David McMurdo
Chieftain
Hi Everyone,
I love the community here. I've been following it for quite some time although have never felt the need to post until now.
I've actually played nearly five hundred hours of Civilization V, but I still have a feeling I don't know quite what I'm doing. It's hard to explain. I read the exchanges that go on here, and I see that you guys are paying attention to the most minute of game mechanics to achieve victory.
The fact that I'm not probably explains why I've never actually won a single game (except on lower difficulties) despite the fact that I've been playing since Civilization V was vanilla (I now have both expansions and all DLCs).
But, for example, I don't really manage my cities in as much detail as you guys seem to. If buildings appear to be taking ages I'll do something to improve its production, but the vast majority of the time I'm building stuff just for the sake of it ("guess I'll build an aqueduct here now").
I do fully grasp all game concepts, and I manually tell my citizens which hexes to work and assign my own specialists, but I still feel like there is something fundementally wrong with the way I'm playing. I play on King difficulty, just because I find the AI too passive on anything less, but like I said I've never won a single game.
In some ways I'm not sure how to. Lets say you reach the modern era on a medium sized map with seven AI Civs. Suddenly you get a notification that another Civ is working on the Apollo program, has begun to influence another Civ, or just something that indicates that they're on their way to a victory of some kind. I don't understand how it's possible to take the time to build up and army, sail maybe to the other side of the world, and stop them. Especially when the other AI Civs are working on their own plans.
I guess this is why I almost always go for a culture victory: it doesn't seem to require such apparently impossible conquests.
I know this is a horribly vague request for advice, but I'd appreciate any you could give.
(I typically play using the Standard Pace with Medium or Small maps, and either on continents or a single landmass, and as either the Celts or Romans).
P.S: How do I give myself a signature on this forum?
I love the community here. I've been following it for quite some time although have never felt the need to post until now.
I've actually played nearly five hundred hours of Civilization V, but I still have a feeling I don't know quite what I'm doing. It's hard to explain. I read the exchanges that go on here, and I see that you guys are paying attention to the most minute of game mechanics to achieve victory.
The fact that I'm not probably explains why I've never actually won a single game (except on lower difficulties) despite the fact that I've been playing since Civilization V was vanilla (I now have both expansions and all DLCs).
But, for example, I don't really manage my cities in as much detail as you guys seem to. If buildings appear to be taking ages I'll do something to improve its production, but the vast majority of the time I'm building stuff just for the sake of it ("guess I'll build an aqueduct here now").
I do fully grasp all game concepts, and I manually tell my citizens which hexes to work and assign my own specialists, but I still feel like there is something fundementally wrong with the way I'm playing. I play on King difficulty, just because I find the AI too passive on anything less, but like I said I've never won a single game.
In some ways I'm not sure how to. Lets say you reach the modern era on a medium sized map with seven AI Civs. Suddenly you get a notification that another Civ is working on the Apollo program, has begun to influence another Civ, or just something that indicates that they're on their way to a victory of some kind. I don't understand how it's possible to take the time to build up and army, sail maybe to the other side of the world, and stop them. Especially when the other AI Civs are working on their own plans.
I guess this is why I almost always go for a culture victory: it doesn't seem to require such apparently impossible conquests.
I know this is a horribly vague request for advice, but I'd appreciate any you could give.
(I typically play using the Standard Pace with Medium or Small maps, and either on continents or a single landmass, and as either the Celts or Romans).
P.S: How do I give myself a signature on this forum?