Assessing some Starting Locations - Civ6 Tutorials

[@allyourbrass]

No matter how much more I play the Civ VI, I always appreciate the how-to's and tutorials

[@andresantos7120]

Same

[@JakeSezz]

My exact thought. Yes, Tater is entertaining, but gd it’s the knowledge and small to-do’s that keep me coming back

[@Alec923]

I agree, there’s almost always something new to learn about this game and that’s what gives it so much longevity

[@kahil101]

I'm with you!

[@SamuliK96]

Couldn't agree more.

[@BambiDVM]

"I just wanted to do a quick, throwaway video..." This was actually one of the most concise and helpful civ videos! Please make more like this!

[@shuikkanen]

If you don't already have the mod "Hillier Hills" I'd recommend using it. All it does is highlight the hills a bit by making them steeper so you can more easily tell them apart from the landscape.

[@snomcultist189]

Is there a resources resources?

[@ClarkPotter]

​@Snom Cultist 189 You mean resourcier resources? lol Yeah that'd be nice. Wet, legendary abundance isn't enough huh?

[@ClarkPotter]

​@Snom Cultist 189 Half the rolls you think, I could def go for some resourcier resources here.

[@jFrenetic]

@@ClarkPotter I would like some Oilier Oil, please. 90% of the games I play, even when I own half a map, Oil usually spawns somewhere way outside of my territory

[@AsG_4_]

@@jFrenetic I'm always looking for aluminum niter or gun powder lol

[@MoneyZu]

I would very much enjoy a series in which you study start locations for each CIV. (And welcome back. You looked like you had a great time during your visit with 2K.)

[@rubag223]

I would as well!

[@Shortstop803]

That would be dope. So many civs have isms that make it weird figuring out where to start

[@twiceborn42]

Such a great idea

[@9beccalee9]

This!

[@addict4games]

1000%

[@conked.]

Honestly, I would promote my Scout Unit with the Alpine promotion purely because standing on hills provide more sight over areas of land, but again promoting based on situational factors is also good to consider as well. Thou shalt be praised, Potato! P.S. All my life, I never knew you could settle on bonus resources without removing them.

[@robertarmstrong3889]

I've been playing casually with my daughter (who loves the game, and this channel) and as an older player I'm really benefitting from your tutorials - and this one is especially *on target* in its approach

[@Jusdro]

Start location tutorial for each Civ is quite an undertaking! These types of videos are so cool to see no matter how many hours and victories you have under your belt. Love it!

[@ripplesinspacetime]

Hell yes. Technical teaching tater is my favorite tater.

[@tvdvd8661]

Best tater for sure

[@whiskeychicken]

Analyzing start locations for every civ sounds amazing. I'd love to watch those.

[@technopath4119]

Yes I’m begging you it would be so helpful for noobs like me

[@mrdevonscook]

I really appreciate videos like this. It’s easy to watch Potato and forget that he’s often doing stuff in the early game to set up for a PARTICULAR mid or late game instead of playing optimally. It really easy for a Civ casual like me to get lost in the weeds and ignore good early game fundamentals.

[@gemc4634]

So glad you're doing more tutorials, your civ 6 over explained was a great but short lived series

[@obliviousbonobo2770]

1500 hours into this game I still always find something inspiring from Mr. Potatos gameplay, the undisputed GOAT of Civ VI.

[@roberttipple8937]

Taking a walk in Potato's mind... Legendary. Frantic and difficult to keep up, but legendary. 😂

[@specil-k]

Wow I'm really bad at this game

[@slwrabbits]

me too, join the club

[@VincentGameaccount]

Same here

[@HMC117]

lolololol

[@desm3225]

This is the kind of game no one is bad at. We all play for different reasons lol

[@Samiharoun]

Same

[@TheLeoSanchez2]

I’ve played this game for years but there’s something so warm and homey from these videos of Potato explaining the game to us. So looking forward to these tutorials for Civ VII :D

[@upperbeaches]

I really appreciate these types of tutorial videos Potato. I have over 2000 hours into Civ5 and Civ6 but still struggle on Immortal and Deity, but these still help me understand how to get to the next level. Congratulations on your recent trip to Firaxis, and enjoy your time off!

[@AJFluff]

I, for one, would love a whole series on start locations for each civ. That sounds amazing!

