Difficulty level question

anom217 · Feb 1, 2015

I played my first civ 5 game (BNW) on King difficulty with 8 players. I won through military victory, but was also far and away the leader in science, culture, religion, diplomacy. I basically ran away with the game when I hit the industrial age and there was never a question of me losing.

So what I want to know is, what difficulty should I play for my next game? And how much does the difficulty ramp up with each level?

Does Emperor feel like a big step up in difficulty? Or will it be pretty much the same except the AI has a few more starting bonuses. In that case, maybe I should just skip to Immortal.

I've looked at this chart (http://www.civfanatics.com/civ5/difficulties), but wanted people's input.

LordBalkoth · Feb 1, 2015

The first six "difficulty" levels are a very slow ramp up. Emperor to Immortal is a much larger jump, Immortal to Deity is a crazy jump. As someone put it, there are really only four difficulties in Civ V:

1-5: lol
6: Can mess around but need to try
7: Need to know how to play
8: Let's get serious

KingKong76 · Feb 1, 2015

Emperor is King with less wonders...
that said Ìmmortal is quiet a jump!
For me at least...

Acken · Feb 1, 2015

I don't even notice the difference between emperor and king

TheologiaCrucis · Feb 1, 2015

Emperor is easier than King because the AIs have more money. The only other difference is that its slightly harder to get wonders.

anom217 · Feb 1, 2015

On Immortal and Deity, do wonders get built more evenly among civs? In my 8 player game, all the wonders were built between me and 2 other civs.

LordBalkoth · Feb 1, 2015

Depends entirely on the Civs in the game and/or if any become a runaway.

KingKong76 · Feb 1, 2015

Definately still possible to do a bit of wondering...
That said if you REALLY need a wonder you will probably have to tech accodingly... cause the you getting a very early tech superiority like its always the case on King is a less likely...
you will have to make choisces between to tree and botom tree wonders.

seandkiller · Feb 1, 2015

LordBalkoth said:
The first six "difficulty" levels are a very slow ramp up. Emperor to Immortal is a much larger jump, Immortal to Deity is a crazy jump. As someone put it, there are really only four difficulties in Civ V:

1-5: lol
6: Can mess around but need to try
7: Need to know how to play
8: Let's get serious

I must suck more than I thought I did, since I play on Prince (or maybe King? I forget)

Granted, my last game was on YnAEMP's largest map, which never seems to have any good production areas or anything. Might actually need to up the difficulty on a regular game.

LordBalkoth · Feb 1, 2015

Could do a MP game if you want sometime, friendly competition, FFA with 6 AIs or whatever. I usually play on Deity unless I'm messing around but I'm not even close to being the best Deity player.

veterangrognard · Feb 2, 2015

I have generally played on Warlord level since Civ 3. Prince provides a challenge, but sometimes I want to just relax and enjoy the game. All of my wargames in the Army were for real and for keeps.

Civ has virtually unlimited replayability. I change one parameter and observe how that changes the game.

Difficulty level question

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Warlord

anom217

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KingKong76

Warlord

seandkiller

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LordBalkoth

Prince

veterangrognard

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