Civilization Thread!

[deli]

Washington and America can fuck right off.

First we make an open borders/strategic resources deal. Then he has the balls to declare war on the civ with the most advanced military in the game. But he catches me off guard and takes down a few of my units. When I show my full might, he panders to me like a little bitch and starts offering deals. No, fuck you Washington. I was going for a science victory but now I'm razing your empire to the ground.

[apsham]

I can pretty much only play as Japan for the "fight at full strength" Bushido perk.

[Benji]

Out of interest, what difficulty do you guys usually play on? I find myself settling on Prince, but I really should make the jump to King >_>

[Berober]

Out of interest, what difficulty do you guys usually play on? I find myself settling on Prince, but I really should make the jump to King >_>

As I said, I play on Warlord, but I think I'm ready to try a notch higher next game.

[gunnar hendershow]

Warlord, really need to move up though.

Sometimes I play on Settler for ridiculous shenanigans.

[Sousa]

I'm ready to move up to whatever's above Warlord (Noble I think?). I'm still much better at Civ IV, where I can win consistently on Emperor.

[Mick]

I've played my last couple games on Chieftan because I'm still learning the in and outs of the game, developing strategies etc; I really need to work on taking cities; it's one reason why I prefer to get to Nuclear Fusion before I go starting shit, because the GDRs simplify the process for me.

So far, with any Civ game, there's the pros and the cons. It is a tough call right now between IV and V; the one thing I really liked in IV was watching how pissed off the leaders would get when shit didn't go there way, especially when they became vassals and you treat them like total crap "LOL, Oh Tokugawa, you're so funny when you're angry".

[Plubby]

You make cats/trebs/cannons and you move them into range and then you mush their face. What's to get about taking cities? :S Maybe you need 3-4 siege pieces before taking a capital is all.

[deli]

Jesus. In my mulitplayer game, my 2 mates decided to try and take my empire. They started slowly advancing their units to my border while I built my defenses. And then for around a dozen turns we were seeing who would make the first move. Probably the tensest moment I've had on civ. Turns out they have way more units than i expected and I'm utterly fucked.

[Mick]

If your culture is that low in 1750, I'd say you're fucked even without their military

[Lint]

Fuck you Civ5..how can ANYONE work Krakatoa all the way out there?!

[deli]

If your culture is that low in 1750, I'd say you're fucked even without their military

I started the game in the Renaissance era and on quick pacing though.

Also, the day I win by a culture victory is the day hell freezes over

[Benji]

Okay, jumped, but I seem to quickly suffer from bad happiness balance. What's the best solution besides restarting with more favourable resources?

[Berober]

Okay, jumped, but I seem to quickly suffer from bad happiness balance. What's the best solution besides restarting with more favourable resources?

Circuses!

[Plubby]

Found myself unable to refuse all but the most ludicrous of requests from Lady Catherine's boobs.

[TKz]

I thought it'd be a good idea as a new player to try my first culture win! So I went up two map sizes and two difficulty levels. This might not have been a great idea.

[Benji]

Tourism is waaaay more fun than culture was before. Balancing museums and the such and getting artefacts is wonderful.

[Sousa]

Also, the day I win by a culture victory is the day hell freezes over

Culture is useful for ANY victory. More culture means more social policies, which means more whatever you want. If you want to win by military, go down Honor (or just Liberty because Liberty is super-good).

Also, you should have more than three cities as Rome. Rome wants a lot of cities because they get cheap buildings as long as the building is in Rome. It pays off to go wide with Rome.

[stokeriño]

Something that only just occurred to me after seeing deli's screenshot for the third time...

How have you gone 184 turns without revealing the fog of war just 2 squares south of your capital, Rome?

[Sousa]

Hell, I'd conquer you in that situation.