Civilization 6: Deity Byzantium - A Solid Start (Part 1)

Two new civs were recently added to Civilization 6, including the glorious Byzantium! The Byzantines are an exceptionally powerful nation, using religious conversion to boost an aggressive military playstyle. If played correctly, this might just be a top-tier civ and I'm looking forward to exploring its capabilities in Deity mode!
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[@_ab69]

Well this was... a suprise, but a welcomed one

[@acewhite279]

Just like the Spanish Inquisition?

[@_ab69]

@@acewhite279 why do you think i made that remark? Because it is my job to be unexpected

[@nepalesepersoniguess5259]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION !

[@formerunsecretarygeneralba9536]

I know it's a joke but surprise surprise, the spanish Inquisition was not a surprise.

[@henryg.8762]

@@formerunsecretarygeneralba9536 yeah it's terrible :(

[@louisgentilucci1188]

Wow, I saw the thumbnail and somehow thought that was CKIII. Despite seeing both these games before. Weird.

[@laurenwood787]

ok I did exactly the same! no idea why?!

[@YourLocalMairaaboo]

@@laurenwood787 Byzantium.

[@justinespinoza5859]

Right

[@veryunknowncola9819]

My game is set in Chinese ;-;

[@The0Stroy]

Porphyrogennetos - "Born in Purple" or "Born in room of porphyre stone Chamber" - title given to children of Byzantine emperor that get born after his intronization. They had primary to inherit throne and was considered special asset when come to alliances by marriage.

[@allahman123]

The0Stroy porphyro is actually dark red.i am Greek so I know that for a fact

[@nomadalien1]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_in_the_purple#Porphyrogennetos

[@sakakaka4064]

@@allahman123 you're colorblind, my dude

[@whiteguy3862]

@@allahman123 do you know that the official language was Latin not Greek

[@whiteguy3862]

@@allahman123 also translated from Greek is purple

[@roccorama2438]

Finally a civ series

[@aggelos.k.7]

"Thessalonica" You have a whole squad of greeks hunting you because of how you pronounced it😂

[@veryunknowncola9819]

*im so bored what should I do*

[@Benjmensch]

lmao legendary starting location, my god, epic holy site, epic campus,

[@HuyNguyen-ro5wk]

Did I hear... Baba Yetu? *nostalgic tears*

[@ByMyShaggyDoge]

am I the only one who have chills when pravus is explain the scenario and babayetu is playing at the background?

[@austinedwards9696]

No, no you are not

[@PanSpacja]

There is only you two but it's fine guys

[@HS-wn7km]

Byzantium is absolutely insane for domination if played correctly. You need to rush for a religion though but otherwise it's an easy domination win

[@rogerx4549]

While I was rushing religion in the Ancient Era with a single city, AI declared. Tough but I still managed to win at the end (immortal).

[@manibodarrelgilberta.3838]

1st Day Of telling Pravus to revisit evil bank manager

[@prospero7849]

Sending that trader to the city state for the envoy gave them the nice banana tile that your 2nd city could have used. Worth checking that kind of thing out for future games :)

[@hybridking6448]

Thank You lord Pravus for granting me this gift from the heavens. I was just binging your Arabia series then you post this thank you

[@toopurge2]

27:52 "So how am I feeling right now? Well..." "I am fond of pigs."

[@wildandwonderfulproduction3534]

3:17 Pedro II also has that weird capitalization.

[@thebeavers1]

I love that you have baba yetu as your intro song, great memories of civ 4

[@single-cellshark6013]

ahhh the applause for when you found a city -- what a weird thing i just learned i missed

[@Lee350]

Best option for me always is Earth Goddess, very useful for later game to use lots of left over faith to buy land military units

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

Byzantium is ridicously OP for domjnation. Love at first sight!

[@zakmackay]

I have heard them called a snowball civ. Which they kind of seem like. They have a bunch of stuff they want before they can start the cav printers. Their units get better the more you have, they get better if you convert the enemy, the more holy sites you conquer the stronger they get, and the more you conquer the more printers you can make. It seems like if your initial rush fails or you don't build it up in time things can go badly quickly.

[@HellmiresKitchen]

@@zakmackay i like how u are calling them printers lmao, HOW TO 3D PRINT IN CIV6

[@Basketball_is_Life66]

You’re so indecisive 😅 but it’s funny cuz you remind me of myself when I’m serious playing

[@timspoor]

Awesome! Fun to see this game back on the channel.

[@acewhite279]

I just got this game yesterday, good to see I can learn from someone, and enjoy while I watch.

[@DripRatKing]

this is what the guy that got the neurolink brain chip played for 6 hours honestly a W

[@WillTheCheeseGod]

27:53 How am I feeling right now... well... "I AM FOND OF PIGS"

[@anglo-aspidmapping8870]

Technoblade is happy now.

