Choose your top 10 civs!

Dutch Canuck · Jun 26, 2007, 05:48 PM

Let's focus on what we like for a change!

Out of all 34 civs from Vanilla, Warlords and BTS, what are your Top 10 civs you like whether you have throughly played them or not? Do not account for leaders (i.e. ignore traits), try look at this at the level of the civilizations themselves (think of just UB, UU, flag, flavour, "feel", kewlness, personal taste, and eras/themes you prefer).

I would like to make this a multi-vote poll but I cannot exceed 25 options! Maybe a moderator can do something?

Anyways, here's my Top 10 civs (in alphbetical order):

The Arabs
The Babylonians
The Dutch
The Egyptians
The Indians
The Japanese
The Mayans
The Native Americans
The Russians
The Vikings

I will repeat this question (and perhaps change my mind again

) after I get my grubby hands on a copy of BTS...

marioflag · Jun 26, 2007, 05:57 PM

Dutch
Portuguese
Byzantine
Carthaginians
Russians
Americans
English
Indians
Celts
Vikings

Monty Python Ni · Jun 26, 2007, 06:01 PM

Celts
Egyptians
Germans
Native Americans
Vikings
Holy Roman Empire (I used to play as them in Civ II, III, modding them from Germany)
Mali (mod them into barbary pirates when I play)
Persians
Russians
Dutch

(no particular order)

Pangur Bán · Jun 26, 2007, 06:10 PM

In terms of feel, never seen much of the new BTS civs. The previous civs, the Russians and Celts have a good fell ... love the Dun and the Cossacks. The Viking UU is very cool too. The Celtic flag is cool, but really traits are important for gameplay. I'm not that broad in the civs I play. I usually the Russians (Peter and Stalin), Vikings, Celts or Arabs; once or twice as the English, Germans and Incas, though I hate late UUs. Vast majority of my games have been either as the Celts or the Russians. Never used the civs in BTS, but I'll definitely play the Native Americans a lot, and the Khmer, possibly the Maya too. Ask the question again though a year after BTS comes out.

Algan · Jun 26, 2007, 06:18 PM

Americans
Arabs
Dutch
Eygptians
Japanese
Khmer
Mayans
Native Americans
Persians
Vikings

Lars_Domus · Jun 26, 2007, 06:22 PM

When I choose what civ to play, flavor is often a big factor. I enjoy to play with a people whose history I find interesting. Of course, I've found with the right piece of literature, any civ in the game can become the most exciting subject in the world. Though some civs always get me in the mood to play Civ, only by the mentioning of their very name. Among these, my ten would be:

Arabia
Aztec
Babylonia
Byzantium
Carthage
Egypt
Inca
India
Maya
Persia

Honorable mentions to Japan and the Celts.

Slobadog · Jun 26, 2007, 06:25 PM

In no particular order:

Carthage
Greece
America
Khmer
Egypt
Aztec
Incan
Porteguel
India
Celtic

chaz1356 · Jun 26, 2007, 06:33 PM

Americans...hmmm i dont really play with anyone else

Phoenix1595 · Jun 26, 2007, 06:44 PM

I'm sticking with most of my Van./Warlords civs, but I am happy with all of the new civs in BtS (just not my favs):

ROME
Persia
England
France (DeGaulle only)
China
Inca
HRE
Russia
Greece
Germany

Melyerk · Jun 26, 2007, 06:48 PM

Voting out out of flavor:

Babylon
Inca
Vikings
Dutch
Persia
Greece
Russia
Ottoman
Byzantines
England

dutchking · Jun 26, 2007, 07:09 PM

Americans
English
Dutch
Germans
Russians
French
Celts
Carthage
Rome
Holy Roman Empire
These are my best in prefered order. I'm all of those ethnicities besides Carthage(

), and Rome (italian). I'm guessing the HRE could count as Germany or France? If anybody said Spain I'm going to laugh...(Izy)

Kushluk · Jun 26, 2007, 07:12 PM

Byzantines
Romans
Greeks
HRE
Egypt
China
Spain
Mongolia
Carthage
France

LightSpectra · Jun 26, 2007, 07:21 PM

Rome
Carthage
Russia
Maya
Portugal
Mali
England
Arabia
Greece
India

My most hated is China, both in the game and in real life.

