Hi, was out this weekend. Sorry got real rushed packing and didn't post notice. I'll be around rest of the month though.
First, is it possible to turn off all the DLC and roll a new starting save? I have both expansions of Civ5 but never did any add ons. Apparently I need to hand firaxis more than the price of BNW to open Ichabod's save. Normally I view the time I spend playing a game as the "real cost" and the money is just noise, but this seems really irritating since we aren't using a DLC civ. Or if there is a way around it with this save let me know.
Next, I think I'm in favor of 1NW move.
Other less urgent stuff
Things about social policies:
@Thawk who hasn't looked recently - Tradition got nerfed by putting the garrison policy as a prereq for most of the other ones, so all the useful stuff comes one policy later.
That said I'm not convinced that doing anything in Piety before finishing Tradition is best. I think the UA gets us the faith we need early mostly on its own. Not the most immediate concern though.
One comment about "temples that help gold are nice" - eh, they really aren't. Your cities gold modifier from that policy (plus market/bank/stockexchange etc) only applies to tiles worked, which don't really produce gold anymore (river bonus removed as noted; still think that trading posts are not useful, so only tile production will be a few from improved luxuries). city modified doesn't apply to trade routes (even if you do gold caravans over food ones), or the city connection, or resource sales.
First, is it possible to turn off all the DLC and roll a new starting save? I have both expansions of Civ5 but never did any add ons. Apparently I need to hand firaxis more than the price of BNW to open Ichabod's save. Normally I view the time I spend playing a game as the "real cost" and the money is just noise, but this seems really irritating since we aren't using a DLC civ. Or if there is a way around it with this save let me know.
Next, I think I'm in favor of 1NW move.
Other less urgent stuff
Things about social policies:
@Thawk who hasn't looked recently - Tradition got nerfed by putting the garrison policy as a prereq for most of the other ones, so all the useful stuff comes one policy later.
That said I'm not convinced that doing anything in Piety before finishing Tradition is best. I think the UA gets us the faith we need early mostly on its own. Not the most immediate concern though.
One comment about "temples that help gold are nice" - eh, they really aren't. Your cities gold modifier from that policy (plus market/bank/stockexchange etc) only applies to tiles worked, which don't really produce gold anymore (river bonus removed as noted; still think that trading posts are not useful, so only tile production will be a few from improved luxuries). city modified doesn't apply to trade routes (even if you do gold caravans over food ones), or the city connection, or resource sales.