Types of Addictions

[TheOverseer714]

Sure. Zero research expenditure (and no scientists) is quite a common variant, though it usually involves a combination of trading and extortion at higher levels.

And let us not forget tech theft. A modern age tech might cost 10,000 gold to buy, but only 3600 to steal, and with a pure zero-research game, you can get that much money every 2-3 turns.

 

[Exwing17]

I have always found that the AI would only trade a tech for all of my money!

 

[timerover51]

The best way to enjoy Civ is to play it in every way possible.

I enjoy playing Civilizations 3, but have no desire or intention to play in every way possible. Many of the civilizations do not interest me in the least, the Aztecs least of all, nor am I interested in playing every government type, particularly communism or fascism, both of which are idealized in the game.

As for the list of so-called "addictions", so what. I like huge archipelago or continent maps, with limited numbers of AI players, so that I can expand in peace and quiet, without the annoyance of the AI. Why is that bad? I like Seafaring civilizations, which work very nicely on water maps. That automatically makes me a poor player? I have never played Republic, and probably will not. I normally do not even research it. Does that mean I am the Abomination of Desolation? I modify the maps, buildings, Wonders, resource yields, terrain yields, improvement times, etc. since I finally have a Windows box for game editing, and stack things my way in the game. Horrible and hideous of me, isn't that? But I have fun playing the game, which is MY BOTTOM LINE.

You want to tell me how you play, that is fine. Do not tell me how I should play.

 

[zerksees]

Version addiction: only playing Civ 3 vanilla, or Conquests, or Civ II or Civ IV. Me stuck on Civ 3 Conquests

Civ addiction: Actually addicted to playing the game - all the time. Took a while to free myself of this one.

Resurrecting someone else's game addiction: Get a mid-game save from someone who is in a bad situation and see if you can win from there. Works on single payer or even succession games. (I might be the only one with this affliction)

 

[rysingsun]

monster game addiction.

for example:
1) make the largest possible map and use 31 civs and then spend 500 hours playing it.
2) must do this on sid of course, just to make the game take even longer.
3) doing multiplayer? still must do it on a huge map.
(etc)

i've noticed that i am not the only one with obsessions for hugeness. after playing a couple huge maps i have to tear myself away from the concept to try a standard, and then i find out to my surprise that standard is lacking nothing and i wonder why i avoided it. the rare times i try small, it seems to play out just fine too.

 

[Hasdrubal Barca]

War addiction: i just can´t understand the concept of peace....
Upgrade addcition: why must i build a knight if i can build a chariot and demand the money for the upgrade cost to my neighbour and then kill him with the Knight

 

[AutomatedTeller]

but armies are so much FUN

I have to admit, I have an addiction to settler factories and I run into problems in games where I don't have at least a 6 turner.

 

[CommandoBob]

Let me suggest Worker Addiction and it's cousin Slave Addiction.

Symptoms are pretty straightforward:

• Found a new city and the first build is a worker.
• Capture a city and you MM the city to no growth but make slaves only, until it is at size 1. And even if it started at size 9 and it has no resisters.
• With 20 cities and 40 workers and 60 slaves, you consider yourself slacking off.
• You have mixed feelings about playing with Industrious Civs. Sure, the extra speed is nice, but where is the challenge?

 

[Aabraxan]

This primarily manifests itself in regards to early game resources. I'm not just talking about going to war to secure resources. It's when the player consistently restarts if a given resources isn't within a few tiles of his core cities. Comes in two primary forms:

1) Iron Addiction; and

2) Horse Addiction.

 

[TheOverseer714]

Army addiction: The feeling that you need armies for attacking everything with a defense higher than 1. The anger builds when you keep losing elites or not getting leaders to make more armies. Then you hit the army limit and decide 4 more cities must be taken so you can make another army. You have several 4 unit armies that are all *elites. When you run out of enemies to kill with your arrmies, you feel bad. These are a few signs that you are a hardcore army junkie.

 

[timerover51]

This primarily manifests itself in regards to early game resources. I'm not just talking about going to war to secure resources. It's when the player consistently restarts if a given resources isn't within a few tiles of his core cities. Comes in two primary forms:

1) Iron Addiction; and

2) Horse Addiction.

Not sure about Horse addiction, as I have managed to survive without horses. But having tried to play a few games without iron, I decided that I really was not interested in doing so again. I now make very sure on any maps that I use, Iron is not going to be too far away. I no longer leave myself to the mercy of the map generator, but first generate a map in the editor, and if it appears satisfactory, I save it for playing later. If that makes me an addict in your opinion, that is your problem, not mine.
Moderator Action: Please tone down your aggressive posting attitude in this forum. You have made your point.

 

[rysingsun]

editor addiction ... being unwilling to play any game without some player-benefit being given with the editor

 

[timerover51]

editor addiction ... being unwilling to play any game without some player-benefit being given with the editor

Guilty as charged. I have no intention of changing either. I assume that makes me a poor player. So be it.

 

[del62]

I would not say commercial is useless and with seafaring on islands it is powerful, especially under a democracy with a large civ

 

[rysingsun]

I assume that makes me a poor player.

not so. just makes you an addict like (most of) the rest of us.

I'm an addict. I'm addicted to:
1) the iroquois
2) river starts
3) huge maps
4) jungle (don't ask why ... i don't know ... but i like cutting down jungle)
5) domination victory
6) pangea
7) cfc ....

 

[del62]

i think i must have republic addiction, i always beeline this tech

 

[ecuwins]

Just give me a fresh water start, not on some tiny island, and I'm all good. I do tend to build too many barracks though.

 

[Jingo7]

I find myself being addicted to losing.
i will play on emperor or above with no real intention of winning the game.
I think what i love is the pathos of the glorious and tragic fall of my empire, which i most enjoy in the industrial age because rifles and artillery seem very 'totalwar-ish'
If i can be arsed i also like instigating nuclear war and fanatically trying to defend my ruined cities in an apocalyptic world.
The more tragic the fall, and the more long and bitter the fight, the more i enjoy it!

I did used to play to win- perhaps i just need to stop playing!

 

[zaphod2016]

I find myself being addicted to losing.
i will play on emperor or above with no real intention of winning the game.
I think what i love is the pathos of the glorious and tragic fall of my empire, which i most enjoy in the industrial age because rifles and artillery seem very 'totalwar-ish'
If i can be arsed i also like instigating nuclear war and fanatically trying to defend my ruined cities in an apocalyptic world.
The more tragic the fall, and the more long and bitter the fight, the more i enjoy it!

I did used to play to win- perhaps i just need to stop playing!

Glad I'm not the only one.

 

[Jingo7]

u dont think we have psycological problems do u?