why not ? Do you prefer AI over friends ?

Too slow paced for online IMO. At least for most people.

yeah lol

I remember playing earth 18civs in IV and in late stage when i wanted to do domination it took me 1h for like 3 turns.

Play on "Blazing" speed on Civ4 and you'll be bitching that it's way too fast paced.

You get like 45 seconds per turn. Once the clock runs down to 0, your turn is over whether you like it or not.

Dunno that most people would enjoy that, but I guess some must. Most would probably get a game better suited to that rather than trying to cram a round peg into a square hole that way.

For some reason the "zomg how does a phalanx kill a helicopter" complaints about the Civ series really tilt me - it's a board game based on simple math at heart. Personally, I like that the mechanics are simple, predictable, and universal, even if it makes for (insanely) rare battle results that are unrealistic.

Wasn't rare when the game came out.

When Civilization I came out 15 years ago? Yeah, it wasn't, but it is now.

sword man beating a tank provides super lols and wtfs when they occur. Doesn't bother me in the slightest since my stack of tanks is just seconds away from destroying them.

Anyone who's rating Civ 2 over 4 needs their head examined... that or they've never tried some of the mods out there: I'd recommend Rhye's and Fall and Carter's Earth map (if you think the end game's slow on the Huge setting, try "Planetary").

Wasn't rare enough that I, and a lot of others apparently, didn't experience it. Probably some more than others, but to me it was indicative of the poor combat system as a whole and not as rare as some say it became after some patches.

FWIW, I played many, MANY games of Civ4 and never had an ancient era unit beat my modern era units.

Not once.

Learn to use medics!

Freakin, i was perfectly content with my life without having you throw this thread out there...I guess i have some time before my life is once again consumed.

Am i the only boring person who just wanted an isolationist civilization with high tech/happiness? I'm a dirty hippie at heart...

Never played online, used to play "hot seat" games with friends of mine on Civ II and Alpha Centauri, after about 50 turns you all wanted to quit because Friend X was taking too long.

Pretty much, but sooner or later someone WILL attack you.

I roleplay my leader now tho. If i have Ghandi im all for peace and spirituality, if im Ghanghis Khan there wont be a turn after 1k BC without war.

This isn't Risk or Axis & Allies. It's a game were time advances and they should have built technological superiority into their "math"

Sure, occasional a helicopter pilot might crash in a mountainous region trying to chase down a caveman or maybe the pilot has a complete lapse and gets to close to a guy that throws a spear into his rotor, but these should be extremely rare, "once in a civilization" type moments.