Civilization V: Brave New World

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bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

What's the best generic civilization to learn the game? I've got the basics figured out, but having a different civ with different abilities every game is still too confusing, so I'd like to just pick one and stick with it for a while.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2014 23:02

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 00:04

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

Cool, thanks.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2014 23:22

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

I think I read in this thread that certain AI civs tend to do the same things later in the game, like stabbing you in the back or declaring war even though you've been friendly all game. Is there a short list of what to watch out for from what civs?

# ¿ Oct 11, 2014 00:54

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

When you're promoting a sub, what's the difference between "combat strength against naval units" (Targeting) and "combat bonus when attacking" (Wolfpack)?

# ¿ Oct 12, 2014 02:01

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

Kaal posted:

Wolfpack is a stronger bonus, but doesn't count for defense. It's what I usually pick, since it's often the difference between killing an enemy unit and letting them slink away. And if a submarine gets detected it's usually dead anyway.

Thanks.

I've also got a -30 happiness hit because people "want a new ideology". All I can find online is "produce more culture". Any tips?

# ¿ Oct 12, 2014 05:04

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

What happens to your units when they are in another civ's territory and you declare peace or open borders expires? Can they just stay there?

# ¿ Oct 13, 2014 18:08

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

The value of trade routes is expressed as x/turn, so it doesn't matter how far away your destination city is, right?

# ¿ Oct 20, 2014 21:42

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

What are some fun maps to play? I've only been playing continents plus and Pangaea plus.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2015 17:38

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=431253630

# ¿ Apr 25, 2015 17:10

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

Ragnar Gunvald posted:

So the OP suggests checking out YouTube to learn how to play the game "correctly". I'd like to learn as I've loved the civ games from the very beginning but I'm awful at them and play on the warlord difficulty.

If I have an aversion to YouTube is there somewhere I can read about how to actually play the game?...

http://www.carlsguides.com/strategy/civilization5/

# ¿ May 18, 2015 15:10

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

Is there a way to replay the AI's unit moves at the end of a turn? Seeing how your opponents moved their guys is obviously hugely useful, but you've only got a couple of seconds while the game is calculating moves to zoom around the map to see who's doing what, and in which direction.

# ¿ May 30, 2015 18:57

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

Anybody regularly play maps larger than normal? I'm tempted by one of those giant real-earth maps but I don't want to be playing for two years.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2015 23:58

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 00:04

bend it like baked ham: Feb 16, 2009; Fries.

Punkin Spunkin posted:

hah, I wanted to avoid the YOU HAVE DECLARED WAR ON A CIVILIZATION YOU DECLARED FRIENDSHIP WITH PENALTY but I wanted to attack this Civ so as to cut off some unwise bribe deals that I'd previously made to get it to declare war on this other Civ
so I bribed it into declaring war on another Civ I was friends with that I had a defensive pact with, thereby canceling all present and previous bribe deals and bringing me to war with the Civ I wanted to be at war with

but I still got the penalty they shot first!

Also I don't know if it's because I run a super modded game or if it's an update tweak but my previous easy mode strategy of constantly declaring war on Civs in exchange for danegeld seems to no longer work. This does make the game slightly more interesting if not challenging, all the Civs I'm at war with lately seem to deny the old "X gold per turn" or luxury deals and mostly throw their cities at you. Now I have more fun taking shitloads cities from Civs and then chucking them at other civs to wreak havoc, inter-Civ animosity, and enough unhappiness for perpetual revolution loops. It's hard for an AI civ to turn down a free-ish city. Meanwhile you're redrawing borders in the weirdest ways, making litle enclaves of Civs inside of Civs around the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_4bp8bBNVw

# ¿ Dec 14, 2016 03:57

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