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Anyone else discover something after playing for a long time that they didn't know about Civ?
I think one of the great things about Civ, and one that I think many would agree on, is that there are new things still be discovered (or in some cases researched).
But what makes me laugh, (usually at my self
) is finding something after playing for a few years that is an obvious part of the game. I'll give a couple of examples, and I am hoping you will share some similar stories.
In a sp game I played recently, I was playing out the game, even though the result had long been determined (not sure why, guess I was bored). Anyhow, I had changed any city that had produced everything else that I needed to capitalization, to get the gold. What I had never realized before, and only just discovered, is that you can change to capitalization and back to something else again after a while. Previously, I thought you would only change to capitalization once everything was built, and I thought the change was permanent. 
Another example (and this one is from a while back, and amazes me that i didn't know it before), is on the City screen, I was changing the display from unit display to happiness display, and hit the up/down arrows by accident, and lo and behold, another city screen! LOL, I was amazed at this "New" discovery, and embarrassed that I had previously opened a city window, made the changes, closed it, and opened a new window. It really speeds up micromanaging to be able to quickly scroll through your cities, and I can't beleive how long I played without knowing this.
Last example, from the first game I played. I remember not really understanding any of the game mechanics, and as a first game, (on chieftain I beleive) I did a lot of things wrong, but one of the problems in that game was my capital was having hunger problems, so I irrigated...and irrigated...and irrigated....and...you get the message. By the time I was done that game, I had irrigated all of the roads leading to the city, and some of the squares outside of the city radius
Any one else or I am the only one out there?
p.s. Ming, I know this probably should have gone in General, but I didn't think of that until I had already typed the message, so hopefully it can stay in MP, but if you think this needs to go to General, feel free to move it...Like you need my permission! LOL
I think one of the great things about Civ, and one that I think many would agree on, is that there are new things still be discovered (or in some cases researched).
But what makes me laugh, (usually at my self
) is finding something after playing for a few years that is an obvious part of the game. I'll give a couple of examples, and I am hoping you will share some similar stories.In a sp game I played recently, I was playing out the game, even though the result had long been determined (not sure why, guess I was bored). Anyhow, I had changed any city that had produced everything else that I needed to capitalization, to get the gold. What I had never realized before, and only just discovered, is that you can change to capitalization and back to something else again after a while. Previously, I thought you would only change to capitalization once everything was built, and I thought the change was permanent.
Another example (and this one is from a while back, and amazes me that i didn't know it before
), is on the City screen, I was changing the display from unit display to happiness display, and hit the up/down arrows by accident, and lo and behold, another city screen! LOL, I was amazed at this "New" discovery, and embarrassed that I had previously opened a city window, made the changes, closed it, and opened a new window. It really speeds up micromanaging to be able to quickly scroll through your cities, and I can't beleive how long I played without knowing this.Last example, from the first game I played. I remember not really understanding any of the game mechanics, and as a first game, (on chieftain I beleive) I did a lot of things wrong, but one of the problems in that game was my capital was having hunger problems, so I irrigated...and irrigated...and irrigated....and...you get the message. By the time I was done that game, I had irrigated all of the roads leading to the city, and some of the squares outside of the city radius
Any one else or I am the only
one out there?p.s. Ming, I know this probably should have gone in General, but I didn't think of that until I had already typed the message, so hopefully it can stay in MP, but if you think this needs to go to General, feel free to move it...Like you need my permission! LOL
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