CIV7 anyone?

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If anyone's looking for leader inspiration in Civ 6 I can recommend Abe. His UA and UB are strong.

I decided to go for a science win and had launched the exoplanet expedition before anyone else even had their satellite up.

And a few turns in to that I won a culture victory. Abe's UB is the Film Studio and that seems especially strong, as you might expect. I hadn't ignored culture, as it's needed as defense against other civs going to that victory type. But I certainly didn't focus on it and it still carried me over the line.

Abe would be very well suited for science, culture and diplomatic victories.

And for domination, there's hardly a better one since you get a free melee unit for each completed industrial building which cost no resources upkeep. So your army is no longer tethered to your strategic resources stockpiles.


The UU is the P-51 Mustang, which I built, but no other nation had any aircraft so they didn't get a chance to do anything.

As long as you go all in on industry, your army will be massive. I had enough free melee units to combine them in to 15+ armies. One of the easiest and most versatile leaders I have played.

[Platapus]

Currently, my two favorite leaders are


Seondeok. That extra science really adds up and the Hwacha is really good for defense


Kristina. I like cultural victories but the diplomatic victory can be a challenge.



I used to like Victoria and Wilfrid Laurier also


I tend to go for more peaceful victories.


But if a nation sneak attacks me twice, they get wiped out!

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I have yet to play a Korea run, though I often consider it.

I have played and won as Kristina, my first Diplomatic victory. Have not played as Canada who is even better at it.


Victoria was a good one, a domination run on a huge small continents map. She has great synergy for this.


Having just won with Abe Lincoln, I've started a new run as Babylon (Hammurabi) . It might be the craziest one yet. Each time Babylon gets a eureka it completes the tech. Like I built one mill and boom, Construction is unlocked and complete, and that's a ways down the line, Classical era but I was still in Ancient era. Kill a couple barbs, boom a new tech. Build an aqueduct, Mathematics. Discover a natural wonder, yep, new tech. Just that easy. Usually early in a run, looking at the score rankings, I'll be trailing at this early stage, no matter the civ. But with Babylon I'm already well in the lead, just because of this ability, That's the civ ability, and the UA is that you get a free building whenever you complete a district for the first time. So build a holy site, get free shrine, build a harbor, get a lighthouse, which might not seem all that strong, but anything that speeds things up contributes more to the snowball, but it is only useful once per district type.

Using the ability to get free techs means this civ should be amazing for domination victories. Done smartly you can have battleships by the time they get caravels. The brakes are put on by the upkeep and strategic resources costs of advanced units. But if you can afford it, you can have an army and navy way more advanced than can already be achieved under normal circumstances, Wonders and high end buildings open up earlier, passive bonuses, strategic resource tiles are revealed way before other civs can see them, and lots more. The hard part is expanding and growing in such a way that you can make that insane tech lead count. On this island plates map my intitial landmass could hold just three of my cities, so I need to go overseas, which takes time to unlock embarkation, ships, get settlers built and traveling long distances and so on. But still, as Babylon you should be hitting these marks way earlier, giving you a head start in so many ways, which is key in any 4x game. Cool civ, this one. Pretty sure Babylon worked mostly the same way in Civ 5.

[Platapus]

Wow. Sounds like Babylon is a pretty powerful civ.


I have never played as one, but played against before. Never knew they were that powerful.



Think I know who to play my next game.



Thanks

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Yeah, no worries, let us know how you get on if you don't mind.

My Babylon run is nearly done and dusted. We are so far out in front it's crazy. I usually play on Emperor, and this one too, and Babylon's score is triple the next nation's score. Things like wonders, which are usually pretty competitive on this level, are so much easier because we have gotten there way before the other civs.

I always make it a point to compete for Great People, and nearly always take Divine Spark as my pantheon. It's been a wipeout as I've gotten most of them,. Since I have access to higher level buildings earlier, I generate far more GP points. Yeah, Babylon is cool.

I usually don't fight too many wars in my civ 6 runs, I think warfare is the AI's biggest weakness. But this time I've had to do some, since the offset between my units and theirs is so massive. Seal-clubbing, yes, but it's so fun to just waltz right in and crush them. I have nuclear plants up and running before the AI have discovered coal.

[Platapus]

Divine Spark is what I always choose also. Other than that, I leave religion alone.



Playing Emperor? That's impressive


Do you play with any mods?

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Emperor's a good level I think. It's third highest, so the AI isn't boosted too much. Just about right to make them competitive with the player. I've won games on both Immortal and Deity but that was more to nick the achievement than anything else. I rarely do a run higher than Emperor.

I go all in with religion in every run. It's pretty strong, and adds another layer to the game

Not using any mods. I used to use a couple, including a UI mod that made it more like Civ 5 if I recall, but I don't really. When I built a new box and reinstalled the game I skipped mods, for now anyway.

That Babylon run was over before the end of the Industrial Age, cultural victory. Pretty fast, and one of the easiest civs I've played. Babylon is a good one.