[@dorkyproductions2990]

Bro... no matter how good I think I am at CIV. I watch one of your videos and my jaw drops in amazement that I didn't know how to do that already. You always teach me something new...

[@jessearsenault4735]

I like the more general discussion because it teaches the concepts better and the visual aids work so nicely with it all I hope you made more of this style of video!

[@rowsgamingstream1510]

Just started out on Civ 6 - your explanation of production and food resources is great! Thank you!!

[@bradski356]

This is literally the best video I have seen up until now that has explained the game simply for people getting back into the game... omg. thank you

[@martmantzt]

I've seen most of your older tutorials. I'm always amazed at how much more amazing info you put in your new ones. Also, I like to give the scouts the hill promotion, because hills allow them to see further.

[@AlphaTurtle13]

A series on starting with each civ and their general strategies would be incredible!

[@shimasclan]

I've been wanting to get more into Civ and was always confused when people glanced at a map and went 'Terrible starts, let's restart' before doing anything. This helps explain it, thanks!

[@tomasmugicamoreno8499]

Potato's tutorials are the best! Always learn something new.

[@ulexite]

played civ very casually for a long time but never delved into really knowing it well but after finding your videos im really enjoying learning from you, its already made my plays more enjoyable thanks for sharing the advice Potato.

[@sworzt9765]

THE MOST useful how-to-start guide found in KZbin so far.

[@kylebarnes3029]

Love this, in depth analysis with length. Makes us all better players. Thanks Potat youre great

[@wrex509]

I know you did a video similar to this before on start location. I am glad you kind of came back and reexamined it.

[@cmichaud04]

Good stuff, I've played civ 6 for years and years and I still love basics analysis. I was really hoping you'd talk about the Start Position setting when you were talking about new wet worlds. Again I've played hundreds of hours and I still only marginally understand... Like I get essentially what legendary and whatever means sort of, would love to hear you expound on it a bit. Thanks, love ya tato

[@LVSTalksToYou]

I was already doing a few of these things but not all, and seeing some new tips is always nice.

[@Manas-co8wl]

Oh I remember! This is the video that leveled up my play style beyond the most basic! Thanks for this Potato, you have no idea how much this helped

[@micahedelblue]

One of my biggest challenges trying to play on deity is that I end up overrun by barbarians. I'd love to see a video on how to handle barbs in the early game.

[@michaelahurt]

FYI SaxyGamer and VanBradley both have videos on this. Just search Civ 6 + barbarians But the keys are: 1) Keep your warrior and scouts kind of close (like 10 tiles; you only need to scout far enough to find your next city locations) 2) Do *NOT* let the barbarian scout get back to the barb camp. This is critical. Once he returns it opens the floodgates and the AI will keep spamming barbs until you destroy the encampment Also keeping vision around your capital will help since barb camps will spawn in the fog of war.

[@chih-hsintsai959]

1)Build some Slingers/Archers quickly. Use ranged attacks to avoid losing HP. 2)Build Warriors later. Use them to capture cities. 3)Do not build scouts. 4)Do not chase any barbarian scout. Focus on cities or barbarian camps.

[@mysticfellow9843]

Like Chih-Hsin mentioned, the most important thing is just to straight-up build 2-4 slingers right away depending on how brutal the barbs are. Don't worry about builders or any other units. Then you gotta take out each outpost one by one, by using all your slingers in a pack so that none of them die. A big thing I've learned from mistakes is to not spread out your slingers if you're dealing with a lot of barbs early on. Slingers die easily and need a backup for max efficiency.

[@chih-hsintsai959]

@@mysticfellow9843 Slingers are weak. I always upgrade slingers to archers as soon as possible. After I build 4~6 archers and 1 warrior，I will declare war on a nearby city. Artillery conquest=>infantry occupy.

[@mysticfellow9843]

@@chih-hsintsai959 Yeah I meant get slingers first then upgrade to archers when you can but I use them immediately on outposts.

[@Workmusic1988]

Love this. Please do more but at different stages throughout a game. For example: - How to know what vic to scenario to choose if your main option doesn't work - Best ways to obtain vic for certain scenarios etc

[@Odofakyodo]

Hey Potato, around 16:50 you mentioned researching Animal Husbandry and having Horses blocking your district spots. I got sick of great district locations or well planned wonder spots getting blocked by strategic resources, so that's why I made a mod (Odo's Extended Harvest) that allows you to chop strategic and luxury resources like you would terrain features and bonus resources. This does technically change the gameplay, but it's for the better IMO, so check it out!

