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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #135 on: 29-09-2010, 21:09:37 »
The intro is just too awesome

Too bad it shows vikings and Ragnar ain't in it...

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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #136 on: 30-09-2010, 00:09:16 »
I seem to have found an extremely easy way to win at this game(won't work on Pangea maps though)

1)Don't explore any of the ruins you find at the beginning of the game.
2) Get a pikeman or a similar unit that takes a very long time to become obsolete
3) Explore all the ruins with that one unit, leveling it up from the occasional "your troops have found advanced weapons" events.
4)Destroy your enemies with the mechanized infantry you now have in 500 A.D. I haven't tried it with cavalry yet but I assume having tanks would work equally well.

It might not be much fun to kill NPCs in this way, but it's pretty hilarious to make your friend think you're 1500 years ahead of him in tech.

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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #137 on: 30-09-2010, 05:09:07 »
I am :| Hi, and I am a proud owner of Civilization 5. I suspect with the coming weeks, that I will have many neardeath experiences due to lack of sustenance while playing this game. Thank you.

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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #138 on: 30-09-2010, 06:09:11 »
Got it in the mail finally I like it!

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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #139 on: 30-09-2010, 08:09:07 »
I seem to have found an extremely easy way to win at this game(won't work on Pangea maps though)

1)Don't explore any of the ruins you find at the beginning of the game.
2) Get a pikeman or a similar unit that takes a very long time to become obsolete
3) Explore all the ruins with that one unit, leveling it up from the occasional "your troops have found advanced weapons" events.
4)Destroy your enemies with the mechanized infantry you now have in 500 A.D. I haven't tried it with cavalry yet but I assume having tanks would work equally well.

It might not be much fun to kill NPCs in this way, but it's pretty hilarious to make your friend think you're 1500 years ahead of him in tech.

This is theoretically possible but will only work on a low difficulty level where the chances of advanced weapons are way higher and only if you are lucky enough to live quite far off since your AI enemy is hunting those ruins as well.

Cavalry is the end for your mounted warriors branch, so no tanks. Sorry.
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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #140 on: 30-09-2010, 23:09:10 »
This is theoretically possible but will only work on a low difficulty level where the chances of advanced weapons are way higher and only if you are lucky enough to live quite far off since your AI enemy is hunting those ruins as well.

I specified archipelago/continents specifically due to the fact that otherwise AI will go after your ruins. And although the highest difficulty I've tried it on was Normal, you only need a couple of lucky ruins to get the troops to level up thousands of years worth of upgrades with some units. Pikemen, which are easy to get early game, go to mechanized infantry in only 4 upgrades IIRC, and it's not like ruins are uncommon. Admittedly I've only tried it twice, both times on archipelago, but I don't see why it wouldn't work equally well if you had your own continent.
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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #141 on: 01-10-2010, 08:10:54 »
Just saying, I played it on the 5th level and I got in both runs of the game 2 upgrades.
On the other hand playing as Germans I got like 10% of the barbarians joining me where the game spoke of 50%. ^^
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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #142 on: 01-10-2010, 12:10:02 »
Civ V supports Steam Cloud, how awesome. I'm using two computers so it's very handy.
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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #143 on: 01-10-2010, 17:10:52 »
I've tried playing demo many times now but everytime my game freezes eventually. Today I was extremely lucky and was able to play 64 turns before it happened. Odd thing is it doesn't matter what settings I use, be it lowest or highest, the freeze will always come at some point. :(

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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #144 on: 01-10-2010, 19:10:09 »
Been in love with this franchise since the original Civ came out. If I may reminisce for a second... I'll never forget showing it to a friend and him and I playing it on laptops for the first time. Eventually I noticed that my shoulders were really starting to ache. I looked at the clock, then turned to my friend:

Me:      Hey man.
Friend:  Yea
Me:      Dude, its like 4 am!
Friend:  No, that's not possible...

Haven't bought Civ V yet because, while I meet almost all the min and recommended specs,  I only have an nvidia 9600gt. That meets the minimum but not the recommended graphics card.

Has anybody tried running it with that graphics card? I would like to know if it worth playing on my system.

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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #145 on: 01-10-2010, 20:10:48 »
Been in love with this franchise since the original Civ came out. If I may reminisce for a second... I'll never forget showing it to a friend and him and I playing it on laptops for the first time. Eventually I noticed that my shoulders were really starting to ache. I looked at the clock, then turned to my friend:

Me:      Hey man.
Friend:  Yea
Me:      Dude, its like 4 am!
Friend:  No, that's not possible...

Haven't bought Civ V yet because, while I meet almost all the min and recommended specs,  I only have an nvidia 9600gt. That meets the minimum but not the recommended graphics card.

Has anybody tried running it with that graphics card? I would like to know if it worth playing on my system.

I got a laptop from early 2009 with a GF9300m GS series 256MB and CIV works fine, doesnt look perfect but it runs good

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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #146 on: 01-10-2010, 20:10:15 »
Finally i have it, i just have to finish my last Civ4 game first. I think my computer should be good enough, if not i simply just have to get a new one. Civ5 has to be played.

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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #147 on: 01-10-2010, 22:10:37 »
I have an NVidia 8400 and it runs fine

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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #148 on: 03-10-2010, 16:10:59 »
So...

CIV5, now in my possession

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Re: Civilization V - The Thread
« Reply #149 on: 03-10-2010, 17:10:05 »
My first nuke (and last) launched was on England, Elizabeth was being a bitch and kept storing troops right next to my border.

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