You guys see Avatar?

I'm pretty sure a spear wouldn't even scratch a rotor of an attack helicopter. Modern halicopers are usually built with cable cutting blades, so a little wooden spear would just explode in 100000 pieces.

Think of it like "over thousands of years your phalanx unit has dropped its spears and picked up Stinger launchers"

Not alone, and not boring imo. War is easy and hippie happiness way harder to achieve. (but Civ forces me/us to build a strong army. I never start war though.)

This.

My problem is that I always wait until I achieve certain technological and military superiority and by that time I don't have enough turns to get the kill everyone victory.

I have had more fun in the games where I turn off every victory type except for military and shoot for that. The domination victory is the one I always accidentally achieve. I've had to start razing every city I conquer instead of occupying them.

If you guys are able to get to the modern age without any real conflicts, you need to increase your difficulty settings.

My first war is usually within the first 10-30 turns.

yeah definitely. I dunno, I play on noble, which isn't even high, but there is always war from just about start to finish for me.

I'm not talking about getting to the modern age, just feeling that I have a decisive advantage. I think the best time to start war for a high-tech civ is swordsman. Once you get swords just fully mobilize and build nothing but swords until you wipe out your neighbors.

Ooh, and worker chop is A++

worker chop+slavary with roman empire = win

hmm.... counter with axe-men and archers. GG stack of sword men. Been playing lately lol.

Thread makes me want to go back and spend more of my life playing Civ 4, FML

I only have a copy on PS3 FML

you can get a copy for your PC on steam or whatever for probably 10-20 bucks.