How can I miss?

Jim W · November 12, 2000, 17:01

Well, my capital city has three whales, plus a mountain or two. The year is 2850 BC, SP, (as usual) 5 civs, wandering bands.

Not to mention that, but most of the huts I've knocked over have contained friendly bands of mercenaries. One was a dead village, one brought me the tech I was just researching, and one brought me 50 gold.

Can I mess this up?

Well, if it don't work right, I'll blame it on the fact I've got a cold, which is playing hob with my brain.

Jim W

Bradiator · November 13, 2000, 02:17

I'm puzzled(:confused

, do you want to WIN or to LOSE?? (I actually think you will want to win, but I'm not quite sure. Please tell me!!)

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STEALTH FIGHTERS RULE!!!

East Street Trader · November 13, 2000, 07:55

Second city goes down.

Hut units off exploring.

"Barbarians land near Jimsville. Citizens are alarmed."

Run away, run away tactic fails.

Thousands of years later the archaeologists find ...

Bradiator · November 13, 2000, 08:39

quote:

Second city goes down.

Hut units off exploring.

"Barbarians land near Jimsville. Citizens are alarmed."

Run away, run away tactic fails.

Thousands of years later the archaeologists find ...

I think everybody here could relate to that...

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STEALTH FIGHTERS RULE!!!

Blaupanzer · November 13, 2000, 11:29

What is a "dead" village? I always get something from villages, even if it's red "nasties."

ColdWizard · November 13, 2000, 11:31

dead village = empty village

you always get something?

what level are you playing on?

DaveV · November 13, 2000, 12:16

I think it's the barbarian activity level, not the game difficulty level, that's important. On Raging Hordes, no hut is ever empty.

kcbob · November 13, 2000, 12:24

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<font size=1>Originally posted by East Street Trader on 11-13-2000 06:55 AM</font>
Thousands of years later the archaeologists find ...

LOL!

And why can't I click the mouse, the keyboard, do something to exit this scene?

I know I lost. The computer knows I lost. Let's just get on with it! But, nooooo, I have to watch the goofy searching flashlight until it tells the world... I'm dead!!!

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Frodo lives!
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drake · November 13, 2000, 12:57

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I think it's the barbarian activity level, not the game difficulty level, that's important. On Raging Hordes, no hut is ever empty.

I beg to differ with this- I'm currently playing a game with raging hordes and I have gotten several "weed covered" villages already

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Jim W · November 13, 2000, 18:26

quote:

Originally posted by kcbob on 11-13-2000 12:31 PM
While I prefer mountains outside of the city perimeter, I'll take one, maybe two, inside if there're plenty of specials along with them. Nothing beats a fortress on a mountain. Love 'em.

One of the things I've discovered is that every hill or mountain, when mined, is worth three shields(three shields and a grain if it's a hill). So while you can eventually build up quite a population in a city containing only prairie/grassland/swamp squares, you can do a lot more building of important things if you have a hill or two to mine.

My take on the situation, anyway.

Jim W

East Street Trader · November 14, 2000, 01:28

Interesting.

I always play with raging hordes and am another who has never experienced an empty hut.

Maybe it's a different version or pc/mac thing. I play 2.42 on pc.

kcbob - yep, been there, done that. Escape, exit, F1 - nothing short of switching off the computer stops the damn thing.

And I'm not about to switch the computer off, cause [bold]next[/bold] time ...

By the way, Jim W, you mention the mountains as tho' they are a plus feature. Can't say I seek out mountain squares for my capital's home turf. Is it that you consider the tactical defensive opportunities outweigh the loss of productive squares?

kcbob · November 14, 2000, 01:31

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Originally posted by East Street Trader on 11-13-2000 12:28 PM
By the way, Jim W, you mention the mountains as tho' they are a plus feature. Can't say I seek out mountain squares for my capital's home turf. Is it that you consider the tactical defensive opportunities outweigh the loss of productive squares?

While I prefer mountains outside of the city perimeter, I'll take one, maybe two, inside if there're plenty of specials along with them. Nothing beats a fortress on a mountain. Love 'em.

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Frodo lives!

debeest · November 14, 2000, 23:45

I would almost swear that I've gotten weed-overgrown villages from raging-hordes huts. But since I used to play less barbaric games, I may be confused by memories of those games. Anybody know for sure? William Keenan?

Dino the Dinosore · November 15, 2000, 18:40

I always play Deity, raging hordes (on Mac) and have never gotten an empty hut.

November 15, 2000, 21:20

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Originally posted by kcbob on 11-13-2000 11:24 AM
LOL!

And why can't I click the mouse, the keyboard, do something to exit this scene?

I know I lost. The computer knows I lost. Let's just get on with it! But, nooooo, I have to watch the goofy searching flashlight until it tells the world... I'm dead!!!

ROTFLMAO

I am proud to say that I haven't seen that for a while. That is, not including the phalanx game.

Drake, I agree. I just got a weeds grow in empty ruins hut on RH too

Richard Bruns · November 15, 2000, 21:26

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Originally posted by Jim W on 11-13-2000 05:26 PM

One of the things I've discovered is that every hill or mountain, when mined, is worth three shields(three shields and a grain if it's a hill).

In my version (MGE 1.3) mined mountains only give two shields (one initially and one extra when mined).

Jim W · November 15, 2000, 22:08

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Originally posted by Richard Bruns on 11-15-2000 08:26 PM
In my version (MGE 1.3) mined mountains only give two shields (one initially and one extra when mined).

Naughty, naughty! You actually got away from the weed-covered villages and back to the original point of the post! (

)

Now, I could be wrong, but it seems to me that the mountain gives three shields.

I'm using MGE, but right now I can't seem to find anything that will admit to any particular version. It sseems to me that when I found this info before, it was something like 2.42.

Jim W

BlackJack · November 16, 2000, 20:06

Mined mountain yields 3 shields with a railroad, 2 otherwise.

Jim W · November 20, 2000, 12:54

Finished off the game yesterday. With all the initial advantages, I'd have thought I'd improve my score. However, I posted the lowest score on my Hall of Fame.

I think it was because I messed up a few things, which slowed me down.

Or maybe I took it a little too casually, because of the good start.

Jim W

November 24, 2000, 01:41

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Originally posted by Bradiator on 11-13-2000 07:39 AM

I think everybody here could relate to that...

DON'T remind me...

Shogun Gunner · November 25, 2000, 00:12

Never get the weeds with the raging hoards...