Civ AI Survivor: Season Five

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It's hard to say Gilgamesh isn't deserving of being here after two wins and four kills this season, he's had good games before and some bad luck in the past (his S1 starting spot is so bad it'd never be accepted nowadays). I'm on the train that while Charlemagne is not the 7th best leader in the game, people who think he is a total fraud are underrating him and he's a reasonable leader.

Agreed on both points. I think Creative is an extremely powerful trait, especially in the hands of a leader that is more aggressive or at least willing to declare war at pleased. The AI has a difficult enough time settling and popping borders, so creative helps both on securing the easy pop, but also bullying the other leaders with your settle spots.

I mean, in playoff game 3, Gilgamesh was able to really bully Hannibal just by virture of stealing an early spot next to his capital; and Gandhi (though not creative) was able to hamstring Huyana early with that holy city pressure. Huyana probably wins that game 100% of the time if he grabs that spot first.