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Tarquinn posted:Does anybody have a list or an opinion on what are the most aggressive, warmongering AI civs? My last couple of games have been a giant hugfest. I want to see the world burn. Alexander and Gorgo are always quite aggressive and expansionist in my experience. Harald likes to fight whenever possible but won't hold a grudge. Monty gets out-teched so fast that he is a toothless tiger.
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Monty never strikes me as that aggressive, and Harald neither; those two are almost always decent neighbors. Genghis Khan, too. Other than Gorgo, and Alexander, I find that the most aggressive opportunists are Chandragupta, Shaka, and John Curtin.
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Nov 9, 2021 11:07
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Besides those already mentioned, I find Germany and Babylon are pretty aggressive as well.
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Nov 9, 2021 13:36
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you can also just make the map more crowded. as proximity is one of the main drivers of early war.
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Nov 9, 2021 13:48
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Some of the civs mentioned are in fact more aggressive than the others, but in my experience ever since they rebalanced the AI's relationship algorithms it's just way too easy for everyone to hold hands and sing kumbaya. The best way to get civs to poke at you is to poke them first.
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Nov 9, 2021 15:10
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Is there a mod that makes it possible for national parks to be oriented sideways? It never fails to drive me crazy that they have to be a perfect diamond (just like in real life!!)
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Nov 10, 2021 01:50
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showbiz_liz posted:Is there a mod that makes it possible for national parks to be oriented sideways? It never fails to drive me crazy that they have to be a perfect diamond (just like in real life!!) Out of all the weird, baffling, ill-considered design decisions in Civ VI, national parks are perhaps the weirdest. One hex on a huge map is theoretically representing about 25,000-30,000 square miles, which is four times bigger than any national park in the USA, for example. But they gotta be four hexes, arranged in a particular way, with a bunch of weird rules affecting their appeal (in particular, it's weird that clearing marshes and rainforests makes them better, and building wonders and stuff next to them does too). Oh, also, you create one through religious faith for some reason. And for all that effort you get a tiny fence and a label naming it after the nearby city. It's like they tried to make them as unlike real national parks as they possibly could.
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Nov 10, 2021 02:27
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Hungary is usually pretty aggressive. I've also had several games where Kristina goes nuts and rushes me with a half dozen warriors on turn 25
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Nov 10, 2021 05:23
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Thanks all for the advice, finally got that American cultural victory! It was fun watching my tourism just go into overdrive the moment I hit Conservation, Radio, and Flight, as well as watching the 13k or so faith I banked quickly get depleted as I spammed national parks everywhere. People weren't kidding when they said it was going to cost a lot of faith, and it's weird because if anything I may have been better off not going on the offensive with religious conversion at all. That said, Work Ethic was such a killer belief, and thanks to that one Great Scientist, I managed to build a Holy Site by a natural wonder that had 14 science, production, and faith in adjacencies bonuses around medieval era, which just absolutely supercharged my economy. It was so impressively powerful that now I think I'll try for a Religious victory with Arabia now, since maintaining a science lead is still imperative. BTW, do you guys always maximize chops with Magnus? The transfer time makes microing him around kind of a pain, and I feel like I should just go for Pingala or whoever ASAP instead of spending a title on Magnus and waiting to get his chop bonus everytime. EDIT: In addition, what's with the deforestation effect on CO2 levels? Since I was playing cultural Teddy, I mostly avoided chopping woods (got rid of rainforests and jungles tho) and even went on a reforestation campaign for kicks once I got Conservation. I even avoided making power plants entirely, with my only real CO2 output coming from railroads. Despite all that, my CO2 production was still getting a +50% handicap for deforestation. Is climate change this sensitive, or is the AI also just chopping like crazy? toasterwarrior fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Nov 12, 2021 |
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Nov 12, 2021 21:08
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Thanks for the aggressive Civ advice! They all still love each other very much. 
