A New Beginning - Civ 6 Let's Play Ep. 1 Deity Norway

[@mauzy2112]

When playing as Norway, try to declare wars even when you're not ready to conquer cities yet, since the coastal raids bonuses can get you a nice boost to culture and science and some free builders/settlers. Also, Stave Churches provide additional adjacency bonuses from woods next to holy sites, so try to avoid chopping them. Should've sold the salt to Germany for flat gold and declared war on them, instead of risking the Scout for that extra gold. But hey, thx for the video, excited to see what comes next! Cheers from Brazil!

[@jan-okkerockmann4877]

Great ideas 👍

[@jkb1603]

Production saving ? Does that still work ?

[@alexanderandersen3574]

Why aren't barb camps spawning right outside his city constantly? Why aren't the AI rushing units and declaring surprise war? Are we playing the same game?

[@guymeyer3283]

I was wondering the same thing. That's actually why I came here, to see how other people deal with that.

[@stardustreverie9737]

Sometimes it doesn't happen, but when it does 2 slingers and a warrior is all I need to stop them, even against horseman. That's why I never train scouts.

[@カスカディア国人]

You basically only need a few units and to be strategic with them, the AI is terrible and you can easily exploit what they tend to do. Also, with the AI, if your army is big enough, they usually won’t declare war on you, on Deity however you pretty never can make the right size army quickly enough to prevent this. As for Barbarians, I don’t play with them on usually, there’s no consistency with them, some games you get almost no Barbarians, and some you get a new camp every 10 turns, there’s basically not much you can do about that, besides playing without Barbarians or restarting when they get ridiculous. This (playing without them) of course bars you from adequately using civs and abilities that rely on Barbs though. Just watch what this guy does, since watching his videos I can play on Deity in Civ 6 (I did used to play Deity in Civ V ages ago though) He plays the game totally different from how I always did, I basically would just play as being country and tried to focus on being a good country, victory and the mechanics of the game were always secondary considerations, now I play it like I’m playing chess and try to have a plan for my game and really focus more on the game mechanics themselves, rather than just their fruits. (For example instead of randomly noticing a good spot for my industrial zone and placing it there, I try to plan out good spots for industrial zones, notice all the pins and planning this guy does, that’s key to having a crazy good game, he’s always thinking like 50 and 100 turns ahead) Before the AI declares war, try to have a few slingers or archers, and try to have a second city, along with a strategic battle plan for if you get invaded, that should be enough to survive.

[@zedantXiang]

@@カスカディア国人 Oh Barbs, I remember Spain declaring war on me on turn 50 and right after that 2 barb camps spawning beside me spawning about 8 barb 2 swordman and the rest crossbow man. Somehow mamaged to survive and even take a spanish city, but right after that Nubia came to me whit cruirasseirs(she had 300 science for some reason), and somehow I STILL survived and during that war Spain ALSO attacked me again whit a bunch of their unice units and crossbowman. STILL fucking somehow survived that pushed back, raized all spanish city because fuck him, then resettled his land. Lost the game, but to me I actually won.

[@flashrabbit9]

I never understand people moaning about barbs, you just build military and take the gold and era score + upgrades on your units... like others have said the higher your army score the bigger deterrent for the ai to attack plus relationships ai tendencies and an element of randomness play a factor it’s pretty balanced as pretty much exactly as the game SHOULD be. Think the argument is just “I can’t handle it cos it’s hard”

[@Cardb33]

Thank you for all your great content Potato. I've learned so much from your Civ videos. I had my two best games recently I had a 169 Culture Win with Sweden and a 112 Domination Win with Scythia this week with stuff I've learned from you. Really appreciate all the helpful information! You're the best. Thank you.

[@peteydog1473]

This guy is the best civ 6 youtuber, he constantly comes out with new let's plays and tutorial/tips videos

[@frontierbrainrobby5449]

I JUST AUDIBLY SCREAMED CUZ YOURE FINALLY PLAYING BOATS AND PO-TAY-TOES ♥️♥️♥️

[@Koivisto147]

Norway's my fave. One of the most underrated civs IMO. Just gotta play to their advantages. However a bad start can ruin them.

[@theamici]

What you on about, Norway is amazing! The longboats are excellent for farming culture and science off of enemy coastal tiles, and the free embarking/disembarking is really useful.

