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Old November 29, 2002, 19:58   #1
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What are the best 3 bonuses for a civ?
I cannot decide what to use for my civ. "Expansionist" is out since my custom map is not using goody huts or barbarians. Could a few of you give me your opinions?

Thank you so much!
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Old November 29, 2002, 23:59   #2
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It depends. It depends on a lot of factors. What kind of game you want to play. Are you more of a builder or a warmonger? Do you like your bonus abilities to favor the early, mid, late, or all game?

There is no 'best'. My personal favorite (especially for MP or when I want a relaxing game at lower difficulties (Regent)) is Expansionistic.

I find Industrious to be the easiest for me to take advantage of, with religious a close second.

Play a few standard games and you'll be able to answer this yourself.
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Old November 30, 2002, 00:20   #3
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expansionist, religious and industrious for me too.
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Old November 30, 2002, 03:06   #4
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For me, industrious, but I wish I'd avoided it at first.
Now, any game I play where I'm non-Industrious seems to drag on forever and my infrastructure is weeeeak.

Do yourself a favor - avoid industrious, at least to start with.


That said, My favorites are Industrious, Religious, and Commercial (*dodges the thrown vegetables - )
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Old November 30, 2002, 07:02   #5
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Most games, I just have to have the Militaristic trait. That one is my favourite. Cheaper barracks keeps the army fresh and on the move. Cheaper walls and coastal forts gets a strong defensive going quickly. Cheaper Airport makes it cheaper to establish foothold on the enemy continent after forcing your landing. And greater chance of promotions means more elites, and therefore greater chance of getting leaders. Since I've become much more of a warmonger, this is absolutely critical to my war efforts.

Second is Religious. Cheap temples and Cathedrals is enough, but then a mere single turn of anarchy means that setting the right government for peace/war time is quick enough to even make Democracy worth using.

Third is a tie between Commercial and Scientific.

As for Expansionist, it is only any good when playing on large to huge maps, with further limits to its strength on a standard map (the size I usually play)

And while Industrious is a very powerful trait, its nowhere near my favourite (though it used to be).
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Originally posted by LordAzreal
As for Expansionist, it is only any good when playing on large to huge maps, with further limits to its strength on a standard map (the size I usually play)
I find that on standard maps it is usually a great trait. Where it falls apart is the really high difficulty levels. The computer players will have so many spare units that they will explore most of the world before your scouts get there.
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Old November 30, 2002, 13:18   #7
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For me, it's scientific first. That way I get defensive units right from the start.
Second, industrious. And third is a tie between commercial and Militaristic.
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Old November 30, 2002, 22:39   #8
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Industrious is obvious. For second I like religious (cheap temples helps a lot) or, lately, commercial. I seem to do well with Carthage for some reason so it must be a good combo.
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Old November 30, 2002, 23:00   #9
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Ducki- That's exactly how I am with expansionist these days, any game I play with a non-exp civ seems to be just sooooo slow. I am addicted to that extra speed expansionist gives you.
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Old December 1, 2002, 01:26   #10
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So... Industrious and Expansionist...

...and lo, we come full circle to liking the Americans once again?
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Old December 1, 2002, 12:12   #11
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First is religious for cheap, early temples. Next is militaristic for the cheap barracks and because I'm a warmonger. And third is a tie between scientific and industrious. I never find many huts so expansionist never works right for me.
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Old December 16, 2002, 21:38   #12
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I like religous the most. I care about my culture more than anything. Next is militarieistic, for the cheap barracks. That's for war. Third goes to scientific. I like the free advance at the begining of each new era.
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I think the Religious trait is a game-breaker. Since most players change govs at least twice, the civ with the religious trait essentially gets 8-10 bonus turns. That's 1-2 techs, on top of getting cheaper temples which increase culture, good in itself.
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Old December 17, 2002, 12:14   #14
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jpinard,

It depends on your play style. Perhaps this table will help.


Builder WarMonger Half&Half
industrious x
expansionist
religious x
commercial x x
scientific x x x
militaristic x x


Builder needs: cheap culture, cheap scientific advances, and good economy.

Warmonger needs: cheap military, cheap techs, and just a few workers as most is going into military, thus industrious for workers.

Half&Half needs: cheap techs, good economy and military for current Era defensive military units.

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Old December 17, 2002, 13:23   #15
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Good chart... I've posted a poll for this question http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=71242
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Old December 17, 2002, 13:25   #16
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On huge maps I prefer Industrious and Commercial as I like to spend time building my infrastructure, and slowly building my military (I start out as a builder and wind up warmongering later). Smaller maps, I like Industrious and Militaristic. So Industrious has to be the most important, then it is a toss up between Commercial and Industrious.

I have tried all, traits, tho', and every one has its pros and cons.
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My playing style is best suited for Militaristic/Religious. To me this is hands-down the best combo, especially considering you'll likely get more GLs. They'll help you in wonder-building bigtime.
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Old December 17, 2002, 17:19   #18
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I never got into Expansionist much. With a lot of Civs and a high difficulty it just doesn't help much.

I thought Relgious was THE trait thanks to the Govt switching but Industious and Militaristic can be a powerful combo.

Scientific frustrates me because like expansionist it doesn't seem to help at higher levels and many opponents. I always fell behind in tech early and play catch up later on anyway.
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militaristic/idustrious, or militaristic/religious
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Old December 19, 2002, 00:46   #20
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I think religious goes on half and half.

Relgious is great for wars and for building things like temples/colesuem/chathedrals. And they also allow easy goverment change.
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Religious and expansionistic is the best combo.

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