As of now, which is your favorite Civ to play as, and your least favorite?

[DeutschDachs]

I don't really play Indonesia religiously, I like spamming their Kampungs after conquering other Civs with my mostly faith bought navy.

Yeah I'm with you, buying boats with faith feels great! Almost feels like the Vikings should have had that ability too considering their Stave Churches

 

[Human Crouton]

My favorite is Germany. I like the non-obvious synergy between abilities. The hansa is powerful, and allows you to build your extra districts faster. You also get an advantage toward taking over city-states so you can more easily take them and build more districts in your newly taken city.

My least favorite is Nubia. 3 of their abilities are city building based, and I don't find their particular brand of the district placing game to be any fun.

 

[kingofsealand]

I used to dislike Russia as I'd tried several times and had trouble getting off the ground with them. Idk what was wrong with me, as of my most recent game i am stunned.

I'm on turn 320 and it feels like I've got practically every great writer that has been, let alone the other types. I used to always get mad at Russia for waving their shiny people in my face but now I understand their plight, too much works for too few slots.

I haven't had a good time when I've tried playing kongo. Maybe it's the same issue and I need to give it another chance. But I hate jungle starts and I don't like relying so much on the luck of goody huts/kandy to take advantage of their ability early.

 

[Darth Tribble]

Even though China matches my playing style as a Wonderfreak, I just find it boring to play as. I also don't really like the religious civs as it is just not an aspect that interests me all that much. I don't know if I can say I have a favorite, yet.

I should probably give France a try as I kinda enjoy espionage. It gives me something to do than killing people in war all the time.

 

[DWilson]

The Aztecs are a lot of fun, with abilities naturally complimenting one another. Also, I enjoy playing as Indonesia, the UI and UU of which are incredibly fun to play with.

On the other hand I can't ever find myself enjoying a game as Egypt or France (I think largely because I dislike the UIs).

 

[Zaarin]

Even though China matches my playing style as a Wonderfreak, I just find it boring to play as. I also don't really like the religious civs as it is just not an aspect that interests me all that much. I don't know if I can say I have a favorite, yet.

I should probably give France a try as I kinda enjoy espionage. It gives me something to do than killing people in war all the time.

I found the same. On paper, China looks tailor-made for me; in practice, I hated both games I played as them. France is much more fun for wonder-spamming.

 

[raen]

I don't really play Indonesia religiously, I like spamming their Kampungs after conquering other Civs with my mostly faith bought navy.

Yeah, the only nice part is to pay boats with faith, since I dont use it for anything else. I dont really hate playing with them, but as deutschDachs said I dont play with religion at all, i actually never build holy sites lol

 

[Guandao]

Yeah, the only nice part is to pay boats with faith, since I dont use it for anything else. I dont really hate playing with them, but as deutschDachs said I dont play with religion at all, i actually never build holy sites lol

Don't forgot the powerful Kampungs!

 

[Thormodr]

Right now, it’s probably Nubia. I like the infrastructure building aspect. England is fun, too. I like being a culture vulture and I really commerce and making scads of $$$$.

Mongolia, when released, will be my favourite. I love the culture and the people. It’s funny because I am not much of a warmonger in Civ, at all. Maybe 1 in 10 games, at most. I rarely declare wars.

So, I play 50% of the time as a warmonger and 50% of the time as a peaceful builder as Mongolia.