Civilization V + DLC's, G&K, BNW - Page 65

On July 30 2012 16:11 xsksc wrote:
Mmm... I got this game the other day.
I played a tutorial game then jumped into a real game on the second easiest mode (lol, brand new to civ series).
I enjoyed myself for the most part, but one thing I didn't like was how abruptly the game ended at 2050, it felt nice and slow paced for most of the game - but then as soon as I'm unlocking some sick tech like nukes etc...the game just ended. I didn't really get a chance to actually USE a lot of the stuff I'd been working towards.
I was just starting to build a space rocket, too. :<

On July 30 2012 16:57 zhurai wrote:
lol I played Civ 5 awhile ago, and all I did for the majority of the game is turtle and not have many units (mind you I was on the easier modes) and then just teched up... and then strangely enough some of the other civilizations found it cool to denounce me (even when apparently one didn't have any economy to speak of o....o)

and then I attacked them and kept on building units and then kept teching up and then killed all of them


the 2nd game I played (only played some of it but then deleted it) I just teched for archers, massed them, and then massed a guy.


I find the ai of the civilizations pretty funny. I'm ready to completely wipe them off the face of the planet (basically they have 1-2 more cities left or so and I'm about to kill them and then I ask to see if they want to have a peace treaty...), but then they still try to go for the "most fair trade" ._. also I find it funny that when they do accept a peace treaty (or even if they are weak in general), they shortly after denounce me again, which makes me want to kill them :|


(I should say ofc I'm doing these on the lowest one, and it's my first civ game)

On July 30 2012 16:11 xsksc wrote:
Mmm... I got this game the other day.
I played a tutorial game then jumped into a real game on the second easiest mode (lol, brand new to civ series).
I enjoyed myself for the most part, but one thing I didn't like was how abruptly the game ended at 2050, it felt nice and slow paced for most of the game - but then as soon as I'm unlocking some sick tech like nukes etc...the game just ended. I didn't really get a chance to actually USE a lot of the stuff I'd been working towards.
I was just starting to build a space rocket, too. :<

On July 31 2012 05:16 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
This game really needs a Casus belli system/event when it comes to City States and Religion.

On July 31 2012 05:16 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
This game really needs a Casus belli system/event when it comes to City States and Religion.

On August 07 2012 12:50 Tewks44 wrote:
I just went on a seven hour marathon after getting Civ V today and I'm... slightly disappointed. It's a really awesome game except for... unhappiness. The "happiness: system is completely dumbed down and absurdly weighed towards favoring unhappiness in this game. I am struggling to get my happiness at zero. I only have 2 puppet cities, I have a Colosseum and a circus in all the cities I am able, and I basically ignore any effects of certain policies except for unhappiness. Still my unhappiness is stuck at around -6. I really miss being able to grow metropolises in Civ IV, but in Civ V its just too stressful to have large cities, plus it's nearly impossible because my cities are constantly growing at only 25% of the rate they should. It creates an incentive to have a small, lightly populated empire. Not a very good mechanic in a game where the objective is to create a glorious civilization. I'm honestly considering not playing this game anymore unless someone can tell me how to deal with unhappiness. This mechanic basically overshadows what would otherwise be interesting aspects of the game, because all I care about is making my civilization happy. I don't care what my buildings do, as long as they increase happiness. I don't care what my techs do, as long as they give me access to buildings that increase happiness. I don't care what policies I get, as long as they increase happiness. It's totally ruining the game for me.

On August 08 2012 05:52 Mazer wrote:
So I played a couple games since getting expansion.

The second game was on monarch difficulty (small map, epic speed) and I just went for a 4 city cultural win as Egypt. I've loved Egypt since Civ IV since they had the wonder bonus there too and there's something very satisfying about building them.

I decided to disable espionage as I think it's absolutely lacklustre in the current form.

