It saddens me greatly that you use this bug. It saddens me greatly when games posted and stats compared are using bugs like this. What people do is up to them, but do you really need this stuff?
We play Civ very differently. I'm simply extremely bored with the AI and the nature of the game, so I mostly play Civ as a speedrun. I am the kind of player who has huge respect for people who "break" games, find hidden bugs, find glitches, exploits, do crazy speedruns and so forth. Therefore I will do anything to give me an advantage, including everything other players consider unorthodox (though I have never used the Pantheon bug for example, it was too gamebreaking).
Why that "saddens" you I don't understand, especially when everyone keeps repeating "people should play the game the way they want to". I respect people who roleplay, but it seems that same respect is rarely extended to people who play like I do. So "anything goes" unless it harms some invisible rule, then suddenly my style of playing becomes "saddening"? Feels like you are forcing your way of enjoying the game onto others there.
People who savescum/search for exploits/race for fast victories are routinely also the people who find and report bugs, who give feedback, help improve the game, do write-ups (like your fantastic guides, I have read all of them). They make the developers aware of those bugs, so that they can be fixed.
I feel like it is so incredibly dumb and arbitrary to classify one thing as a "no-go", but another as an okay. It doesn't really matter to me if people consider the trade bug an exploit, or consider magnus chopping lame, or any of that sort. Whether the developers intended for this or not, it really doesn't affect me. Civ 6 is just lines of code. I have lots of fun testing the limits of that code, seeing how far a player could possibly go.
When @KKirrin posted that T100 screenshots of his, that honestly reignited my passion for a game I had already written of as easy and badly balanced. His "optimal play" which is decried so much inspired me to keep on and try new tactics, it showed me that there is more on the horizon that I initially thought. I hope more players take this approach to the game, and I hope more players are unafraid to be using "dirty methods". The same goes for speedrunners, who have been some of the most inspiring people to me when it comes to playing and designing video games.
Just as a cherry on top: I do actually roleplay as a greedy dictator, and I personally relinquish in the fact that I empty every AIs treasury and drive them into debt. It's exhilirating and honestly I conider it to be a part of Civ 6s lackign strategic and economic depth. I don't do it simply to win 2 or 3 turns faster. I just wish it wouldn't take as much time, but w/e.
I see, I had no Idea. I actually give away the strategic resources I dont use to my allies from time to time. With the hope of giving them a bit more of a chance. Definitely something that can be easily exploited, and a problem in multiplayer.
Wonder how many of the people that abuses trade, also complains that the game is too easy.
This is exactly the type of **** I'm talking about. Just mention once that you use a mechanic that people consider "dirty" and five seconds later you (and everyone else who does) are denounced. Brilliant and case in point, thanks for the example. Some people will even call you out for minmaxing Eurekahs or "chopping too much", whatever that means. Apparently trying very hard is already enough to upset some people.
I've won Deity without the trade bug, tyvm. I've won Deity without taking neighbors' cities. I've won Deity without minmaxing or micromanaging in any way. I've won Deity while half-asleep and inebriated to the fullest, at 4:30 AM.
Your consistent insinuation that most people are actually bad, and only win because of exploits is really asinine my man
I don't look down on you for playing Prince, please extend that courtesy to other players who may play differently from you.
Gold exploits have always ruined the ability of peple to compare games... What surprises me is how many people think it's a cool way to play SP.
me playing on larger maps and with more CS also ruins the ability to compare games. but people never complain about that. clearly one is "taboo", the other is "yeah, whatever".
Later in the game it also doesn't really matter.
I understand now, and yes it was phrased rather unfortunately.
