Civilization Thread!

[Benji]

I basically waited for him to take out Suleiman so I could liberate Sully and get him on my side for diplo votes, then took back the city, took a coastal city with Colossus and Great Wall, razed his next city, then took his capital with 13 more wonders. I'm going to let him live with his last city, being stuck in there with the three great generals I earned, Citadeling him to his little stupid mountain as an example to the rest of the world.

[Plubby]

Dear diary. It has been two days since last I civved.

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[Mick]

Me too .

Though, I'm about to start a game as the Mayans, see how it goes. Normally I turn off Barbs, but this time I'm switching them on, going to see how that affects it. I figure if I can win five games, I can switch up to King...God help me .

[Plubby]

Me too .

Though, I'm about to start a game as the Mayans, see how it goes. Normally I turn off Barbs, but this time I'm switching them on, going to see how that affects it. I figure if I can win five games, I can switch up to King...God help me .

Oh, is your computer dead too? *hug* WE ARE LIKE SOUL-CRUSHED-MATES!

[9 to 5]

Pfft, my computer has been off for repairs for 2 weeks.

[Benji]

This works pretty well as a description of my game playing style

Oh, and Egypt didn't get to survive, he denounced me and so I used the generals to kill him. Monty is next (I razed one of his cities earlier in the game) I already took his cap, but he refused to accept me ending the war and leaving him with his one city, so I'll raze him off my planet. Then it'll just be me, Carthage (who'll soon be wiped out by), The Zulu, and the Ottomans who're in my pocket and only have one city.

[Sousa]

Yes but what do you do in games where El Dorado doesn't spawn?

[stokeriño]

It's quite bewildering to return to playing on Settler (for cheap 'n' easy achievement mining) and realise that you can end up with SO MUCH MONEY without doing any of things you've come to accept as normal in surviving and/or thriving on higher difficulty levels.

"What, I'm on +120 gold per turn? But I haven't even found anyone else to trade with yet!"

[Benji]

The biggest suprise for me is how happy my people are. Generally in the early game I have some issues with happiness that get ironed out. On lower difficulties you could slaughter half your population and they'd still smile at you.

[Sousa]

The worst part about Settler is that I ignore barbs since they don't ever enter my territory and so sometimes they plunder my trade routes that I don't need because the AI is useless about wiping out barbs on Settler.

[Benji]

I find it hilarious that neither Barbs nor Civs attack you on Settler. They're basically puppies just waiting to be rolled over.

[stokeriño]

Barbs will attack a scout on something like 5% health if they happen to be stood right next to them. That's about the limit of land barb aggression on Settler.

Barbarian ships will still attack anything that floats though.

[Mick]

I think I might do the Settler thing just for achievements. Playing as America. THE WAY IT SHOULD BE FOR AMERICA!

[Plubby]

I CIV AGAIN~!

Got Egypt. Turbo'd Great Library->National College (as I seem to always do) and now i'm just streets in front.

[Benji]

The amount of people on r/civ who don't understand that citadel damage doesn't stack annoys me to an unreasonable level.

[Mick]

What picture inspired that Benji?

Also, I hate antiquated memes, but I think we can all appreciate the Fuher's frustrations.

[Benji]

This one, even more annoyingly titled "one proper way to use citadels".

[Mick]

Yeah, I figured that, though what I figured they were doing was not using it for defense but rather to be dicks and steal land, given how far ahead the player is; note Washington's units compared to the Mechanized Infantry amassing.

[Benji]

Not running that far away with it in anything except score - 2076 and he's still not won. I'd be ashamed to post it.

[stokeriño]

Petty things annoy me about that screenshot - such as the lack of a road/railway connecting his citadel land grab/defensive front line/route into enemy territory with the rest of his empire. This is an unforgivable failing for Modern era warfare, let alone Future Tech era, and it's through jungle. JUNGLE!