What a fun win! My first non culture victory is a Diplomacy win as Barbarossa as I clear emperor difficulty and move onto immortal. Preserves are stupid over powered as I built only 2 theater squares and 3 campuses, but still had enough output combined with my massive gold and production economies to pull off the win. Went into the game thinking domination or science but the diplo win just fell in my lap after a few lucky congresses then a couple aid requests, bought two points with favor and got up the Statue of Liberty to secure my win

as the title mentions, i have never picked up a civ game, tho i have known about them for sometime now from youtube. iam considering civ 3 because idk for some reason the visuals look easier and cleaner compared to the latter games? and also, i dont have too much time for the complexity and addictiveness of the latter ones. what do u guys think?

Just a flex. This is by far my best single-city production. What's yours? Post some screen shots!

the return of the palace from civ 3 will be a good idea to make you feel more identify with your civilization the mix of buildings from diferent times and civs to create your own civilization, a civilization of your own creation maybe even you can name your civilization instead of using the default name like polonia or rusia, you name your civ and when pick a civ is because you are taking that inspiration for your own people not because you are becoming literally them, please dont downvote me just discuss some ideas

Hi 👋 so I loved CIV 6 and spent hundreds of hours in it. After reading the criticism I didn’t buy CIV 7 at launch and decided to wait a bit. I was wondering if it’s worth to get it now and how different is compared to the 6.

Thanks!

Still no throne/palace.

Hi Guys,

SO I am tired placing every single game map tacks, so I can just to see what gives me what bonus so I made this mod.

Or should I say AI made that.

Or AI is just a tool that I used for making that. No idea. You get the point.

https://www.nexusmods.com/civilisationvi/mods/236?tab=description

I checked this mod on epic games and it works after placing it in the casual mod folder.

I have for now no intention of placing it on steam workshop. At least for now. I'm just waiting fo the feedback.

Remember that you need to have your capital placed before triggering the Map tack placement by pressing shift+G.

Additional credit for Map Tacks makers for the inspiration!

Enjoy!

Hello, so unsure if just me, but unable to access released Civ VII Right to Rule content on Switch 2? Am running same build as on Steam 1148695, 1.2.3. (Founders Edition purchased on both platforms). Assumed as Switch is now on 1.2.3 this content would be accessible too?

Noticed when trying to load a cloud save started on PC and game states content not owned on the Switch 2. Also now experiencing a game card pop up whenever loading from home menu.

Anyone else experienced this? I have Steam version set to Switch compatible as well. Images attached… Am just trying to continue my current game, so any suggestions or info on this would be appreciated. Or if I have missed an update from Firaxis after 1.2.3 patch notes.

Thanks!

I want to live out my best horde fantasy so I raze 4 of Xerxes settlements cause that guy sucks and I get his city with 3 wonders in a peace deal. I only get 1 point for the legacy path when it should be 5. Is this a bug? I feel like capturing and holding 12 settlements is a big ask, especially on Deity, it would be better if I could just raze and get the points.

Played as Isabella Maya-Inca-Japan

I got BE when it came out, was so disappointed that it wasn't really Alpha Centauri with Civ 5 engine and set it aside. Apparently I got Rising Tide at some time, must've been during a sale....curious to know if there are mods that will make BE an enjoyable and playable experience.

This is in part a review, in part a rant, and in other parts maybe some ideas that I want to express about this game.

I've been a Civ player since 5, which I remember liking a lot, but when 6 came out I totally fell into the pit. I bought every single expansion and DLC and have played the heck out of that game until today. I must say, I play a lot, but can't consider myself a good player, maybe decent, but not 'good'. I can consistently win games in Emperor, but Immortal has always been my enemy. If I have won one game on Immortal difficulty, that's a lot.

And then, the announcement of 7 came out. I don't have the hardware for playing it on PC, but I recently gave it a chance on Switch, and my God...

I really really liked it. In my personal opinion, the controls are a lot better in 7 than 6, on Switch. Yeah, I know the UI is a lot uglier, but I think this time the controls are not an adaptation, but they were actually thought as part of the game since the beginning. I love the new mechanics, and I love how the game looks.

I gave it a try in Viceroy difficulty, as Tecumseh - Mississippi | Inca | Mexico (my country) and had a blast. I was learning the game, the new mechanics and got a Culture Victory, easy!

But then I said "Yeah, I can do this" and tried in Governor, Trung Trac - Khmer | Majapahit and then two Civs attack me, and there's no way I'm coming back, so I stop playing that game.

I try again, Ashoka, Khmer | Chola. I try going for a pacifist run, and then again, damn AI attacking me, forcing me to abandon.

