Sid Meier's Civilization V is a turn-based strategy game encompassing all of human history. Players attempt to take a fledging civilization from 4000BC to modern times and lead their civilization to victory through domination, science, culture or diplomacy.
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What determines whether the target shoots back at an attacking aircraft?
Air combat, unfortunately, is one of the most obscure topics in the Civilopedia - that is, everything is explained but severely lacking in details.
In particular, I've noticed that when using the air ...
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What are the mechanics for bullying city states?
Two things are required to bully a city state: high military power relative to the other main civs, and nearby military power. This begs two questions:
How high do you need to be in military power? ...
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How is the score calculated in Civilization 5
I was wondering on the exact composition on the score in Civilization 5. It seemed to correlate roughly with the size of the civilization, but not always. I would be useful to know the details to ...
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How do I convert a city to my religion?
I want to convert a city to my religion, and it already has some followers of other religions. What is the process I need to take to convert it to my religion?
Do I need inquisitors?
Do I need ...
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Why isn't my city growing?
It is my first game of Civilization 5, but I have played Civilization 3 and 4 many times. Twice I have seen my capital having a stagnation for no apparent reason. From what I read food is the only ...
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How do unit attack bonuses work?
If I upgrade a unit so that it is better a fighting of rough terrain for example.
When I am in combat and attacking an enemy, who needs to be in the rough terrain them or me for me to receive the ...
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When are submarines visible?
Officially:
[a submarine] is invisible to most units - except for destroyers and other Submarines - until it attacks.
However, I've noticed that other naval units can see non-attacking ...
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Is there a list of luxury resources?
In civilization 5 is there a way to see a list of all the resources your civ. has? I know I can see the different kinds in the happiness menu and the count on the trade screen. I just want a list of ...
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How do I improve Civilization V's performance?
I have pretty decent hardware and I run many games on it. But Civ 5 is unacceptably slow when it reaches an advanced stage where it shows the whole map and there are many units.
I tried to monitor ...
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What are good strategies and build orders for a newbie player?
i'm a newbie in the Civ universe (although i played civ4 for a short while). I enjoy the new addition to the series and i am able to win games on easy difficulties, but there is no real strategy ...
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Is “Micro-Empire” a viable strategy for one or all of the victory conditions?
In response to a General Strategies question, @deceze commented that he'd recently won a cultural victory with just 2 cities and no real military vs. his main competitor's 40 cities.
I've always ...
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What happens when two players play the same game at different difficulties?
I noticed that it looks like you can pick different difficulties for different players in Civilization 5 multiplayer. What effect does this have on the game play? Are AI just nicer to the lower ...
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Why do I only get 4 turns of Golden Age for Reformation when it says 6?
Whenever I get Reformation it says it will cause a 6 turn golden age, but invariably it only adds 4 turns. Could this be because I have built Chichen Itza (which increases the length of GAs by 50%) ...
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Why can't my units get more then 30 XP?
My units get to 30 XP and then stop earning experience. Any idea why?
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In Civ 5, are Declarations of Friendship worth it?
If you make a Declaration of Friendship, there are many bad points:
Your friend will regularly ask you for money or Resources.
It will negatively affect your relationship with your friend's enemies
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Does PC version of Civ-5 on Steam entitle me to Mac version?
I'm wondering, since my PC version of Civ-5 is registered on Steam, am I going to be able to download the Mac version when it comes out?
I switched to Mac a couple years ago, so my Mac is faster and ...
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How can I tell how much my opponents like me in Civilization 5?
In Civilization 4 you can see a score for each AI, which breaks down the reasons for their attitude towards you. Is there something similar in Civilization 5? I'm trying to work out whether it's ...
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Are there any diplomatic consequences for agreeing to unfavorable (to me) trade agreements?
If you propose to the AI a trade agreement which the AI perceives to be favorable to them, they will respond with things like "your offer is generous and I accept". In the attitude summary, however, I ...
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Is it possible to give or receive false intrigues from the AI?
In Civilization 5: Gods & Kings, is it possible to give or receive false intrigue?
If another Civ tells me that some other Civ is plotting against me, should I always believe that this is the ...
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Civilization 5 Elizabeth-specific achievement domain?
The achievement specifically tied to Elizabeth (that's the English) is as follows:
Ruler of the Seas
As Elizabeth, sink and destroy 357 enemy naval units, across any number of playthroughs.
So my ...
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Why can't I enter a city-state's territory?
In a recent game a certain city-state became angry with me, and from that point onward I could not enter the territory of the city-state, it showed it in red, just like trying to enter mountains or ...
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Is it possible to have too many cities?
I have 46 cities, but for some reason I can no longer attack cities, nor can I raze any of my current cities. Each time I try to finish off the city, it just goes to the next unit. The same happens if ...
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In Civ5, is there any point to immediately annexing a city?
Following up to this answer, given that a newly conquered city will
spend a few turns of zero production ("rioting")
after that, will be hampered in production because of diminished population and ...
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Why does Ghandi want to nuke me?
Different civilizations obvioulsy have different priorities. For example, Ghandi always seems to rush nuke technology and the Mongols will most likely start invading and spread like mad. Are these ...
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What's the difference between DirectX 10 and DirectX 9?
In Civilization V, when starting the game, it offers me the option of using DirectX 10 or DirectX 9. Are there any graphics quality or performance gains present when using the DirectX 10 version? I ...
