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Does the new TSL Earth map have natural wonders?
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Apr 24, 2021 00:26
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Starks posted:Does the new TSL Earth map have natural wonders? Sure does. More than the regular TSL Earth too.
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Apr 24, 2021 00:38
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From what I've seen of the new TSL map aren't Africa and India still too much on the small side, though?
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Apr 24, 2021 01:23
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africa could be bigger. india is a hilariously tiny nub.
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Apr 24, 2021 01:59
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It constantly annoys me that the game map isn't a sphere. Not joking.
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Apr 24, 2021 02:20
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Ratios and Tendency posted:It constantly annoys me that the game map isn't a sphere. Not joking.  " but it was a cool thing in Civ IV when you could zoom out and view the game map as a globe once you were advanced enough.
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Apr 24, 2021 02:24
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Crazy Ted posted:I hate to be all "Civ IV I think most people who have played through the series appreciate Civ IV. As far as I am concerned, Civ IV is about the best that Civ I could ever hope to be, in so many ways. Civ VI feels like a different game, one that I appreciate more, but that hasn't quite zeroed in on what it wants to be yet in the way that Civ IV did.
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Apr 24, 2021 03:15
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Civ IV was so good it won a Grammy
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Apr 24, 2021 03:26
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Slowpoke! posted:Civ IV was so good it won a Grammy Christopher Tin was so good with his album "Calling all Dawns" that he won a Grammy. Said album happened to include Baba Yetu, so I'll give you half credit for the answer.
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Apr 24, 2021 03:50
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SaturdayKnight posted:Sure does. More than the regular TSL Earth too. Good! It annoyed me on previous iterations, especially if you start in the Americas. For some reason the new patch has really messed with my mods. Not only are some randomly failing to load when I start a new game, it also loaded a bunch that I had disabled when I first started it up.
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Apr 24, 2021 04:38
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homullus posted:I think most people who have played through the series appreciate Civ IV. As far as I am concerned, Civ IV is about the best that Civ I could ever hope to be, in so many ways. Civ VI feels like a different game, one that I appreciate more, but that hasn't quite zeroed in on what it wants to be yet in the way that Civ IV did.  It's easy to see why they went back to the drawing board on so much stuff after Civ IV, because where the hell do you go from there? I think the direction V/VI are headed in is more ambitious and at least theoretically better but they are still not nearly as refined as IV was.
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Apr 24, 2021 04:45
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Eimi posted:How did Egypt not get any changes? That's....really surprising given their current state. Egypt + max disasters is actually pretty great, they will spawn with way more rivers/floodplains and get way more frequent floods, which for them are all upside.
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Apr 24, 2021 18:44
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I've been meaning to ask- When I was playing on lower difficulties, I found culture victories so easy to get that I often got them by accident. Now that I'm playing Immortal/Deity, I basically can never win a culture victory because even if I'm completely, crushingly dominant on culture/tourism, I still can't actually win before three other people get a science victory. What is the trick to culture on higher difficulties? Besides exterminating people?
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Apr 24, 2021 18:47
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Spam rock bands like crazy
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Apr 24, 2021 18:49
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I have the opposite problem, I struggle so badly to win Culture victories that I always stumble into a Diplomatic victory instead. Am I missing something, or do I just need to prioritize theatre districts and building a huge empire?
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Apr 24, 2021 18:55
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I think Potato showed the best and quickest culture victory is just improvements. Any improvement that gives tourism, fill your empire with that poo poo and rush Flight. You can totally ignore theatre squares and wonders. Though with monopolies at this point it's just anything tourism related can win with that bonus. Also I want to say I think they actually fixed zombie mode with the patch. I'm slowly watching the ai die off as I can barely hold back the hordes. I'm the tech leader and they WAY outgun even infantry and I'm just holding them off via mass ranged and being able to 2 turn the project.
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Apr 24, 2021 19:05
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Chamale posted:I have the opposite problem, I struggle so badly to win Culture victories that I always stumble into a Diplomatic victory instead. Am I missing something, or do I just need to prioritize theatre districts and building a huge empire? I don't play the highest difficulty levels, so I don't know how well this bears out, but even "defensive" archaeology (clearing the ruins on your own spaces so that you can build there) is a significant boost to all but the smallest empires, especially if you get it before the AI. You should get enough artifacts to theme a museum or two, more if you send more archaeologists out to get artifacts from unclaimed land. Wonders are also a significant contribution. Late-game, there is a policy that specifically boosts tourism on artifacts, so if you've been at least defensively archaeological, you should be in good shape.
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Apr 24, 2021 19:06
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also if someone is getting to science burn down their space ports in any way possible: spies, war, nukes, anything to stop them.
