Recent content by StargazingDog

I have played the base game six times so far. I just added Gods & Kings and am a few dozens turns into the game. I set the options for advisors to "new to expansion". I expected this to work how it does in Civ 6: whenever you first encounter something new to the expansion, a dialog pops up and...

I feel that you do need some sort of limit on the science in Civ 6. It is far too easy to get a huge lead. In my last game, I hit industrial era in 900AD. I wasn’t even trying, it just happened naturally. I’ve since played many games of Civ 5, and it doesn’t seem to have the same issue. I...

I never use any mods. I haven’t even enabled the expansions yet. I am on prince difficulty. This is mainly a holdover from Civ 6, where I despised playing on any higher difficulties (despite the game being extremely easy) because it negated fun parts of the game, such as building wonders.

I’m almost finished with a session where this sort of thing happened. Germany first blitzed through America. I offered all the non-military assistance I could, but it didn’t help much. After a period of quiet, Germany brought a staggering number of units upon city-state allies and one of my...

I finally remembered to try naming the units. It seems I can name them after the first promotion after all. I still forget to name them! I usually remember it the instant I click the promotion.

I finally tested this and it seems to work fine. I am playing the base game with no mods.

Thanks. I have since seen the edit button, but wasn’t sure exactly what made it appear. I do recall that in an earlier game (Civ 4?), naming units required multiple promotions. It’s odd that the game itself doesn’t mention this.

No mods. I presume that entry just means that we had declared friendship at some point, because I can request friendship on the diplomacy screen. In fact, this was the only way I was able to avoid these wars after reloading my save game.

Hi, friends. I didn’t know you could name your units until I saw this post. However, I don’t appear to be able to name my units, even when they are promoted. Was this added in an expansion? I just have the base game, no mods. Supposedly there is an “edit” button on the promotion display, but I...

I loaded up the save file from the turn immediately before the wars were declared. I have the strongest military (155 vs under 100 for everyone else). All Civs had a "friendly meeting" and I have a delegation with each. I specifically went out of my way to only greet others with a scout and have...

Your comment made me realize that, in my hundreds of hours of Civ 6, I have never seen an AI “navy”. I have recently started playing Civ 5, and in my second game, I stumbled into Rome’s large fleet of ships and troops making their way across the ocean toward my capital. It was rather exciting! I...

Thanks for this writeup. It clarifies many of the issues I have with Civ 6 compared to Civ 5. I vastly enjoy the more strategic battles of Civ 5, where I really have to consider promotions and positioning. I read this post right after playing a Civ 6 session where my neighbour declared war on...

This is strange. When I check CPU usage via the Xbox game bar (win-g), it only shows 1-3% CPU. Task manager shows 25%.

Wow, I completely forgot that there is a next unit keyboard shortcut. I have been using the mouse to select units for years. I do remember using the keyboard shortcut in Civ 2! I’ll give it a try in my next game and let you know.

I strongly agree. Over the past few weeks, I have played two full games of Civ 5, and four half-games of Civ 6. I get around the industrial era and fizzle out. To the OP: I have played a few hundred hours of Civ 6 over the past two years. I tried Civ 5 two weeks ago, and I don’t think I will be...