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PaperclipPerfector  3d ago (text post)   2174 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for August 22, 2025

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Gaming subthread.

I put down Elden Ring last week. Will hopefully continue on it soon, despite my poor record of picking games back up again. I have a pretty solid character in that game. Level 82.

I'm playing some Civilization V right now. I've put custom names on my empire/ruler, etc. Makes it a bit more personal. :3 Immortal difficulty is difficult when not using one of the most OP civs. But I'm in good shape in my current game. I was the first to reach my chosen ideology and I've attained control of most city states worth allying with.

You ever play with the vox populi mod?

It actually makes it the 4x GOAT imo, civ5 with VP may never be topped

Easily the highest quality mod overhaul I've ever had the privilege of playing

Yup, I played a few games with VP. It's very good. But it's not Civ 5. They basically created a new game with it. Which is fine, lots of people love it, but I actually like un-converted Civ 5 more, despite it having its issues with balance etc. VP nerfs the wonders too much for my liking, and the wars turn into long slogfests and meatgrinders. The AI fights them more skillfully, I'll give them that. But it wasn't necessarily super fun after a while.

I tried Lekmod too for a few games. It's very good. It's somewhere in-between in terms of how much it changes. Only real downside is they haven't added graphics for all their new civs/leader screens. You get many grey screens during diplomacy. It's mainly a multiplayer focused mod, where I guess you don't see leader screens or something.

VP nerfs the wonders too much for my liking, and the wars turn into long slogfests and meatgrinders. The AI fights them more skillfully, I'll give them that. But it wasn't necessarily super fun after a while.

I use every "more wonders" submod and I find them in a pretty good place, but that's also personal taste.

Supply reducing mods are mandatory, they can be found on the forum

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