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Along with the "free play" weekend (see other thread)... Steam is doing 75% off all (old) things Civ V this weekend (it's only 10% off pre-purchase of BNW which is a pretty typical steam thing). The most radical deal IMO is the $5 upgrade to gold edition (G&K and all DLC) or $12.50 for the...

...bug, new feature, or something I never noticed after 400+ hours til this patch... Sieging AI cities that have an archer and a trireme in them, so they get 2 ranged defenders + city defense.

A lot of Civ5 AI is predictable but I still get surprised periodically. I'd previously written that I'd never seen AIs build the GP bulidings, but now that I'm playing on King/Emperor I've seen them build them all, but this surprised me the most: There are actually SIX academies around...

There seems to be a lot of balance/rebalance mods hitting and in a lot of cases people are making sweeping changes to the game seemingly without considering the big picture, or without considering the fact that most things in Civ 5 are done on a very subtle scale (a +1 here, a +2 rarely there)...

I really, really wish the AIs would do city placement spam a little differently. For one, I hate when they put cities 2 tiles apart - like in this shot (other than it's kinda convenient for razing since you can take out every other city and eventually get decent spacing). But moreso I hate...

Overall, I'm enjoying Civ 5 quite a bit. Steam says 56hrs played but I swear it's not counting them all! However, I'm very, very disappointed by the tactical AI. I don't expect the greatest AI ever, but I do expect the AI to be better than moronic and to at least use the very basic rules...

More reading, another good score: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=265408

I think it's the same as the one they published in print: http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/09/20/civilisation-v-review/

...Um, I'll have to disagree with that. It looks like popping into the diplo screen to talk to AI leaders who want to talk is not optional and BOOM just happens. I would much prefer it be a notification option or something you must deal with before ending your turn (like how if you space...

You can download, install, update, and get your account created and ready for Steam anytime. I would suggest you do this before you get the game if you don't already have Steam. Steam installer might do some downloading and updating to set itself up. Nothing radical, but when you're...

Another preview from a site I'd never previously heard of. Love it! http://www.examiner.com/pc-game-in-national/pax-2010-civilization-v-preview-part-1 (didn't see it here and it's from today) Nothing new, same stuff that always gets written, but figured I'd link it for completeness...

I didn't see this linked here. Didn't seem like anything new but it's something else to read. http://www.gamereactor.eu/articles/4778/Jon+Shafer+on+Civilization+V/?cat=articles Forgive and delete if this has already been posted...

If the Civ5 forum: "This forum isn't for ranting about Steam." ...and threads from those against Steam, regardless of how pitifully written, are going to be closed, then shouldn't the threads featuring Steam fanbois and worshipping Steam be closed too, since "This forum isn't for ranting...

I'm wondering if this is a bug, feature, or install/setup issue. My settings don't persist in FFH. For example, if I select "no tech brokering", start a game, exit, start a new game, that setting is gone. I'm pretty sure in (nonFFH) BTS those types of settings persist for me from game...

Anybody know what factors are involved in the difficulty levels? I read the manual but don't recall seeing it and can't find it in the 'pedia (and can't double check either since I'm at work :mad:).

Are the victory condition documented anywhere? I checked the 'pedia, PDF manual, wiki - and didn't see em. Might've just looked in the wrong place. I tried google too but didn't get any solid leads. I was seemingly rolling thru my most recent game when all of a sudden I lost due to a...

A new page entry has been added: Civilization IV: Leader Picker

I use the 'open in a new window' functionality of browsers most of the time when viewing a list of threads to view individual threads. Usually when I do this, I instantly minimize the new window while it loads. The problem is that these new windows automatically restore or focus once...

EDIT: Version updated to 1.4 to include trait changes in patch 1.61. Here's a little utility I created (in the form of a simple web page) that'll list leaders with their related civ, trait, tech, and UU information by trait and/or tech selection. Want a quick list of all the industrious...