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Gonna play Civilization 5 again. Need some mods (hexbear.net)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Comp4@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net
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So I haven't touched Civ 5 since 2014. I have only been playing Civ 6 these last few years. I wanted to give Civ 5 a real indepth go again, but my question is, what are some good 'fun' mods? I know Vox Populi is a big one, but other than that, I don't know any other large mods.

Or do you think I should play the game without mods for a while to get back into it? I have only played Civ 5 for a bit over 90 hours, so I'm not hardcore into it

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[-] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago

I still play civ 5 at least weekly with a few friends. Honestly no mods just all the Gods and Kings and BNW expansions, and whatever DLCs you get when you buy the complete game. I'm at close to 1000 hours on steam, of the group I play with I'm the lowest (one guy has like 3500 hours of Civ V, pretty wild).

Tldr the game still really holds up. Multi-player FFA is still really annoying as people rage quit all the time. But if you get a good group to play with it is quite the game!

[-] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Played a lot with friends back in the day - I swear every game saw a scramble to get dibs on Korea & Babylon before they got soft banned in my group.

But can confirm, very fun with a group even without any mods.

[-] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

We do a draft with normal exclusions https://www.randomciv.com/ so everybody gets to pick from 3 (except the banned ones). Adds a bit more variety but not as wild as random pick.

[-] Comp4@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

How many players do you usally play with ? What difficulty if you play with A.I ? You arent looking for new players are you ? Mind you im probably to bad skillwise since I havent played since 2014 and Im also kinda busy with other stuff atm....

[-] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

There are 4 of us. We always play on immortal with a few ai. Usually Terra map. Probably not looking for new players but maybe not wholly opposed. We usually play Friday and/or Saturday starting 9pm or so (pacific), depending on the game and whatever going until 2 or 3. So never actually finishing the game except a few times a year we'll do the same but in person LAN party style. Then we can usually start before 6pm and play until 4am or so and actually finish. My steam handle is same as lemmy if you want to join sometime.

[-] Comp4@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah either way I keep it in the back of my head but I doubt I can do immortal atm since I havent played CIV 5 in 10 years. If I "really" enjoy my time with CIV5 I might contact you about civ 5. Is it cool if I add you on steam ? Will send my steam name through a direct message.

[-] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

Ooh that'll be useful ty! Out of curiosity though, whats on your ban list?

[-] Comp4@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah I know most people play 4x games solo but there is great fun to be had if you can find a group of people for them.

[-] sourquincelog@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago

The "lekmod" version is civ5 is still updated, most recent update came out this month. It is an ongoing balance/expansion project to keep the core of the game the same for competitive multiplayer, but it balances social policies and limits overpowered civs. They're up to almost 100 civs to choose from. Vox Populi totally redesigns the game imo, whereas lekmod keeps the spirit of the game the same, but improved.

In BNW, at the skilled multiplayer level, it was always Tradition -> Rationalism. In lekmod, every opening policy tree is viable.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/18tsjg2C1wKA7I41GktDRr6R83eUrhn4FHi9EUEtpKvI/mobilebasic?pli=1 Link

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

In BNW, at the skilled multiplayer level, it was always Tradition -> Rationalism.

Why I prefer 6 tbh. Not as good at it but it feels like besides wide being mandatory that your conditions dictate the optimal strategy instead of there being a single one.

[-] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago

I always liked playing the reds WW2 overhaul mods

[-] Beaver@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

I liked the Lord of the Rings mod, it's a good role-play.

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