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@ashendashin That's a good read! Maybe i'll compare Vox Populi to K-Mod myself after buying Civ V :)

@ashendashin Sounds interesting. Maybe i'll have to invest in Civ V complete when it will be on sale. What i gain compared to Civ IV beyond the obviously awesome graphics in Civ V? Thanks for your replies, they really help me a lot.

@ashendashin This sounds very good. I've read that K-Mod for Civ IV also impoves AI considerably. That's great because i have beaten the Better BTS AI with relative ease. Does diplomacy in Civ V work similarly to how it goes in Civ IV? I liked that although the mechanic that the human player...

Hello, I have played Civ IV back in the past and i liked it. I never have tried Civ V but i see it is generally loved as much or even more than Civ IV. My question is whether the AI and diplomacy are better in Civ V compared to Civ IV because these are the features which provide the most...

Thanks JofOblie. Of course 1upt system is much more demanding on the combat AI. With stacks on as long as they build the proper kinds of units they are mostly fine. Still in Civ4 they suffer the lack of understanding the collateral damage mechanics and it's huge importance. Just came to my...

Thanks for your comment rkade8583. I'll definitely have to play a bit before daring to go online :)

Thanks for lightning fast response, dude. Actually i'm not that a good player. I don't have so much time so just play when on a longer trip and nothing to do etc. The hardest i play on is Monarch. Nevertheless stupid actions by the AI annoy me a lot. Lame AI ruins the illusion that i'm really...

I'm contemplating on buying Civ5 (nice discounts there) but i see in forums that the AI is generally bashed hard. I'd mainly play single-player games (hard to gather a team for such a long game) so AI quality is of top importance. I have Civ4-BTS and the AI there is quite solid i think (also...

IMO CivIV-BTS is the best game followed by CivNet (Civ1-MP).

Well said, man. And On-Ogur means something like "alliance of ten tribes".

The biggest problem with them is that they're not a real civ at all. They are a nomadic people which is a different basic human lifestyle. They never have built any cities. Just like the Mongols. As far as i know there are three main types of basic human lifestyles: - hunter-gatherer -...

Seems like i won't buy Civ5. Maybe an expansion and/or a new BetterAI mod can correct it right in the future.

Civ4 wasn't great for me, much more like mediocre. BTS is great though. My feelings about them: -Civ1 is a favourite -Never cared about Civ2 and Civ3 too much -Civ4 was promising but lacked exciting gameplay because of weak and overpacifistic AI -Civ4-BTS is a favourite again

I really hope that they've dropped the modifiers altogether and not just hiding them. It would be much better if AI's re-evaluated their strategic position constantly and not acting based upon some mostly static modifiers which in many cases don't support their strategic interests.

Vanilla Civ4 probably had the least aggressive AI of all the civ games i think. Many games passed without a single AI-initiated war. BTS is a completely different experience.