I agree pretty much with your priorities and picks, although I have to admit that Brazil is probably the civ I've played most times, just because the Sacred Path + Work Ethics + Scripture combo is so ridiculously broken.Ones that dominate their terrain. so: Inca for mountains, Canada (since the latest buffs) for tundra, Mali for desert, and Vietnam (though not the underwhelming Brazil) for jungle.
I like all civs with their unique strategies. I feel like its unfair to choose a few and leave the rest out.
Another civ I realized I like to play for a Cultural victory is Kristina of Sweden. I don't know if that's the optimal choice for a CV, but the simple fact that theming bonuses are automatically fulfilled once the building's slots are filled is reason enough to play them. One less obnoxious chore to deal with is right up my alley.Same here. I tend to build a lot of coastal cities (despite Harbors being able to be built in cities not directly on the coast). I love to send out trade routes and maximize my gold income, and I build a lot of Campuses. So Joao of Portugal caught my eye as soon as his information started dropping before his release.
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.. Like Kristina of Sweden, there are also other civs good with CV..Another civ I realized I like to play for a Cultural victory is Kristina of Sweden. I don't know if that's the optimal choice for a CV, but the simple fact that theming bonuses are automatically fulfilled once the building's slots are filled is reason enough to play them. One less obnoxious chore to deal with is right up my alley.
Gotta restart a lot for that on average tho, simply because Brazil doesn't get any help for getting the pantheon earlier than other civs.I agree pretty much with your priorities and picks, although I have to admit that Brazil is probably the civ I've played most times, just because the Sacred Path + Work Ethics + Scripture combo is so ridiculously broken.
Seondeok has a good tech civ and wilhelmina has good cultureGhandi
Naw, I'm kidding, who'd waste tile improvements like that?! Originally it was Peter, but these days it's a flip between Wilhelmina and Seondeok. As you can tell, I'm not super into the whole fighting game.
They all got nukes and no civ has unique nukes, haha.
That's a fair point. The thing I like about the Dutch and Australia is you are at least able to improve terrain that is otherwise impossible to improve with other improvements like desert and coast.Speaking of Gandhi above, I'm not the biggest fan of civs with unique tile improvements. Maybe I'm just not using them right. But sometimes I feel tile real estate can be hard to come by some games. And I find myself not wanting to use too many tiles for unique improvements. Of course I hardly play optimally, I do like to grow large cities which requires farms and things, and often unique improvements get in the way of that.
That Dutch improvement is so awesome, one of my favorites since civ 5.That's a fair point. The thing I like about the Dutch and Australia is you are at least able to improve terrain that is otherwise impossible to improve with other improvements like desert and coast.
The Netherlands is my favourite civ, and not (just) because I'm Dutch. I like building compact cities around rivers and estuaries. And I like trade routes, it's a perfect match for Owls of Minerva. Boost to building dams and barriers is also nice.That Dutch improvement is so awesome, one of my favorites since civ 5.