Erpava · Jun 26, 2007, 07:29 PM

Not quite ready to talk about my BTS favorites yet, but here are the ones I enjoy playing as the most, in no particular order:

China
Korea
Persia
Rome
Aztecs
India
Japan
England
Vikings
Russia

Have to say that I'm looking forward to playing as the Dutch, though. I love to build up my navy.

Train · Jun 26, 2007, 07:36 PM

Portugal (first one)
England (second one)
Dutch (third one)
Inca (SOUTH AMERICA!!!!!!!! UHUUUU!)
Holy Roman Empire (France, Rome, Germany... 3 in 1)
Japan (I just love it)
Khmer (Missing a tropical Asian civ)
Ethiopia (My african one)
Russia (Stalin is one of my fav leaders)
Byzantines (I prefer it instead of Rome and Ottoman)
Arabia (They are the arabs!)

soylenterin · Jun 26, 2007, 07:51 PM

10 is a lot to choose

Arabia
China
India
Inca
Persia
Egypt
Zulu
Greece
Russia
Spain

for the new guys, Native Americans sound way kewl, as do Babylonians, Holy Roman Empire

, and the Dutch.

0R4NG3 · Jun 26, 2007, 08:01 PM

Russia
Egypt
Japan
Khmer
Byzantine
Rome
Mongol
Mali
India
Germany

Dutch Canuck · Jun 26, 2007, 09:30 PM

Okay, great start everyone!

I have tallied up the numbers so far and the more popular civs posts so far looks like this:

The Russians = 12 votes
The English, Egyptians & Indians = 8 votes each
The Arabs, Dutch, Inca, Persians & Vikings = 7 votes each
The Byzantines, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans = 6 votes each
The Americans, Celts, Germans, HRE, Japanes, Khmer, Mayans = 5 votes each

So, not a big sample of votes yet... It's not scientific, but interesting to see what's going on

Let's go folks, let's see some more "Top 10" lists!

PS: I have a spreadsheet going to keep track

Martinus · Jun 27, 2007, 02:21 AM

In alphabetical order:

The Byzantines
The Carthaginians
The Dutch
The Egyptians
The English
The French
The Germans
The Greeks
The Mali
The Romans

Two civs that didn't make it in order to make room for the Dutch and the Byzantines:
The Chinese
The Russians

LAnkou · Jun 27, 2007, 02:31 AM

Just bade about a coolness or of shiny factor

French (mousketeer!!! yay!!)
Celts (well, they're just the celts men!!! love to build stonehenge with them)
Russians (really fun to play with)
Khmer (south east asia!!!)
Japan (samouraï, bushido!!! here i come)
Egypt (love to build pyramids!!! and pyramids are egyptian!!!)
Mali (i just learn so many thing because of their inclusion)
Incas (Fear the feather snake!!!)
Vikings (berserker!!!!)
Carthage (i just love them!!!)

Jun 26, 2007, 05:48 PM	#1
Dutch Canuck Khan of Flatlanders Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 334	Choose your top 10 civs! Let's focus on what we like for a change! Out of all 34 civs from Vanilla, Warlords and BTS, what are your Top 10 civs you like whether you have throughly played them or not? Do not account for leaders (i.e. ignore traits), try look at this at the level of the civilizations themselves (think of just UB, UU, flag, flavour, "feel", kewlness, personal taste, and eras/themes you prefer). I would like to make this a multi-vote poll but I cannot exceed 25 options! Maybe a moderator can do something? Anyways, here's my Top 10 civs (in alphbetical order): The Arabs The Babylonians The Dutch The Egyptians The Indians The Japanese The Mayans The Native Americans The Russians The Vikings I will repeat this question (and perhaps change my mind again ) after I get my grubby hands on a copy of BTS... __________________ My custom default Civ IV settings since I got BTS: Raging Barabarians, Low Sea Level, +1 civ (lower sea level allows more land for more civs), All Victories "On", Permanent Alliances, No Tech Brokering, Choose Religion...

