[PC]Civilization V coming!

[Solmyr]

Is there an easy way to find archaeological artifacts (or any resource, for that matter)?  Surely turning on resource icons and scanning the map manually can't be the best solution?

What's wrong with resource icons? I always have them on.

[Darth Wagtaros]

There should be an event for a global pandemic, and model its progress based on shipping routes, borders, etc.

[Syt]

There should be an event for a global pandemic, and model its progress based on shipping routes, borders, etc.

CtP1 had that - you could release biological agents and they would propagate along trade routes (though it was very slow to do so).

[The Brain]

Come come, Mr. Bond, you enjoy moving at a snail's pace just as much as I do.

[DGuller]

Is there an easy way to find archaeological artifacts (or any resource, for that matter)?  Surely turning on resource icons and scanning the map manually can't be the best solution?

What's wrong with resource icons? I always have them on.

Way too many of them.  Almost every hex has a resource of some kind.

[KRonn]

If I get the latest expansion, does that include the previous expansion? I wouldn't think it does, but I like aspects of what I see in both expacs, so I'll have to buy each one. I'm a little late to the Civ 5 gaming, doing some catching up with the game. Really been liking it.   

In my current Vanilla version game, playing as China, three or four civs declare war on me periodically. They lose, with me staying on defense, and they sue for peace and give me stuff. Especially since my tech is just a bit ahead of most civs I can hold my own. But I'm on a couple of continents so have to split my forces, which has caused me to build more units than I would have, in order to have enough to defend myself.

[Grey Fox]

Yes & no. It includes the game play improvement but not the playable civilizations.

Most of what G&K change was adding religion. Religion is in BNW.

[KRonn]

Yes & no. It includes the game play improvement but not the playable civilizations.

Most of what G&K change was adding religion. Religion is in BNW.

Thanks. I'll check out the new civs in each expansion and decide, or if G&K is now cheap enough I can get it first.

[Viking]

What difficulty level do you guys play?

6, but about  to move up to 7. The two basic problems I usually have is the early game headshot when a warlike civ manages to build 20 units and comes at me before I can develop a tactical defense. The second basic problem is the reneissance tech rush that techleaders often get. Suddenly they show up with artillery and great war infantry and mosh my musketmen and crossbowmen without much effort. Numbers don't seem to matter in that case.

My most recent game as india was peaceful despite  bordering attilla. I got the population growth wonders and religion so my cities were twice as big as his so he obviously chickened out and attacked somebodyelse.... repeatedly.. with mixed results.

[garbon]

Hmm, the option to liberate extinct Civs is kinda strange. Do they just have the tech they had when extinguished? After facing down an expansive Japan (who ate up the Celts and Dutch), I decided to release Amsterdam back to the Dutch.  To keep them in my orbit, I also setup a defensive pact with them. I'm glad I did as turns out they have renaissance tech (actually when released they were medieval but first notice when I got told them had made it to renaissance) while the other civs and I are in modern tech.

Kinda seems to lessen the utility of bringing a civ back as a thorn in the side of others.

[Berkut]

I seem to recall hearing something about PBEM Civ V being on the horizon. Is that true?

[Zanza]

Sounds terrible. Civ has way too many turns to be played by e-mail.

[DGuller]

I decided to give Venice a try.  I figured that a civilization that is designed to be played as a one city challenge would be fun, especially with having many more trade routes to juice up the cities.

Turns out it's not fun.  At all.  The problem with being unable to build your own cities is that for most of the game, there is plenty of unsettled land around you, so barbarians constantly pop up and lay waste to your trade routes.  I gave up around the time of Renaissance, without ever getting into any wars.

[FunkMonk]

I seem to recall hearing something about PBEM Civ V being on the horizon. Is that true?

Yeah it's called Pitboss mode:

Civilization V patch adding Pitboss mode
by Alice O'Connor, Jul 02, 2013 6:00am PDT
Related Topics – Sid Meier's Civilization V, Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings, 2K Games, PC, Firaxis
Almost three years after launch, Civilization V's promised Pitboss multiplayer mode is finally arriving today in a new patch. The update also brings an observer mode, support for custom maps in multiplayer, AI tweaks, new terrain art, bug fixes, and more, making everything spick-and-span for the launch of the Brave New World expansion next week.


Pitboss is, in the words of the patch notes, a mode "which allows players to connect, take their turn, disconnect, and come back later. Email notifications and steam notifications are built into the system." A more laid-back mode for people who don't want to sit and play a round for several hours straight, see.

At first Pitboss will require someone to act as server, but developer Firaxis plans to release a standalone server that doesn't require a Steam account, "once the system has received a healthy amount of feedback from the community"--ie it's ironed out bugs and niggles.

The patch brings loads of other fine changes, especially to multiplayer, so do check the notes. It's due out later today, and should update automatically through Steam.

http://www.shacknews.com/article/80001/civilization-v-patch-adding-pitboss-mode

[Korea]

I just always hated the fighting part of Civ. I hate going to war. I just want to build up a big beautiful civilization. I

What a girl.

God damn my ovaries.