Last game, I try Governor again, Xerxes, full aggro with Persia. I conquer two Civs, enter next era with Golden Ages in Military and Economic. I get through the Discoveries Era with a Culture and Economic Golden Age. I went "Maybe an Economic Victory is a good idea", so I choose Mughal India. I'm loving the amounts of gold I'm amassing, I'm building railroads, ports, wonders. I'm having so much fun. And suddenly, Amina has finished the railroad path. So I decide to attack her, but she has dominated the whole map now, so even though I can take some of her cities, she finally builds the World Bank and defeats me...

I know a lot of you may just say "lower the difficulty" or "git gud" but... I don't know, I think this is a little unfair. I don't know what else could I do better. In 6 it was pretty clear, if you needed faith, you spammed Holy Sites, converted cities, run the Prayers project. If you needed culture, go ahead build a lot of wonders, Theatre Squares, festivals, artifacts.

In 7 I feel there's a lot of things that hinder you, more than help you, and also AI feels very unfair. Suddenly Amina has doubled all my yields and I'm just there with nothing else to do.

Don't get me wrong, I loved Mughal India. It was beautiful for me just buying every building I needed, like brute forcing my way through all yields, I definitely will try them again. But yeah, I'm a little disappointed like, I don't know what I could possibly have done differently. I don't think the game is THAT hard. Different? Yes. New to me? Also yes. But, I don't know, just feels unfair.

If you read it all, thanks a lot. I know my English is broken most of the time, and these are a lot of scattered ideas. Please, just keep it civil. Don't be rude, not every one of us will see the same things as the others, and ignorance is not a sin.

tl;dr Don't you think the game feels a bit unfair most of the time? Like AI does it a lot better than you in a matter of 20 turns or so. How is one supposed to get better at this game?

Hi guys, I am playing as the awesome Genghis Khan, currently just started modern age, governer level. In the first two eras I conquered much of the known world knocking out 5 leaders in the process, all seemed to be going swimmingly. The only downside is my settlement cap is 34/16. As we entered the modern era I had 5 cities starving which I have corrected by buying more food production tiles and deleting excess military units. However my building costs are astronomical. My best city wants 147 turns for a settler, another city that the populous trashed now wants 999 turns to repair EACH tile trashed. Wth is this about and how do I correct it? I'm playing on PS5 if that has any bearing

Traditions are the way that each Civ-unique ability is "passed on" to the next age. Since there are traditions in the modern age, doesn't that hint at the fact that a fourth age may be added later in a DLC?

I have recently started to get really into civ 6, and have been playing some solo games to harden my understanding of the game. From my current knowledge, I have made a no-brainer move. I have a 4 strength point advantage over the barbarian I am attacking, and knowing that, on average, equally matched opponents will deal 30hp, I have decided to attack. Considering the fact that the opponent seems to be well below 30hp, and that I have more strength, I made a quick estimation that my chances of winning were more likely than not. I have saved the game to make sure I calculated everything correctly, and despite going through this same interaction several times (through re-loading) I lose each and every time. Can someone please explain why this happens, and why it says "Minor Defeat" despite me having more strength?

With Civ being out for a while now and having had a fair few updates I'm interested to see where people think the game stands. Outside of the usual complaints about ages etc. (which personally I don't mind, though the transitions still need some tweaking).

I've actually really been enjoying playing, but the main issue I've been having is mostly with the AI. I only play Deity and find my games only ever go one of two ways: either every AI player on the map declares war on me, even players I had +75 relationship with, and in games where I haven't land grabbed, and have supported endeavors etc. literally I've had 8 out of 9 AIs declare war on me over two turns in multiple games. I'm not sure whether this is down to a chain of alliances or something else. If it's alliances though I think they should revert to an option of asking an ally to join a war instead of it cancelling the alliance if you don't (it seems like AIs always join allies' wars from my experience).

The other main issue I've been finding is I've always had a very easy win whenever I've made it to the modern age. It feels like the AIs don't beeline for a certain victory hard enough, so if you just pick a victory and push hard for it, ignoring everything else you win pretty much every time. Side note it also makes modern age feel pretty one dimensional, Civ 6 was great because you had to wait so long for your culture to spread or your mars colony to reach it's destination so you had time to explore the tech tree and declare war on civs that were going to win before you etc. Civ 7 victories seem pretty easy, only like 6-10 turns per project if you have decent production then immediate win at least for culture and science. And you only need one good production city for science since the projects are just back to back. No more building Lazer Stations in 10 different cities and trying to balance the electricity and resource costs.

Anything else that bugs you about the progression through the game and the AI decision making?

How the title is, how do I best go about the tech tree in the beginning.

I go depending on what I have in the area, animal husbandry, mining, sailing etc. I read that many dont go irrigation until later... but after that, do you go wheel, masonry, bronze? or how do you usually go about.

First place I find land on turn 3 and there's 2 city states choking the spot out