New to Civ series

[Bboy500]

now i have never ever played any Civ game in my life (i played a lot of RTS games though , i just suck at them). and this game got me staying up 2 nights straight O.O . I'm playing on the umm lowest difficulty possible (the training one or something) and im not exactly having trouble ... i just get scared when one of my decisions goes wrong and i end up quiting the game and making a new one ._.

Anyways point of what i WANTED to ask is, Is there ANY WAY for me to win this game without like declaring war with everyone. I'm a Nice guy in real life so declaring war isnt really my thing. and i wanted that to transfer over to the game xD

Also anyone wanna give me a site for tips ?

 

[hoorayforshaka]

Hey Bboy,

This IS the site for tips. There's so many people here who love civ. I'd reccomend civfanatics above any other site. You could check the steam forums as well.

I know what'cha mean. I like to challenge myself to avoid war as well. Don't expect to stay out of war the entire game, sooner or later, someone's gonna declare. If you're not gonna declare, you need to choose a different path. Probably cultural, or maybe diplomatic/space race. Cultural means building lots of wonders and accumulating culture points to unlock 5 full social policies. Diplomatic means being strong in science and making a lot of friends. Space race means be as far ahead in science as possible. Essentially, to avoid war, kiss up to the AI enough to keep them neutral, the less war the better. Test it out yourself, and if you make one mistake, you can still rebound.

Glad to see you picked up Civ V. Have fun!

 

[Haig]

Welcome to Civving

Maybe pick up Gandhi and instead of expanding concentrate on a small, efficient empire and be friends with the city-states.
Even a peaceful player should build a army to let others hesitate attacking you, even if you don't start any wars yourself. And if you're allied to many city-states, they will help you fight off possible attackers.

 

[Wardancing]

..this game got me staying up 2 nights straight ...scared when one of my decisions goes wrong and i end up quiting the game and making a new one ....and i wanted that to transfer over to the game xD

Also anyone wanna give me a site for tips ?

If past civilization games are any indication, and youre already enjoying civ, im sure youll be liking it even more as they improve it.

Who cares what setting youre on, or if youre starting new games. Its a game, are you enjoying yourself? Thats the point of it

As for site for tips, youre already there. For anything civ related, i come here.

 

[boredatwork]

I may be flamed for this but if you're enjoying Civ 5 except for the war making aspect then you might wish to look into the previous version Civ 4 which was more of a "big empire" building game where winning by peaceful means - or at least without fighting beyond self defense, was, at least IMO, easier and more rewarding.

The big change in Civ 5 was the new combat system and, again in my experience, the game seems more geared towards warmongering as a way to emphasize it.

Civ4 has the advantage over Civ5 in that it's more mature and has more in the way of flavourful extras. Despite the fact it's 5 years old it still looks great, and runs even better.

You can probably find a copy of it and it's two expansions for less than you paid for Civ5.

 

[Drake L. Dragon]

Welcome to the Civilization community, people who have as well been spellbound by the power that is Sid Meierism and, now, Jon Shaferism. I would frankly firstly suggest gradually, maybe after each game won on a difficulty, to increase the difficulty, because the most pleasure one can get from Civilization lies, when the A.I. and game mechanics are running at its best. In terms of playing the game as an empire building game rather than a war game, the only way to avoid the path of war is, coincidentally for Civilization V, to declare war. What I mean is that, at least for me, you have to find out all of the civilizations closest to you. After that, you need to ally with those civilizations and sign pacts of secrecy when they ask you to do so, lest you want to damage relations with your closest neighbors. Then, they'll eventually ask you to declare wars against the civilizations you signed a pact of secrecy against, but, because those civilizations are the ones faraway, you most likely won't have to combat any of their units at all.

Therefore, the act of declaring war but knowing that no violence would occur is the optimal way for which someone can be a Pacifist in Civilization V. Technically, you could just not ally with anyone, but then, on the later difficulties especially, you'll certainly be fighting wars of defense then with neutrality. In general, predecessors of the series had indeed generally laid off on the focus on wars for the easier difficulty levels, but Civilization V definitely took a more direct approach towards realism than the previous installments of the series, and, as history shows, wars and violent conflicts are the reality of history, and the Civilization series is a game essentially about the mechanics of history. What Civilization V has done, however, is most likely to give everybody more of a challenge, for all difficulty levels, to balance both empire infrastructure as well as empire stability from stagnation and outside forces, and I believe that such has only enriched the series to have more affinity with history and good gameplay.

 

[Bboy500]

Civilization V definitely took a more direct approach towards realism than the previous installments of the series, and, as history shows, wars and violent conflicts are the reality of history, and the Civilization series is a game essentially about the mechanics of history.

well as far as i know Canada wasnt really ever in any war o_o. so theres 1 country war-free, there considered the most peacefull country xD. too bad theres no canada to pick from.

Hey Bboy,

This IS the site for tips. There's so many people here who love civ. I'd reccomend civfanatics above any other site. You could check the steam forums as well.

I know what'cha mean. I like to challenge myself to avoid war as well. Don't expect to stay out of war the entire game, sooner or later, someone's gonna declare. If you're not gonna declare, you need to choose a different path. Probably cultural, or maybe diplomatic/space race. Cultural means building lots of wonders and accumulating culture points to unlock 5 full social policies. Diplomatic means being strong in science and making a lot of friends. Space race means be as far ahead in science as possible. Essentially, to avoid war, kiss up to the AI enough to keep them neutral, the less war the better. Test it out yourself, and if you make one mistake, you can still rebound.

Glad to see you picked up Civ V. Have fun!

thanks for the tips Diplomatic sounds like me, so ill try to go for that.

To anyone i didnt quote: same as above^ thanks for the tips i read them all and will use them. also thanks for the warm welcome xD i really tought i wasn't going to get a responce on this topic at 1st. im gonna go start ANOTHER new game xD

 

[hoorayforshaka]

good luck with it! i'm currently playing as KING RAMEESSSSSEEEEESS and whoopin' it up with culture.

Anyone know the KING RAMESSSSSSEEEEEESS reference?

 

[Davor]

well as far as i know Canada wasnt really ever in any war o_o. so theres 1 country war-free, there considered the most peacefull country xD. too bad theres no canada to pick from.

Canada was in USA (which we kicked their butts, but of course they will say they kicked ours 1812) WWI, WWII, and if you want current the Gulf war, Afaganastan.

Our armies are not that big though currently that is why we get no mention. We are seemed as Peace Keepers most times, but sadly that is not the case no more.