The learning curve of this game is too deep. Don't blame yourself your 2K hours are also impressive.

4000 here... Feel the same.

The strength of cities linked to the best melee unit is usefull even in single player, idk how I've not ever seen that.

and so God bless herson!

You should try Roman AI if you haven't already ;)

Herson has video about the number of cities on his channel

@@Mr_Vikingr Oh, thanks, I'll check it out

I have the full Eleanor VOD saved on my computer, but unfortunately that game ended up being called prematurely on turn 75 as a result of technical issues stemming from a player losing connection. The ending is rather unceremonious and anti-climactic, so I deemed it not worth uploading here.

@@HersonCiv got it, so I would be glad to observe the way you develop French Alienor if you had an opportunity to. It also looks like with the latest buff +20% to early wonders it's incredibly playable now

I'm in the same position, sounds like novice lobbies in Civ 6 multiplayer discords are the best answer

Believe it or not, there isn't.

@@HersonCiv Thanks for the reply!

If you want to play Civ 6 Multiplayer, you'll have a much easier time if you buy the game on steam. Like you said, it'll allow mods to automatically update through the steam workshop. Furthermore, it's believed that lobbies hosted on one platform are less prone to technical issues than the "unified" lobbies which allow both Epic and Steam players in them, and Steam has a substantially larger multiplayer player base than Epic does.

Your best bet is get the complete package, Civilization VI Anthology, from the Steam Summer Sale(starts June 27th). It will be very reduced($6US last Steam sale) and has everything you'll need to play on either CPL or CivFR, the two largest online Civ communities.

I don't have a video on this topic, but I can tell you here. I play in CPL (which you can find at the website cpl.gg) with the mods Better Balanced Game, Better Balanced Starts (or, recently, its competitor Better Balanced Maps), and Multiplayer Helper. Some common game settings include: Resources: Abundant Mountain ridges: classic (more gaps in mountain ranges than standard) Barbarians: civilized (fewer barbs than standard) Map type: Either Pangea, Lakes, Highlands, or 7 Seas World Age: New (more hills than standard) These are the regular map settings in CPL. There are also some other rules such as "no more than 2 active alliances at a time in FFA" and "players can only capture and keep one city state each". If you want a full list of those, they're on the CPL website.

Thank you!

The real European Herson fans are willing to upend their entire lives to adopt a nocturnal sleep schedule and catch my streams live. Anything less shows a lack of dedication.

As a european i second that

Generally, Chandragupta is considered a top-tier civ in the Better Balanced Game mod not because of his high-roll potential, but because of his reliability. He has some of the best late-game war bonuses (essentially +3 cs, +1 movement, +1 sight on all units, and all corps/armies are 25% cheaper), and unlike many other civs with strong late-game war bonuses (like Scythia) he has solid enough bonuses during times of peace to stand a good chance at keeping up in science & culture. He's also basically impossible to sabotage in the early game because Varus are arguably the strongest unique unit in the game relative to the era they appear in and he also gets free great general points from his holy sites. Chandra is considered better than other civs not because the civ is great at getting 1st place in 10-player FFA lobbies, but because it can almost always squeak out a 2nd or a 3rd at worst, which still generally results in gaining rating on CPL's leaderboards. You still try your hardest to win, but if you reach turn 75 and you realize there's 3 other people who are all 4 techs ahead of you (meaning they'll beat you in a race to science victory), you can always just go on a rampage with tanks and artillery using your ridiculous war bonuses and conquer enough cities to take 2nd place at worst. It's highly prioritized by strong players in CPL as a civ used to consistently gain rating in strong lobbies. Therefore, I wouldn't really say that Chandragupta is outright better than a civ like Brazil or Kongo, when those civs are generally more likely to actually take 1st place in FFA lobbies than him (with their downside being having no war bonuses and therefore being less consistent and more vulnerable). He's definitely on my list of civs to do a spotlight on, though!

@@HersonCiv thank you for the detailed reply, I appreciate your dedication!