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So, last night I was playing the latest installment of my first Emperor game. 20 turns after signing an RA with my Ottoman neighbors, every other AI on the map approached me asking if I would join them in attacking Suleiman. I'm friendly with all of them (including the Ottomans) except Lizzy (my...

So, I'm wondering: am I the only person who almost never chops, unless it's to build a plantation on a lux in a forest? I always feel like I have more to gain from saving the forests for lumber mills, but just read a thread where almost everyone mentioned chopping as a reason to go for mining...

So, this thread is inspired by slobberinbear's post in this thread: Emphasis mine. That post kind of crystallized something I've been wondering about more and more: once you open a policy tree, is it best to stick with it until it's completed, or is there no harm in jumping around for...

OK, ciV’s diplomacy model has been heavily criticized, but I’m increasingly convinced that the problem is in the eye of the player, not the game. ciV’s diplomacy is unquestionably vague, and unquestionably a challenge to master under the most favorable of circumstances...

So, I'm not sure if I'm missing something, or if there's a bug, or what (posting here in case the problem is with me ;)), but last night I was playing a game, researched banking, and...didn't see forbidden palace in the build options...what am I missing?

A discussion in another thread just grew into this idea, and I thought I'd post it here (Sonereal and YoHo helped give rise to this idea). Diplomatic Pact If Civ A is being overrun by Civ B, they can beseech Civ C to come to their defenses. If Civ C agrees to help A, C's only option when...

OK, so, one of my favorite things to do during war is capture enemy workers near the front lines and then send them deep into enemy territory to get a feel for their unit numbers and placement. Well, in my current game, the AI seems to like to do this, too...or at least France does. For a...

OK, while I feel that AI war planning is much improved since the patch, its tactics, while somewhat improved, leave something to be desired. This is based on my experience post patch, and is illustrated very well in aimlessgun's hilarious walk through on the strategy board. This post was...

So, this may have been mentioned, but search didn't bring anything up: Sometimes, immediately after I confirm a manual save, the game freezes/crashes and I'm stuck on the game menu until I ctrl+alt+del, hit cancel, and then I see "civ 5 has stopped working" windows dialog with the old dude from...

I imagine this has been covered, but I can't find a thread on it, or find any threads where this is answered: Is there any way to shift perspective, a la alt+arrow in cIV? And, is there a flying camera that can be enabled?

OK, so I've been trying to figure out if there are any concrete benefits to either a PoC or a PoS (heh). I haven't found anything on this in the forums, the manual, or the civilopedia, so I started this thread. If something else already exists, please point the way! Anyway, so it seems like a...

OK, this may have been done or the idea presented, but I think it would be interesting to have a scenario that starts in, say, 2050 where a lot of rivers have gone dry, a great deal of desert where huge cities exist, armies mobilized around certain resources and tiles (oases, oil, uranium, etc)...

So, I have just completed the castle quest, and I have the option of choosing between CG1 for all melee units and +3 relations with all leaders... Any thoughts on which is better in the long term?

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this thread, but I noticed that the City Improvements section lists +25% Commerce for the Grocer building. In the game, it is listed as +25% Gold. Just FYI. Please feel free to close or delete this thread once you've seen it...

OK, This has been a pretty fun game. My goal at the outset was to win a domination or conquest victory. The former still seems possible, the latter, not so much. Basically, I took out Monty with a vulture rush, finishing up at about the time that maces came along (had to hunt down his last...

Is there a way to get Civ to play back formats other than mp3? Like, say, AAC files (Apple proprietary compressed files)?

So, I've long wondered about the usefulness of declaring a Ceasefire. I don't recall the last time I sought one rather than a Peace Treaty. What's the difference? Can your troops remain in place in enemy territory or something? No turn limit before resuming hostilities?

Is there a way to make it so that AI stacks attack all at once, rather than one by one? It's not a big deal, but it would be nice if I didn't have to watch like 15 battles in a row.

OK, here are some things I'd like to see added to espionage: steal intel, share intel, and incite rebellion: Steal intel would be a spy mission where you steal espionage points that one civ has built up towards another. Kind of like if the CIA infiltrated the Iranian intelligence network and...

So, let's say an enemy civ has built a corp HQ and has spread that corp to many of your cities. What would happen to the effect of those corps in your cities if you were to raze the HQ city? Would it remain completely the same? Lowered maintenance and bonuses? Has anyone experienced this kind...