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Nov 12, 2021 22:24
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toasterwarrior posted:BTW, do you guys always maximize chops with Magnus? The transfer time makes microing him around kind of a pain, and I feel like I should just go for Pingala or whoever ASAP instead of spending a title on Magnus and waiting to get his chop bonus everytime. I don't bother too closely with it except for the very early game, getting specific wonders, and the point in the middle game where you get a surplus of builder charges. (usually with feudalism and/or a monumentality golden age). you can move your builder fleet alongside Magnus and finish chopping each city in a few turns (chopping more builders if necessary) then move on to the next. the extra builder movement from monumentality is handy
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Nov 12, 2021 23:00
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There seems to be a legit bug with deforestation rates, if anything, so if that's still happening up to now then I might as well keep using Magnus and just not giving a poo poo about preserving forests unless I need the appeal lol
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Nov 12, 2021 23:32
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Sorry to double post but I have a question: if you wipe out all rival civs on your continent before meeting others on another continent (basically lock down your continent during the Classical/Medieval eras), do you still gain grievances once you meet civs on the other continent? I'm wondering how to play an aggressive Rome game on high difficulty.
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Nov 16, 2021 09:22
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toasterwarrior posted:Sorry to double post but I have a question: if you wipe out all rival civs on your continent before meeting others on another continent (basically lock down your continent during the Classical/Medieval eras), do you still gain grievances once you meet civs on the other continent? I'm wondering how to play an aggressive Rome game on high difficulty. nope as far as they know you are a friendly new face
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Nov 16, 2021 20:09
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Got it, thank you very much!
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Nov 16, 2021 20:35
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Has anyone played much in the way of the various overhaul mods that are out there now? I played about half of a game today on the Harmony in Diversity overhaul and it seems pretty good. I added most of the mods on their Steam mod list and it’s working out. City Lights I also really enjoy, though it changes much less about the game.
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Nov 24, 2021 05:00
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Anno posted:Has anyone played much in the way of the various overhaul mods that are out there now? I played about half of a game today on the Harmony in Diversity overhaul and it seems pretty good. I added most of the mods on their Steam mod list and it’s working out. City Lights I also really enjoy, though it changes much less about the game. It's not a complete overhaul mod, but I've been enjoying the Civilizations Expanded mod lately, that changes and buffs every civ/leader so that the civs are stronger and more asymmetric. Also Terra Mirabilis, a natural wonders overhaul.
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Nov 24, 2021 08:22
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Some of the changes in Civs Expanded are definitely batshit OP (lmao USA and Germany) but I like it a lot nonetheless, I like civilization bonuses being so strong you lean on them hard instead of them just complementing your playstyle.
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Nov 24, 2021 09:28
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I'm working my way through winning as all civs, my current game is quite funny, I'm in the modern age, running my Byzantine units around Mali, librating city states, only for Germany to conquer them within turns. Lesson: leave a peacekeeping force around the city after you free it!
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Nov 26, 2021 12:01
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Finally playing as Hammurabi and what a trip it is, makes the game feel like a set of mini quests without a proper tech progression anymore. It's Emperor so the AI jumped me a bit early but it was a case of loving around and finding out as I suddenly unlocked a man-at-arms just in time to wipe the attackers and go knock over some ancient cities.
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Nov 26, 2021 18:20
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Chronojam posted:Finally playing as Hammurabi and what a trip it is, makes the game feel like a set of mini quests without a proper tech progression anymore. It's Emperor so the AI jumped me a bit early but it was a case of loving around and finding out as I suddenly unlocked a man-at-arms just in time to wipe the attackers and go knock over some ancient cities. Ohh, haven't thought of it like that. Sounds like fun. Edit: Wait, does Hammurabi's power work the same on slower game speeds? 
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Nov 27, 2021 09:08
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I'm guessing it does, I've been playing "online" speed of whatever lately, however
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Nov 27, 2021 09:32
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Yup, started a marathon game. It's really fun breaking the game in different (intended) ways.  I think the (next) game needs more civs that change how the game is played. They should bring back Venice at the very least.
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Nov 28, 2021 13:13
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Why can’t I build a holy site where the mouse cursor is? It’s next to the Matterhorn, I want those yields lol
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Nov 28, 2021 20:20
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Do you have Mining to cut down forests?
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Nov 28, 2021 20:31
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Poil posted:Do you have Mining to cut down forests? Oh hell. Thanks
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Nov 28, 2021 20:51
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remember to get a builder to harvest the forest and deer before you place it. can't let those magnus chops go to waste!
