blackcatatonic
Queen of Meme
This kind of comment is just so crude, i thought the civilised were above it
Clearly everyone likes their AI different ways which to me means there is one obvious solution to help everyone.
Moar customization. Make some sliders for AI bonuses or AI aggression or some such other thing, and for all sorts more in the game set up menu. Stick in in an extra tab called "super advanced setup" or something so it doesn't clutter the quick start stuff.
Civilization is a big enough game that can be played so differently that really i'm surprised there aren't already more settings tweaking options like this.
The bold, underline sentence is why Firaxis will never please everyone. I've played Civilization since 1991 and have never thought of it as a war game. I like the idea that you can become allied with a Civ for the entire game and not have it turn on you just because 'it's trying to win the game'.
If you want wars, like someone said - start them. Or add back the 'Always War' option to your setup menu.
Or maybe Firaxis can add a Play a 'Wargame' or 'Buildergame' option?
This, pretty much.