Favourite moments

[Paramos]

These are the things I really look forward to in a game, and still enjoy after six years of playing:
1.The first time your engineer builds a road(it just appears by magic, the instant you click the mouse).
2.The fall of an enemy capital followed by the joyous news that "when the dust settles" the powerful enemy is split into two factions(at time of writing I call this the Bush-Blair dream).
3.Destroying an enemy spaceship.
4.Renaming conquered enemy cities with the names of Essex towns...
5... and then looking at the list of wonders to find "The Hanging Gardens of Basildon" and "The Great Wall of Billericay"
Which features of the game do others find unusually pleasing?

 

[funxus]

I love it when all my obsolete settlers are turned into engineers, and when my first railroad between two cities is finished. I also like the moment when I realise my civ is modern, large and widespread.
These all were in late/mid game, in early game I like it when I beat the AI to a wonder, or if I get a wonder I really want. Also the sweet taste of victory over another civ

 

[Chieftess]

#2 - "When the dust settles..."

that made things so much easier, especially when the AI had troops mixed in each others territories.

 

[TheViking]

Probably to declare war and conquer a huge unsuspecting AI civ in one turn. That said I rarely do it because it requires a huge amount of time - to prepare for this it is necessary to first build dozens of howitzers, engineers, spies, probably several transports and possibly battleships and AEGIS cruisers. Stealth fighters are useful if I'm that advanced and a few nukes may be useful.

 

[Ren]

When I complete my first Railroad between my 1st (capital) and best (largest, most productive etc) city - using only the original NONE Settler/Engineer I started with (start with 2, one to build 1st city, keep 1). I don't know why, but that's one thing I always do