[GS] Which civ will you play first in GS?

[Eagle Pursuit]

Phoenicia didn't really change my list much.

Sweden
Maori
Canada
Phoenicia
Mali
Inca
Eleanor?
Hungary
Ottomans

 

[Disgustipated]

1: Mali
2: Maori
3: Inca
4: Phoenicia
5: Ottomans
6: Hungary
7. Sweden
8. Eleanor
9. Canada
10. Germany
11. Georgia- yes Georgia
12: USA maybe
13: China
14: Egypt
15: Japan maybe

I do like some of Phoenicia's mechanics, but so do I like my top 3 positions civ's mechanics. As much as I like Phoenicia and I'm happy they are in the game, not the Carthage we used to always get, I can't honestly say I'll play them before Mali, Maori, or Inca.

I added Germany to my list because of a comment in a recent thread reminded me about the power/IZ changes, and really want to crank up the production with them with factories giving bonus production with adjacency bonus.

 

[PhoenicianGold]

Phoenicia is less gimmicky than I was anticipating. Pretty straightforward maritime expansionist civ.

But I like that style of gameplay, so I will probably play them first anyway.

 

[AmazonQueen]

Now that we've seen all the new civs I might manage a list that isn't continually changing.

1. Mali
2. Inca
3. Maori
4. Hungary
5. Ottomans
6. Phoenicia
7. Sweden
8. England with Eleanor
9. Poor Canada

 

[anandus]

Now I've seen every civ, I'm even more curious to the possible changes they've made to existing civs...

 

[Ziad]

Phoenicia.

 

[Prima Italia]

Rome and Phoenicia. I will have two games running at the same time.

 

[Zaarin]

My updated list:

1. Phoenicia
2. Inca
3. Maori
4. Sweden
5. Mali
6. Eleanor?
7. Hungary
8. Ottomans
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?. Canada

 

[SammyKhalifa]

I think Canada would have been better received if we had known more about diplomacy at the time of the reveal. Still not my favorite but I think they're better than I thought too.

 

[Disgustipated]

Poor Canada. At this point, they do appear to be the civ with the worst mechanics and design in the game. Their new slogan will be: Eh, at least we aren't Georgia. I'll get around to playing them, mainly for the achievements. I can't see myself doing multiple plays of them.

 

[shmily_dana]

I'll go thru the new list alphabetically. And I will be sure to play against each new civilization. I won't play for a conquest victory every time, but ultimately I want to see all the defeat scenes. I may be tempted to play the WWI scenario first.

 

[thecrazyscot]

Phoenicia
Mali
Inca
Maori
Hungary?

Might not even get around to playing the others until the next xpac. Still have some leaders from vanilla and R&F I haven't played yet

 

[ChocolateShake]

Hmm this is going to be tough. I'll be going with either Phoenicia or Maori. Although I usually don't do this I might add in Sweden as a civ just to meet Kristina, something tells me she'll be a lot of fun.

Second will be either Inca or Sweden, although Mali is tempting to me too.

 

[Cerilis]

I think I will play phoenicia first. They might not be as special as I hoped, but at least it will serve well to introduce new features^^

Compared to Maori...

 

[TheSpaceCowboy]

1) Maori

• True Start Earth
• w/Canada, Hungary, Inca, Mali, Ottoman, Phoenicia, and Sweden

2) Canada

• Diplomatic Victory
• Pangea w/xtra Tundra
• w/America, Aztec, Cree, Inca, Mapuche, and Sweden

3) Hungry

• Domination Victory
• True Start Europe
• w/Eleanor, Netherlands, Ottoman, Poland, Scotland, Sweden
• & xtra City-States

4) Mali

• Pangea w/xtra Deserts
• w/Canada, Hungary, Inca, Maori, Ottoman, Phoenicia, and Sweden

5) Sweden

• Cultural or Diplomatic Victory
• Terra
• w/Canada, Hungary, Inca, Mali, Maori, Ottoman, and Phoenicia

6) Ottomans

• Domination Victory
• True Start Europe
• w/Georgia, Germany, Hungry, Rome, Spain, Sparta, and Sweden

7) Phoenicia

• True Start Mediterranean
• w/Athens, Egypt, France, Macedonia, Ottoman, Rome, and Spain

8) Inca

• Continents (small, young earth)
• w/Aztec, Cree, Mapuche

 

[Onin]

I really like Maori, Mali, Phoenicia, and Inca. Not sure what order exactly but probably Mali first. I think they all appeal to the way I like to play while also providing enough uniqueness to make things interesting.

I am really impressed with their civ design. I think one of the major weaknesses of the game at launch was uninspired civ design but they have really helped fix that with expansions and DLC. I know some people like to bash certain civs for their power level but with scaling difficulty it is easy to find the right level where it is both fun and a challenge.

 

[Ondolindë]

I don’t know how I’ll update my list with Phoenicia now in play, but I absolutely want to play them with all other naval civs in the game, maybe just naval civs only. On deity? Definitely not the first time.

 

[Alexadamz]

I will play Mali on TSL Earth YnAMP. I just want to settle the whole Sahara and drown in gold.

 

[ChocolateShake]

Thinking about it I'll probably go for Egypt second, going on a wonder spree is always fun to me

 

[SxSnts9]

My first 3 games will be
1. Inca
2. Mali
3. Phoenicia

I keep everything pretty standard in options just so I don't have an advantage over the AI in knowing who/where certain things are. But I do hope Sweden is in as an AI for at least 1 of these games as I'd like to check out the extra World Congress options she provides.