[CIV 5 Issues] - The complete list

[Justicex]

I don't know if this has been reported yet, but I noticed that there is no wait time after buying something. In the same turn, i was able to buy an armoury and a Horseman unit and it did get both exp upgrades from the Armoury and the Kepast (unique Russian building).

So not only can you buy as much as you want in one turn, there isn't even that "wait until next turn" penalty to use it.

 

[Kingpin]

I'm quite shocked at the size of this list. I think I'm going to hold off buying Civ 5 until the situation improves.

 

[guspasho]

Also a more personal issue: with the advent of buying tiles, the "culture bomb" aspect of the Great artists is minimized in economical civilizations. While it might not always make great sense, I think there should be an option to adopt a policy or two, under the guise of Political commentary in their work prompting social reforms in terms of the policy choices

This one would be nice because then when playing ICS there would be no drawbacks to it whatsoever.

 

[eoc]

How about remake a new Civ 5 ?

 

[h0ncho]

I cannot see "no science overflow" on the list. Frankly, it is the single most inexcusable flaw in the entire game, since i is really easy to fix and should never have gotten past the alpha stage.

Unless it was intended, in which case I will start saying nasty things about firaxis in general and Jon Schafer in particular.

 

[hellboy79]

allowed number of trade routes cap, depending on key technologies

 

[jorissimo]

You have forgotten about the broken city-state feature. Buying them with gold is just fake, it makes the diplomatic victory an economic victory. You shouldn't be able to reach a higher level than friendly with gold, and fulfilling quests should provide much more influence.

 

[TheStatsMan]

I agree with almost everything on the OP, but this thing make me really angry:

* social policies should be more flexible, an empire should be able to change it's directions over the ages

One must be extremely narrow minded to say that.

That's what a lot of whiners have to do.

My first impression after playing civ5: "No revolutions?"

It has nothing to do with being a whiner and everything to do with the fact that it has been a staple of the franchise. It didn't feel like civ because my government was never in anarchy :/

 

[jacyp]

My first impression after playing civ5: "No revolutions?"

It has nothing to do with being a whiner and everything to do with the fact that it has been a staple of the franchise. It didn't feel like civ because my government was never in anarchy :/

I agree with you about the need of revolutions, but to say that the civics system was that on Civ IV is ridiculous. One thing that Fireaxis should really officialy implement is the revolutions Mod made for Civ IV available here in these forums.

That was a delightful and clever idea about revolutions system.

 

[PieceOfMind]

Your civ goes into anarchy if you switch between incompatible policy trees.

 

[Krieger66]

Unit maintenance, or just maintenance in general. I have a total of 8 units(smallest millitary on the map) yet I have a crippling maintenance cost of 34 gold

thats pretty much half my total gold per turn alone...I've built markets and banks in every city that makes more than 1 gold per turn, and I was making 20 gold per turn untill it suddenly dropped to -9 after I finished my colliseum(I have 3 bonus )

WHAT THE HELL???????

 

[PieceOfMind]

Unit maintenance, or just maintenance in general. I have a total of 8 units(smallest millitary on the map) yet I have a crippling maintenance cost of 34 gold

thats pretty much half my total gold per turn alone...I've built markets and banks in every city that makes more than 1 gold per turn, and I was making 20 gold per turn untill it suddenly dropped to -9 after I finished my colliseum(I have 3 bonus )

WHAT THE HELL???????

You might find some relevant tips in this thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=390901

For example, note that the gold earned from trade routes of a city with the capital is 1.25 * (size of city), so growing cities larger is one way to help increase funds to support those buildings.
Also, minimise the number of high maintenance buildings you build. Build more trading posts, perhaps.

 

[Krieger66]

You might find some relevant tips in this thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=390901

For example, note that the gold earned from trade routes of a city with the capital is 1.25 * (size of city), so growing cities larger is one way to help increase funds to support those buildings.
Also, minimise the number of high maintenance buildings you build. Build more trading posts, perhaps.

sadly, I have more trading posts than anything else maybe Ill try that ai milking thing
I should ixnay on some of the trading posts and build farms then??

there is something seriously wrong here, my ally who was making about 30 gold per turn, 6 turns later is now LOSING 45 a turn conveniantly coinciding with my economic problem. we have a defensive pact and Ive seen arabia massing a few troops on my borders

could a pact of secrecy be doing this?

 

[PieceOfMind]

I don't want to get into a discussion about it in this thread. Posting to the linked thread would be a good idea, I think.

 

[Krieger66]

I don't want to get into a discussion about it in this thread. Posting to the linked thread would be a good idea, I think.

just reposted

 

[Trivia]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but I find the game cutting off quote readings after the button prompt is pressed to be jarring.

Civ IV did it well, I could always listen to Nimoy's dulcet tones after the window was closed. I could then quietly ponder the quote while operating on my merry way.

 

[Öjevind Lång]

Many good ideas here, but I don't think one should be able to raze city states. It would make them mostly pointless. Problems with a city state? Just raze it. No, that's a bad suggestion. On the other hand, I think cities belonging to "real" civs should be subject to slow assimilation - say something like 2,000 years for a capital like Berlin or Washington. As it is now captured cities from real civs are a sort of pseudo-city states, with all the bad sides but none of the good ones.

I do NOT want to see a return of revolutions when changing civics. They were just a silly distraction, IMO.

 

[BLubmuz]

Great job opening this thread.

I agree basically with everything is listed on the first post, but the Angkor Wat point: in game you can see it reduces the *culture cost* of acquiring new tiles, not the gold cost to buy them. But you can't see nothing mentioning it mousing over the culture/border grow.

I would also add some point:
- the terrain must be differentiated and the improved resources too. Mainly the mines must give +2H instead of +1.

- the granary does not store food after growth, just add +2. A very poor reward, see how much it costs.

- i think i discover nothing if i say that many buildings cost almost like wonders (and wonders aren't cheap). The Courthouse is simply indecent.

- the penalty for having many cities must be decreased. You can see half-populated continents until the modern era.

Just this for now.

 

[Öjevind Lång]

Yes but how can a general lead a navy? I'd be lucky if they know how to swim, let aside operate a rowing boat or caravel.

George Monck, of Civil War fame, was not only an excellent general but also a brilliant admiral. (The English Civil War.)

 

[Krieger66]

just reposted

nevrmind declared war on arabia, took 4 cities, and now Im making 80+ gold a turn