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I absolutely adore Civ V, it's one of my top played games of all time (behind SC1, SC2, and now Dominion the card game). I play an Earth style map, large size,

I absolutely adore Civ V, it's one of my top played games of all time (behind SC1, SC2, and now Dominion the card game). I play an Earth style map, large size, with 10-15 other Civs, and just go to town on Science/Industry. I love to play as Babylon, Korea, Egypt, and Poland, and I love to play on Emperor (Difficulty 6). I've tried playing other Civs and on Other difficulties, but this set-up of "strong civ" on level 6 is a nice mixture of ease/challenge. I also love the raging barbarian and random personality settings, they really add an element of chaos and unpredictability to the AI's and the early-mid game expansion and wars. One of my all-time favorite starts was as Poland with 4 salt resources next to Warsaw. Salt is such a baller resource because it's a luxury good, but it also allows the creation of a mine which boosts production, and production is super key in Civ. I could blast out wonders and the cutting-edge buildings in 5-10 turns, and my tech lead meant almost none of the wonders were unavailable. Don't you just love having 20 wonders in your capital by the end?

Florin_Andrei 5y ago
Very similar to my play style.
burntoutfire 5y ago
I'm just starting to get serious with Civ V (have logged 100+ hours in the past couple of months). My favourite is smaller map (the AI turns take too long on larger maps), and large islands. The islands make war more fun, as you can sail to most enemy cities with your fleet and don't have to crawl through the landmass. Also, once Frigates are available, the land units become largely irrelevant, but the AI doesn't really comprehend that, which gives you a big advantage. I play as Phoenicians, as they get nice bonuses for a water world.
- WhompingWindows 5y ago
  Ooooh boy, the islands set-up is super fun! England is mega OP on that scenario, and if you get Great Lighthouse? My god, so broken :) One thing with the speed of AI turns, you may be able to go into the advanced settings and turn on "quick combat" and "quick movement" settings. These take away the combat movement animations and help speed up the game a little bit (sorry, I didn't run the benchmarks, haha). Enjoy your naval victories, admiral!

Florin_Andrei 5y ago

Very similar to my play style.

burntoutfire 5y ago

I'm just starting to get serious with Civ V (have logged 100+ hours in the past couple of months). My favourite is smaller map (the AI turns take too long on larger maps), and large islands. The islands make war more fun, as you can sail to most enemy cities with your fleet and don't have to crawl through the landmass. Also, once Frigates are available, the land units become largely irrelevant, but the AI doesn't really comprehend that, which gives you a big advantage. I play as Phoenicians, as they get nice bonuses for a water world.

WhompingWindows 5y ago
Ooooh boy, the islands set-up is super fun! England is mega OP on that scenario, and if you get Great Lighthouse? My god, so broken :) One thing with the speed of AI turns, you may be able to go into the advanced settings and turn on "quick combat" and "quick movement" settings. These take away the combat movement animations and help speed up the game a little bit (sorry, I didn't run the benchmarks, haha). Enjoy your naval victories, admiral!