Quick Questions and Answers

[kaltorak]

Originally Posted by bigeeze

Social Policy question. When you switch policy branches do you lose the effect of the previous branch or do the bonuses have a snowball effect?

You keep all the bonuses. The only exception is when the branch specifically says it is exclusive with another. That only happens with 2 "pairs", freedom<>autocracyand and piety <> rationalism.

[kaltorak]

Originally Posted by Elsaitu

I got a question about multiplayer, is there any way to save or is it only the auto-saves? cause if it's only the auto saves, the game only keeps 2 so if someone plays more then 2 games in between the game you are playing it will be deleted...

There is not. You can't use mods in multiplayer. Both things are wierd.

Also is there any way to access the civilopedia outside a game? i like to read the bios and stuff but i don't want to start a game to be able to read them...

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Nope

[RobO]

Originally Posted by kaltorak

It's not only that you can't see the numbers, there are none. In civ5 there are no relations at all. Diplomacy is another element like religion or spionage they didn't like or have time to do.

Leaders will attack you no matter what you did to please them. Wouldn't even call it a backstab, just random reactions. Looking at what they say to you and how the react like another player says won't help either. One turn thay say you how they love you and want to cooperate with you, and 30 sec later they declare war. Like I said, don't bother at all, just expect any leader to attack at any time, and also don't think any leader which is angry will attack. Looks like a dice roll.

If that is true, then what is the point of a Pact of Cooperation? It does imply some kind of long term relationship.

[kaltorak]

Originally Posted by RobO

If that is true, then what is the point of a Pact of Cooperation? It does imply some kind of long term relationship.

It does nothing to relations. There are no relations.
In this same post somebody quotes a dev saying pacts give you better deals when you trade things.

[RobO]

I don't mind playing Civ without Religion. Espionage is nice to have, but not absolutely essential. I never used it much. Diplomacy is essential for a good role playing experience.

Hopefully it can be modded in by a resourceful modder.

[Peterster]

Hi I am a newb at civilization,

Can someone please explain to me what the benefits are of getting a big city(s).

What does it affect?
(My production speed I would hope. and I would guess science speed)

If it's not beneficial I'd rather let them starve and focus on production and gold.

Thanks in advance =)

[Sarassin]

Benefit of big cities is as always you can work more tiles (thus affect gold income thru markets), have more specialists and so on, but what is new is that science depends directly on population size.

Why not just get a ton of smaller cities instead of a few big ones then? (since in theory you can have 3 average cities having the same population of a single huge one), well mainly because of penalty to culture. Every new city augments the culture needed for a new civic by a large %, and you don't want that because culture is hard to come by and civics are very powerful.

It does nothing to relations. There are no relations.

How can you be so sure?

What if i have a pact of cooperation with ghandi, that montezuma declares war on him, and I react by declaring war on monte and fighting him? Are you absolutely. 100% sure that the AI will treat me just as any other person and not like me more for being true to my word and helping with the war?

[CarpeDiem]

2. what difference does planet age have
3. what is strategic resource spread? (i use standard but find most nations have all very similar

[Melhisedek]

If a City state has access to gold and furs. When I get ally with them do I get access to those as well or do I have to build a road to their city?

[wickedcherub]

Can I trade maps or techs at all?

[RobO]

The only way to "trade" techs is through a Research Agreement, where you don't know what you get. Not sure about maps.

[terjelin]

"2. what difference does planet age have"

It changes how the planetary surface looks. A younger planet will have more mountains than an older planet etc.





A question about the The Pyramids.

Do they;
a) decrease the time needed to build a worker, or
b) decrease the time the worker needs to build an improvement?

The way it is described in the civilopedia it can be either...

Terje

[Peterster]

thanks for the previous quick reply.

One final question (I am getting the hang of things )

When a unit gets promoted and you make him a medic.

Will he automatically heal +1 everyturn, and provide this healing to adjacent units.
Or does he need to "Fortify until healed" To provide this effect?

(I really hate you can't raze all city's, hope a mod will come to fix this :P)

[aatu]

Originally Posted by Melhisedek

If a City state has access to gold and furs. When I get ally with them do I get access to those as well or do I have to build a road to their city?

You get access to them right away, no need for roads (just the same as in your own empire).

[King of Spades]

Originally Posted by Sarassin

Maybe there is an easier way than payer/log. Top right corner of the screen there is the number of turns displayed. If you befriended a city-state at say, turn 42, then you know it will give you a unit at turn 62, 82, 102, etc.

Yes, but I'm sure that by turn 77 I've forgotten when my next soldier is due That's why I was thinking of the event log, that will you tell you that "You became allied with City State X on turn 62", giving you a reminder of when your gift will arrive.

[Melhisedek]

Originally Posted by aatu

You get access to them right away, no need for roads (just the same as in your own empire).

Do I have access to them only when I'm ally or when I'm friendly as well?

[Satrapo]

I've just installed the game and when I configure a new game I cannot find the "No Unique Civ option" to disable the unique Civ units or building etc. etc.

Is this option missing in CIV V ?

[kaltorak]

Originally Posted by Sarassin

What if i have a pact of cooperation with ghandi, that montezuma declares war on him, and I react by declaring war on monte and fighting him? Are you absolutely. 100% sure that the AI will treat me just as any other person and not like me more for being true to my word and helping with the war?

Several times I had a pact of cooperation with somebody. With the same leader I had a pact of secrecy against somebody else. I was faithfull with both agreemetns. And suddenly both AIs, the one I had the pacts with and the objective of our path of secrecy declared on me on the same turn.

This has happened several times, as many as any civ declaring(or not declaring) at any state of "likeing" (or "not likeing") towards me.

[DiRectum]

I was wondering how i can cancel a made deal in dipolmacy? Cant seem to find out how...

[Sensei 35]

Does anyone have an idea when the world builder will be released?