Is it more fun to play with culture flipping on?

[wit>trope]

I've only played with culture flipping off, mainly because I was used to Civ2 and also because I just thought gameplay would be better with it off.

But for my third game (I'm only just in the middle of my second game!), I'm thinking about trying to play it with it on.

 

[LLXerxes]

cultural conversions...
it depends on how i feel like playing. If I feel bloodthirsty and not like a builder, I'll play with it off, incase they flip me
but usually the only conversions is when I convert a city

 

[Flintlock]

Personally, I despise Culture Fliping, and I haven't played with it on since, IIRC, I got C3C.

edit: nevermind, I just remembered I time where I forgot to turn it off, several months ago

 

[gunnerxtr]

well its part of the rules and standard gameplay so i play with it on..... but i think if you play without it you are missing a serious component of the game, considering culture is one of hte main aspects of civ3.

 

[Zakharov]

Culture flipping in civ 3 is equivalent to partisan units in civ 2. It is a means of making you commit larger forces to your attacks the deeper into the game you go.

I think flipping is a vital part of the game mechanics so I always play with it on. Conquest would far too easy without it.

 

[Captain Carnage]

Is it more fun to play with culture flipping on?

Nope

 

[Spud Boy]

I always play with culture flipping on. It's part of the game.

 

[ybbor]

i like culture fliping in that it requires you to have culture in some of your outpost cities, which i think is a really good thing for balancing out the game, but i think cities captured in war flip too easily.

 

[satchel]

I like culture flipping. It's part of the game, and it's a very manageable part of the game if you plan for it rather than just getting frustrated by it.

 

[Jaybe]

As one who has never played beyond Monarch, I see no excuse for turning off culture flips. The game has too much player direction as it is. There should be MORE unpredictable events!

Sure, I will occasionally lose some units or even an Army to a flipped city, but more often it goes MY way.

 

[thetrooper]

Always on. It's part of the original idea of CIV3, so why change that?

 

[Chieftess]

It's fun. I just love sneaking a city in the middle of a somewhat-large island that the AI is starting to settle, and building a forbidden palace (rushing other culture stuff too). They then start flipping one by one.

 

[dgfred]

It's fun. I just love sneaking a city in the middle of a somewhat-large island that the AI is starting to settle, and building a forbidden palace (rushing other culture stuff too). They then start flipping one by one.

You are a devious . I have played both ways and prefer to keep
flips off , mostly because I would probably be settling that somewhat-large island you are speaking of and my cities would be the ones
flipping to the AI .

 

[IbnSina]

I hate culture-flips, but I play with them, because I think the game becomes one or two levels easier without them. No more having to raze cities captured from a culturally superior foe, no more having to build cultural improvements just to keep from getting behind...

 

[Willem]

I've only played with culture flipping off, mainly because I was used to Civ2 and also because I just thought gameplay would be better with it off.

But for my third game (I'm only just in the middle of my second game!), I'm thinking about trying to play it with it on.

It gives you a whole new stategy choice. You can conquer a city without even firing a shot, just by building all sorts of culture producing improvements.

 

[allin1joe]

It gives you a whole new stategy choice. You can conquer a city without even firing a shot, just by building all sorts of culture producing improvements.

ehh, that's not exactly true. Since I've been on Monarch/Emperor, I can't remember the last time a city flipped to me. However, I dont have enough fingers to count the number of times a city of mine flipped .. especially one I just captured. It definately adds strategy to the game, and to war. Do you take a city, or raze it with a settler standing by(which means you have to ensure you have enough settlers)?

 

[Theoden]

Always on. Even though it's annoying on emperor+ I would find it like cheating if I turned it off.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I have it on. Since I'm usually doing the conquering, it gives a little extra challenge in mid-/late-game without increasing the AI's starting advantages.

 

[IbnSina]

ehh, that's not exactly true. Since I've been on Monarch/Emperor, I can't remember the last time a city flipped to me. However, I dont have enough fingers to count the number of times a city of mine flipped .. especially one I just captured. It definately adds strategy to the game, and to war. Do you take a city, or raze it with a settler standing by(which means you have to ensure you have enough settlers)?

That's really the point. At chieftain and warlord levels, culture flips generally favor the human. At emperor and above, they favor the AI. Maybe when breaking into a new high level a person could turn them off to make it a little easier.

 

[greekguy]

I play with it on that way i don't have to go to war to capture an AI city