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Apr 24, 2021 19:59
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Nearly all of my games are ending as culture victories, I never intend it even playing as Korea, but once I start seeing the tourists start to snowball, I end up going down that path, not even getting to rock bands. I think I might need to turn off corporation mode...
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Apr 24, 2021 21:23
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Eimi posted:I think Potato showed the best and quickest culture victory is just improvements. Any improvement that gives tourism, fill your empire with that poo poo and rush Flight. You can totally ignore theatre squares and wonders. Though with monopolies at this point it's just anything tourism related can win with that bonus. Yep. I was in a middle of a game when the update came down. On restarting, the barbarians were continually spawning throughout whereas before they would stop after 100 turns or so. Gaul spawned on a different island to everyone else. By the time I got over there, he was down to one city that had no health, as it had been absolutely swarmed by zombies and barbarians. I tried to fight through to take the city, but my tanks would get swarmed by 5 zombies each turn and leave me needing to retreat. At least I got the "kill a zombie with +50 mutation" achievement.
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Apr 24, 2021 21:26
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showbiz_liz posted:Egypt + max disasters is actually pretty great, they will spawn with way more rivers/floodplains and get way more frequent floods, which for them are all upside. Oh yeah, the immunity to floods is solid and you're sitting there going "Why would I ever build dams?" until global warming gets bad enough it's stripping resources instead of adding them. That's probably why they didn't get a buff.
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Apr 25, 2021 05:29
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korea got a buff. Lol
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Apr 25, 2021 15:55
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mandatory lesbian posted:korea got a buff. Lol Sounds kind of situational, tbh. It pretty much applies only to having two or more Seowon's close enough to each other to have mines or farms to all of them. And even there, the gain seems minimal.
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Apr 25, 2021 17:37
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What does Kupe's Voyage mean? "The palace receives +3 Housing and +1 Amenity... Before you settle your first City" that when you settle your very first City you get a boost until you settle your second?
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Apr 25, 2021 18:18
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Goodpancakes posted:What does Kupe's Voyage mean? "The palace receives +3 Housing and +1 Amenity... Before you settle your first City" that when you settle your very first City you get a boost until you settle your second? You get bonus culture and science every turn until you settle your capital. When you do settle your capital, that bonus goes away and you get a bunch of extra stuff for your capital.
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Apr 25, 2021 18:24
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I don't know if its specifically related to the update that happened a couple days ago but I've tried to play 2 games since then and one crashed to desktop after about 10 minutes and another got locked on "please wait" after 10 minutes, I waited 5 then I alt f4'd out since it was clearly stuck. This sucks, I just want to play a game.
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Apr 25, 2021 20:29
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kupe's voyage is good and sensible but "can't generate great writers" seems like an extremely weird malus to me
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Apr 25, 2021 20:47
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Polio Vax Scene posted:I don't know if its specifically related to the update that happened a couple days ago but I've tried to play 2 games since then and one crashed to desktop after about 10 minutes and another got locked on "please wait" after 10 minutes, I waited 5 then I alt f4'd out since it was clearly stuck. This sucks, I just want to play a game. Are you on PC? I've seen some people say they've had crashes using the new launcher that are fixed by bypassing it using Steam launch options: https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/mlompp/psa_how_to_bypass_the_launcher_in_steam
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Apr 25, 2021 21:21
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Fur20 posted:kupe's voyage is good and sensible but "can't generate great writers" seems like an extremely weird malus to me Presumably because the Maori never developed a written language?
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Apr 25, 2021 21:33
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Fur20 posted:kupe's voyage is good and sensible but "can't generate great writers" seems like an extremely weird malus to me IIRC, none of the Polynesian languages had developed a written form beyond some pictographs prior to encountering Europeans, so it would be a little weird to have great writers. I think of the Marae as a religious/cultural performance centre for oral storytelling in the context of the game.
