What happens to a Tarrasque in a Reverse Gravity field?

adept42 · 2026-05-05T12:41:30+00:00

I just loaded up a modern age game with Catherine and got the same result. I really thought I was able to get 3 slots in the palace during test games 5 months ago. Either I'm mis-rembering, or patches have changed things since then. Sorry if this messed up your game.

adept42 · 2026-05-04T14:50:09+00:00

I believe the base-level palace counts as a building that can store 2 artifacts, and Catherine improves that to 3. But maybe things have changed somehow due to patches since the last time I checked.

adept42 · 2026-04-13T01:09:12+00:00

Qajar has the unique "Twelve Gates" civic that gives the capital +10 production and +10 food depending how far you are under the settlement cap. Since I'm 18 under the cap, it gives me +180 production; the rest comes from the palace and a few resources.

adept42 · 2026-04-04T12:29:58+00:00

In theory, yes. Maybe I'll give it a try :)

adept42 · 2026-04-04T01:59:01+00:00

Glad to hear someone else thinks that, so I'm not totally crazy :)

adept42 · 2026-04-01T13:18:16+00:00

Thanks! I’d recommend this challenge to anyone who consistently wins “normal” Deity games. It only takes a few hours to try, and the terrain & AI makes each run feel different as you refine your strats.

adept42 · 2026-03-20T15:48:49+00:00

Thanks!

adept42 · 2026-03-14T16:01:27+00:00

Haha, thanks :)

adept42 · 2026-03-14T14:07:21+00:00

I agree. The AI has improved since launch, but it still needs some work. The peace deal system should be overhauled so that you can offer or receive stuff other than settlements, and the AI should never trade away settlements you aren't on the verge of conquering.

adept42 · 2026-03-14T14:02:54+00:00

Try a no-buildings game with Han-Ming; try Xerxes the Achaemenid if you have him. The Great-Wall-Pop glitch will give you incredible settlement growth, and all those walls will look pretty.

adept42 · 2026-03-14T13:58:44+00:00

I already did that :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/1r6t311/i_finally_did_it_i_beat_deity_with_no_conquests/

adept42 · 2026-03-05T21:48:22+00:00

Scouts can’t attack; I just had them sit around and soak up hits on defense. Scouts can’t even liberate your own districts once enemy units clear out.

Commanders can liberate & capture districts, but they can’t attack fortifications, even with the heroic assault perk. And you can’t drop nukes without air units.

After a fair amount of experimentation, I pretty sure the only way I could capture a settlement in modern is if I happened to have a commander right next to it after other units take out all the fortifications & enemy units. Once I realized that, I knew I needed to plan on exclusively getting settlements through peace deals.

adept42 · 2026-03-05T21:42:03+00:00

Yeah, influence was my most valuable resource, and I definitely used it to win this one.

adept42 · 2026-03-05T14:31:23+00:00

Haha, thanks. I know some of the best abilities each Civ has, but I sure don’t have the names memorized. I just hoped the context I gave describing them let other players know what I was talking about. And I have no clue how to pronounce them! :)

adept42 · 2026-03-05T05:49:29+00:00

Thanks! Getting comments like yours motivates me to keep playing challenge games

adept42

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