[@Diamond_X_Diamond]

Oh my, it is you!

[@J75Pootle]

It is actually possible to harvest luxury resources in the base game without mods. With the great Heroes game mode you can summon Anansi to your civ, who can destroy any bonus or luxury resource for science and culture. Strategic resources are still a pain, but I've got massive use out of Anansi before (as well as Hercules and Maui, all three of them are far more useful for helping with infrastructure than actually being a warrior imo)

[@Aeivious]

@@J75Pootle hercules plus babylon is an insane start

[@jacobjordan3092]

Congratulations on being invited to showcase the new update! Awesome for you!

[@luckykitty1740]

I just recently started playing and I am glad that this game still has a community and engagement on the internet.

[@salmoncypher2403]

Correct me if I’m wrong here, but at 11:00 wouldn‘t settling on the truffle be the superior location? Yes it would be a turn 3 settle and slightly lower food, but you have access to the luxury without researching AH, meaning you can potentially sell it for a shitton as soon as you meet your first civ, while also being able to go mining - pottery- writing. You have more chops, and less desert, you don‘t have 2 mountains directly adjacient to your capital, meaning less useless tiles, and more potential for district adjaciency, and you can place down a second city to the west on the same river, giving a more compact empire and potentially more cities.

[@whightfang]

Great video as always keep it up and have fun on your vaca. Now this idea might be more a pain then not, but with CivVII on the horizon I thought a series where you play all of the mainline Civ games might be interesting. That way we can have a good perception of where Civ has been and thoughts on where it can go in the future. Anyways have a good one and can't wait for your return.

[@digitalk1llraymon448]

In respects to the Civ starter series, I highly recomend it, because not only is it gonna be a whole bunch of content for you, its gonna be VERY helpfull for everyone, new and old players alike. With so many civs, each one having different starting needs, a video series like that would be godlike and would help everyone get better at this game and defeat those pesky god civs!

[@Chattosaurus]

Loving the deep dive into the nuts and bolts of Civ 6! Maybe I've still got much to learn, but I would have loved that first start. The geothermal fissures would give extra science and a killer location for a campus :)

[@AlanRedrew]

This game fully represent the concept of easy to learn hard to master: after 400+ hours I still feel there is something more that I can learn and improve. Thank you for the video

[@oneleghendo5239]

Came back to this video after watching it about 6 months ago. Wanted to say thanks for helping me level up my gameplay.

[@jayward8237]

I have learned a lot watching your videos & I have been playing daily for years. Thank you for the fantastic vids!

[@arcangel2637]

Holy mother-of-god this was one of the most insightful videos I've ever watched!

[@themastamanhd4861]

As someone who came from civ 5, all this stuff makes sense; the area where in super lost is planning your cities based on possible campuses. Some good advice or guide on how you see these things and base your settling choices

[@MasqueAndDagger]

I'm new to civ and I have to say, this is probs one of the most useful guide vids I've seen

[@izumu4063]

Massively helpful information, really helped me change how I think at the start! Thanks for putting this together!

[@DammitDani]

Yesssss!!! Thank you for this! A whole series! This is great!

[@ssicari]

As a newer player this is so much information and so helpful

[@calebfoster2520]

This game is awesome. I just discovered it. Haven’t won a game yet. It’s been trial and error. The best way to learn how to play, is try to play on your own, then look at tutorials to understand what you just experienced.

[@dakooie5682]

Watching this video and somehow the one thing that struck me the most wasn’t all the tips and tricks. It’s the fact that somehow deer tiles produce only 1 food despite deer quite literally being a source of food 😂

[@thelight9047]

Deer being a tile resource is strange to me. They are ubiquitous in every forest as far as I am aware.

[@joshuaraudenbush9557]

Have 800+ hours, but it's still good to see updated guides for the people who need them. It definitely would be fun to see a series on best builds/starts for all the leaders.

[@dolevniv]

New and wet is way better then old and dry 😉

[@BellBivDeveau]

Amen

[@imspudus]

🤨

[@IG88AAA]

How new are we talking…?

[@JeremyEssen]

Definitely not Biden new.

