Princeofnigeria
The illustrious
I recently got back into civilization V after a long period away from the game. I did all my usual settings (standard sized standard paced continents on king difficulty with all random terrain and rescource settings) and decided to do random civilization. I got Portugal and thought "well, they were a legitimate world power and I haven't played them yet, so why not?" I spawned on a coast near the north pole with a huge number of crabs and said "Okay, let's do this!" So I went though the game, fought many wars with my warmoungering neighbors Assyria and the Aztecs, and ended up cruising into an Economic... sorry, "diplomatic" victory. After all that I felt... odd. It seemed as though nothing I had gotten was of any real help, and it felt as though I could've done the same thing with ANY civilization with equal effectiveness. My ability was very negligible, at most 2 or 3 extra gold in the earlier eras and 4 in the late game so it barely even registered as an ability. The Nau were of little tactical benefit as the MOST cash I could get out of one after sending him to the opposite side of the world (carthage) was $290, which doesn't even cover the cost of building one, let alone buying one, and you can only use it once! The Feitoria was not all that helpful, as after setting it up in three city states I had all the rescources I could get (city states all had the same handful of rescources) and Friending them had the same effect so I barely saw any happiness boost despite building a feitoria in every coastal city state on the map.
So what am I missing here? I know Portugal is not one of the flashier sides but it seemed as though I was playing with no ability at all, and any civ could have done exactly as well as I did and still have other abilities to boot. What tactics are there to maximize the effectiveness of the Portugese civilization?
So what am I missing here? I know Portugal is not one of the flashier sides but it seemed as though I was playing with no ability at all, and any civ could have done exactly as well as I did and still have other abilities to boot. What tactics are there to maximize the effectiveness of the Portugese civilization?