VainoValkea
Emperor
Really? I think Civ IV's AI is the wonky one. Not too easy, but that's not because the AI is sane, that's because it cheats to compensate for its insanity.
Just bought the game and downloading now
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digrosz
Dirty Frank
Try zooming in a tad.
joshua43214
King
- Joined
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Welcome to Civ V!
I recommend getting the gold upgrade mentioned already. G&K fixes a lot of the problems in vanilla, and does not introduce too many new ones (impossible coups, and over emphasis on Great War Bombers being the main ones).
The hardest thing for me to adjust to was the 1 unit/tile thing in Civ V, but I like it much much better than the Stack o' Death (now you get to see the ol' Carpet o' Death...).
One civ is as good as any other. Even on a water map you should be able to learn to beat the game on lower difficulties. Just select random leader and have at it.
On a side note, don't bother with Lizzy and her big boats in Vanilla. They can not heal out of your territory, so they just get mashed by a city when they bombard. Naval war is hugely improved in G&K (AI is still bad but better than vanilla), for one thing, all units can fight back and you don't get a mech infantry run over by trireme...
I recommend getting the gold upgrade mentioned already. G&K fixes a lot of the problems in vanilla, and does not introduce too many new ones (impossible coups, and over emphasis on Great War Bombers being the main ones).
The hardest thing for me to adjust to was the 1 unit/tile thing in Civ V, but I like it much much better than the Stack o' Death (now you get to see the ol' Carpet o' Death...).
One civ is as good as any other. Even on a water map you should be able to learn to beat the game on lower difficulties. Just select random leader and have at it.
On a side note, don't bother with Lizzy and her big boats in Vanilla. They can not heal out of your territory, so they just get mashed by a city when they bombard. Naval war is hugely improved in G&K (AI is still bad but better than vanilla), for one thing, all units can fight back and you don't get a mech infantry run over by trireme...
Magma_Dragoon
Reploid
- Joined
- May 10, 2008
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Are you ready to rock? Coz this game is gonna blow your hair to the back of this auditorium!
The AI in civ V is inferior to the AI in IV. Its a simple case of not being able to cope with 1upt in warfare, which is a crucial. It will do stupid things like move its units into the water when sieging your cities; it will not bring any siege units when trying to capture your cities. To begin with the diplo was whacked out. I still think they ought to formalise it a bit, although i think its better than it used to be.
In civ 4 warfare was much simpler for the computer to deal with. I still hope that if/when they make 6 they will revert back to stacks. I know some people hate stacks of doom, but 1upt doesnt address this, it merely substitutes them for carpets of doom which the AI has difficulty in playing with.
In civ 4 warfare was much simpler for the computer to deal with. I still hope that if/when they make 6 they will revert back to stacks. I know some people hate stacks of doom, but 1upt doesnt address this, it merely substitutes them for carpets of doom which the AI has difficulty in playing with.
