First Game on Diety

[Acken]

Art funding isnt so good. You get faster gwam for slower scientists. Im not even sure you come even. Unless you play a futurism game. The other culture proposals require you to have the most wonders or improvement otherwise you just boost the ai. International game is the most usefusl but requires a pretty big empire to win it with some guarantee.

 

[fimbul]

Culture victory on deity is doable but i wouldnt try it without a very good start less mountains (ie your science potential is limited). Else I think you would just be faster winning by domination/science/diplo.

WC resolutions definately help (WR -> IG), the rest not so important. Maybe if you are going futurism arts fundings would be useful but I think WR would be more important.

 

[beetle]

On the other hand, you can also win a CV by focusing all of your energy on the WC and CS alliances (and votes), using World Religion, diplomats, IG and the other benefits of these WC proposals to win a CV long before you tech to the Internet.

I should give this approach a try then! The “recipe” I have been following for peaceful CV (Internet asap, while spamming arkies, Hotels, and Airports) has not been very successful.

Is it more "efficient" (faster finish, fewer risk elements that are outside your control) than the other approaches?

I can worry about faster finish times after I get a routine! It does sound like a WC-heavy approach would have fewer moving parts, and I look forward to giving it a try. Thanks!

(The CV-by-killing-competitors approach is certainly reasonably efficient. I just prefer a CV that does not look like a DOM game.)

 

[rover6695]

I'm finding CV to be much harder than SV.
With SV, I just need to build the science buildings, the guilds, and then I have time to build up my military, economy.

With CV, I still need to build the science buildings and then all the culture buildings, so I have less resources to build my economy or military.
Anybody else find CV to be harder due to this, or any tips around?

 

[DizzKneeLand33]

In one of my recent Immortal games, Napoleon was going for a culture victory. He seemingly converted the final two civs to his culture by declaring war on them and nuking them repeatedly.

I don't know if that was a coincidence or a better programmed AI, but I have a new victory term after that game -- Nuclear Culture.