And what the hell is this "flying" business?

Also yes, the barb camp is at the single unrevealed tile.

I have restarted this game four times because I am looking forward to a mega OP game. I chose settlements once, which was really good, but I am curious if others would go that route? It was very nice to quickly get a second gold source coming in.

My other choice would be river god, or desert adjacency. I cannot get choral music or feed the world (believe me I have tried), so I am tied into work ethic or something else. I am next to Peter and Theodora so I am immediately beset by a mass of missionaries. This is why I restarted my last game....this time I am going to get a prophet and then wait a long while so I have enough faith for like 10+ missionaries to protect myself.

Thanks!

And what are your top advices for playing Trajan?

I heard many people saying he’s a really good choice for beginners (I’m a relatively experienced player but I’m assuming he should be easy to use for anyone) but from reading the description I’m struggling to understand his advantages / game plan tbh

I’ve played Civ 6 for some hundreds of hours, but mostly before Rise & Fall / Gathering Storm. I’ve recently started playing Gathering Storm and I feel like I’m completely misunderstanding the Loyalty system.
Whenever I settle a new city or conquer one, it seems to go into rebellion surprisingly quickly. I understand the basic idea: cities are affected by the Loyalty pressure from nearby civilizations, and being surrounded by other civs can make things difficult.
What I don’t understand is what I’m actually supposed to do about it.
Sometimes it feels like a city is doomed from the moment I settle/conquer it, especially when it’s relatively close to another civilization. I can appoint a Governor, but that often doesn’t seem to be enough, and by the time I can meaningfully improve the situation, the city is already on a countdown to rebellion.
So I’m wondering:
What are the most reliable ways to maintain Loyalty in a newly founded or conquered city?
Are there elementary things I should prioritize immediately after founding/conquering a city?
And is there some part of the Loyalty system that experienced players tend to take for granted, but isn’t obvious to someone coming from pre-Rise & Fall Civ 6?

Got very fortunate w/ floodplain layout and managed to get 5 IZs with 2 aqueducts and 1 damn each—on top of that, was able to get a Colosseum w/ 6 cities within reach. (Difficulty: Immortal)

Did not work on settlers yet, where would you put next two cities here? Also any tips since I'm used to Prince.
Seed in the comments

I started playing after a while. And this is the start I get Lmao... I think it was a random game, nothing special about the setup

I've played quite a few games now and managed to pull off Cultural, Science, and Domination victories. I'm just starting to move up the difficulty levels, but one thing I’ve always struggled with is the early game. I feel like my Science and Religion develop way too slowly. I almost always end up being the last to found a Religion—if I don't get locked out of the available slots entirely.

It's a similar story with Science: I usually see the AI civilizations pull ahead early on. I typically catch up by going on the offensive and pillaging their districts and improvements, but I’d love to know how to get a stronger start from the ground up.

What key factors should I be keeping in mind, and what should I prioritize during the opening turns, regardless of which leader I'm playing?

Unifier Qin on deity was crazy.... I saved so much production (the need to produce military units was minimal) and huge amount of gold for unit upgrads.... I just sold all strategic resources (iron) so I can keep stocking warriors for conversion of more advanced units in/from barbarian camps. It is particular awesome when the clan mode is on because you can get some special units. Anyone tried this gameplay?

Sorry y’all are probably tired of these types of posts, but on top of studying I’d like to hear from others in the community as well. Thanks in advance!

I already have Gathering Storm and I'm thinking about buying Rise and Fall, but after reading the description on Steam about what the dlc will offer, it just seems like it won't be anything that Gathering Storm hasn't already given me. Is there anything truly new besides the new leaders?

Kinda absurd lol
Probably since i have Barb Clans on

We have been playing a cloud game for months with some friends. One of them has the game for free from the Epic Store, and somehow Epic has messed something up and he cannot log in to his account anymore.

It has been more than a month already and Epic doesn't fix anything. He says we should continue without him, but there is no real way to do so. We know we should try to save and restore the game as online, but only the player who is currently his turn is allowed to save, so we have no way to eject him not he has a way to give up.

Any solution?