[@blackgobbogaming4236]

Never took you as a civ 6 guy well now I know what I'm doing for the rest of today

[@tomija13]

Liked the video after 5secs of hearing Baba Yetu. A true man of culture

[@brandinghunter3627]

I knew I was in love when. I heard aggressive military

[@s66s46]

The hippodrome is a S tier unique district, it gives 2 extra amenities than normal, cost half the cost, gives a free heavy cavalry unit for every hippodrome and building after it and all heavy cavalry units that you get from it does not cost recources to build and even to maintence, pretty sure it is the same with gold to, I won with byzantium on immortal (immortal win for the first time) and they were so fun!

[@MiLiTiaAn]

Great video, really enjoyed your commentary

[@Guardian14Acky]

Ahhhhhhhhhh... that title music is so nostalgic

[@redekzentlew2470]

Hardcore Vibes for the CIV IV Main Title Music, tyvm

[@TarinStudio]

the fact u bought a trader instead of that 3 food 2 production banana tile with a perfect campus location gave me nightmares

[@eledorusso]

this is the civ6 content i needed. thks

[@rileyjavier8446]

I am so excited for this series 😍😍😍

[@samueltrusik3251]

Don`t mind me, just watching my favorite Civ series again.

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Oh my... It's back? Sweet!

[@this_is_patrick]

Pravus you should check out Manor Lords when it releases, it's still in development but I think it's fits your channel well.

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An unexpected surprise, but a welcome one for sure

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😮 going through older content PRAISE PRAVUS 👏 🙌

[@CodicusMaximus]

Not sure how far you are in recording but I'd like to suggest that you turn on the banners under the player portraits so we can see how you're scaling up to other civs easier.

[@danielolson2857]

Oh yes! Excellent game! Let’s see where this goes!

[@peacefuldawn6823]

Hears Civ 4 music: the nostalgia is killing me!

[@Hirediron]

The return of the Civ!!!

[@charliethekobold516]

I was not expecting this! but is good content so it doesn't count

[@sittingdingo1]

Good to see so little has changed from civ 1

[@user-pv6ik6zs1e]

nice touch on the Baba Yetu BGM

[@famijher]

Finally..... Pravus has come back to ...... CIVILIZATION!!!!!

[@ShayanAsim]

Holy moly! How can you process all of this info?!

[@tuxly4959]

I hope you play more of civ!! I love this game.

[@garrettsmitherman9823]

Great series already

[@nullfiler]

I think it is better to put the city on the tile between tile with the horses and the tile with the 4 productions. Yes you don't get the coast but you do get the horses right away and it will speed up the spread to that tile surrounded with 3 mountain tiles alot faster.

[@yere7851]

I would've settled either on the coffee next to you or on the plains hills coffee to later settle a city near the wonder

[@DmytroBogdan]

Playing on Deity to get that KZbin traction :D

[@jonnyb6700]

You should be a voice on a cartoon. It feels like you're a protagonist narrating to us through a grand adventure.

[@basedbulgar5240]

How convenient. I started playing Civ6 seriously as of yesterday but I'm struggling on Settler difficulty lmao

[@Loke4000aka2670]

join the gang :)

[@basedbulgar5240]

@@Loke4000aka2670 ngl I'll have to play it again hahah

[@Jon-ko1qg]

loved this!

[@PuppetierMaster]

Pravus: I'm doubling down on the FAITH! Basil II: Praise be to *_GOD_* (in stoic religious posture)

[@wojt4spes]

I think, I'd buy that banana tile near Thessalonica right away.

[@formerunsecretarygeneralba9536]

There's this mod (I forgot the name) that gives every civilization more unique units. I'd recommend you using it because I just feel like civilizations only having 1 or 2 unique units is really not fun because most of the time everyone would end up using the normal unit instead of the unique unit due to them using other type of unit that they don't have the unique unit (range, heavy cavalry...) Or their unique unit becomes outdated way too quickly. Also, I think you should've bought the rice tile and immediately improve it and work it because production may be king in the late game but food is the king in the early game.

[@pat2rome]

I'm in the middle of making myself some Civ 4 mods that stop the tech tree at the end of earlier eras for this exact reason. Even at marathon speed it seems like you don't get much chance to use certain units.

[@starhalv2427]

They really should add Assyrian empire- the first empire in history to conquer both Mesopotamia and Egypt.

[@februarywhiskeys]

LETSSSSSSSSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CIV SERIESSSSSSSSSS

[@andrei1971]

It's interesting that Basil has a beard. The Byzantines/Romans used to order their soldiers be clean shaven so that enemies couldn't grab their beard during hand to hand combat. At least that's what Constantine ordered early in the 4th century.

[@LazyVik05]

HALLELUJAH CIV IS BACK!

