tedhebert
Emperor
This is a fun thread BTW... you should make it a poll, @IvoryPavane ;-)
What kind of Civ player are you?
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Loderingo
Warlord
The Grand Siberian
Plays Civ for: building a massive land empire on Pangaea maps connected by railroad
Likely to play: Teddy, Peter, Trajan
Plays Civ for: building a massive land empire on Pangaea maps connected by railroad
Likely to play: Teddy, Peter, Trajan
Leucarum
Deity
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2018
- Messages
- 2,551
The schizophrenic
Wait, why did I build an encampment last time, I thought I was going for a religion victory.
Plays civ for: A different reason every time he/she loads up a save. Mostly because they can't remember what their goal was the last time they left off.
Most likely to play: A generalist like Pedro or Poundmaker, anyone who lets them transition from a religious to a cultural to a scientific to a domination and eventually a score victory when the time runs out.
Wait, why did I build an encampment last time, I thought I was going for a religion victory.
Plays civ for: A different reason every time he/she loads up a save. Mostly because they can't remember what their goal was the last time they left off.
Most likely to play: A generalist like Pedro or Poundmaker, anyone who lets them transition from a religious to a cultural to a scientific to a domination and eventually a score victory when the time runs out.
A mixture depending on mood and who I'm playing. Not Dominator or Mechanic though. First bores me and I'm too lazy for the 2nd (although I appreciate having them around, they can explain stuff that puzzles me but I'm too lazy to work out for myself).
BarbarianHunter
SPAMBO
The Rational Builder
I’ve chopped out all my resources. How am I going to build the Forbidden City? Oh look, Gilgamesh seems to be more concerned with building ziggurats than harvesting his stone.
Plays Civ for: To build things! Oh yeah, and gain efficiencies so as to win.
Likely to play: Any civ that can leverage their abilities with new constructs via chopping. This often involves acquiring new resources to chop through conquest.
I’ve chopped out all my resources. How am I going to build the Forbidden City? Oh look, Gilgamesh seems to be more concerned with building ziggurats than harvesting his stone.
Plays Civ for: To build things! Oh yeah, and gain efficiencies so as to win.
Likely to play: Any civ that can leverage their abilities with new constructs via chopping. This often involves acquiring new resources to chop through conquest.
The Pacifist Scientist Philanthropist
Plays Civs for: Builds for success, only goes to war if attacked, or if hemmed in. Likes to be in the lead in the science and culture trees. Always forgets to build enough troops.
Most Likely to play: All Civilizations equally.
Plays Civs for: Builds for success, only goes to war if attacked, or if hemmed in. Likes to be in the lead in the science and culture trees. Always forgets to build enough troops.
Most Likely to play: All Civilizations equally.
I think I change over the course of the game's lifetime.
Exploring, roleplaying, min-maxing, achievment-hunting, warmongerer and Sim City....not necessarily in that order. But I don't like myself falling into the same pattern every game, so I always try to have different goals with my games....with some degree of success. MP is a double edged sword, because I like it, but it's full min-max mode and quite stressful.
Exploring, roleplaying, min-maxing, achievment-hunting, warmongerer and Sim City....not necessarily in that order. But I don't like myself falling into the same pattern every game, so I always try to have different goals with my games....with some degree of success. MP is a double edged sword, because I like it, but it's full min-max mode and quite stressful.
Kaan Boztepe
Prince
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2018
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- 436
mainly plague with a splash of builder
Onii-chan
King
I try to play every civ to their own strengths as best I can so I’m pretty flexible. Don’t really have a specific play style I go by. But if I had the option of choice I guess I enjoy building and pacifistic micromanagement with policy cards and efficient city planning more than just attacking everyone or doing what is necessarily the “best” strategy on the market
Sagax
Emperor
- Joined
- Nov 9, 2013
- Messages
- 1,770
The Mad Scientist
Let me see just how crazy things can get here...
Plays Civ for: ridiculous outputs and synergies using the game mechanics.
Most likely to play: China with all sorts of early wonder strats; the Netherlands on every poldertastic map saved from other civ playthroughs; Indonesia on Island Plates; Mongolia with cultural neighbors (Oh hai Tomyris!)
Let me see just how crazy things can get here...
Plays Civ for: ridiculous outputs and synergies using the game mechanics.
Most likely to play: China with all sorts of early wonder strats; the Netherlands on every poldertastic map saved from other civ playthroughs; Indonesia on Island Plates; Mongolia with cultural neighbors (Oh hai Tomyris!)
I am usually a cookie cutter and builder right now.
I am sure I will be a hipster with some once I play some GS civs.
I am sure I will be a hipster with some once I play some GS civs.
WillowBrook
Lurker
Plague and achievement hunter with a good bit of role-playing to ground the achievements I'm hunting (but not historically grounded, for the most part), and a little bit of builder - my attention to optimal district placement waxes and wanes.
I like big empires but don't usually initiate wars. Unless going for domination. I'll have some big story for the game and smaller goals throughout.
I like big empires but don't usually initiate wars. Unless going for domination. I'll have some big story for the game and smaller goals throughout.
BrotherInJah
60% of the time works every time
The unaware player
Again, what bonus this UA gives?
Play Civ for: game itself, no time for other titles.
Most likely to play: anything with trade rout bonus or adjacency bonus. Not playing with militaristic civs.
Again, what bonus this UA gives?
Play Civ for: game itself, no time for other titles.
Most likely to play: anything with trade rout bonus or adjacency bonus. Not playing with militaristic civs.
Ferocitus
Deity
Contented Balancer
Play at marathon pace on the largest Terra maps, against 20+ civs and 35+ CS so that I don't know until move > 500 whether I have a chance of winning or not.
Play at marathon pace on the largest Terra maps, against 20+ civs and 35+ CS so that I don't know until move > 500 whether I have a chance of winning or not.
DogeEnricoDandolo
King
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2017
- Messages
- 928
I was probably one of 3 people that played Georgia as my first RnF when it was released. I would like to know how ages work and the tsikhe, even as terrible as it is, is a pretty building in terms of aesthetics
NukeAJS
King
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2008
- Messages
- 850
The Most Lovable
"You have one slinger and seven cities? Let's be friends! You're completely on the other side of the world and there's no real reason to have strong diplomatic ties ... let's be friends!"
Plays Civ for: Being friends with everybody and then chill your way to victory.
Likely to play: Any non-military civ because those bonuses are useless.
"You have one slinger and seven cities? Let's be friends! You're completely on the other side of the world and there's no real reason to have strong diplomatic ties ... let's be friends!"
Plays Civ for: Being friends with everybody and then chill your way to victory.
Likely to play: Any non-military civ because those bonuses are useless.
