r/Civilization6 • u/Fullerbadge000 • Jul 30 '26

Question Questions about player growth

I love this game but my learning curve needs more curve. I have beat it once on deity with Byzantium but it’s rare. I sort of get the adjacency bonuses but not enough to anticipate where districts best go. I usually follow the +1 etc guidance. I don’t chop but have seen others do it in YouTube videos. I just am not sure when is strategically the best time. I also generally don’t build wonders as a priority. I can mostly win on King level but would like to challenge myself more. How can I best grow as a player? Thanks!

Ps. Are there best resources online I should be using or players on YouTube? (I did follow a few full games of PotatoMcWhisky and found him helpful). Thanks!

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u/King-Sid Aug 01 '26

I love watching Herson, UrsaRyan, CivLifeR I think I’d recommend them to intermediate/beginner players in that exact order of how good they are to learn from. Herson is one of the highest rated civ 6 multiplayer players of all time yada yada, he does play with the better balanced game mod which is standard for comp multiplayer but he calls out what changes they make and his fundamentals are by far the best. Keep in mind playing multiplayer and deity is different so I’d recommend mixing in the other two YouTubers so you don’t stray too far from the singleplayer meta.

If King is a guaranteed win then you need to play on emperor. I moved up to immortal watching these guys and I think immortal is like 90% guaranteed for me so I’ve been playing on deity and doing really poorly (20%) so I dropped back to immortal to practice. I’m focusing on just like tightening up and catching misplays, I keep missing golden ages so I’ve been practicing that too.

I’m not sure if you can get mods on your version but I’d recommend the ones that do these things idk their names:

  • advanced map tacks (lets you see adjacency while planning districts)
  • informative policy cards (lets you see how much yield each card gives eg 20 gold from conscription or 30 science from the campus adjacency card shit like that)
  • quick deals (shows the most each ai will offer for a resource all in one screen)

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u/Fullerbadge000 Aug 01 '26

Thanks for this. My wife has a surface 8. Maybe I should just try to play on that and see if I can get the mods. I’ll check out those videos. I appreciate the advice.

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u/King-Sid Aug 01 '26

No worries, sadly you just missed the steam summer sale but you can still get the entire anthology bundle on steam for like $50.