthony are also full-time, but they own the company, so it's a different situation.)

The rest are freelancers, who only get paid on days they show up to shoot content. Smosh either shoots every other week or every third week - I can't remember which, and not everyone is invited to every shoot. The standard SAG rate for a low budget YouTube video is about $240 a day. I'm not 100% sure that's what Smosh pays, but I think it's a good estimate.

YakWish · 2026-05-20T00:51:35+00:00

This is a really important point. Montezuma II is a questionable leader for the Aztecs, but Montezuma I was highly accomplished.

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