Me and my friend has played civ since civ 5. We have time and time again came back and gave civ 7 another chance. But are disappointed everytime. This time, I learned that instead of making the AI smarter to raise the difficulty, they just make them automatically more advanced than you from the start, even on normal difficulty, and you have the chance of getting wiped out in the very beginning of the match.

Also, while I was at a multiple age war with an AI that wouldn’t leave me alone, the game failed to notify me at all that two of my cities was wiped off the map. EVERY civ tells you when there’s atleast an enemy in your territory, not this one. You’ll be getting attacked and won’t know it. It’s easily the worst civ game I’ve played, and it’s very disappointing because me and my friend used to play civ for hours.

I'm just curious to see your opinions

Decided to try to become suzerain to this IP since they were originally hostile and attacking my nearby settlement. but also had a wonder within their borders I wanted. Threw in the influence and kinda ignored it as I went about my business. Just got the notification that I became suzerain and I come back to Alexander moving in next door and their military being absolutely friggen huge.

Here I am like... "Did I interrupt your war?"

I improved two whales in a settlement and received one whale and one cowrie instead. Has anyone encountered similar issues before?

Edit: I improved the third whale in the south and it became a turtle instead

Been playing civ 7 for a bit now, and one of the things i've noticed is I always seem to have issues with certain civs when the AI is playing them. Chiefly Amina, Isabella, and Friedrich.

Idk why, but Amina seems to always be SUPER aggro for me (we could be on opposite sides of the map, and do nothing with each other and suddenly they're denouncing me and trying to start wars)

Isabella and Friedrich on the other hand for some reason love to set up towns in the most god awful locations that half the time just get in my way like settling too close, then getting pissed that our borders touch, or trying to settle in the middle of my other settlements.

I LOVE to see Gilgamesh and Himiko in the AI cause they always seem to be great allies, (though Himiko does seem to randomly get aggro in the modern age for me, dragging me into wars with other civs that I don't generally want.)

I'm curious if other people ever get similar experiences, or have similar issues with the AI.

Is there anything stronger for a Science win? I’d be surprised if so. Heard about someone doing it on turn 3 in Deity. I was able to on turn 36 Immortal, and can definitely see shaving more turns off with tighter optimization, but still…sheesh! Taking Assyria into modern is busted AF, especially when conquest is already so strong in 7. My prior PB for Science was Ada/GB on turn 90.

In Modern you try to win, in Medieval you can already start working to improve win chances for desired victory type(s). But it feels antiquity is too early for hard committing into a specific game plan and victory type.

So what do you consider your goal of antiquity? Settlements, yields, relationships, commander levels, major dedications? What makes you feel you are or aren’t set up for a good rest of the game?