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1) ...trading GPT to the AI in return for lump sum gold (you have a DOF), and then declaring war on the AI before the deal is over? 2) ...agreeing to a grossly one-sided trade with a hostile AI just to get access to a luxury for purposes of WLTKD, then declaring war the next turn? 3)...

As I play Civ V, I find myself missing having multiple leaders per civ as was the case in previous iterations. It seems that instead of adding more and more obscure civs, the game developers should look into adding new leaders for existing civs. Most civilizations have had many interesting...

It saddens me to say that I have never managed to win a domination victory in BNW. It just seems so troublesome compared to the other victory modes. I am most comfortable warmongering from the Industrial era onwards, when I have managed to establish a tech lead and can clobber my opponents...

In my current game, 7 civs ganged up and declared war on me within 1-2 turns of each other. 4 of the civs were too far away from me to be of any consequence, while I fended off the attacks of the remaining 3 civs and took at least one city from each of them. After something like 15 turns of...

What beliefs do you prefer when founding/enhancing your religion? I know that when it come to Pantheon and Follower beliefs, it is much more game-specific - different situations call for different beliefs. But for me at least, I usually tend to go for the same Founder and Enhancer beliefs...

Just curious - is the warmonger penalty for taking city-states much higher than a usual city? In my current game as the Inca, I was friendly with everyone until I had the audacity to conquer a neighbouring city-state who was my ally. Soon after, most of the civs denounced me, and eventually...

I'm always in two minds about whether I should trade with AI opponents who are either better than me or neck in neck in the rankings. For example, things like singing RAs, trading luxuries, etc. On one hand, I benefit from the trade. On the other hand, the AI also benefits from it, and they tend...

Just wondering how do you guys decide whether to puppet or annex a city that you conquered? I usually annex a city near the frontlines so that I can rush-buy units from it to support my war efforts. I also annex highly productive cities so I can make full use of its production capabilities...

It seems that there are just too few reasons to have good relations with the AI in this game. In order to be on good terms with the AI, you must not: - Spread your religion in their lands (if they have founded a religion of their own, which 80% of the civs will have) - Go to war with ANY...

I'm still trying to get my head around this new trade route mechanic. It seems like there are two choices to be made: 1) Whether to use caravans or cargo ships; and 2) Which cities to send them to. In my limited experience with BNW so far, it seems like cargo ships tend to give you more...

Is it just me or does the AI no longer expand as much in BNW? Most of my AI opponents have only 3-5 cities. Even in the Modern Age, one of the continents is still half empty. It used to be civs would fight tooth and nail over every inch of land, but now that expansionism is so heavily...

I know most of you probably play with random AIs, but if you wanted to build a standard game (8 AIs) that was fun and challenging, which 8 AIs would you pick? (Note: Feel free to name AIs from expansions or DLCs)

I like the new World Congress in BNW, but ultimately a diplomatic victory it is still all about bribing city-states. It's more of an economic victory rather than a diplomatic one. My last game, I won a diplomatic victory even though the entire world hated me for my warmongering and...

I find Great Generals to be the most useless Great Person* in the game. Unlike other GPs where it is the more the merrier, I rarely have need for more than 1-2 GGs. Even if I am playing a warmongering game, my units are generally focused at one or two points in the enemy's defences, and I...

I've read many posts on this forum complaining about how hard it is to maintain a large empire and yet still keep it happy. Many people also whine about how the AI must obviously be cheating massively to stay happy even with their voracious expansionism. IMO, these complaints are totally...

I was hoping the latest patch would fix this stupid AI behaviour, but apparently not. I still see the AI fortifying wounded units within bombardment range of enemy cities/ranged units, letting their units get slowly picked off. This is so even where there is a lot of free space behind the unit...

I foresee that the next big imbalance in Civ V would be that of puppet cities. As it is, puppets are already superior to building your own cities almost every time. The new patch makes it even less attractive to build many cities of your own, given the changes to happiness and SP costs. At the...

IMO, apart from issues of balance, the fundamental defect with Civ V is that it seems to have been designed only for people with a certain play style - i.e. the warmonger. The "builder" types of Civ players got Shafted (no pun intended). Proof? Look how much love and effort was poured into...

Check out the screenshots below. What do you think happened?

Now, before you start saying that all the AI civs are stupid and pathetic, I am asking about *relative* strength. Which civs, when controlled by the AI, do you think pose the greatest threat? For example, which civs tend to become very dominating, gobbling up their neighbours and having the...