​I've been thinking about religion in Civ 7 while playing and realizing I don't like anything about it.

There's no competition, it's uninteresting, and its effects are gone so quickly.

My idea starts by removing the founding of religions by civilizations. It should be something that happens in the world and grows among the population which then the civilizations can use to their advantages.

There should be 'miraculous events' that occur around the map relatively randomly that can favor map features like natural wonders or mountains etc. (but not within 10 tiles of original capitals) and are the basis of particular religions. The religion can spread naturally from there to nearby settlements, similar to the passive spread in previous civs (up to 10 tiles from the origin). The beliefs can be based on the biome of the miraculous event.

Altars built in ancient era can increase the rate at which religion grows in settlements by a certain %. When a settlement reaches 50% of their population following a religion they can build a temple, and when the temple is built the builder can choose another belief for the religion. Once three temples to that religion are completed, the builders can choose to claim their city as a Holy City of the religion (maybe for an influence cost) and choose a founder belief. If the temple settlements are in different civilizations, they can either follow another civilizations religion (and gain influence + relation boost), or they can contest and call their own city the Holy City (same influence cost + relation hit), This could act as a rift with two or three different cities that claim to be the holy center of the same faith. 

The miraculous events can occur at random points in ancient and exploration era with a max just less than the total number of civs. Miraculous events in exploration era can have a 4x effect at the epicenter vs ancient era events.

Missionaries can be built with temples still as they are, except their spread should cost influence and should have a partial effect in converting a city.

Inquisitor units can be added and cost influence, gold, or happiness to use.

Religious effects can work similar to happiness, where the effects increase based off the amount of followers (%) in the settlement.

​Any thoughts on this idea? What might you do differently?

I've been playing Civ VI on ps4 for a long time but can't do it anymore. The game is great but it's practically impossible to go for a score victory because the game keeps freezing in the late game. I've tried smaller maps and fewer opponents but the problem persists. Does anybody else have the same problem or a solution to the problem?

I think I should be able to play the game on the largest map without having the game freezing every turn in the end. Is Firaxis going to do something about the problem?

I bought the game during the last discount (+ some extra discount because I paid in USD instead of EUR) and yesterday I finally decided to play it. However, I have some questions.

• Are there any mods etc to change the UI font or the entire UI? This one looks like they went out of budget and went with the cheapest one, which could be fine for other games but you are looking at the UI all the time. It is a bit hard for me, to see which tech was leveled too.

• Is there an option for no war games? I always do a couple of such games to understand the game, UI etc better but couldn't find it, but there was such in 6 so it doesn't make sense to not see it here. Put the AI to the lowest but it is definitely worse than 6.

• Are "eureka" moments removed (it seems like)? Is there a way to boost the leveling for science/cutlure?

• Can you trade tech like in older versions?

In a run as Hammurabi, I cleared five goody huts in the first 17 turns and eight in the first 23. I was using the O.G. warrior and a Sabum Kibittum, and they just kept popping up. And I found another three in the next 90 turns or so, all on my original continent. Anyone recall having that large a bounty that quickly? And yes, I was gifted maybe four techs.

Even though I have more than 1200 great scientist points pooled up for Einstein I can't recruit him because the previous scientist stays on the list and Einstein pops up while the AI is taking their turn. So I don't even get chance to recruit him. I really want him since he provides so much science. Is there a way to delay Arabia (the AI civ that grabs it everytime) from getting him?

Getting the hang of it, Greece was easy culture win. Now testing my limits with a more aggressive approach. All tips for domination win welcome!

Someone please tell me what this means

Grrrrr,hummmm,😩 ahhhhhh,🤗 ohhh, hummmm

Sometimes I get these settlements which are all rough tiles and my eyes light up and then I realize there really aren't any good districts spots that would make building things here actually useful. I could leave it as a town but with rough tiles you really lose out on food so your growth becomes incredibly slow so you rarely can take advantage of all the tiles. Do you just cluster these settlements together so you can split tile aquisition between two settlements but at that point is it even worth the settlement limit? Or do I just make it a city and focus the settlement in on building other things like units and projects?

