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It seems ridiculous that you can "purchase" land that belongs to nobody. Who are you giving the money to, some tribe that doesn't even merit representation by a barbarian encampment? Surely the presence of a military unit could deal with them easily. However, it does make sense if, rather than...

I think the underlying problem with how the AI conducts diplomacy is that it combines every single one of your interactions into a single list, without regard for who did what to whom. They can't possibly understand why you do bad things to them after they treated you like trash, because...

If you've ever played Final Fantasy X, you may be familiar with its level up system, the Sphere Grid. I think a system based off of this would be perfect for Social Policy selection. Here's a source of information for those unfamiliar with the Sphere Grid. Basically, you have a grid...

For those of us who are unsatisfied with the game as it is, I present to you an opportunity to help make Civ V better. We're going to design our very own tree! :xmastree: Actually, I was thinking a tech tree. But that idea's okay too. Here's how it's going to go down. I'll keep track of all...

Patch 1.0.1.135 A truly unforgivable UI bug if ever there was one, as Diplomacy doesn't need to get more abysmal than it already is. In my current game, I met my second opponent, Alexander, and decided I would get some information about Augustus by trying out the "Let's discuss another...

I've been having this problem for a while now and hoped that simply giving my computer that long-needed upgrade would fix it. But no, it's no better than before. For the record, I am running Windows 7 (which comes with DirectX11, if I'm not mistaken), I have 4GB ram, and I have an nVidia 9800...

As the title says, if an AI offers me a two-way Open Borders agreement and I accept, the game has a 25%-50% chance of hanging indefinitely. The diplomacy panel and buttons all disappear, while the leaderhead just animates forever. I play in windowed mode, so I can just hit the X on the game...

A gameplay bug. Unlike in IV, where using a Great Engineer was capable of completing the building in the same turn, Great Engineers in V always bring the progress to one turn before completion. For a while, I didn't think this was a problem; as long as the building is registered as complete...

Now I realize as well as everyone else that I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, but in my current game as Gandhi, I've been getting what I think is a bug. On two occasions now, I've received a free social policy for no apparent reason. The save file below marks the turn in which I...

Okay. Um... wow. Now I admit, this isn't completely inexplicable. After all, in the same game, I managed to upgrade a Warrior to a Pikeman by getting two lucky Ruin rewards. But this... THIS... is just too much. I would have expected there to be some sort of limitation so that Ruins could not...

Personally, it's always bugged me how the Farm and the Plantation are different improvements in Civ IV, and it seems they're doing it again in Civ V. I just don't see why they have to distinguish between the two. As far as I understand it, the only real difference is in its size, which would...

I'm on the fence about the total removal of religion. It's true that they were poorly implemented in IV, but I don't think the Social Policies system will be able to simulate close-knit groups of nations like IV's religions could. That said, if they follow the usual system, we can expect at...

Well, it's getting to be about that time again. The last Funny Screenshots thread is reaching the limit of 100 pages, so I'm going to go ahead and make a new thread for the hilarity to continue. Here's the link to Part Un... ...And Part Deux.

Disclaimer: This thread's exclusive purpose is to discuss ideas that would make Civilization possible to play without a grid. This is not the place to debate whether gridless is the best system or not. Just in case you're unfamiliar with what a gridless system entails, here are the defining...

Is there some option you can change in the XML to change how many cities are needed on a continent before Barbarians can enter your territory? EDIT: Never mind, it's taken care of.

Is there any way I can get barbarians to ignore the "stay outside culture barriers until X number of cities on continent" rule WITHOUT turning on Raging Barbarians? I want barbarians to start coming in as they begin to spawn without having them arrive in ridiculously overwhelming numbers.

It's never the case in Civ IV to have many great, developed empires fighting for supremacy before Iron Working is even researched. That's because the game would be short and boring. But I think the millenia which precede the Renaissance are not given enough focus. The way the game currently...

Clearly, the Diplomatic Victory is broken. AIs will gladly relinquish a win to other players if they are on good terms with them. Humans are smarter, and realize that it's pointless to elect another player for diplomatic win as long as there is the slightest chance for victory (which is 100% of...

A little twist on an old favorite, pick a TV show you like and give leader traits to the cast (with a brief explanation, if you feel like it). List at least 3 characters. If you could have at least 5 characters, that would be nice. You may use shows already listed by others, provided you can...

A few days ago, someone gave me the idea that all units should act to some extent like Air Units do now. I want to expand on that idea here. All ground and naval military units have lots of movement points each turn (a minimum of 20). They can cross a large continent in a few years if they...