At the moment I can't imagine myself playing Civ5 before the patch. Yes, I've given up for now - the game just bores me far to much. And seriously I'm starting to doubt how much will or even can be fixed with patches and expansions.
Would you mind telling us which kind of "extra" dynamic you see in City States?
You bribe them, you conquer them or you leave them alone.
But you're well advised when you bribe them.
I've not played any Civ, in fact any game, 5 years after it was released. Well except for maybe a quick revisit before a new version came out.
I will be playing Civ V for many years.
I have an amazing imagination, so not only can I imagine playing Civ in five years time, I can imagine playing it dressed like a chicken while riding a purple donkey.
The evidence is clear ... you are even a worse player of civ V than you were of BtS . Atleast you didn't presented us with some suposed walkthrough with doctored stuff in here like you did there.Fact- Infinite strategies
Fact- King level for a week and still have not finished a game
Fact- Makes BTS look like an old horse, tired, chewing, not buying tiles and stuff
Fact- I could see the calculators aiming for victory types floundering
the evidence is clear- Civ5- best of the series by one thousand four hundred and fifty two times
I like to have fun in my games ( even if in the Dwarf fortress kind of fun ) and I'm really trying to find fun in civ V ....
I will be playing Civ V for many years.
Its gonna be very lonely road unless patches and expansions change things drastically.