[@bobsmith7066]

Sending a unit into another civ's land has no negative effects if the civ has open borders, which every civ has at the start of the game.

[@CB-sv2bm]

As a scrub when it comes to Civilization, I get murdered by barbarians, this playthrough should be enjoyable and informative

[@SwagMan-nu3rz]

this is nice and fun MORE!

[@bigdaveliddle]

Yoinking the map seed @0:58. This map looks like a lot of fun so far.

[@koolaidmangaming7107]

The way he describes the Byzantine empire it sound like a mitochondria

[@Gavallier]

Hey, just i question, u could have had a +3 campus in your capital, where u put your first quarry, why didnt you do that? I can barely beat deity so im not that great at the game, would appreciate it if you helped me out thx

[@guestnone]

Next time you play as Byzantium, try settling near the ocean to boost sailing.

[@mhandschuh6166]

How did you get baba yetu from civ4 playing? My skin crawls with nostalgia!

[@Gignomai_Urania]

There might be good campus and holy site location east of your capital along the mountain ranges in the fog.

[@akapoka8732]

I’ve found the best early build order to be Slinger / Slinger / Settler (or) Builder / Monument in general. Obviously it changes in situations where you are far from any player you can put the second slinger on the back burner and go for the quick settler to settle a second city near your capital, if you have lots of culture you can avoid the monument, etc. The double slinger helps ward off potential invaders (they still will probably declare war but at least you’re not caught with your thumb up your butt), and once you unlock Archery you can upgrade your slingers (hopefully you’ve gotten the eureka by killing a unit w the slinger and upgrading the unit to Garrison, your city will be good). If you’ve been peaceful and exploring with your slingers then you may have found a governor title, and getting Magnus upgraded once you can begin the settler spam, extra points if you build the government plaza with 50% settler production and colonization policy card

[@akapoka8732]

This is for Deity / Immortal. If you’re anything lower the build order isn’t so crucial at all

[@deepblume6611]

Im surprised you never made alot of civ series pravus

[@nicklashansen5356]

im new here and damn you sound so calm!

[@fromfilmtocode]

I am not familiar with Civ games, I was wondering can you play as the Byzantines through the whole timeline of your gameplay if that makes sense? Like start and take them to the future remaining Byzantium?

[@thestuffedone]

Yes, you play as the same civilization throughout the entirety of your game. On the other end of the time spectrum, you can start as America. :)

[@myfinancialjourney1]

Whenever I have a minute to pick it up...lololol It takes me WEEKS to finish a single game in this hahaha

[@garethbertram3091]

I love civilization played all of them...the only thing that's annoying about them is sometimes a rivil country can rip through the ages to fast... personally I think that spoils it a bit

[@yenlabuda9289]

You returned to your original ending tune? Nice.

[@MissHeather666]

Civ IV music at the start was giving me nostalga

[@Kaden-id7fc]

Yessss

[@Noahdecamps]

Nice, just nice

[@josuerizo1]

At 10:13 you should have gone for the holy site and start building the builders to upgrade the one stone you had to build the holy site faster

[@1986fritzthecat]

It's always nice to have another civ series to watch, but his timidity with the barbs was kinda annoying. Warrior + slinger is more than enough to take that camp

[@_The_Dumbass_]

I have no idea who this man is, but he reminds me of my favorite teacher

[@colintsaxofon2492]

Pls keep this up

[@truffboy1263]

Watching this rn

[@neokoga]

MORE MORE MORE!!! :D

[@see592]

Subscribed!

[@jessicahaug6555]

You do not need pottery to place farms on rice. Pottery allows you to harvest rice, wheat, etc

[@ruca_MZ]

Why is Baba Yetu playing in the background. That is CIV 4 OST

[@hakanmf1]

'Kızılırmak River' so Crimson/red river river, cool.

[@Applecompuser]

Would this play well on a comp with an i5 chip? Thanks ina advance.

[@1stSlowTurtle]

Hippodrome(plus all the building init) Heavy Cavalry go brrrrrr.

[@notmaik4291]

I’d like to see some more of Medieval Dynasty

[@spookyboy101]

It will come, Jesus, have some patience

[@Mortifer_I]

Spooks no!

[@okidokiyowyow356]

I wanna buy this game. Is this ok for beginner who haven't played any civ?

[@Egg64Bits]

Can someone tell me how in his game the "please wait people are having their turn" phase goes so fast? For me it is as slow as a turtle, im playing singleplayer as well of course. Also every other part of his game also goes so fast like units moving and battling.

[@TheRAMBO9191]

Did they ever update or fix things people complained about.?

[@lockretvids]

Did... did you... did you edit Baba Yetu over Sogno di Volare? I mean both are excellent pieces of music but man... it just feels wrong.

[@brendancarleton2649]

Are you Gonna do another hoi4 when the new add on comes out

[@GoldfishLiberty]

SICKia