Civilization VI

Crone said:

Seriously! haha

Never mind, figured out it has to due with me not building Campuses in my new cities, as I didn't see a point. And that, and I was completing entire eras before moving on.

So how do I advance my Era faster? I'm in the Renaissance era, making knights, and getting attacked by Egypt that has machine guns? I've constantly been researching tech and stuff, and trying to me strategic about which techs to advance based on Eureka's I've gotten.

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The most important districts are in this order:
campus (science points for tech research) -> commercial or harbor if you are on the coast (trade routes + gold) -> theater (culture points for civic research) -> industrial (production) -> entertainment (to boost amenities if needed otherwise build only as needed) -> holy site (i normally never build this, but getting a divine spark pantheon for the first 100 or so turns is really helpful) -> encampment

normally you dont need more than 2-3 campuses or 2-3 theatre districts in a game, but i usually do have one commercial hub in every city, and usually one industrial hub in every city

one thing to remember is that campus, theatre and commercial districts also generate Great People points for you and the Great Scientists and Great Merchants have some really strong bonuses

you advance eras automatically by researching the first tech in that Era. look at the top of the screenshot below and you'll see techs divided by eras, name of era is spelled vertically on the background

you also dont need to finish an entire era, you can skip to the next era even if you have unresearched tech in previous era.

this was actually a legit strategy in Civ 5 because moving to the next era would give you more envoy points per turn or whatever mechanic they used in Civ 5 (i forgot), so people would just beeline for the next era, and as soon as they hit it, come back and finish researching all the shit in previous era.

Crone also check this out to help with district planning

5 Tips for Civ 6 Districts That Will Transform Your City Planning


large size version: http://i.imgur.com/roUW0RN.png

Crone said:

Some great tips!

Some QoL stuff I ended up changing too was skip the animations on movement and combat, and auto go to next turn. Has sped up the games quite a bit.

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oh yeah, i killed all animations, and have auto turn ending enabled (i turn it off though during wars so it doesnt skip unit turns by accident)

also there is a mod in the steam store which lets you dismiss all leader communications with just a right click.

makes things go a lot faster too

Rise and Fall is out on Thursday, I really hope they have some AI tweaks added too.

Crone said:

To put 4 hours into a game, and be pretty close to the end of something, only to have another civilization win for Culture. FML! haha

This time I had kept up with my tech, but realized way too late, that I needed to keep expanding in order to keep my tech going. That's my issue right now is I get 4-5 settlements and call it good, and so I fall behind end game.

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Playing tall or playing wide was a viable strategy in previous civ game, but in civ 6 playing wide has considerable advantages over playing tall. I usually found 7-10 cities during the game. I could easily do twice as many but i find it a pain in the ass to micromanage so much by late game

Fight said:

Nice, I like Civ games that encourage you to expand. It seemed like Civ5 was way too punitive and restrictive compared to 4 in this area.

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Agreed. The general consensus was that 4-5 cities was the sweet spot in Civ 5. I didnt like that mechanic