[@gogogadgetkat]

I'm always so happy when that cute little potato pops up on my phone to tell me you've got a new video out! Thanks for all your hard work and excellent content ❤️

[@bhodge9994]

"It looks like Mainz is costal. No it looks like it's on a river, DAMN" lmao

[@Fluxje]

river dam(n)

[@Jack-bt7qg]

Norway is my favorite civ! i love that you’re playing him :)

[@phil2647]

Love your new approach to your videos

[@Wieber84]

I guess you could make the argument that this will be a good series

[@Yefan275]

He literally said “I guess you could make the argument” right as I read this lmao

[@blizzardgirl1365]

Yay new let’s play!! 😁 Never player Norway myself so looking forward to see what they’re like!

[@dillonhines9191]

I miss the older videos, even though they were longer. You explained everything in more detail and the reasons behind what you were doing.

[@rorybrown3149]

Thanks, Mr. McWhiskey. Your videos are extremely thorough and very helpful

[@Wargasmo]

Last time I played Norway I was really surprised by how much income I picked up from a raid economy. Nothing like getting a few hundred gold in a few turns that early!

[@kamen42]

How exactly does game and map seed work? A few days ago, I screwed up a beginning of a game, so I copied the Map seed and Game seed, set up everything exactly the same, but I started in a different position of the map. How come you started exactly in the same position as the first time? Edit: I just found out. In the game menu you can see the map seed and game seed, but in the game set up, these numbers are swapped, so I entered Game seed into Map seed slot and Map seed into Game seed slot. (Leaving this here in case it's helpful for someone else.)

[@trixon2118]

thx

[@Eliassly]

Thanks for not just making a "nvm, fixed it" edit

[@ludvigalshammar6127]

Don't you always comment on people playing without yield icons, where are yours?

[@dustinlamarr4506]

Yes, I needs ma yield icons

[@chunkychuck]

"Y" key is the shortcut!

[@basedafgaming]

I'd imagine he knows them by heart

[@jun-jaemoon5760]

Always go for a Pantheon on current patch. In 70% of your games you get Religious Settlements which is a much greater return on investment.

[@Dylbr00]

I feel like in every video you're like 'Oh wow a natural wonder straight away!' lol

[@ezrapark9992]

My best deity play as Norway was going longboats, and pillaging neighbors so badly that they couldn’t score a religion. After taking their coastal cities, I got a religion of my own on turn 110 off their stolen holy sites. Then I conquered half their cities and converted half their cities for a turn 200 religious victory.

[@jamesmaclachlan6595]

Thanks so much for your videos. I can play on deity now for the first time because of all your pointers.

[@CristianGonzalez-ec1pk]

Jajajaj este es el mejor comienzo que he visto en todo el juego

[@jakobrobberstadsandnes7179]

As a Norwegian i approve. Du lager flotte videoer.

[@fosterlewis7360]

Hooray, Norway!!! Been wanting you to play perhaps the most derided civ! Would be v entertaining if you switch to continually extolling the myriad praises of Norwar/Harald, via super-dry sarcasm. 😂

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Always thought you were saying DD.

[@MegaJetso]

could you do a religeon+war type game

[@niightwollf2865]

Holy crusade intensifies

[@HunkMine]

Sythia is very fun for this. She can get early religion, conquor another nation early, go with and spam faith improvements and apostle warfare which are helped by her combat bonuses

[@funkwolf]

FUCK YES RANDOM!! And you got the best possible result for me to learn from you @PotatoMcWhiskey

[@eoinmoriarty11]

Would you be interested in playing a huge game on epic speed?

[@flashrabbit9]

No why play a needlessly long game than necessary

[@zulenka7347]

Me: plugs in the map and game seed and lands in the middle of the desert.

[@jrm78]

Norway would be more fun on an islands/archipelago type of map. But that's what you get when you roll rando.

[@haze5638]

6:38best punchline ever

[@blasphererio]

I dig the new, relaxed 'hey, spuddies'!

[@Antilles1974]

Just my personal opinion, but I feel like the "production saving trick" is an exploit and I'm really just not a fan of it.

[@jun-jaemoon5760]

Yeah I agree. He uses a lot of exploits because he doesn't play the game with integrity. Last time someone mentioned it this on stream he got really pissy and whiny. He just thinks his way is the only correct way to play

[@valornash8463]

@@jun-jaemoon5760 Man, that's a really judgement way to view that. I do hope you're aware that you don't have to watch his content right? Bitching about something you don't like in the comments doesn't actually do anything.

[@jonaskoolen1657]

I wanna try it but it doesn't work. Can anyone help me?

[@Antilles1974]

@@jonaskoolen1657 They recently patched the bug

[@jackh5571]

Hey what's the mod called what shows the information like how strong army's are and stuff

[@jimbojr6972]

Its called better leader icon (for it to show all the datas u'll have to enable an option that'll appear in the interface section of the options but i don't know the english name for it as I have the game in french)

[@bernardo-x5n]

It is an option in interface-show yields ribbon or something like this

[@steelerz192009]

So I'm 3 minutes into your video and your talking about a fast settler trick.. please give more insight.. or say why you are doing it or how to do it?

