The things you don't do in Civ 5 that you should be doing.

[The_Quasar]

I don't do enough RA's and when I do I forgot all about them. I want a timer for those nasties, even if you look every turn and then you get distracted, "Ding" on the wrong tech.

I'm much the same on this...

I tend to wait until Artillery are available before tackling a difficult AI... and before that I tend to neglect my military too much, which at Immortal catches me out sometimes! However, it does mean that while I can repel attackers mostly, I sometimes haven't got enough to counterattack... but I do make up for it after Artillery, as when I get there, I've almost certainly won!

Don't think there's much harm in being science led at Immortal...

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

I usually never go to war until I research Rifling, or atleast Musketmen. Then I declare war if anybody is annoying me.

 

[sschmalz]

My problem is not spending enough time each turn to make sure I'm maximizing my potential. So, I use most all aspects of the game but just not often enough.

 

[chazzycat]

- I don't steal workers from city states
- I have never sold a city to the AI
- I have never reached chemistry with the 1st round of RAs

 

[bonafide11]

- I have never sold a city to the AI

I sold a city to the AI for my first time the other day. I was at war with both the Songhai and Japan, and I had a Japanese city which I had taken earlier, made peace with them, then they surprise attacked me by that city and were about to take it. They had knocked the defenses down to the point where I couldn't prevent losing it the next turn. So I sued for peace with the Songhai, and in the deal I gave them the Japanese city I was about to lose for 1500 gold, so Japan wasn't able to take their city back and were blocked by that city from reaching my borders.

Later on, I retook that city from the Songhai and many other cities from Japan as well. But selling that city gave me time to regroup my units and got something for a city I was about to lose anyway.

 

[chazzycat]

hehe that is awesome! sounds like good usage. I keep reading how powerful it can be in certain situations...then when I play, I just totally forget. The idea that I can even sell a city never enters my brain.

 

[blackcatatonic]

- Probably the biggest one is I don't declare war on the AI. Ever. I almost never play militaristically, so even if I know I will want to fight them eventually, I wait until they declare war. On Prince or below, this has always ended up with my steamrolling several of their cities until they only have one left, but in my current King game, I let my main rival develop until he's way ahead of me in every possible way and I'm being kept alive solely by the fact that he's on a different continent and I'm using my navy to kill his embarked units. It's working for now, but I'm thinking that facing the threat earlier in the game might have saved a lot of money and trouble.

- I (almost) never sell Open Borders, although I sometimes trade them for an AI's Open Borders. If it's an ally on the other side of the world and we've signed DoFs and I have no reason to think they might be a threat, I may swap Open Borders with them. In every other situation I can't help but feel like the sheep who invited the wolf in for dinner. I never feel like I need the gold that badly.

- I sign a lot of RAs, but I don't plan them carefully enough and usually end up wasting them. As I've just made the jump from Prince to King, I think I need to work on this one.

- No matter what strategy I'm going for, I always end up choosing the same Social Policies: Tradition opener, then Liberty, then the rest of Tradition, then Piety, then Patronage, then Freedom. Every time. I tried to deviate with my current game by going for Rationalism instead of Piety, and I can't help feeling that it was a dumb move as I am so far behind my rival scientifically anyway. I think I went Commerce once. I have never chosen Order or the Modern-era military-focused one whose name I have actually forgotten.

- And I've never used an Atomic or Nuclear Bomb - until yesterday. It was deeply satisfying. And pretty. Even though I still feel slightly guilty about the virtual three-headed Korean babies that will no doubt be born in that city for generations to come.

 

[Gilgamesch]

- I have never sold a city to the AI

When you are playing on immortal or deity, often you have no choice(enormous unhappynes).
So i sell cities for a lot of money, and to save my defence line.
Also with this money you can do anything to win like you want.

 

[guczy]

Winning by domination. I always play large/continents and just can't be bothered invading the other continent

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Winning by domination. I always play large/continents and just can't be bothered invading the other continent

I usually never go for domination in 8+ games, it's gonna take way too long and too tedious to do it.

 

[chazzycat]

When you are playing on immortal or deity, often you have no choice(enormous unhappynes).
So i sell cities for a lot of money, and to save my defence line.
Also with this money you can do anything to win like you want.

I play pretty much exclusively on immortal and it hasn't been a problem. Maybe it's one of those things that if I could get in the habit, would help me reach deity.

 

[OneOfOldiest]

I don't play enough games to the finish, I usually start another game around turn 200-250. I might've won some of them.

I don't do enough RA's and when I do I forgot all about them. I want a timer for those nasties, even if you look every turn and then you get distracted, "Ding" on the wrong tech.

You don't need timer, just SHIF+click on tech you want in future, like 35 and more turns after current turn.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

I am not sure if said this earlier..

I pretty much never bother to upgrade my units until I am at war and my cities are in danger. I never even train extra units, I usually just go on and buy them all.

 

[bonafide11]

I tend to forget to explore the AI's lands when I get open borders, especially when it's in a peace treaty.

 

[Snezza]

I never have any City States, they lag my game and the warmonger penalty for conquering them is really annoying.

Also hate barbarians killing my explorers so I turn off barbarians.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

I never have any City States, they lag my game and the warmonger penalty for conquering them is really annoying.

Also hate barbarians killing my explorers so I turn off barbarians.

I also rarely ever play with Barbarians, they're just way too annoying.

 

[Jimbo30]

I never play the game. Such a disappointment after years spent on Civs 1-4.

 

[Zaimejs]

Wow... that was a downer ending.

I have never sold a city, but I'm going to try it now. I always sign Research Agreements... is that bad? Is it bad that it took me awhile to figure out what an RA was?

I never finish games. My biggest problem is that i just love the early struggles so much... if I do finish a game, 9/10 I get attacked and then just counter attack and steamroll over everyone. I only play on Prince.

I do not play on higher difficulties. I suppose I should, but if I can't win every game at Prince, I don't think I'm ready to move up. I'll try King though. This thread has inspired me.

I also lean toward a technological advantage, but lately I've been playing with getting all the military policies. It's fun to monger warlike sometimes. I had one dual game where the other guy was AFRAID of me. I'd never seen that before.

I never build certain wonders... I'm sure there is a point to them... I just never build them. I never get archery early. I almost always want iron early... I just don't feel safe and secure until I have a few swordsmen.

 

[aluelkdf]

I don't ally with city states like I should. I may ally if I feel it's extremely important, but generally I don't bother. I would rather spend the money on unit upgrades and research agreements. I usually just try to ignore city states. And in the very late game, I usually kill any that are on or near my borders.

I also get lazy and often automate workers. It's okay to do sometimes, but then I discover new techs and my workers can do more, but they are automated and I forget about them sometimes.

I almost always neglect my navy until the late game.

I don't build as many wonders as I should.

I have a tendency to expand to quickly.

 

[Creepy Old Man]

I don't explore nearly enough. Especially on continents maps, my caravels might map out the coasts, but the inside is blank. Then I start revealing land by conquering the cities.

I don't sign enough research agreements. It's usually my third priority after upgrading units and city-states. This probably means I have too many citystates most games.

I don't pay enough attention to which AIs don't like each other. I'll pick one or two that I want to stay friends with, but then I go and declare friendship with their enemy, and my plan is ruined.

I don't use enough specialist citizens. I've got no excuse for this.