I just beat Civ 5 on Deity

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Not G. Ivingname

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Kanatatsu said:
Woooooot!!!

I need a shower ...
No you don't! D:

Just play one more turn, to see if you can win in another way! Or start a new game, and set it to Marathon! Who needs a life! :D

Just one more turn... just one more turn...
 

LongAndShort

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Jesus mate, well done. I get hammered a quarter of the time on Prince difficulty. And I too am glad you nuked Alexander. I always find myself at war with Greece. And Montezuma. Montezuma's a massive dickhead.
 

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Kanatatsu said:
I was playing against max (22) opposing Civs on was a duel sized world (smallest), tiny island setup,
Wow, that sounds cramped. How quickly was the first capital conquered?

Oh, and congrats, Lord knows I'll be lucky to win on anything above King.
 

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Very nice!

I JUST finished a LONG game.

I played boudica and was trying to peacefully spread my religion on a large epic pangaea map. It just wouldn't take! Byzantium and india were spreading theirs like crazy, and the byzantines were beating me to a number of wonders-- so I cut a swath through their empires and removed them from the map. The austrians fell to my artillery in almost no time, trapped as they were with their backs against the mountains. That left Siam-- a wonderous nation that had already engulfed the ethiopians and most of america, and were locked in brutal combat against the spaniards. They unexpectedly denounced me. Big mistake.

The all-out nuclear war took about 10 years to wind down, with a front line that must have been about 40 tiles long. In all, about 15 atomic bombs were lobbed between Siam and myself, but I had taken the early preparations and had my troops ready to make use of the holes I was opening in their lines. I lost most of my airforce when they simultaneously nuked two of their previously controlled cities, but it was all ok: their capital was mine, and their enormous empire split in two.

Finally, the last empire with a capital was Isabella. She didn't like it when I nuked a city of Siam's on her border (it used to be hers) so she declared war.

Silly.

Two nukes to barcelona, three nukes to Madrid, and the tanks swept up the corridor and took posession of the entire irradiated earth.

Yay!
 

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Hmm, I remember playing lots of Civilization 1 and Colonization on old 486, but didnt like Civ 4 much. Is Civ 5 worth it?
 

Bostur

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Congrats, it sounds like an impressive feat. I tend to get 50/50 win loss results on King level. They did up the AI significantly in the expansion, and I imagine the AI handicap is huge on that level.

RazielXT said:
Hmm, I remember playing lots of Civilization 1 and Colonization on old 486, but didnt like Civ 4 much. Is Civ 5 worth it?
Maybe. Civ5 is a subject of much disagreement, some think it is the best others don't like it at all. If you decide to get it you should get the Gods and Kings expansion as well, because it improves the game leaps and bounds. It is very different than Civ4 so you may like it.
 

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RazielXT said:
Hmm, I remember playing lots of Civilization 1 and Colonization on old 486, but didnt like Civ 4 much. Is Civ 5 worth it?
I didn't care much for Civ 4, having started on Civ 1 myself. The key aspect that made it unfun was the so-called Stack of Doom-- theres only one strategy allowable in civ 4-- build stacks of doom in order to counter everyone elses'. No playing a peaceful builder, or a scientific state, or a even a religious or cultural nation-- nope, 90 units will eventually barrel in and crush you.

The key difference of Civ 5 is that two units cannot occupy the same space. This makes taking cities a much more complicated endeavour, as if theres some mountains and hills nearby, you can't GET up against the city to take it!

Prior to gods and kings, i would have said civ 5 is not worth it.

Now, I think its great.
 

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Congrats man! I've hardly played Civ 5 but I did enjoy it. I could probably get into it, but that's extremely impressive! Especially nuking Greece, which has made me more inclined to buy it.

EDIT: It's £10 on Steam, now I make the tough decision between Civ, or the Dark Knight Rises...
 

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Hey, thats not bad. I mean, I'm sure I could do better though. Sometimes, when I want a challenge I play on chieftan.

...Yeah, ok, I'm actually pretty crap at that game. I still enjoy it though. Seriously impressive work there, congrats!
 

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i honestly never play civ on the harder settings since i enjoy it well enough on the Prince/king level and just don't have the time anymore to wade through the harder stuff just for the challenge anymore.
and your work is pretty impressive, i did this kinda thing in the past and really loved the challenge

TO STEAM, buying god and kings
 

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there are easy ways to beat Civ 5 on that high of a difficulty, but 22 on a duel sized map is not it, congratulations, great victory!!
 

teebeeohh

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i honestly never play civ on the harder settings since i enjoy it well enough on the Prince/king level and just don't have the time anymore to wade through the harder stuff just for the challenge anymore.
and your work is pretty impressive, i did this kinda thing in the past and really loved the challenge

TO STEAM, buying god and kings
 

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...oh wait.

But seriously, congratulations. I tried it once... not a good Civ 5 player.
 

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thiosk said:
RazielXT said:
Hmm, I remember playing lots of Civilization 1 and Colonization on old 486, but didnt like Civ 4 much. Is Civ 5 worth it?
I didn't care much for Civ 4, having started on Civ 1 myself. The key aspect that made it unfun was the so-called Stack of Doom-- theres only one strategy allowable in civ 4-- build stacks of doom in order to counter everyone elses'. No playing a peaceful builder, or a scientific state, or a even a religious or cultural nation-- nope, 90 units will eventually barrel in and crush you.

The key difference of Civ 5 is that two units cannot occupy the same space. This makes taking cities a much more complicated endeavour, as if theres some mountains and hills nearby, you can't GET up against the city to take it!

Prior to gods and kings, i would have said civ 5 is not worth it.

Now, I think its great.
I would agree with this, my friend and I (who have played likely thousands of hours of civ between us ) We hated vanilla civ 5 but gods and kings has turned it into a new and better game. We haven't gone back to civ 4 BTS since.

My only gripe is that there seems to be a lack of nations and leaders compared to civ 4. Would love to see two different leaders for each nation and some new ones like the goths from Europe for example or Mexico for another.
 

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SirBryghtside said:
I'm thinking of getting into this series, and with the Steam sales it doesn't seem like there's a better time to start. Which one would you recommend I get (3, 4 or 5)?
I noticed Civ3 is very cheap on Steam right now. Admittedly I haven't played it in a long time and I don't remember exactly how ugly it is by modern standards, but it is a very good and traditional part of the series.

Civilization V is also very cheap at the moment, and may be a good bet for new players.
 

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Quick questions:

Which wonders did you manage to get?
Were you able to found a religion?
How many techs did you steal?
How many friends were you able to maintain?
How did you defuse early wars with so many AIs breathing down your neck?
 

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Reminds me a bit of the time in Civ1 where I dominated the world before building my first city. I got REALLY lucky and found several skilled mercenaries. I only had 3 civs to go up against, but I dare you to duplicate that win.

Kudos to you OP. That is incredible playing.