[@anzov1n]

What are the downsides of selecting balanced start location instead of standard? Seems like it attempts to smooth out some of the annoying rng of first city location.

[@Dragooncore]

Thanks, I've been trying to get Norway to work for some time. I'll try to use this as inspiration to try different strats, and not ships exclusively.

[@Koivisto147]

Norway is my go to civ. Right off the bat I start exploring land with scouts and exploring coasts with longboats to nab all the coastal goody huts and isolated CSs. You gotta focus on coastal military expansion in the early game with longboats and continental or coastal expansion in the mid game with berserkers. I also go for high faith per turn with holy sites (even if I don't go for a religion) in order to use monumentality and to buy land units with the grand master's chapel (which also gives bonus faith for pillaging), and to build stave churches. I settle near sea resources and get the god of the sea pantheon to give an extra 2 production for each sea resource. Declare war and pillage as much as possible even if you don't have the capability to take any cities. Once I have celestial navigation I build the great lighthouse, and then with shipbuilding I will start colonizing the far flung, uninhabited areas of the map with the settlers I get from monumentality. Haven't lost a game with Norway yet. Well . . . unless I don't start near the coast; then I'm pretty much fucked.

[@Dragooncore]

@@Koivisto147 This helped a lot, I'm going to try focusing more on my navy. Sounds like I've been spending too much energy on the land army when I should be enhancing my strengths.

[@flashrabbit9]

Does the production ‘exploit’ Still work ?

[@gumbycat5226]

Your game has changed so much in the past year. You used to just chop everything and now you fret over building a campus over a sheep tile! This was no forest/jungle and hence not related to the changes to Civ. I much prefer the new style and also your focus on getting boosts.

[@Raqdolll]

Only 2 tiles would be needed for canals to conect lake retba and kristiansand. Maybe consider saving them up in case you go for heavy naval

[@blafoon93]

Does that work? I don't think naval units can cross natural wonders. Then again, the tool tip to Lake Retba doesn't say that it's impassable....

[@Raqdolll]

@@blafoon93 well ålesund seems to connect to it atleast. Not sure if boats can go there though haven't tested. At one point i may have noticed his builder tried to embark to the lake so it should be passable

[@blafoon93]

@@Raqdolll even if land units can embark, I don't know if canals can connect to natural wonders and God only knows what kind of spaghetti code is behind some of these wonders, so even if you can build canals I still wouldn't be too certain that boats can cross that lake. I've seen the weirdest bugs with the natural wonders that appear as lake.

[@benthemaster4321]

NAVAL DOMINATION LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@MeXicgamers]

love from Norway :D

[@ProtonCannon]

Time for some good ol' fashioned *BLOOD AND PLUNDER!*

[@nolanmartin3573]

Really like this daily content

[@GnosticAtheist]

The ‘Å’ has the same sound you find in English ‘awe’, or ‘bought. (the ou)

[@Myrslokstok]

Boats should move over land, and sail rivers.

[@Ortona-43]

My man offered Carthage salt... Hahhahhahahahahaggaggagagaggagaggahahahahha

[@TheMarshmallowBear]

I keep seeing PotatoMcWhiskey keeps aying that building a slinger boosts Archery. It doesn't. To boost archery you have to kill a unit with a slinger, which is, relatively tough, as they are incredibly weak units in defense.

[@jamesmaclachlan6595]

Nice speed. Didn't feel rushed.

[@zekleinhammer]

Potato considering a city center commercial hub harbor triangle? What is this?

[@D1n0nlyD1v94]

Do you have a video about recovering from a bad start? Whichever civ is fine.

[@RobertR19]

Ever thought of randomly picking a leader mod to play with?

[@Vante21]

"It looks like its on a river...dam." 😏

[@Picrasso]

Hey Potato, if you want to prevent mods updating themselves you can create lists in the mod menu. I have a few, including one with no mods. :)

[@mr.dopplepopilis317]

nice gameplay i really enjoyed it.

[@ld09mo]

You shouldn't use production exploit in these deity series. I know its in the game, but it's cheap and you dont need it to win. It's just blah, anyone can save up hammers

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Cheap strategies don't exist. Thats just a mental barrier you have.

[@ld09mo]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey It's called a preference, i.e. I'd prefer it if they would patch that exploit. Don't be a twat

[@schumaster8437]

NORWAY! Mom, get the camera!

