Civilization V Discussion

[Wisconsin9]

Hahaha yeah diplomacy can be a bitch. Have you ever played Civ 5 online? I've thought about it, but I want to know if its good from someone who has played.

Nah, I'm still slugging it out against the bots before I go the big fish.
Although, key to winning, ranged units, only and always.

Ranged units can't capture cities.

[AETEN II]

Nah, I'm still slugging it out against the bots before I go the big fish.
Although, key to winning, ranged units, only and always.

Ranged units can't capture cities.

Death Robots say hai.

[Wisconsin9]

Ranged units can't capture cities.

Death Robots say hai.

Death Robots are melee units.

Speaking of which, guess who just finished researching Nuclear Fusion?

[Madredia]

Hahaha yeah diplomacy can be a bitch. Have you ever played Civ 5 online? I've thought about it, but I want to know if its good from someone who has played.

Nah, I'm still slugging it out against the bots before I go the big fish.
Although, key to winning, ranged units, only and always.

Yeah definately. If you get them in the right time period, Crossbowmen can give you potentially the biggest advantage.

[Madredia]

Death Robots say hai.

Death Robots are melee units.

Speaking of which, guess who just finished researching Nuclear Fusion?

Death Robots are powerful, but I wouldn't rank them as the best. On their own, individually they are the best, but usually I'm already over-dominating by the time they're available, so they end up just being for fun, even though they're not necessary.

[Wisconsin9]

Death Robots are melee units.

Speaking of which, guess who just finished researching Nuclear Fusion?

Death Robots are powerful, but I wouldn't rank them as the best. On their own, individually they are the best, but usually I'm already over-dominating by the time they're available, so they end up just being for fun, even though they're not necessary.

Well I'm not dominating. I've got two—arguably three, if you still count Persia—other civilizations that could pose a challenge.

[AETEN II]

Death Robots are melee units.

Speaking of which, guess who just finished researching Nuclear Fusion?

Death Robots are powerful, but I wouldn't rank them as the best. On their own, individually they are the best, but usually I'm already over-dominating by the time they're available, so they end up just being for fun, even though they're not necessary.

After my first game I now specifically research them, same with battleships and destroyers.

[Wisconsin9]

Year: 2042. Status of German-Persian War: Two more cities have been captured, including the capital, Persepolis, which was first decimated by the first-ever deployment of atomic weaponry. The Persian space program was destroyed along with Persepolis. Germany is now undoubtedly the world's leading superpower.

On a side note, capturing Persepolis got global happiness up to 20! It lost eight from the puppeting, but that's still a gain of 30!

[Madredia]

Happiness is one of the biggest stumbling blocks if you want to conquer all over the world.

In the game I'm actively playing now, its 1650, I'm the Japanese Empire, on a continent with China, Siam, and Greece. I entered a war with Greece over border issues (They pretty much surrounded me with territory, and wouldn't allow open borders) like 50% of the fighting was done when almost his entire military held off mine at Sparta (go figure). Eventually we beat them, and it was just a matter of steamrolling through the rest of their territory. I was in the Renaissance at the time and they were in the Medieval. I had Samurai and Crossbowmen break off into groups and eventually I conquered all of their cities, freeing the city-state of Cape Town. Now its only me, the Chinese, and the Siamese on the continent. I can tell a conflict is bubbling, as China conquered a city-state Siam had allied with. If China and Siam go to war, I'll jump in on the Chinese side, because Siam is hostile and growing dangerous, and I can't allow them to take China. I've done some exploring, and I think I've found the edge of the other continent, and I met the Persians.

[AETEN II]

Happiness is one of the biggest stumbling blocks if you want to conquer all over the world.

In the game I'm actively playing now, its 1650, I'm the Japanese Empire, on a continent with China, Siam, and Greece. I entered a war with Greece over border issues (They pretty much surrounded me with territory, and wouldn't allow open borders) like 50% of the fighting was done when almost his entire military held off mine at Sparta (go figure). Eventually we beat them, and it was just a matter of steamrolling through the rest of their territory. I was in the Renaissance at the time and they were in the Medieval. I had Samurai and Crossbowmen break off into groups and eventually I conquered all of their cities, freeing the city-state of Cape Town. Now its only me, the Chinese, and the Siamese on the continent. I can tell a conflict is bubbling, as China conquered a city-state Siam had allied with. If China and Siam go to war, I'll jump in on the Chinese side, because Siam is hostile and growing dangerous, and I can't allow them to take China. I've done some exploring, and I think I've found the edge of the other continent, and I met the Persians.

I've found that the Arabians typically make great allies when you have a common ally. Sure, they eventually denounce you when you declare war too often, but they're great temps. City States are the only actual allies you'll ever have through thick and thin though.

[Maryginia]

Happiness is one of the biggest stumbling blocks if you want to conquer all over the world.

