As far as I know they’re legit. I bought a RU Battlefield 3 key over 6 months ago when it first came out and had no problems. Also, check their twitter and facebook. They have a lot of feedback that indicates they’re not doing anything suspicious.
Sepiche
6262
Wow that’s pretty sweet, thanks for posting that. I’ve never once had the urge to buy an iPad until now.
Xemu
6263
Gamerkeys is very sketchy, IMO. They specifically work by buying gamer keys from other regions where currency & market differences require different price models.
They are kind of the definition of grey market. Not strictly speaking legal as that’s a violation of a number of international trade laws as I understand it… but I am most definitely NOT a lawyer. But they are definitely NOT 100% above board.
Well yeah, that’s how all the sites work that sell keys. They buy them in bulk at overseas prices and then resell them at a slightly higher price, which usually is quite a bit lower than American prices. There’s nothing sketchy about that unless they’re buying the keys via illegal means (stolen credit cards), which I’m pretty sure the site I mentioned isn’t doing.
As for buying keys in general, it’s definitely grey market and morally questionable. I wouldn’t recommend buying them unless a) you’re okay with doing so, b) you’re willing to take a (albeit low) risk of something “bad” happening (banned key, banned account, etc…).
EDIT: I forgot to mention that they specifically send you a picture of the key that comes in the retail box of Gods & Kings. Here’s the one they sent me (edited of course): http://i.imgur.com/23Qu3.jpg
Just finished up a Diplomatic victory for Carthage on Emperor difficulty, small archipelago map. Spent most of the game with next to nothing for military. At one point, Montezuma charged me with his great war era soldiers and cavalry, and I just bought 2 nuclear subs and a battleship and freaked him out.
Just as I turned in the winning conditions, Pandora started playing Dido.
Hotfix/patch rolled out. A few crash issues fixed, and this should resolve issues for those playing in offline mode (apparently there was something in the auto-update aspect of the new modding system which caused the game to crash if you went to the mod menu with Steam in offline mode).
Warren
6267
That’s very cool kismet there.
I’m trying to remember–does Civ5 warn you if an AI starts building the UN (i.e. beware of incoming Diplo Victory)?
Warren
6269
I don’t recall ever seeing any warning about opponents building Wonders in Civ V. The nearest analog I can think of in Civ V is that when spaceships parts are built and installed by the AI, there is a notice about those.
Nope. If you want to know that a civ is starting to build wonders, you need to have a spy operating against them, and then they have a good shot of finding out and letting you know. :)
Thanks for the tips above. I’m slowly working my way through a fresh vanilla game while I wait for a sale on Gods and Kings. The Persia AI has bought up almost all the city-states, so I do not want to get blindsided while I take my time researching and testing the game mechanics of the more advanced units. I can at least keep track of when they enter the right research era for the UN (modern or whatever), so that helps.
KevinC
6273
It tells you right on the trade screen how many of each resource you have.
What do you mean, trade all or none of a resource? Just trade down to (1) if you are worried about it. The reason they allow you to trade your last copy of a resource is in case you would want to trade it to someone to get a resource several of your cities might be requesting.
I’m also not sure what you mean about strategic resources. Spend what you want - if you have 4 horses, use all 4 if you want. You would only go negative if
a) You lose a tile that contains the resource. Protect your strategic resource tiles.
or
b) You are getting a resource from trade. I believe you can hover over your Horses or whatever to find out how many are coming from trade, though. Not?
I personally am very pleased in both CiV and Skyrim for how the mod manager through Steam Workshop works and feels. Just my opinion. And I really think the UI in CiV is exceptional.
KevinC
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It doesn’t trade all of them, it trades one of them.
Just to clarify this concept: the trade menu will bring up luxury resources that your prospective trading partner doesn’t have and is therefore interested in (spares are only good for trading, after all). Once you add one of a type of resource to a trade offer, the game takes into account that no additional numbers of that type will be wanted by your trading partner and therefore takes it out of the window. However, your spare luxury resources will still be there to trad with someone else after the trade is completed.
For a change of pace, I tried a OCC for the first time last night, playing as Egypt at King level. My starting position was okay but not great, and after just a few turns I met my very near neighbor, Napoleon. Very shortly thereafter I met my other near neighbor, Alexander. Oof.
I fended off about 5 DoWs before I resigned in the face of over a dozen angry French units. Without any iron, I could not mount a decent enough defense. I’m sure I made some mistakes, as it was my first OCC attempt, but I’m not sure that was a winnable start unless you were a serious micro-managing expert player.
The AI sometimes wants ALL of your luxury resources. This is not a “trade,” it’s a “demand.” Generally though, it defaults to trading luxuries 1-for-1, so I’m not sure why it says you’re trading all of them.
For strategic resources, there are counters at the top of your screen that show you how many extra you still have available for use.
Holy crap, I had no idea you could do this. I just felt the urge to buy a iPad now.