[@cicada.and.pomegranate]

I don't like to play with score victory enabled. Can you explain why you like to?

[@willmckee1632]

In all honesty, I wish in normal games you didn't do the production saving thing just because it is an exploit and all. That being said, enjoy the videos, just a little bit of thought. Not sure about everybody else's opinions.

[@davidj7201]

Yup I was sad to see cheating, had to stop watching the video when I saw this because it invalidates the whole strategy.

[@willmckee1632]

David J Yeah, I mean I can watch it when he does it but I just prefer he doesn’t

[@moosenut7671]

Viking time

[@peterhobs8959]

Thanks for doing this

[@JohnSmith-ou5un]

Ur welcome

[@notagenwunner9299]

Unlike The Saxy Gamer you have the guts to play the best Civ in the game

[@ellisbarnett0292]

Not a genwunner I like Norway but it’s far from the best

[@Em15490]

I really appreciate the time you take to cut up and edit your videos

[@jan-okkerockmann4877]

tree era Score haha

[@dalton7535]

Why do you like Wet rainfall compared to normal or dry?

[@chefrated]

Came for the Vikes!

[@D1n0nlyD1v94]

Maybe it's my inexperience but I honestly see no reason at all not to focus on straight technology. Maybe a secondary focus on civic but honestly man technology is the key to almost everything

[@peterjohnson155]

need dem map yields

[@Xcalboss]

Hey buddy, i enjoyed the video a lot ☺ maybe slow down what youre doing though? You seemed in a rush to get things done the whole time. Made it a bit hard to just relax and enjoy ☺

[@PommieUsian]

Is this run with the September update? i.e. with the buffed naval/coastal items?

[@CarelessDriver11]

im for another one city challenge

[@jarhead0806]

If you settle kris... A little bit lower you will be able to do a super canal :D

[@Moreirazuka]

I legit always thing i have the video on 1.5 speed everytime i watch one of hes videos! :v

[@baddoboss9075]

haha restart, that's me everytime I roll ghandi

[@yungterps_323]

i don’t get how your doing everything so fast what game speed are you playing on?

[@LucasSantana-sf7tr]

Standard you can see it bc of 500 turns

[@markkratz9994]

What mod do you use to display info under each leader in the top right.

[@jonaskoolen1657]

That's not a mod In 《options》《inteface》 you have to set 《Show yields in HUD Ribbon》 on 《always on》

[@zeinshami123]

Does anyone know how to have the players STATS on the gamepage like that

[@MrBerru]

You should play random civ but pick the rival civs

[@jamesheaney5150]

I seem to roll Norway an inordinate percentage of the time I choose random leader. My tin foil hat theory is that Firaxis is trying to pump up an unpopular civ

[@luantib]

Norway, Citia and India are the only civs that firaxis put on "random civilization" rs

[@Adventure_fuel]

Why is this Cvi VI different then my Civ 6 Ui?

[@RCGroxasRCG]

Sukritact's UI mod does not give me those ribbons you have top right.. Do you change settings somewherE?

[@tfran2686]

Have you ever done a diplomatic victory? I didnt see one in your videos

[@ellisbarnett0292]

tfran268 it’s not possible in civ 6

[@yiftachvanthof4378]

chilledchaos

[@NateStewie]

Every time I watch these diety gameplays it seems like there’s a shitload of fortunate tribal villages and city state locations im not good enough to play on that difficulty but it seems Lowkey easier idk

[@kitz3691]

Well, I imagine that it looks easier since Potato is really really good.

[@Teja-gl9dp]

i just like bcause of ur voice thats great :)

[@gematrios8403]

Omg that happens all the time now with my mods auto turning on

[@kerbalkerman6827]

Viking Hype!

[@PaulEIvory]

When, if ever, will the edited content come back?

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

When I have time

[@C_Gilbert_68]

What Mod shows the extra information the diplomacy ribbon?

[@FrshChees91]

Keep 'em comin'! :D

[@韩依洛泰]

I don't know why you don't focus on getting God of the sea.

[@TheSpeedy246589]

I just got this game for free from my friend and really want to get good at this game. does anybody have any tips?

[@JohnSmith-ou5un]

Yes

[@matusso69]

Last comment 2 months ago for me

[@shubhamtripathi2683]

Could you please play as Japan someday?

[@Flor-um1zu]

Epic norway

[@cinnamonbeardstud]

HAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY SPUDDIES

[@justme0055MD]

a "trick", its not a trick its an exploit

[@roccoapp00]

2:24 dude you're using a pirated version what's da dealio

[@rabanrok4643]

go for a crusade