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Nov 28, 2021 21:07
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DontMockMySmock posted:It's not a complete overhaul mod, but I've been enjoying the Civilizations Expanded mod lately, that changes and buffs every civ/leader so that the civs are stronger and more asymmetric. Also Terra Mirabilis, a natural wonders overhaul. This post was the first I heard of the Civilizations Expanded mod but I've really enjoyed the two games I played of it so far.
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Nov 28, 2021 22:06
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Is there a way to see a list of all your city's stats? Like what city produces the most science, hammers, gold, etc?
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Nov 30, 2021 23:40
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Away all Goats posted:Is there a way to see a list of all your city's stats? Like what city produces the most science, hammers, gold, etc? under 'list of reports' in the top right corner probably. i'd suggest getting the better report ui mod, since it add some better reports than the base game. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1312585482&searchtext=better+reports+screen
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Dec 1, 2021 01:37
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HappyCamperGL posted:under 'list of reports' in the top right corner probably. Thanks! That mod looks like just what I'm looking for.
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Dec 1, 2021 03:41
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So uh, this Anthology release, is it finally "Civ6, all of it, pinky promise" edition? I stopped buying after the vanilla release as I saw what was coming, is now a good time to catch up, so to speak? I'm not gonna buy this and suddenly a new xpack drops? I bought Civ5 Complete for 17 bucks and by golly I'm a cheap fucker with warped standards!
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Dec 9, 2021 02:27
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Serephina posted:So uh, this Anthology release, is it finally "Civ6, all of it, pinky promise" edition? I stopped buying after the vanilla release as I saw what was coming, is now a good time to catch up, so to speak? I'm not gonna buy this and suddenly a new xpack drops? conversely, you should buy it so the rest of us get a new season faster 
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Dec 9, 2021 04:17
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Serephina posted:So uh, this Anthology release, is it finally "Civ6, all of it, pinky promise" edition? I stopped buying after the vanilla release as I saw what was coming, is now a good time to catch up, so to speak? I'm not gonna buy this and suddenly a new xpack drops? I second this question and am in the same boat! Have been waiting on a complete package or bundle to get the dlc because good god there's so much
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I finally got my first win, after about 250 hours. Turns out I had never bothered to actually finish a game before now.  Religious victory as Indonesia on a small pangea, which was really more of two continents attached by a narrow land bridge. Wasn't too much of a grind as I like building holy sites and had a lot more land than the main competitor who spent a lot of effort fighting and ultimately wiping out the third religion over on the other continent.
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Dec 9, 2021 23:06
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Serephina posted:So uh, this Anthology release, is it finally "Civ6, all of it, pinky promise" edition? I stopped buying after the vanilla release as I saw what was coming, is now a good time to catch up, so to speak? I'm not gonna buy this and suddenly a new xpack drops?
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Dec 9, 2021 23:17
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Well I pulled the trigger, cheers! Trying to get back into it, lots of fun subsystems (but still not enough industry, everrr, argh. probably need to play until the new improved industrial districts?). Lots of old UI thorns that I had forgotten about still present, so am raiding the workshop page. Recommended UI mods? I've found: Quick Start Quick Deals Better Report Screen Expended Policy Cards -- But really I'd love to find something that turns the fog of war into something less stylized. Not the "here be dragons" distant fog, but the stuff that covers up already-seen terrain and turns it drawing-esque. Absolutely maddening, I just can't read it at all, especially jungles. There's a Civ5 aesthetic mod which I might have to resort to, might also help with seeing goddamn hills which keep catching me. But that's a little drastic.
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Dec 10, 2021 02:34
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Poil posted:I finally got my first win, after about 250 hours. Turns out I had never bothered to actually finish a game before now. Same, but I have about 2000 hours now or so, but I have never played a game with victory conditions turned on. Winning is for losers.
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Dec 10, 2021 11:32
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Serephina posted:Well I pulled the trigger, cheers! Trying to get back into it, lots of fun subsystems (but still not enough industry, everrr, argh. probably need to play until the new improved industrial districts?). Lots of old UI thorns that I had forgotten about still present, so am raiding the workshop page. Better Starts as well so funky Civs can start next to their funky terrain.
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Sukritact's Simple UI Adjustments I find very good. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939149009
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