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I roll in a 2013 Toyota Prius. It's pretty badass. I gas up half as often as I used to and when I do I pay half as much at the pump. Gets me to work and back to pay the bills.

[quote who="parrottmath" reply="126" id="3421792"] It is a miss perception that the hostile world is not attacking the AI. They do not get a free ride.[/quote] How does that jive with this? [quote who="dawgs4ever" reply="122" id="3421564"] I know that if I have a pioneer and a spearmen running around together and they end a turn next to a wandering mob, that the mob will attack them but whenever I see NPC pioneers running around and they end the turn next to a Mob,

why would that guy walk away from her? Crazy faces aside, that fat old dude ain't going to land anyone better.

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="24" id="3418223"] What's childish about an army of fucking Teddy Bears defeating the Empire? I like both, but if forced to choose, I would pick Trek.[/quote] It's better to have whales save the day than teddy bears, right?

ruh oh. Beastmaster's broken?

is the bosses staying in their wildlands thing fixed or not then?

[quote who="Malachon" reply="66" id="3421507"] Quoting Jafo, reply 64 Quoting Malachon, reply 63- redistributing unused food to the poor in this world (which I read in one of the comments) will destroy agriculture in some poor countries. Why? Imagine you are a farmer in one of those poor countries. You use quite a bit of the food yourself, but the rest you sell to other poor people in your area, supplementing your meager existence, and enabling you to buy fertilizer for exam

I'm not a fan of having the AI use the sovs that I make against me. I can end up with 5 trog races or whatever. So I find I always have to customize them. Should be a way to turn off your sovs from the AI using them.

[quote who="walton_reeves" reply="56" id="3420961"]I'm sorry if it sounds harsh but poor people are poor because of the choices they make. [/quote] Anyone think this is true? Because it doesn't ring true to me. If you are born in a 3rd world country what choice did you make to be poor? Hope you don't ever fall off your saddle some day and be shocked when you ask for a help and get some jerk telling you you are poor because of the choices you made.

[quote who="Kantok" reply="50" id="3420750"] If the CEO in your company isn't legitimately among the hardest workers in the company, get out and find a new job because the place is going downhill. Any CEO worth a damn works harder than just about anyone else at the company. [/quote] I set up the examples for a scenario. I never claimed to be speaking for the average factory worker or the average number of hours per week in the averag

[quote who="Damask5" reply="116" id="3421011"] Derek, I don't think the fix for bosses staying in wildlands works... I just started a new game this morning (I'm in the beta opt in) and I saw Vetrar casually out for a stroll near one of my cities, which he then promptly turned into an icicle and crushed a few turns later. I saved right when I saw him and I can send you the game if that would help. I'm not using any mods, just a custom fa

[quote who="Kantok" reply="46" id="3420676"]And to directly respond to your point, the CEO isn't some evil villain, despite what progressive talking points makes out. On base, that CEO is the hardest working person in the company (or is among the hardest working). The mimimum wage worker gets to go home and leave work behind. Senior executives at companies LIVE their jobs. I'm not saying we should feel sorry for them, but they do things to that deserve compensa

[quote who="Kantok" reply="43" id="3420610"] 1. The CEO doesn't determine your labor rate, the market does. [/quote] This is my point. You can lay the blame on an outside factor (the market) and absolve yourself of the responsiblity of doing something that is wrong. Of all the holidays on the American calendar, the store worker should be home with his family on Thanksgiving because that is main holiday that celebrates family.&nbsp

[quote who="Chasbo" reply="40" id="3420587"]GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED GREED. [/quote] "Well I can make a lot of money if I just take advantage of this for now. Why not everyone else is doing it? If I DON'T do it, I'll be behind everyone else. I just know everyone else is getting rich this way. Why should I be the only honest man in the world?" -Person thinking to himself</p

[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="29" id="3420361"] To gain wealth, a country needs a good government, educated and motivated people, and good relations with other countries. Otherwise, it'll just not happen no matter how much money you throw at it. [/quote] I don't know if "gaining wealth" is the result of the things you mention. China gains wealth by not doing the things on this list. &nbs

Trickle down doesn't work source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/evidence-is-in--again--go_b_3644152.html Getting the rich richer doesn't help.

[quote who="Kantok" reply="11" id="3420260"] Sorry to say, but not only is the vast majority of wealth NOT inherited, the trend is actually moving away from inherited wealth and towards self-made wealth. Facts are slippery little bitches, aren't they? http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/01/14/the-decline-of-inherited-money/ Or if you prefer, articles from those noted bastions of right-wing thought at the Washington Post. http://www.washington

5. Hero classes rebalanced and all of them highly valuable. How is this accomplished? What leads to your opinion that they are all now highly valuable.

[quote who="Megyn" reply="5" id="3420033"] The best way to lift people out of poverty is to set them free. There is a strong correlation between freedom and wealth.[/quote]

Possibly relevant article. Maybe not for the impoverished but for the gap between middle and upper classes. http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/21/opinion/sutter-swiss-executive-pay/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

[quote who="jutetrea" reply="2" id="3420037"] I usually make my 1st a commander for roads and command. Then its a luck of the draw - if you get a good one, they can be powerful well into the mid game. Fully depends on build and found equipment though.[/quote] I do this too. Roads make such a huge difference for an empire. It's a definite difference in my games pre-roads and post roads my empire is much stronger. I feel like a&nbsp

[quote who="NaytchSG" reply="110" id="3420020"] Would like to see at least a single 5/5/5 per Wildland. That would be cool! And/or a special recruitable unit like the Deorcynesse Darklings.[/quote] I agree with this clearing a wildland should reveal a powerful city opportunity. Reminds me of Moo2 how if you beat the Antarans you'd get a Gaia class planet that could sustain much greater amounts of population than normal planets could.