Who Will You Be In Your First Playthrough?

[Albertan Civfanatic]

When the game comes out next week, what will your leader and pairing be? What will your long term strategy be? Who are you most excited to play as when the game releases?

 

[Zaarin]

My first game I'm still thinking Jose Rizal as Khmer > Majapahit > Siam for a culture victory.

 

[Metecury]

Probably Xerxes with a Persia> Mongols> Moughals for a "Timurid" like game. Of course domination victory.

The other options are Khmer>Majapahit>Japan (unsure with who, maybe Xerxes again), or Machiavelli with a Greece>Spain>France/Prussia game.

Once I get these games in I'll probably start maxing out experience with leaders or trying all sorts of combos.

 

[Albertan Civfanatic]

I'm thinking my first playthrough will mainly be a trial run, with all of the tool tips and advisors on. For that reason, I think I'll go with my least favourite leader and civ (Amina and Aksum), not because I don't like their abilities. Indeed, their abilities are great when it comes to the economy (my issues are more cultural and historical as opposed to game play issues).
Later, I think I'll do Freddie, and go Rome, Normans, Prussia. I'm really looking forward to his military abilities.

 

[Oberst Kraft]

My first playthrough will be with this META strategy: to reach the end of the game as quickly as possible to learn the rest of the details, so any leader and any civ (even random ones) will do, as long as I play at online game pace and accelerated age pace.

 

[Albertan Civfanatic]

I will be doing my first playthrough on normal speed. Later, when I understand the mechanics better, I'll put everything on epic. I prefer to enjoy my Civ playthroughs rather than just run through it like a mad man.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Might go Augustus, or Hatshesput, though Amina, Ibn and Lafayette are pretty up at there.

 

[Siptah]

as always in civ:
- random (civ + leader)
- standard settings for map size, # of players, and speed
- random map (if possible in 7)

 

[Albertan Civfanatic]

I'm just super stoked to try out the new mechanics. As an amateur historian and teacher, I LOVE the idea of a more historicist centric game, with properly unique ages and civs.

 

[Albertan Civfanatic]

as always in civ:
- random (civ + leader)
- standard settings for map size, # of players, and speed
- random map (if possible in 7)

Speaking of maps, I absolutely adored the map variety in Civ 5. It was so cool to play on the Great Plains and actual country maps, like Canada and Russia. There is something about the handcrafted nature of those maps that I love, that I hope 7 will re capture.

 

[Eramas]

Pachacuti Maya -> Inca -> Mexico, just a chill game to explore new stuff.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Mine will be either Amina or Xerxes the Achaemenid and the civs will be Mississippian -> Hawai'i -> Meiji

 

[Haig]

Isabella the explorer first, but I just try to have fun and try stuff, maybe playing only one full age.

First proper game with Charlemagne with a Rome start, with Norman to Prussia maybe.

 

[TheSpaceCowboy]

Friedrich, Baroque
Rome -> Spain -> Prussia

Continents Plus
Governor difficulty
Standard speed / Long Ages

 

[Albertan Civfanatic]

Friedrich, Baroque
Rome -> Spain -> Prussia

Continents Plus
Governor difficulty
Standard speed / Long Ages

Sick civ choices

 

[Venceslau Pietro Pietra]

Frederick Baroque
Greece > Chola > Prussia

 

[Unaha-Closp]

Haven't mapped it out yet. I want to be influence heavy and economical, so will try and follow that path. I want to absorb all the city states and get their resources, have influence to make deals and friends and be chill. Don't want to get too bogged down in warfare for my first game.

 

[tedhebert]

Isabella, Mississippi to Spain to ... undecided for modern still

 

[thecrazyscot]

I feel like pre-planning too much kinda defeats the purpose of having the ability to organically switch civs to meet your current strategy/game state.

For me I will play Rome and let it ride from there. For leader, still undecided, but maybe Augustus or Rizal?

Strategy...I want to see what the map looks like first and let it develop as the turns tick.

 

[Methos]

While I plan on going for the economic victory to play around with the new economy system, I'm not sure who I'm going to use to achieve it.