Was pretty easy to pull off. In the process I nabbed like 3/4 of the wonders (stacking the Egypt bonus with the social policy and the early religion bonus as well as marble...) The closest other civ (~10 cities) managed to get one part of the spaceship done in that time even though I kept on pace technologically. Probably could have won diplomacy as well since I had all of the city states allied.

Founded a religion pretty early on and by the end of the game, I was in a perpetual golden age (still had 50 turns left on one when I finished). Was kinda funny.

Thoughts:

-Still not too impressed with combat AI. Wasn't hard to hold back a decent mix of 8 units with one ranged, one melee, one siege and the city. They kinda dicked around my city without really doing any serious damage until several got picked off and they retreated.
-Espionage feels like a waste of time, it was much better in IV but I understand why they had to change stuff around for V.
-City states are very easy to have as allies late game. I can imagine it might get a bit harder on the highest difficulties but at monarch (king) it was pretty simple.
- The game does run a fair bit quicker which is great.
- Religion in the current form is a pretty solid addition.

I'll probably try a new game at one level harder and go for a more expansionist/militaristic approach. Maybe with the Romans on small again but with no city states (2 extra AI to fill it in).

On August 07 2012 14:08 Cel.erity wrote:


Tough to say without looking at your game, but some ideas:

-Happiness is a lot easier with the expansion due to the large number of luxuries available, so make sure you expand towards new luxuries and always trade away your excess luxuries to the AI. This is how you will receive most of your happiness.

-Don't build cities unless there's at least one luxury in the area.

-Don't focus on getting all of your cities large, focus on maybe three at most: your capital (generally tech/specialist oriented), your production city, and perhaps one other. It can be a good idea to halt growth on cities that aren't going to do much for you (and this isn't a bad mechanic; growth has drawbacks, population control is realistic).

-If you puppet cities, make sure to replace all of their farms with mines or trading posts. You actually don't want your puppets growing at all, they are simply there to give you some science and gold.

-Use your policies for happiness. Liberty and Honor give you +1 happiness per city, Rationalism gives a ton of happiness, Patronage and Commerce can also be decent.

-Ally city-states, especially Mercantile ones. Most CSes will give you one luxury, Mercantile will give you two and +2 happiness for a total of +10(!) happiness.

Overall I would say happiness is much easier to obtain than in vanilla Civ, so I'm not sure specifically what you're doing wrong, but I hope this helps.

On August 08 2012 06:53 RoyGBiv_13 wrote:


To be fair, trying to seige a city with 8 units against a melee, a range, and a seige may even be difficult for a player unless they can surround the city or snipe a unit. Seige+range+city can kill off a unit per turn before it gets in range. I agree that the combat AI is especially easy to beat, but the AI to deal with victory strategy more than makes up for it (they detect which victory you are going for and actively try to stop you)


For a fun game, try being spain. They are a very novel and interesting civ based on exploration and expansion. If you find a natural wonder first, you get 500gp (which is a settler, effectively). Their special unit is a knight that can defend itself while embarked, and settle on continents not connected to you capital. Thats pretty clever.

EDIT: Espionage seems uninspired, but It does what it was intended to do (removes computer advantage in research agreements and gives another route to diplomacy your way to victory)

On June 24 2012 01:42 Fumanchu wrote:
I'm just going to have to accept the fact that I won't be able to play on anything other than Prince for a looooooooong time. Anything less than Prince becomes too easy, and anything above, I have no chance. I'm just no good at balancing everything. I know I have to build a decent army because some AI is going to declare war on me at the beginning of the game, but then my happiness goes in the toilet. Then I started buildings to increase my happiness, but those buildings have maintenance costs, so my money goes in the toilet. I usually build 2-3 cities tall, and then try and puppet city states. I don't understand how you guys play on a higher difficulty. I watch replays and stuff, but when I try and copy them, I just don't seem to reap the same benefits.

Anyways, what bonuses do you pick for your pantheon/religion? Lately I've taken the one that spreads religion 30% faster, and the one that gives 100 bucks whenever a new city takes your religion.