[@projadc]

new and wet, that is the best way to play civ -Sir PotatoMcWhiskey, spring, 2023 hilarious wisdom

[@jamesdinius7769]

The fact that your very first start is between tundra and desert is just perfect. 95% of my starts.

[@SeemsLegitKid]

personally i would love a video on assessing starting locations w/ every civ in the game! i just started playing with friends and they're already improving so much, now i'm watching videos like this to catch up to the competition lol

[@WeakestAvenger]

This video is super helpful! I've only just started playing Civ 6 and am only in my first game. I'm considering starting over after watching this so I can implement these tips from the start.

[@gupdoo3]

>looking for a new Civ VI game >ask the game if the map is arid or wet >game doesnt understand >pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is arid and what is wet >game laughs and says "it's a good map sir" >load up the map >it's wet

[@o0alessandro0o]

"We don't have a lot of hills" (search reveals 2/3 of the city's tiles are hills) Good to see that the UI is as polished today as it was when the game came out. I mean, in fairness, they did introduce the search feature... But you'd think making hills visually distinct wouldn't be that hard of a task. Civ V managed.

[@parkerstroh6586]

God tier Civ 6 tutorial

[@demonicrebellion6903]

With there being two three food right next to that deer tile, I completely understand the slip up.

[@XenophonSoulis]

That guarding area strategy is a lot like the Amazons board game the professor Elwyn Berlekamp presented on Numberphile a few years ago.

[@lindsayparker2965]

Nice one Spuddy, always appreciate these tutorials.

[@britmachine722]

Seeing the whole map revealed from turn 1 also taught me that the AI on Emperor+ don't actually start with 2/3 settlers but instead get their extra settler when they settle their capital (and 2nd city), not very important but interesting to find out!

[@Zondagskind.Gaming]

Probably the most important skills in Civ: setting yourself up and reading the map. Thanks for the content! In terms of content I'd love a quickfire guide what civs want different settings. For example, Hot/Cold Temperature, what civs care more or less about New World Age, which civs want specific maps? For the Mapuche spawn you had, I think that the Truffle tile and potential for Temple of Artemis would push me away from Scout-Scout-Settler-Settler towards Scout-Slinger-Settler-Builder.

[@TheCsquared08]

This was really great, and your videos like this in general are really good. Hearing stuff like tile economy explained helps conceptualize things I've naturally done for years. Any chance we could see a similar video about districts? They radically alter many basic elements of previous Civ games, and a tutorial on them would be sweet.

[@Legault397]

I like my women like I like my CIV VI maps...

[@loganreidy7055]

Chopped?

[@Weeniehutnurse]

I’ve been getting back to Civ again, so I’ve been watching your videos, then play a game. When I win, I go up a difficulty. I’m on King now.

Making shorts series that show what civ have districts placements for each strategy with way to win, or what civ can rush win or turtle for the long run, or how to survive in bad situation,... might be nice. It might be a little of time consuming, but i believe that it will get a lot of new player to continue to learn the game rather than left it because it was too hard

[@grzegorzkindler1281]

"Chopping is one of THE most important things for you to master. Basically chop down everything you see" - Potato

[@deathwraith2318]

This is so incredibly informative. A job well done, Civ friend.

[@LAZERAK47V2]

Potato suggesting he settle the Cattle as Australia. My brother in Christ, that is a free culture bomb tile you'd crush.

[@liammccolgan5706]

Been playing CIV 6 for over a year now, starting to do well on Emperor difficulty. But I only just realised 2 food is consumed per citizen! Thanks for the video and keep up the good content! Also, Happy St. Patricks day! ☘

[@TheRickestRicc]

1:53 How do I reveal the map? What is fire tuner?

[@dracono99]

Very helpful would love more of these

[@vera--fied]

Would love to see tutorials for each civ. Would be similar to looking up a zigzagzigal guide for playing a new civ

[@Dlihclive]

Thanks for the vid, Potato! I always seem to struggle deciding where to settle and what to build in the early game so this helps me a lot.

[@forcelightningcable9639]

Nice job again, tater. Def learned something

[@destoyer094]

Note to self, settle on top of resources early game. Settling on top of a plains hill copper vein would be nice.

[@peterkulhavy6620]

I really like the idea oh you helping us with the beginning and what should which civ focus on. Thanks!