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Apr 25, 2021 21:34
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Pedestrian Xing posted:Are you on PC? I've seen some people say they've had crashes using the new launcher that are fixed by bypassing it using Steam launch options: the next game I started let me play all the way through but if it happens again I'll try this. heck I'll just change this anyway, I hate starting from steam only for it to launch the 2k launcher
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Apr 26, 2021 00:02
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Fur20 posted:kupe's voyage is good and sensible but "can't generate great writers" seems like an extremely weird malus to me They consulted with Maori peeps when designing them iirc. The idea is that oral tradition(culture from terrain features) is valid in itself and not necessarily a primitive stepping stone before you get to writing. Ratios and Tendency fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Apr 26, 2021 |
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Apr 26, 2021 01:20
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showbiz_liz posted:I've been meaning to ask- I used to hate them, but I do culture victories almost exclusively now. What I do is tech straight for steel to get the Eiffel tower, and then tech straight for beach resorts and then Computers. Every single coastal tile I have has a beach resort surrounded by planted forests, every mountain i have has a ski resort, and I put down as many national parks as I can. Some cities have 4+ natural parks with governors and the Wish You Were Here golden age bonus. I also make sure to have all the tourism cards plugged in. Make sure to have open borders and trade routes with every other civ. If there is another Civ that is running away with culture on Diety sometimes you have to take them out, but last Diety culture game I did I ended up building the Biosphere and clearcutting my entire empire and filling it with wind turbines and solar panels with an army of spies sabotaging every Space Port I could. Otherwise I find culture victories still way faster than Science ones on higher difficulties. I know people always say Rock Bands, but they never seem to do anything for me. They usually grab me maybe a tourist and die, and after I've sent a couple the AI usually locks them out with that policy card that bans them from entering their territory. a_gelatinous_cube fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Apr 26, 2021 |
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Apr 26, 2021 07:35
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a_gelatinous_cube posted:I used to hate them, but I do culture victories almost exclusively now. What I do is tech straight for steel to get the Eiffel tower, and then tech straight for beach resorts and then Computers. Every single coastal tile I have has a beach resort surrounded by planted forests, every mountain i have has a ski resort, and I put down as many national parks as I can. Some cities have 4+ natural parks with governors and the Wish You Were Here golden age bonus. I also make sure to have all the tourism cards plugged in. Make sure to have open borders and trade routes with every other civ. Do you bother with Renaissance Walls where possible for that path, or ignore them entirely? I'm always torn on pushing off Steel before I get a bunch, either for tourism or for the +science Military Research card
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Apr 26, 2021 09:38
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Nosre posted:Do you bother with Renaissance Walls where possible for that path, or ignore them entirely? I'm always torn on pushing off Steel before I get a bunch, either for tourism or for the +science Military Research card I try to get them started if I have nothing else to build but getting that level of wall up seems to take so many resources that I'm not sure it's worth it. My priorities are usually Eiffel Tower, Cristo Redentor, and grabbing every square inch of coast I can. As soon as I hit conservation I have an army of builders just turning my entire empire into a giant forest.
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Apr 26, 2021 10:21
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Nosre posted:Do you bother with Renaissance Walls where possible for that path, or ignore them entirely? I'm always torn on pushing off Steel before I get a bunch, either for tourism or for the +science Military Research card Science and tourism from walls is minute. Never bother worrying about either.
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Apr 26, 2021 10:52
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HappyCamperGL posted:Science and tourism from walls is minute. Never bother worrying about either. I basically view them as "nice to have but not necessary" so if I have spare production/turns before they get obsoleted I'll slap them down. If I don't get walls before they're obsoleted I really don't care.
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Apr 26, 2021 12:23
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AceOfFlames posted:Sounds kind of situational, tbh. It pretty much applies only to having two or more Seowon's close enough to each other to have mines or farms to all of them. And even there, the gain seems minimal. yeah sure, its just funny to me the new civs were so broken they felt they had to improve one of the best civs in the game, even if minor
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Apr 26, 2021 13:14
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John F Bennett posted:Canada is strong with the update. I've been playing on the new huge TSL Earth as Portugal and when I discovered the new world I saw that Canada wiped out America and took over all of North-America. I had the opposite of this happen, I randomed Canada on my first TSL huge Earth and was looking around for my neighbors only to find a completely empty continent. I've been expanding all game and now have probably double the cities of anyone else and have only just started to play with colonizing South America. Kept seeing "Unmet player/city state has been defeated" messages and when I got Sinbad to Europe it was a smoking mess. Russia, Germany, and Scotland had destroyed Greece, England, France, and Netherlands and all the old capitals were constantly losing loyalty between the three left. Khmer, china, Scythia and Ethiopia have been keeping to themselves in their respective areas at least Going for Diplo since Russia seems to be far enough behind to lose culture at this point due to my sheer manifest destiny. But yes Canada's tundra farms are now great for building fat cities, and the huge band of tundra in TSL NA is perfect. The only problem has been barb spawns, which are now making GBS threads out linemen in the annoying parts of the Rockies/southwest I haven't cared to settle. The last worst west.
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Apr 26, 2021 17:34
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I will say most of my culture-focus games end up being surprise diplomatic victories. Once you can intuit how the AI votes on the world congress it can be incredibly easy to get up to 16 victory points and then build the Statue of Liberty which none of the AI seem interested in building. Add on top of that playing a peaceful game I usually end up being suzerain of every city-state on the map in the mid-game it makes it easy enough where I've thought about just turning diplomatic victories off.
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Apr 26, 2021 21:30
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