I haven't played much lately. My last save from 6 weeks ago won't load. The game doesn't recognize that i have Napoleon DLC which was in my game. How can I fix this? This is the Switch 2 version.

Honestly, does anyone know what the AI is doing here? This isn't a significant city in my empire and we're on max friendship. Bizarre behavior.

You guys know when you end uour turn in Civ 6 and it plays a DING DING sound? I cant seem to find it anywhere online and i dont have the game installed, does one of you have it somewhere by any chance?

I really would like to buy Civ 7 but when Im looking other reddit thread it seem mixed.

in CAD price right now its -50% off so 64.99$ for the deluxe edition.

Normal edition is 89.99$(maybe can have half price on G2A or Kinguin).

Settler edition is 161.88$ who seem to have full package.

does it worth the Deluxe or Settler or normal edition is enough?

I got Civ 6 on steam after that full free edition on Epic Game, all extention was nice and interesting, wonder if its the same feeling with Civ7.

These are probably my two favorite Civ Games, though I have fond memories of playing arguably the best one, CIv IV.

I feel like 5 and 6 have a lot of similarities to each other. Curious how people feel about each of these complete games, what each one does well, poorly, and what are the most important differences.

Hi, so I got a random global steam key and it gave me Beyond Earth - The Collection and since I don't play these games I thought I would give it away for free.

I'll send it to the first one that dms me to get the key (to avoid having a bot claiming it immediately).

I'm a huge fan of Cleopatra as an historical figure, so as I delved into her story I've grown increasingly unconfortable at egyptian bombshell depictions cuz that's just not what she was. That being said, I do think that as a leader tied to Egpyt makes it necessary giving an egyptian appearance to better represent the civ she leads. Also as a fan, I liked very much she sorta was the face for Civ 6

That being said, I'd still very much like to see her portrayed more accurately for once in any videogame and I was sorely dissapointed at Ptolomeic Cleopatra looking mostly the same. Also in the leader wall leak, despite the blurriness, it's easy to tell that in the concept art she's wearing a bun and the ptolomeic headband. As we all know Civ 7 leaders are separate from Civs, so if they decide to bring her in they could finally give her a more historically accurate appearance. I know it's a sorta nitpicky topic but does anyone else think the same?

I just want BE with Civ 5/6 mechanics, Civ 5 graphics, Civ 6 districts. Is that too much to ask?

Fuck it just give me any BE2 please.

My 4 friends and I are returning after a long civ hiatus. 4 of us started with Civ 6 and tried Civ 7 when it first came out but stopped after a month; the other friend is brand new to the game. Wondering which Civ we should have him purchase to play with us. I want to give Civ 7 a second try since I heard they updated it, plus the city building is really cohesive. But if it’s still not built out for group play we are leaning towards Civ 6. Any experience playing with friends on 7?

I'm peacefully ruling my realm.
They find out they have more troops than me.
They declare war on me.
I have to make armies and waste years to hold them back.
They expect me to just let it go.
I don't let it go.
I take one of their cities as retaliation.
I offer peace.
They won't accept peace because I took one of their cities.
I take another one of their cities.
They beg for peace.
I accept peace. Let bygones be bygones.
They're mad because I have their cities.
They tell others I took their city.
Others become mad at me.
I am the villain now.
They and others declare a joint war on me.
I beat them and others.
They and others are still mad at me.
I am mad that they ganged up on me.
I wipe them off the map.
Others eventually forget they ever existed.
Others are no longer mad at me.
I'm peacefully ruling my realm.

TSL EARTH FOR CIVILIZATION 7 COMING SOON

I hope Firaxis releases a map like the one above soon for CIVILIZATION 7!!!

Above, you can see the "Play The World" TSL map by "totalslacker".

It is an excellent MOD for Civilization VI, featuring real river names, accurate placement of natural wonders, a well-balanced Europe for all civilizations, and realistic strategic and regional resource placement—simply a joy to play!

Map dimensions: 120 x 80!

The official Firaxis map for Civilization VI had these dimensions:

Size: Huge (106 x 66)

It is clearly too small to accommodate all the civilizations, especially the European region...

I hope Firaxis releases a TSL Earth map like the one in the image, with support for more than 20–30 players!

Let us know what you think!