Who is your favourite neighbour?

[Frucus]

I think that the best neighbour are the Hindus and the Frenchmen.

[Jethro83]

I don't get along with ANYBODY who I am forced to share the continent with. Whether they be 'Comply-can-do' French, Carthaginians or Koreans, or evil demanding despotic barbarians like the Persians, Vikings, Celts, Zulu or Mongols.

If a civ is on another continent, and my own continent is large enough to hold two forbidden palaces at maximum effect, I will always find means to cooperate with them. Even when they do declare war on me, they can hardly ever fight it.

[georges bonbon]

Long Live Ghandi.

You should make a poll of this item.

[TheStinger]

Kylie Minogue

[Yahweh Sabaoth]

The answer is D: none of the above!

I'll tell you though: I don't fear the Zulu unless they make it to the late game. Similarly with the American powers, esp. the Americans and Aztecs.

OH! Wait! How could we forget the English? Easy to conquer and never gonna conquer you!

Everyone else will either declare war on you or outstrip your tech and cultural growth. THEY MUST DIE!!!

[Andropov]

Unless I'm playing the Germans I always take them out early, especially if they are on my continent. Those panzers are too dangerous in the later game.

I think England is my favorite neighbor, they rarely attack and are not difficult to deal with. Americans aren't bad either. Persians, Celts, Germans, Japanese, and Zulu are just too dangerous to leave hanging around.

[Paulypav]

I'm a builder, not a fighter. However, I am quite a fan of the strategy of making friends with a warlike neighbor and letting them pound on your other neighbors while swooping in to take the spoils. The Zulu's are great for this, especially since you can often do a flip on many of the cities that they take.

I have never had too many problems with the Babs, English, Indians or French.

You have to watch out for many of the civs with relatively early UU's. The Iroqouis MW is to be feared, as a neighbor as are the Persians and the Immortal. The Greek Hoplite makes them a difficult civ to knock out of the game early.

[Yahweh Sabaoth]

#1 most disliked civ, neighbor or otherwise: Carthage

SO agressive, and often so effective!

[TheArsenal]

I had completely forgotten about England. By far the easiest neighbor. Irritating in negotiations, but never a threat due to that ineffective UU.

Worst: Persia and Mongols.

[Yahweh Sabaoth]

Persia is pretty damn irritating, and playing AS Persia your neighbors tend to be damn irritating as well.

[Rommel2D]

Playing Germany, it's nice to have the French culturally linked. They build a decent infrastructure for the Panzers to 'tour'.

Admiralble job by Firaxis recreating historical events. >

[Cruddy]

Originally posted by Paulypav
...You have to watch out for many of the civs with relatively early UU's. The Iroqouis MW is to be feared, as a neighbor....

Hiawatha's always played ball with me - I keep the trades going and the occasional sweetener and he just never bothers me. If you don't trade with Hiawatha - well, you asked for it.

I also like the way he offers me a pipe every time I pop by for a visit - by far the most hospitable host.

[Aramis]

Greece makes a nice neighbor. They're easy to deal with. A bit like a kitten curled up by my feet.

[bobbo008]

the french are great, you can attack at will, get a quick peace, come back later and theyre still waiting for you to take the next few cities...

in one of my first games, i was bismarck's little b*tch, greece and i fought i few wars with him (we together equaled his size). after giving into germany's demands for years, i was able to get a MPP. we fought a lot of wars, but when youve got a massive germany behind you, its pretty easy. (i later accidently saved over the game)

[Yahweh Sabaoth]

Only once have I ever had Germany grow into a major threat... for the most part, if they're not nearby, they survive into the modern age as a measly and pathetic power mired in the medival era still... And, as irritating as they are when they declare war on you early in the game, if you can turn the tide of war their cities seem often ripe for the plucking...