Poll: Starting Difficulty for your first Civ6 game

[Red Pearl]

When I play civ 5 bnw I most of the time play on deity and I have a really bad win-loss.
For my first game I will play on the second highest difficulty. I want to get as much information on the game as possible and then come up with a strategy. I only get to play my first game once. I want to see if my strategy works before I get a feel for the game and refine my strategy.

 

[Red Menace]

I'm going to play prince/whatever name they use for normal difficulty, probably 2 or 3 games after that I will move up until I find a level I'm comfortable with.
hopefully it will be a real challenge on higher difficulty levels.

 

[Ryika]

I started Beyond Earth on highest difficulty... and won. For Civ VI I'll do the same, but I hope the outcome is different.

 

[stealth_nsk]

It depends on the amount of preview videos I'll see and their quality. With general knowledge of strategy and role of each building/unit I could start quite high. Without it I'll need to start on quite low level.

 

[rastak]

It depends on the amount of preview videos I'll see and their quality. With general knowledge of strategy and role of each building/unit I could start quite high. Without it I'll need to start on quite low level.

There is something to be said for that. When Civ V released I kind of felt I had a good grip on what to do.....same with XCom. Depends on what we see before release.

 

[Acken]

It will depend on what is shown before release. When CivBE was released it was dead obvious based on previews that the hardest difficulty would be easy to beat.

I'll probably learn the game on Immortal, then it will depend on how hard they made the game. If it's similar to Civ5 I don't expect more than 2 games to beat deity...

 

[Red Menace]

I started Beyond Earth on highest difficulty... and won. For Civ VI I'll do the same, but I hope the outcome is different.

does that really count? I mean its BE after all . I also hope the outcome is different.

It depends on the amount of preview videos I'll see and their quality. With general knowledge of strategy and role of each building/unit I could start quite high. Without it I'll need to start on quite low level.

this is true, its why I plan on going in blind, other than knowing what systems "like religion" and what civs are in the game, I did the same with Civ IV (not by choice) and civ V (didn't care).

 

[Ryika]

does that really count? I mean its BE after all .

Yeah, that was exactly my point.

 

[JtW]

I think it's sensible to play a new game first on no harder than the "normal" level to see what the AI can do without cheating.

It's like putting salt on food before you taste it... even if you know you're going to want it saltier, it's disrespectful not to at least try it the way the chef prepared it.

I came here to say exactly that. Only I don't have the charm and eloquence of Arioch, so... what he said.

 

[ftl]

I'll probably start on the lowest level and move up by one level each game.

Early games don't need to be challenging to be fun. The first few games I doubt I'm even thinking about strategy, just doing random things to see how they work, trying out game mechanics and units and things.

 

[moysturfurmer]

Prince. High enough to get a decent understanding of how the AI plays the game, low enough to grab all the wonders you want.

 

[King Rad]

I will start on Prince or whatever the caption for "normal" level is. I usually play on this level or King, but I also don't try to maximize my strategy. I play each time with a different civ and just "play for fun" - e.g. if playing Venice, I try to maximize my trading/income. And I lost a game on Price recently playing as Venice, where I had a start on the ocean with no workable ocean tiles at all and turned out tundra was only one tile north of my starting city - so very few workable tiles and minimal benefits from resources, luxury or strategic or food, etc. Ghandi beat me on turn 499! The whole game I was playing catch up to him (except score, where I was ahead - which I know, is really meaningless), and he launched on that turn. [I also don't reroll, just play with where I land and see what happens]. I'm really looking forward to that aspect of Civ 6 since the map is supposed play such a large roll in how each game should play out.

 

[Bkeela]

Depends on achievements. If there is an achievement to win a Settler game, I'll do that first, and work my way up. If there are no such achievements, probably the normal/balanced difficulty for my first game.

 

[Battlehelm043]

As many have stated here, I too will play on normal difficulty. I am curious to see how the AI responds without buffs. If it provides a decent challenge on normal then I will move on up.

 

[Felis Renidens]

Same but only because I play at chieftain so there is no much room to go down. It's usually a level I'm comfortable with so I'll probably stick to that. Perhaps if I win with all the civs before the first expansion comes or if it will be too boring I'll try warlord\prince - but I don't see it happening.

 

[Socrates99]

Prince/normal. Have to see how the AI plays and work out some strategies before bumping up.

 

[Sobornost]

Prince difficulty, until it becomes obvious that I'll win as soon as I click 'Start Game'

 

[JollyRoger]

As I have since Civ II, I'll start at the lowest difficulty and climb the latter. Win and move up a level, lose and move down a level. Obviously, I don't expect to lose at Settler and if I win at Deity, I'll just ride out any win streak.

 

[rastak]

As I have since Civ II, I'll start at the lowest difficulty and climb the latter. Win and move up a level, lose and move down a level. Obviously, I don't expect to lose at Settler and if I win at Deity, I'll just ride out any win streak.

I kind of like that approach, but I'd probably start on Prince and do that. It's really hard to lose on Settler and Chiefton. I played a game on settler once to get an achievement and it was really really boring.