Most Used Civ

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by nationalist
Does anyone use the Zulus?

I thought that the Aztecs were a popular civ, guess i was wrong.

[Felch]

I like the Babylonians, because I'm a peacenik ****.

[Zarg]

usually play as egypts and voted for them. but recently played japanese.
like religious civs for fast gov switching, never play commercial and expansionist civs ...

[Harovan]

I hardly play 2 games in a row with the same civ, and can't vote in this poll, because I really don't know which civ turns the most used for me. I definitely know, that I never played a game with the Aztecs. And probably never will.

[August Borms]

Either the Romans or the Persians.

[Arc]

French have very good traits, i play them ofetn. And this has nothing to do with the fact i am french myself, of course

[WarpStorm]

You left off Random, which is what I always play.

[SpencerH]

I often play random so have used almost everyone. I'd have to say that I've played as Japan most often and recently I've played as the Zulus a few times.

[Traelin]

I play a different Civ every time, although I've still not gotten around to playing England, Germany, or Zululand.

[The Pioneer]

I try to play different civs but I mainly concetrate on Greeks (as a matter of national pride) and the chinese with their riders.


So long....

[Gangerolf]

persia and egypt have got the most votes so far. anyone surprised by that

[Gangerolf]

america got quite a few votes as well.
kind of strange considering they got lousy traits and possibly the worst unique unit

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
persia and egypt have got the most votes so far. anyone surprised by that

I am certainly not. When I don't play with Persia I play with Egypt

america got quite a few votes as well.
kind of strange considering they got lousy traits and possibly the worst unique unit

Strange and funny, but not very surprising. For me, it works exactly vice-versa: I would never play with the Ottomans or with the Russians even if they had the best traits and would never choose communism, even if it was the best government.
Nationalism, resentments and painful memories die hard.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
persia and egypt have got the most votes so far. anyone surprised by that

Not that Egypt got many votes, but Persia...but I guess, the reason I'm supprised is, I never look at the civ specific traits, and I haven't played many games, were Persia ended up as an annoying enemy...

[Jethro83]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
america got quite a few votes as well.
kind of strange considering they got lousy traits and possibly the worst unique unit

I don't consider those traits lousy at all. In fact, no traits are completely lousy (since Firaxis fixed the Commercial trait to some extent). It just takes the right strategy to suit such traits.

In the case of America, you'd be best REXing outwards quickly, specialising your core cities as the empire starts branching out (ie. one, or possibly two high food cities is the settler farm once a granary is built, one city is the worker farm if you aren't fighting any early wars and taking slaves, others get a barracks and crank out military, while the outside cities build culture, courthouses and walls if they are near enemy borders. Having industrious workers means that irrigation will be placed faster, allowing for population growth to the extent that you can poprush in those useless 1-shield farflung settlements).

Expansionist allows for immediate granary building, Industrious will allow for faster irrigation. The key is rapid (but controlled) population growth and expansion.

As for the UU, I agree with you there. It appears about 10-30 turns too late for a decent late game Golden age, and can't trigger a golden age without your enemy sending aircraft at you (unless you mod it to have lethal bombardment as I did).