Jun 26, 2007, 05:57 PM	#2
marioflag History Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Napoli, Italy Posts: 1,866	Dutch Portuguese Byzantine Carthaginians Russians Americans English Indians Celts Vikings Last edited by marioflag; Jun 26, 2007 at 06:18 PM.

Jun 26, 2007, 06:10 PM	#4
Pangur Bán Γυναιμανης Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Albania Posts: 7,370	In terms of feel, never seen much of the new BTS civs. The previous civs, the Russians and Celts have a good fell ... love the Dun and the Cossacks. The Viking UU is very cool too. The Celtic flag is cool, but really traits are important for gameplay. I'm not that broad in the civs I play. I usually the Russians (Peter and Stalin), Vikings, Celts or Arabs; once or twice as the English, Germans and Incas, though I hate late UUs. Vast majority of my games have been either as the Celts or the Russians. Never used the civs in BTS, but I'll definitely play the Native Americans a lot, and the Khmer, possibly the Maya too. Ask the question again though a year after BTS comes out. Last edited by Pangur Bán; Jun 26, 2007 at 06:13 PM.

Jun 26, 2007, 06:22 PM	#6
Lars_Domus Say No 2 Net Validations Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 448	When I choose what civ to play, flavor is often a big factor. I enjoy to play with a people whose history I find interesting. Of course, I've found with the right piece of literature, any civ in the game can become the most exciting subject in the world. Though some civs always get me in the mood to play Civ, only by the mentioning of their very name. Among these, my ten would be: Arabia Aztec Babylonia Byzantium Carthage Egypt Inca India Maya Persia Honorable mentions to Japan and the Celts. __________________ A stone age warrior with a wooden club can singlehandedly wipe a modern megalopolis and all of its inhabitants off the face of the world. Comparatively, a nuclear bomb can only kill off half of its inhabitants, and the city itself will still remain. - Sim_One, "Things I learned about the science of warfare through Civilization IV"

Jun 26, 2007, 06:25 PM	#7
Slobadog King Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 703	In no particular order: Carthage Greece America Khmer Egypt Aztec Incan Porteguel India Celtic __________________ My full name is Slobadog Melosivec but Civ Fanatics has a weird limitation on the # of letters. Death To Cold!

Jun 26, 2007, 06:01 PM	#3
Monty Python Ni Chieftain Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 72	Celts Egyptians Germans Native Americans Vikings Holy Roman Empire (I used to play as them in Civ II, III, modding them from Germany) Mali (mod them into barbary pirates when I play) Persians Russians Dutch (no particular order)

Jun 26, 2007, 06:18 PM	#5
Algan Insert witty phrase here Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 127	Americans Arabs Dutch Eygptians Japanese Khmer Mayans Native Americans Persians Vikings

Jun 26, 2007, 06:33 PM	#8
chaz1356 Warlord Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 115	Americans...hmmm i dont really play with anyone else

Jun 26, 2007, 06:44 PM	#9
Phoenix1595 Imperator Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 320	I'm sticking with most of my Van./Warlords civs, but I am happy with all of the new civs in BtS (just not my favs): ROME Persia England France (DeGaulle only) China Inca HRE Russia Greece Germany

Jun 26, 2007, 06:48 PM	#10
Melyerk Chieftain Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Suberbia Posts: 36	Voting out out of flavor: Babylon Inca Vikings Dutch Persia Greece Russia Ottoman Byzantines England

Jun 26, 2007, 07:09 PM	#11
dutchking Deity Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,320	Americans English Dutch Germans Russians French Celts Carthage Rome Holy Roman Empire These are my best in prefered order. I'm all of those ethnicities besides Carthage(), and Rome (italian). I'm guessing the HRE could count as Germany or France? If anybody said Spain I'm going to laugh...(Izy)

Jun 26, 2007, 07:12 PM	#12
Kushluk Warlord Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 212	Byzantines Romans Greeks HRE Egypt China Spain Mongolia Carthage France

