Lets see which is the most popular civ.

Once voted, feel free to post your reasons for this too.

Should make some interesting reading :)

I've just started using Mongols, I find taking the barb villages as a city for me at the start to be extremely useful for generating an early multi-city civ.

I haven't played yet but I picked the Zulu because they look the most appealing to me :)

aztecs are by far the strongest rush and i also like the chinese for a swift scientific start

Egypt as thats who I played most with in the demo
I did not rate them until i realised just how valuable the +1 food and trade on desert tiles was :D
Quite like the mongols although would rather recieve settlers instead of cities from defeatd barbarian camps (camps always seem to be on a resource tile)

So far, the votes are ridiculously close

I'll play Russian / Spanish and German

Strangely a fairly even spread. Seems everyone has their own favourite. I would have expected a couple of stand-out leaders in this vote.

I've only played through as the Mongols so far, but I chose them for there ability to convert barbarian villages to your own city and it's a great trait for early expansion, though they often arn't ideally placed. SO I guess I'll vote Mongols. :)

That's who I voted for, for the same reason. Though I have to say, having played a few games as the Mongols now, the conversion of Barbarian villages to cities of my own isn't actually as good a perk as I thought it would be. Once I've taken 4 or 5 barbs so have 5 or 6 cities, I start to get really confused about which one I should be doing what with. That takes some serious planning, and in MP I simply don't get the time for that.

Nobody like the french?

Yeah, wonder why that is? Strange as well there have been so many views of this thread, but only 25 votes, suppose they're all guest viewers.

Well I've viewed this thread myself like 10 times because I keep checking to see if someone else votes the Zulu. Nobody yet.

I find it strange how the Americans are running this vote. Is that national pride/patriotism? They're not that great, though the great person bonus at the start can be very helpful, depending on who you get.

I don't know, the Americans look pretty powerful to me, starting with a great person and a ridiculous production bonus at the end.

Go france,
france seems like a good civ

i did spain
the only civ ive done deity ( not scenarios ) on
also half spanish
like the colour
galleons allow u to get artifacts way before anyone else

Still very interesting to see such a wide spread of voting, there is actually no clear favourite civ at all. They've all had votes, and some the voting in very close with 4 civs tied for top spot with 7 votes. They do all have different perks, some more helpful than others I suppose, just very interesting I think :-)

Im sure i represent alot of people that are wanting to vote here in this thread, just can't due to only playing the demo! Ill get back to you though I promise!

Im sure i represent alot of people that are wanting to vote here in this thread, just can't due to only playing the demo! Ill get back to you though I promise!

That didn't stop me, and I presume a lot of other people, from voting though. :crazyeye:

Finally we have a leader in the Romans :-)

Nobody like the french?

i dont like them ingame either :O

How are Japan up there? They're rubbish (IMHO)

Japan is great. The +1 food from sea tiles bonus makes a science city grow like crazy!

Japan is great. The +1 food from sea tiles bonus makes a science city grow like crazy!

Specially if you have a colony in a island.

Specially if you have a colony in a island.

I often do that. They are almost completely safe from harm.

I like Romans because they are so cheap and the Aztec for some fun rushing and war mongering.

I''ve had a few games as Romans now - they're amazing - settler pumps and roads all the way, then wonders for half price, I don't see how you can beat them. I had my mega city damn quick and was generating 780 science per turn from it.

I'm surprised Greece isn't more popular.

Japan.

Early temples, free food on coast.

Rome is still number one in my book. It is kind of silly how easy everything is for them.

Arabia would be my second choice but it is a distant second IMHO. Fundamentalism is very strong as a starting government.

I voted Zulu before playing, and they still are one of my favorites, but now I have to say Japan and the Arabs are contenders for my favorite. Arabs are ridiculously powerful.

I voted for the Romans until I played with the Arabs today.


Arabs own.

Aztecs, people. Instantly healing armies?

Seriously, that instant heal after combat victory is the best single perk in the game. Then you get science +3 with temples, so you get techs and culture at the same time, then you finish with a bonus to 50% gold production, so you can rush anything you still need. I keep wanting to try more factions, but none seem to come close.

I'm really curious about the Indians. Every era perk the get is crap or shows up about a thousand years too late, but having access to every resource right from the start seems like a HUGE advantage.

Germany fans: does the instant veteran status of all warrior units that they get count for all warrior-type units? Like, is it just for warriors, or are new Legions and Knights created with vet status too?

I voted for America, and this is why. Communism.

Now I know this sounds weird, but stay with me. In the modern era Amercia gets triple production from factories. If you are the first to tech to Communism you can build factories at 33% of production cost. Then if you change your Govt to Communism you get plus 50% to production.

For those of you who like mega cities, just imagine a modern America mega city with a third-cost factory and communism government!

