New Civ player questions...

[Fonz333]

I'm a new civ player and I have a few questions(keep in mind that I've only played on settler so far, so I don't know if that makes a difference).
1. Are there any leaders that want to go to war the second that you meet them? So far all of the leaders that I've played with/against have been way to friendly to me and others. Also, even when they appear to not like a certain nation, they almost never declare war unless I pay them a huge amount of money to do so. Even then, nothing extreme ever happens. They never invade eachother.

2. One of the reasons that my cities are unhappy most of the time is because they say it's too crowded. How can I fix this problem? Or will it fix itself as the years pass?

3. I have the gopld version so I do have warlords. I heard something about vassals and I just wanted to know what they are, how you can get them, and what do they do?

sorry for the long questions. thanks guys.

[Robert]

Hi Fonz333,

Welcome on Apolyton!

An attempt to answer your questions:
1. I've never seen any civ declare war upon another civ at first meeting. Civs do declare war at each other at later stages in the game though, and certainly if you turn 'aggressive AI' on. (game option).
Civs may wage wars more often at the higher levels.

2. After a city has grown to a certain size (depends on level) each new 'citizen' adds one unhappy face. That's being explained as "it's too crowded".
In example: a city of 7 on emperor level means 3 unhappy faces. The bigger your cities are, the more happy buildings/resources/reasons they need. Thus more temples, gems, gold, etc. Your cities can't grow large without you investing in them.

3. Vassals are nations that have either capitulated to a master civ, and became it's puppet, or became a friendly (volunteerly) puppet of a bigger civ. Vassals share peace/war treaties of their masters. A part of the score goes to their master, and the master can request some free resources from that master.
In BtS a civ can create a vassal by giving a group of cities on another island/continent independance.

[Nugog]

Originally posted by CyberShy
Hi Fonz333,

Welcome on Apolyton!

Indeed!

Originally posted by CyberShy
1. I've never seen any civ declare war upon another civ at first meeting. Civs do declare war at each other at later stages in the game though, and certainly if you turn 'aggressive AI' on. (game option).
Civs may wage wars more often at the higher levels.

I also have never had an AI declare war on me on the first meeting. There are however some AI's who you know are going to cause you trouble later in the game - such as Monty.

The Aggressive AI setting will change the behaviour of the AI.

Originally posted by CyberShy
2. After a city has grown to a certain size (depends on level) each new 'citizen' adds one unhappy face. That's being explained as "it's too crowded".
In example: a city of 7 on emperor level means 3 unhappy faces. The bigger your cities are, the more happy buildings/resources/reasons they need. Thus more temples, gems, gold, etc. Your cities can't grow large without you investing in them.

Whipping can help this - but you need to learn how to manage these pressures.

[Supr49er]

Re: New Civ player questions...

Originally posted by Fonz333
I'm a new civ player and I have a few questions(keep in mind that I've only played on settler so far, so I don't know if that makes a difference).
1. Are there any leaders that want to go to war the second that you meet them? So far all of the leaders that I've played with/against have been way to friendly to me and others. Also, even when they appear to not like a certain nation, they almost never declare war unless I pay them a huge amount of money to do so. Even then, nothing extreme ever happens. They never invade eachother.

2. One of the reasons that my cities are unhappy most of the time is because they say it's too crowded. How can I fix this problem? Or will it fix itself as the years pass?

3. I have the gopld version so I do have warlords. I heard something about vassals and I just wanted to know what they are, how you can get them, and what do they do?

sorry for the long questions. thanks guys.

Welcome to Apolyton Fonz333.

1) Play custom game with 'Aggressive AI' option. ALso if you select your opponents, incluse some with the Agg (Aggressive) trait.

2) Until you learn all the micro-managing techniques, once your city reaches an optimal size (say 12 or 16), you can use the "Avoid Growth' button to cap the city size.

3) What CyberShy said.

[Fonz333]

wow people here are so friendly! Thanks for your answers guys. you all helped a lot.