Jun 26, 2007, 07:21 PM	#13
LightSpectra me autem minui Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vendée Posts: 5,518	Rome Carthage Russia Maya Portugal Mali England Arabia Greece India My most hated is China, both in the game and in real life. __________________ Bringing up the Catholic cleric sex abuse scandals in discussions to which they are irrelevant is emotionally exploiting the abused victims to win an argument which you know you are wrong about. It is inexcusable and disgusting. / A Defense of Clerical Celibacy Five myths about persecutions of Christians & "Only Limited Freedom is True Freedom" & The harmful effects of pornography & Pornography's effect on children & Studies demonstrate premarital sex and cohabitation ruinous for relationships

Jun 26, 2007, 07:29 PM	#14
Erpava Chieftain Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 14	Not quite ready to talk about my BTS favorites yet, but here are the ones I enjoy playing as the most, in no particular order: China Korea Persia Rome Aztecs India Japan England Vikings Russia Have to say that I'm looking forward to playing as the Dutch, though. I love to build up my navy. Last edited by Erpava; Jun 26, 2007 at 08:00 PM.

Jun 26, 2007, 07:36 PM	#15
Train Warlord Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 170	Portugal (first one) England (second one) Dutch (third one) Inca (SOUTH AMERICA!!!!!!!! UHUUUU!) Holy Roman Empire (France, Rome, Germany... 3 in 1) Japan (I just love it) Khmer (Missing a tropical Asian civ) Ethiopia (My african one) Russia (Stalin is one of my fav leaders) Byzantines (I prefer it instead of Rome and Ottoman) Arabia (They are the arabs!)

Jun 26, 2007, 07:51 PM	#16
soylenterin Chieftain Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 4	10 is a lot to choose Arabia China India Inca Persia Egypt Zulu Greece Russia Spain for the new guys, Native Americans sound way kewl, as do Babylonians, Holy Roman Empire , and the Dutch.

Jun 26, 2007, 08:01 PM	#17
0R4NG3 Warlord Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 258	Russia Egypt Japan Khmer Byzantine Rome Mongol Mali India Germany

Jun 26, 2007, 09:30 PM	#18
Dutch Canuck Khan of Flatlanders Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 334	Vote tally intermission Okay, great start everyone! I have tallied up the numbers so far and the more popular civs posts so far looks like this: The Russians = 12 votes The English, Egyptians & Indians = 8 votes each The Arabs, Dutch, Inca, Persians & Vikings = 7 votes each The Byzantines, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans = 6 votes each The Americans, Celts, Germans, HRE, Japanes, Khmer, Mayans = 5 votes each So, not a big sample of votes yet... It's not scientific, but interesting to see what's going on *Let's go folks, let's see some more "Top 10" lists!* PS: I have a spreadsheet going to keep track __________________ My custom default Civ IV settings since I got BTS: Raging Barabarians, Low Sea Level, +1 civ (lower sea level allows more land for more civs), All Victories "On", Permanent Alliances, No Tech Brokering, Choose Religion...

Jun 27, 2007, 02:21 AM	#19
Martinus Emperor Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sanssouci Posts: 1,076	In alphabetical order: The Byzantines The Carthaginians The Dutch The Egyptians The English The French The Germans The Greeks The Mali The Romans Two civs that didn't make it in order to make room for the Dutch and the Byzantines: The Chinese The Russians

Jun 27, 2007, 02:31 AM	#20
LAnkou Breizh A Tao Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Paris, première ville bretonne Posts: 1,305	Just bade about a coolness or of shiny factor French (mousketeer!!! yay!!) Celts (well, they're just the celts men!!! love to build stonehenge with them) Russians (really fun to play with) Khmer (south east asia!!!) Japan (samouraï, bushido!!! here i come) Egypt (love to build pyramids!!! and pyramids are egyptian!!!) Mali (i just learn so many thing because of their inclusion) Incas (Fear the feather snake!!!) Vikings (berserker!!!!) Carthage (i just love them!!!) __________________ L'Ankou Going to write the book "getting fit with Prozac": I don't lose weight, but I don't care!!!

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