Still not officially voting. :) I haven't played all the civs yet!

I have won two games on Warlord using Germany (Barbarian scenario was fun), was impressed by the Aztecs on King, and won my first game on Emperor using Arabs after several failed attempts with various civs. Now playing China on Emperor and holding my own, although Spain is beating me culturally.

Aztecs might be one of the better all-around civs. Healing units is clearly a great benefit. Temples producing science helps both cultural and science strategies. 1/2 price roads makes mega-city-creation easier. Gold production is quite helpful for economic victory.

I won my first game by dominion victory with the Mongols. Basically, their increased movement allowed troops to cover more land. After beating up some barbarians, they increased their attack and speed until my knights seemed like they were launching across the map and annihilating an opponent in a single turn! (well, not really, but they seemed like it.)

I then played as the Aztecs. Basically, I got Masonry and built the great wall. Then, I built up my cities with strong defensive armies (with each coastal city getting sea support. Then I got Democracy, and along with the temples, built up my culture and gold at the same time. By the time someone got gunpowder, they could threaten me all they wanted because none of their units could get into my cities. Even surrounding my cities failed with my units automatically healing. I flipped a bunch of nearby cities while gaining techs every 3-4 turns and ended up building the UN and winning without losing a single unit.

Take care,

Jay

so far ive liked all the civs ive played with, the americans and aztecs for the reasons stated above, but i didnt notice anyone mentioning spain, by being able to build a galleon from the start you get a heads up on getting to atlantis and for me this is usually a game changing event

...and as soon as i post i notice that this was mentioned on the first page

Rome's massive strength has been significantly reduced by the recent update 1.10. Now settlers don't automatically add +1 pop to a city. This will seriously change the way a lot of people think about and play this game.

I voted prematurely I think. Initially I used the Germans and came a away with a late game Domination win. Since then I have played with America (partial), Japan (partial), French, Russian, India, Mongol (partial), Aztecs, Romans, and England (partial). By far the easiest game I had was with India. I managed to settle my second and third cities on 2 or 3 mid to late game resources. I won with a Culture victory, a pretty easy one at that.

All that being said, I tried the game of the week last night with Russia and I had alot of fun with it. Their bonuses aren't all that bad really. The local map let me reposition my capital to take advantage of a fish resource and grab an extra forest tile for production. This was the only time that I dared move my starting settler so far and I feel like the benefits were great through out the game. Another bonus I liked alot was the 1/2 price spies. Toward the end of the game I would pump out spies three or four at a time out of my producion cities every few turns and send them around to steal GP, gold, or to weaken defenders. Plus I had spy rings in all of my cities so the A.I.'s attempts an subterfuge were futile.

Nice post Mystiq, some good stuff in there :-)

Thanks Tony,

I am going to play through with Japan and England next. Japan is awesome for teching. It's kinda strange to see Tokugawa in the tech lead. I am used to him being dead last or close to it in Civ4.

England seems pretty good too. Those improved early archers can stave off alot of attacks and the early access to monarchy makes going for a cultural victory from the get go a very good idea.

C'mon people! Aztecs units auto-heal after every victory!!! This makes them great for offense but almost unbeatable on defense because they can't be worn down! For those who love to go to war (like me) it's GOTTA be the Aztecs.

The Americans are pretty solid, too : )

Thank you for pointing out my stupidity, Shadowplay. I played through a whole game with them last night, you'd think I could remember the right civ!

uh, I thought it's the Aztecs who instantly heal.

D'oh! I accidentally voted for Russia! My favorite one is Rome, though.

I really like England, they are great for any win (especially when you conquer most of the world). I think more people should try them out, and I suspect they will really like them.

Sorry to see that Romans are in the lead... I think it will change now after the patch, when it is much harder to build a mega city. Romans were only chosen by the ones running this weak strat. ;-) Didn´t like it myself, felt like cheating.

I think its because of the demo and the ''mega city'' stategy that was shown, but probubly wouldn't work in multiplayer

About 3 weeks ago i voted for mongolia, how stupid was i, they stink

No one voting for France, my PERSONAL favorite

I like Rome becuaes of the GP and wonder spamming :) :D

I think its because of the demo and the ''mega city'' stategy that was shown, but probubly wouldn't work in multiplayer

About 3 weeks ago i voted for mongolia, how stupid was i, they stink

No one voting for France, my PERSONAL favorite

I voted for them

I thought that the Germans were great until I tried the Aztecs. Holy freaking crap. The auto healing skill is the best offensive skill ever bar none, period, and the starting gold means that you will get a free settler soon due to the 250 gold archievement. The other bonuses are definetly great as well (temples giving science, half cost roads and +50% gold generation). Easiest domination victory ever.

But being a builder myself, I have to say that the Indians and the Egyptians fit my playstyle way better.