In the game I'm actively playing now, its 1650, I'm the Japanese Empire, on a continent with China, Siam, and Greece. I entered a war with Greece over border issues (They pretty much surrounded me with territory, and wouldn't allow open borders) like 50% of the fighting was done when almost his entire military held off mine at Sparta (go figure). Eventually we beat them, and it was just a matter of steamrolling through the rest of their territory. I was in the Renaissance at the time and they were in the Medieval. I had Samurai and Crossbowmen break off into groups and eventually I conquered all of their cities, freeing the city-state of Cape Town. Now its only me, the Chinese, and the Siamese on the continent. I can tell a conflict is bubbling, as China conquered a city-state Siam had allied with. If China and Siam go to war, I'll jump in on the Chinese side, because Siam is hostile and growing dangerous, and I can't allow them to take China. I've done some exploring, and I think I've found the edge of the other continent, and I met the Persians.

I've found that the Arabians typically make great allies when you have a common ally. Sure, they eventually denounce you when you declare war too often, but they're great temps. City States are the only actual allies you'll ever have through thick and thin though.

Germany, and Sweden have always been good allies with at least in my case, A side note as Austria, I just bought out Sidon.

[Wisconsin9]

I've found that the Arabians typically make great allies when you have a common ally. Sure, they eventually denounce you when you declare war too often, but they're great temps. City States are the only actual allies you'll ever have through thick and thin though.

Germany, and Sweden have always been good allies with at least in my case, A side note as Austria, I just bought out Sidon.

Hmph. As Germany, I was allied with Sweden. Then he began denouncing me. Then I conquered his whole country in four turns.

Oh, by the way, I just had to purchase and the launch a nuclear missile at a Persian fleet that I was worried was going to pillage some of the crab in the waters I had stolen from them.

[Wisconsin9]

Fucking Napoleon. Just after the war with Persia began, I asked him to declare war on him, and he refused. He spent the whole time building a massive gunpowder army, and now that I'm two cities away from complete victory he's declared war and surrounded at least one of the guys cities.

Is it wrong that I'm considering nuking him?

[Madredia]

Haha I always have such a moral dilemma when deciding whether to nuke.

[Wisconsin9]

Haha I always have such a moral dilemma when deciding whether to nuke.

To be honest, when I was working on the last city I captured I was considering whether or not to nuke. On the one hand, it'd make it way easier, but on the other, I might need it at later date, and a city-state ally had units immediately adjacent to it and I didn't want to tick them off. I eventually decided not to use it.

[Maryginia]

Haha I always have such a moral dilemma when deciding whether to nuke.

To be honest, when I was working on the last city I captured I was considering whether or not to nuke. On the one hand, it'd make it way easier, but on the other, I might need it at later date, and a city-state ally had units immediately adjacent to it and I didn't want to tick them off. I eventually decided not to use it.

Don't nuke him, nuke the city he's surrounded. On a side note I'm still trying to find Mayan land, Germany Sweden, and Songhai are allies, yet none want my resources, at least the luxury ones, on the bright side, I'm an era ahead of them, and bulding my military with 100 gold coming in a turn, and trying to find who the last civ is.

[Wisconsin9]

To be honest, when I was working on the last city I captured I was considering whether or not to nuke. On the one hand, it'd make it way easier, but on the other, I might need it at later date, and a city-state ally had units immediately adjacent to it and I didn't want to tick them off. I eventually decided not to use it.

Don't nuke him, nuke the city he's surrounded.

You mean my current dilemma of whether or not to hit Napoleon? Actually, I did that just after I saved to see what would happen. Suffice it to say, it doesn't end well when all of one's units are within two tiles of a city.

[Wisconsin9]

Alright, I successfully conquered Persia (and only had to nuke one other city in the process). Now I control two continents, with the exception of three city-states on one, two on the other, and four French cities. Washington is building the Manhattan Project, but it won't be done for another fifty turns and I'm not scared anyways. I am undoubtedly the most powerful civilization now.

[New Naephak]

Just pre-ordered XCOM and got Civ V with it. Going to have to wait for two days to play it, but I can't wait.

[Soviet Russia Republic]

For those that have the expansion, do you consider it worth the money?

[Wisconsin9]

For those that have the expansion, do you consider it worth the money?

Yes. The religion is kind of meh, but I really like the espionage and the new units.

[Maryginia]

For those that have the expansion, do you consider it worth the money?

Yes. The religion is kind of meh, but I really like the espionage and the new units.

Plus Austria's awesome. An update on my game, I found mayan land, Found out the unknown civ was, The byzantines, got intel that Bismark ho was then my ally was building up a sneak attack so I built up my military and made defensive pacts with Sweden, and Songhai LLater, the tun after Sweden's pact with me run ot Theodora and her city-states declare war on me, and Asika gets dragged in, a small attack comes, on my isolated city of Milan, who I bought out, while the rest of my empire is on the other side of the map, however, Theodora takes Tomboktu, one of Askia's two cities, and is attacking Gao, his Capital when Theodora approaches me with a peacce deal, demanding I pay and give resources, I counter-offer with peace for peace, and broker a peace between Askia, and theodora.

[Wisconsin9]

I just decided to see what would happen if I used a nuclear missile on the largest French defensive zone I could see, at Marseille. It worked a bit too well: not only did it completely destroy his units (except a rifleman who was a tile out of range) and leave the city so weak one of my GDRs could simply walk in unopposed, it actually took out one of my GDRs and my Great General!

[Wisconsin9]

Oh, and one other thing: Washington completed the Apollo Program.

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

Well for those of you who have Civ Revolution, what scenario and what nation would you recomend I play this time?