[@Excesspace]

New and wet… you can’t do that to me, I’m at work bro. Explaining my outburst of laughter was rough. Hahaha!

[@davelaw8804]

The random geography is 80% of the fun for me

[@poketrader6262]

New and wet > old and arid. Words of wisdom indeed

[@eefaaf]

18:36 Ah, the well know city of the Congo: Dumfries

[@capester]

an interesting experiment would be to take a fixed seed and mess with a single start value and show the results. like only mess with world age new vs old, reveal the map, then count the difference in number of hills between the two.

[@Triniswe]

Just a note to people that likes to play on longer games (1000-1500 turns game) is the the build order might be different because of the time it takes to build units, buildings and districts. As well on map size.

[@OP_Magikarp]

Whilst I agree that base game maps leave a lot to be desired, I think a big key to succeeding in Civ is knowing what your strengths in a game are based on your land, especially regarding tech and civic boosts and planning accordingly with map tacks. I’m assuming you’ll go through some of these things in separate videos as you’re very experienced and knowledgeable, and would make the information much more consumable. For example in the first game, knowing you can have two decent Campuses with potential to get era score with enough adjacency bonus. Depending on the continent split, you could play towards cards like Colonial Taxes/Offices, maybe go for the audience chamber as your tier one government plaza building as well as Casa. A city settled on the luxury on the lake to the west can set you up for a number of potential wonders like Mausoleum which can snowball you into Coliseum for example, or even Jebel or Ruhr depending on the win con for the game. It would also be easy to get a boost for apprenticeship (3 mines) which is always key for industrial zones, and it can likely have some iron as well for more adjacency bonus. You’ve got snow that let’s you build Amundsen-Scott. Being able to settle on desert and snow is extra era score as well. I’d also disagree on the fact that when scouting early game, you should almost always have survey in. Barb scouts don’t attack on a scouting mission, and barbs not being able to take your capital means they aren’t that much of a threat, and you can switch over to discipline when you’re planning to use civilian units like a settler or builder. Diplomacy and city states are definitely just as if not more important, but anything beyond city state quests IMO, requires more game knowledge rather than referring to the tech/civic trees. Idk which ones give what tile improvements until I see them on the map myself! Not every player will know that if you send Gilgamesh a friend request as soon as you meet him he will always accept, and that unless you have diplomatic favour for a favourable gift to give, alongside open borders and a delegation to send, it’s better off building an army to prepare against aggressive Civs e.g. Gaul.

[@cee_ves]

I genuinely can’t play without abundant resources. Resources not only give tiles nice bonuses or whatever, but I like to plan around them. You’re giving me 2 stone next to a 2 river floodplain? Let me just set up a massive industrial complex between 2 or 3 cities there. New age maps are also great with the mountain adjacency for theatre squares and campuses, which is why I adore machu pichu too. Playing with adjacencies is probably the most fun part of civ6

[@Eagle3302PL]

I like start position Legendary a lot, it always surprises me with something fun

[@lucas_sf5873]

The win and lose starting locations, and the boringness of balanced is why I like playing in legendary start position.

[@salinatsai4799]

And here I am, deliberately avoiding placing cities on resources for fear I'll lose them. Good to know 🤣

[@Ancient_Hoplite]

Love how he explains placing cities in a line to block and barricade the AI. It's like a star trek raise shields moment.

[@blam320]

That Continents map you got around 6 minutes in is, honestly, what the default Continents maps should look like, instead of the super bland "two landmasses and tons of ocean" we normally get. I would scatter a few Islands around as well, and presto, perfect map.

[@kingponto1295]

I just wanted this video to keep going... Literal treasure trove of information in here for the casual player to use!

[@GammaFn.]

Just recently decided to learn 6, as 5 has grown a little tired for me. Stumbled upon your channel and happy to learn! I had no idea that chopping was good, I've been scared to spend a builder charge on it. Aside from that, it's good to know that my intuition on build order was pretty good.

[@CBruceNL]

Had me at the thumbnail and then I realized it wasn't a farming video but I'm still here for it

[@malcolmanderson6735]

I would very m like the series you propose. Seeing things through your eyes makes a huge difference.

[@VibnWavez]

a decade of playing Civ... and I just today learned there's a map search 🤣

[@sintack5]

In less than 20 minutes, Potato gave some of the best tips on the early early game! Perfect video. Also I really want this save file