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How big is a culture bomb?
Ghandi (the cheeky bastard) just culture bombed my border near his capital, securing several important resources. However, I wasn't watching at the time and so am unsure how many culture bombs he ...
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Do trade routes activate between my cities when a road goes through city states or other civilizations' cities?
Suppose I've got a capital, a city, and a city state in between, where the dashes represent roads:
Capital ------ City-State ----- My City
The road goes straight through the city-state. I ...
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In Civilization 5, how may turns are there for each Game Pace setting?
I'm about to start a new game, and I'm using the Advanced Setup to customize the game a little. Does anyone know the number of turns for each of the 4 Game Pace settings to get to 2050?
Marathon = ?
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What bonuses do I get from the tile on which I place my city?
I'm trying to understand all the facets of city placement. One thing I can't quite find, however, is if the specific terrain of the tile the city is built on has a significant effect.
Does it make a ...
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Do Great General's effects stack in civ 5?
I know Great Generals have this effect that boosts strength of nearby units. If I have two GG set beside each other, do their effects stack?
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Are puppet cities affected by social policies? Golden ages? Wonders?
In Civilization 5, when you conquer a city, you have a few options:
Annex the city, it becomes a normal part of your Civ.
Make the city a puppet.
Raze the city, destroying it. (Only an option for ...
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Do Natural Wonders spawn more closely to city states?
This is purely anecdotal speculation, but it seems to me that Natural Wonders are more often than not placed close by city states. What does the world-builder use to determine where Natural ...
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Should I stop building a wonder if I find a rival is likely to beat me to it?
Let's say I'm currently building a world wonder, and through my spy I find out a rival civ is also building the same wonder, and are likely to complete it before me, even if I try to rush mine in a ...
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Are puppet cities counted towards the limit of 3 imposed by the “Bollywood” achievement in Civilization V?
Bollywood
As Gandhi, win a cultural
victory with 3 or fewer cities in your
empire.
Do puppet cities count towards this limit or not?
I'd assume they probably are (since you do get ...
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Does the medic promotion stack?
The medic promotion for land units increases the heal rate of that unit, and those in adjacent hexes.
I've just had a thought, but unfortunately am not at home to check, so thought I'd ask before I ...
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How does Civilization 5 calculate who has the pointiest sticks?
Periodically, there is a list of "People with the pointiest Sticks" displayed in Civilization 5.
How is this value calculated, does it take into account the power of the individual units or is it ...
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Is there any way to speed up city production?
Is there any possibility to speed up a city production?
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What is the effect of switching between conflicting social policies?
Certain social policy branches conflict and cannot be taken together (eg, Piety and Rationalism). I usually plan ahead to make sure I don't end up wanting conflicting branches, but the other day I did ...
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Do culture points 'roll over' if you opt out of adopting a new policy?
When asked to adopt a social policy, you can right click to opt out.
If you do this, do you lose those cultural points, or do they roll over until your next cultural advancement?
I don't like any of ...
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How do I keep from going bankrupt?
I'm new to Civ V but have played Civilization since the beginning. I recently won my first prince level game as the Egyptians, beating England with a time victory. From the onset, bankruptcy was my ...
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What happens to a research agreement when we go to war in Civ 5?
I formed a research agreement with an AI in Civ 5, and when it was about halfway done he attacked me. Is that money just gone for both of us, or can we resume it somehow once I've taught him a ...
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How do I obtain more spies?
The latest expansion to Civilaztion V added spies to the game.
These spies can help in a multitude of ways. The most important, in my opinion, being the ability to prevent enemy spies from stealing ...
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Can the Mac and Windows version of Civilization V play a multiplayer game together?
Is it possible for Mac (with the Aspyr port) and Windows version of Civilization V to participate in a multiplayer game together ? Or is the only option to run the Windows version on the Mac (either ...
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What is the cost of movement on roads and railroads in Civilization 5?
The manual states (page 52):
As long as the unit moves from one tile containing a road/railroad
into another tile containing a road/railroad, the unit will expend
just a fraction of the normal ...
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For Civ V, where can I find a list of city names used by each civilization?
I'm playing a game on a Standard map with 7 other Civs, however it seems as though one was captured before I could even explore it, and now I'd like to liberate it. My knowledge of dead cultures is ...
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What rule does border expansion follow?
Does anyone have any insight into what rule the cultural border expansion follows?
Weakest tiles first?
Strongest tiles first?
Random?
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Is there a way to see all the abilities of a unit?
The abilities of a unit can be seen in its "unit card" when it is selected as small icons, and I can hover over them for information. However, in late game many units (especially ones upgraded from ...
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Do units recieve a defensive bonus when you select “Do nothing” or hit space?
Units get a defensive bonus when you put them in "Fortify" or "Alert". But sometimes I just want to pass them over for a single turn. If I select "Do nothing" (or hit space, which is the same thing) ...
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How can I keep a city-state allied with me without bankrupting myself?
I haven't gotten very far in Civ 5, but it seems impossible to keep city states friendly to me. Buying their favor seems too expensive, and gifting them units doesn't seem to improve relations very ...
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Luxury tiles are 6 tiles apart: grow one big city or two modest ones?
When laying out the board tiles Civilization V has an uncanny knack of placing the luxury resources exactly six tiles apart.
Should I drop one city in the exact middle between them and grow it to ...
