Do certain maps increase the chance of certain civ's?

[Orian]

As I personally really like the archipello map-type, I often find myself playing maps in this style. However, I notice that I often find the same opponents (when choosing 'random' as opponents in the game-creating menu). Often, I have at least Kamehameha and Askia as opponents. Is there some rule in the game that makes certain leaders appear more often in certain map types?

 

[Rpger29]

As I personally really like the archipello map-type, I often find myself playing maps in this style. However, I notice that I often find the same opponents (when choosing 'random' as opponents in the game-creating menu). Often, I have at least Kamehameha and Askia as opponents. Is there some rule in the game that makes certain leaders appear more often in certain map types?

Supposedly it is random, but I do find it to be awfully streaky sometimes.

 

[Orian]

Hmm, so I'm not the only one to notice. Thanks for your reply!

 

[comatosedragon]

I notice this as well, It also seems that dificulty level has something to do with it. I know this isn't true, as the people who tear through the games assests would have pointed this out to us by now with spreadsheets and mathematical formulae explaining who is most likely to appear on which map/difficulty levels. But perception IS reality.

 

[Finding Forever]

Askia gets put in every game I start!

 

[Hakuoh]

When i random a Civ on Continents.

My first are always Atila, Monty, Maria, Ramses..

Its like stalking.

 

[Deafening Milk]

I find most games I have the same core of ai, I have never had Koria, byzantines, japan, lizzie and a few others from random and every match ive had polynesia, hiawatha and china I wander if its supposed to be a long string that decides who you play with but each time i restart my pc it resets or something.

 

[dopingman]

The power of RNG! Reminds me of a WoW clan mate a long time ago that wanted a particular mage maze and raided twice for WEEKS and it dropped in a run she couldn't participate in. If you really want to avoid certain Civs use the "Really advanced setup" mod, it allows you to de-selected civs in the map generator rolls.

 

[Homusubi]

That happens to everyone. The ones I almost always get are Napoleon, Augustus, and Wu Zetian.

 

[Mrdarklight]

Askia gets put in every game I start!

It sure seems like this to me as well.

Civs that I always seem to be facing:

Songhai
Celts
Mongolia (seems like he's in every game)

Civs that are not frequent in my games:

Maya
China
England
Egypt

 

[Kalmah]

I play on Pangaea large/huge and I can only remember one game in the last few months where Russia and Mongolia weren't involved. Does those two civs being expansion heavy have anything to do with it because they have more land in which to settle? Atilla starts right next door every second game too -_-

I feel lucky reading the above posts because Hiawatha is rare in my games /cue a string of 10 appearances in a row

 

[bdporter]

I almost always have multiple of the core warmongers in my games...Greece, Huns, Aztecs...

 

[Easycompany68]

When i random a Civ on Continents.

My first are always Atila, Monty, Maria, Ramses..

Its like stalking.

Ohh my god me too! well at least atila, maria and ranses...never had monty in 4 games so far i played...

 

[Mrdarklight]

I think it depends on your civilization. I've decided to try a few games with Maya (I keep restarting due to various factors) and I am almost always next to Songhai, and if they're not next door they're nearby.

Find the patterns, people.

Civ 5 was an inside job.

 

[The Low King]

I always seem to have the greeks in my games.

 

[Civ4Pengbo]

I was being stalked by Harald and Cathy. Stopped the rot by playing as Russia this time


I have never gotten England in a serious I game I can remember. I think I have seen the Iroquois once and until the last two games I thought India and Byzantium were a myth.

As for Dido.... grrrr. She is nearly always ny next door neighbour in any game Carthage starts. She pretty much always DoW before turn 60. I have to stop myself wiping her out she is that annoying to avoid the warmonger tag

 

[Orian]

I wonder what the reason for this is. Difficulty level, map type, gamespeed, your civ? I started a game yesterday on a pangea map, and it finally showed me different opponents. As I have discovered all of them but one, I can say either Kamehameha or Askia is not in it, maybe even neither. So my guess is that it has to do with map-type...

 

[Civ4Pengbo]

Been playing a lot of large pangea lately. I have/had Askia in my current game. I say had because he didn't last long sandwiched between Monty and William. In the game before that Kamehameha showed up and did quite well rather bizzarely for it being pangea although Oda ran away with that one.

So I don't think it's that. Maybe the level has something to do with it? i.e. the start somehow rates the civs and try's not to put all the expansionist/aggressive civs in one game? Can you imagine Russia, Rome, Greece, France, Aztecs, Mongols and Huns in one game against you?

 

[Mrdarklight]

I think it has more to do with the civilization you choose. If you always play the same civ (or type of civ), you will get the same opponents. I noticed that when I started playing Babylon recently (after I bought the DLC), I always had a science-heavy civ or two in the game, either Maya or Korea. I also tended to have England more often. Mongolia still seems to be in almost every game though.

I suspect it's because if you're playing a science civ, you should be going up against at least one other science civ or a science victory will be easy. So they load your opponents up with at least one competitor.

 

[BluegrassGeek]

I think it has more to do with the civilization you choose. If you always play the same civ (or type of civ), you will get the same opponents. I noticed that when I started playing Babylon recently (after I bought the DLC), I always had a science-heavy civ or two in the game, either Maya or Korea. I also tended to have England more often. Mongolia still seems to be in almost every game though.

You may be onto something here. I've been trying to win a game with Carthage, and the damn Inca keep showing up and beating the crap out of me.