12) Fixed borders MUST be made optional again. By making it mandatory all culture related strategy has been obliterated in its entirety;
A) Sistine chapel, Artist Guilds and special religious buildings (that require music - eg Hindu Mandir) that give 50% culture bonus are now all useless
B) Pacifism is now partially pointless (coz it gives 100% culture bonus)
In my previous games if I felt unthreatned, I used to build a basic army and then go pacifism for about some 50 turns or so AND combine my pacifism with all the aforementioned tactics (sistine chapel, temples, monastaries and artist guilds galore). I was pushing borders to such an extent it was not even funny and I really loved it...
Not happening. Only early civics (Monarchy and older) and Fascist give fixed borders. Once you get out of the early eras, borders will become influenced by culture. You just need to play longer.