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Hey all. I played a ton of Civ4 but I am still kind of learning on Civ5, and BNW definitely threw me for a loop. I play King difficulty, otherwise standards settings, and I tend toward war-mongering, though I am trying to learn some of the other vic types. A few questions here in various...

I'm sure this exists somewhere but I tried searching and the only thing I could find was a sample game that didn't really explain diplo at all. Can anybody point me to something that explains the consequences/costs/benefits of various diplo options? I really have no idea what is going on. For...

To begin, I should mention that I am much better at Civ4 than Civ5, but I am familiar enough with the game and I generally play and win on King difficulty level. I have not played a ton of Civ5 MP but I have mostly had success against my friends. Anyway, in my current game I am Monty and I...

Hey all. I recently dusted off Civ4 (and these forums!) after a considerable time away. I am mostly an immortal player and haven't won more than a handful of Deity games without rigged settings, but the highest difficulty just keeps sucking me back in. After rolling a few random leader starts I...

Hi everybody, I am just getting into Civ4 XML editing so apologies in advance for noobish questions. My problem right now is that whenever I allow my mod to load custom assets it loads the game with a blank Technology adviser screen, which is followed by the map loading but with no UI. The...

I am in the process of trying to help a friend of mine improve his Civ4 skills in the self-interested hope that he will one day be able to give me some competition in a multi-player matchup. :p He sent me over a Willem Prince save game file from 200AD for me to take a look at. I made some...

Here's a quick question about a (very prescient in my current game) early diplo scenario. Game is Standard size/normal speed/deity. I am Charley and have room for about 7 cities. Toku is my closest neighbor. He hates other people more than me and our borders aren't too tight, but I always fear...

My quest for Deity dominance continues and I have an interesting game going here at 1AD. It is one of my better Deity starts and I want to solicit advice from the forum on how to not let this one slip through my fingers. Most of my Deity games (at least the ones that even get off the ground)...

Its weird that I have never realized this and perhaps it is well known to people who are good at diplo but in looking at the diplo glance screen today I noticed that no one has negative diplo for "you traded with our worst enemies" except when its directed at me. Do AIs not get this diplo...

Hoping for comments on my most recent Deity attempt, mainly the diplo situation. Settings are Deity/standard speed/normal size/fractal/Cyrus and I stopped at 1AD. I started on an island and almost reloaded because I didn't find the neighbors until I got workboats out to scout a mysterious...

I am really frustrated lately. I have managed to get to the point where I at least expect the brutal pain the AI brings on Deity. I have won a few. Most of the time however, I manage to establish myself, get a decent econ running somehow, and aim for a victory condition. In almost every case one...

Okay, for those who hate micromanagement this will be pointless, but for those striving to move up in difficulty and looking for any advantage here's something Ive never seen mentioned before (if it has I apologize for taking credit). When your workers needs to head to a new tile to build an...

Question about EXP: Is there some kind of 10 EXP cap in the early game or from fighting barbs or something? I have played for a long time and I am surprised I only just noticed this but in a recent game I got a warrior to woodsman 3 and continued to crack barb skulls like crazy but with no...

Here we go again with my random leader Deity attempts. Settings are normal speed/fractal/standard size. This time I rolled Pericles, one of the strongest leaders, imo. The map turned out to be a pangea of some sort, with me more or less in the middle. I managed to expand and grab some decent...

So my random-leader Deity quest continues. I recently had some success with Cathy but it seems I am usually doomed due to the map being too brutal. Anyway, here I rolled Toku and almost rerolled except the start looked decent for him so I gave it a shot. It turned out to be rather interesting...

Since the last one absolutely sucked, here is another. Lets hope for a little better luck on neighbors. The settings are the same as last game: And our leader is... Industrious and the ever-hated protective. The UU can be really strong though and the UB may come in handy for culture...

So the last game was pretty brutal. Pangaea fills up FAST on Deity and Roosevelt is not my favorite leader but we did learn some things about early expansion, fogbusting, and making the most of mediocre land. I have decided to continue the series, sticking with random leader, but changing the...

Just to reiterate for anyone not following the set-up thread, this game is not a walkthrough and has not been completed. I will likely need a lot of help to stand any chance at all. I have won a few times on Deity but I am by no means comfortable on this level. Hopefully it will be a learning...

I can't help but notice the dearth of upper level sample games and challenges recently. What happened to Immortal University? Where is Obsolete, Rusten, Snaaty, Gliese, VoU, ABigCivFan? Before anybody tells me I should shut up and play my own sample game I figured I would offer to do so. I win...

The settings here are fractal/normal speed/standard size/deity and I got Charlie on a random roll. I apparently share a continent with Vicky who is the only AI I currently know, though I have spotted red borders off the eastern coast. I have been working diligently toward blocking Vicky while...