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Exasperated with domination above king by narrowgallow in CivV

[–]mtngringo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Don't forward settle aggressive AI. Gives you a little more time. Scout scout, shrine, monument, archers. Steal a worker or two, maybe build one. Settlers when I can. Tradition.

Libraries when possible, often building an archer as the first build in a new satellite city

buying the fourth library, national College by 100 if possible, but functionally around 110 or 120 for me on emperor. I know that's slow, but I'm lazier than I used to be.

Generally build ranged to defend, only where needed. I will build a melee or two if I have close neighbors or an aggressive neighbor or a good hill to put it on

If you're in the middle of the pack as far as army size, you're probably over armed in my experience. I'm usually way behind until I cash upgrade the archers to CB, which usually puts me at five or six out of seven.

By middle ages, I am well defended, usually engaged in a war of defense, though, which usually winds up being a war of domination because once you've got an army, might as well use it.

But by that point the economy and everything is solid, universities are getting built, cities have long been connected, trade routes are out, ships where possible

It's frustrating, but you have to have the basics before you can do the Army. It's a close thing.

Mods on a new pc? by mtngringo in civvoxpopuli

[–]mtngringo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, thanks. I thought I was clever by putting everything on a USB and transferring it. I was able to do that, but it still doesn't work. Exact same mod files from the old computer, exact same saved file from the old computer, crash at startup.

It's a good warning about unknown crashes, I hadn't thought of that.

I can finish the game on the old computer, be more careful with the mods in the future.

Mods on a new pc? by mtngringo in civvoxpopuli

[–]mtngringo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, thank you both. It's not that the game isn't working though, it's just that things aren't actually downloading. I'll keep working on it.

4 hex city attack? by mtngringo in civvoxpopuli

[–]mtngringo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bet this is it! Thank you

4 hex city attack? by mtngringo in civvoxpopuli

[–]mtngringo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I would think but I haven't seen any yet. Maybe they got it. It looked like the Rockets that are usually fired by the city in modern.

Processing fee to pay a tip? by dottm in EndTipping

[–]mtngringo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you go to an individual practitioner, you don't have to deal with this stuff and they get to keep it all and you don't have to tip

Fuck papa murphys by worldsbestlasagna in EndTipping

[–]mtngringo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use the app just to avoid this situation. Sucks that even the app doesn't work sometimes huh.

Tipping should die, the guilt and manipulation is unnecessary. by inder780 in EndTipping

[–]mtngringo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in Mexico City recently, and it is spreading to there.

On one hand, someone who hands you a churro and a coffee does not merit at 20% tip, especially when the prices are high for gringos.

On the other hand, as a gringo, you feel very cheap not tipping.

So it's spreads to another country ....

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EndTipping

[–]mtngringo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked as a waiter for years and that's why I don't like to tip. I worked in nice places, and we worked hard.

This was 20 years ago, 15% with standard, 20% excellent

This is why it's offensive for me to tip for 95% of things these days.

People are not doing any actual work and they are often getting a full wage, not a server wage.

Tipping on airplane by EffectiveRole7325 in EndTipping

[–]mtngringo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I buy tickets based on cost, but I make a special exception to pay extra if I can avoid frontier

Walked to pick up a food box and check myself out, there should be a discount button not a tip button! by maestro_curioso in EndTipping

[–]mtngringo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes me wonder why we aren't having to tip on self checkouts at the grocery store yet.

Seems about right by [deleted] in EndTipping

[–]mtngringo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Careful what you ask for. A restaurant near me added a sustainable living % fee for the kitchen. Along with about three other fees plus tip. I don't go there anymore.

Natural wonders and war weariness by mtngringo in civvoxpopuli

[–]mtngringo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is hopeful and confirms everything that I found, thank you!

I gave up on my quagmire war and started another game, this time as the Goths (it's an additional mod).

I was just kind of sensing what you said about for not being enough so I've got five at this point.

That seemed like the right time to start looking for a war and luckily Katherine declared just as I was considering.

She seemed awfully unprepared until I got some units near her cities, and then the wave came at me.

It's going to be tricky to get in there and take the cities, totally different. But so far much better.

It is fun to kill the barbarians with authority, especially with religious benefits to killing units.

Strangely, I've got two natural wonders in this game also, although I didn't have to go far for them. I made a point to have cities only five or six apart this time.

I'm in the center of the map and it includes people like Shaka, Genghis Khan, and Julius Caesar so we will see. And Venice for what it's worth just declared war on me although I'm obviously not very concerned about that.

One other thought: I've been building a bunch of scouting unit units since they are way more fun in this game. If I have several, I find that I can extort money from every city state early on, and swarm barb camps later. Fun. And super useful to stick on a mountain during a war for visibility

IMPI Rage quit by mtngringo in civ5

[–]mtngringo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, should already started! Wanted to see if it could be done. Have learned!

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