Civ 6 | Mastering War, Spies & Combat in 2023 - (#1 Deity France Civilization VI)

[@UrsaRyan]

So a theme I've been seeing in the comments is about whether or not I should have been bee-lining wonders given the start location. Etemenanki, Great Bath and Temple of Artemis (amongst others) were all fantastic wonders for this location, I can't deny that! Things to remember here. 1) Production is king, and I had very little production. My capital specialised on food and gold, so I wanted to grow pop (not build wonders) to get Pingala in place more effectively 2) The trick to any domination themed empire is army, army, army. What little production I had (and gold) I used to get slingers and warriors, not wonders. This tactic is very beneficial to me long term - just wait till next episode! 3) Wonders are shiny, wonderful, amazing things. DON'T LET THEM DISTRACT YOU. The number of ruined runs that clock up from a lack of growth, expansion or army caused by ill considered wonder construction never ceases to amaze me! If you have a tactic, IGNORE THE SHINY THINGS - stick to your tactic and execute! Besides, you can always build wonders later with the spoils of war. Or steal them...!

[@chrisblake4198]

I agree with you. This video is about mastering the basics, and you're doing great at establishing what those are. Wonders are situational gameplay and you can go after them when circumstances allow, but it pays off to understand what a solid basic progression looks like, then you're better prepared to see when a Wonder is a good alternative once you have the experience. Optimizing around Wonders means your entire game can get thrown off when you don't get them, leaving you to either give up or fail if you don't know how to recover back to a solid baseline.

[@vladeathell]

But Ursa, they SHINEYY! :) I cannot agree more, I've messed up my early game by going exactly for Elemetanki or TOA which leaves me with some gold for the wasted production, less cities and no army ... then someone like Tomyris or Kublai come and you are dead before you know it

[@phyein4815]

Heavy explanation vids are my absolute fave, even as a veteran. I guess I just find it very enjoyable to get into the nitty gritty of how things play out, plus with Ursa there's always going to be several interesting insights and new little quirks to learn I find.

[@UrsaRyan]

hope it helps!

[@LegalSC]

Literally JUST finished the incredible Persia game. Perfect timing.

[@UrsaRyan]

Awesome stuff, hope you enjoy!

[@gaztacular]

I think the right settle location was on the coast. It was still fresh water from the river, but also would have gotten you the sailing eurekaa, a decent adjacency harbor down the line, and a place to build galleys. Then the maize would be left open to build a farm and get the irrigation eureka for your cotton and spices. It would have put the 2/2/3 truffles in your first ring to work by your initial pop, much better than your naked grassland hill. And before the horses showed up, floodplains plus stone resource automatically had me thinking aquaduct/dam/quarry/industrial zone which would have fit perfectly into a coastal settlement.

[@Dutch_is_a_Weird_Language]

I second this. You you have a setup for a couple of good Industrial Zones, and you can build Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in the Capital (where you are likely to establish Pingala) for a great amount of yields, ànd extra charges on the Great Engineers that those Industrial Zones will earn you

[@thefance4708]

i feel like cathy normally wants to settle inland locations first and focus on the bottom half of the science tree.

[@SergioKrutov]

I'd settle at the starting location and rush the Temple of Artemis for giga growth and +7 happiness in the capital from camps, pastures and plantations

[@UrsaRyan]

This is another great settle, totally agree! My aim was to go for something that gave me gold from the off but also played into my quick expansive set up. Anything involving wonders or IZ set up just takes too long - by the time either of those are done my army will have already begun it's march. Remember to stick to the strategy, don't get distracted by the shiny things! XD

[@gaztacular]

@@UrsaRyan It would have been 1 MORE gold (and 1 more production) to work the truffles from a bare grassland than to work the hill from the maize.

[@Jonnysh]

Spies AND scouts? we are truly blessed today.

[@UrsaRyan]

Ursa finally hits the meta after YEARS

[@excancerpoik]

this style of content where you explain a lot i really like it this is what i needed when i started playing but i have not played in a while so its a good refresher

[@UrsaRyan]

Cheers! Hopefully you enjoy = )

[@joshmiller2125]

Huzzah!!🐻🐻

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!!!

[@chrizzie1]

I understand that wonders aren't the priority when planning early game war, but it's hard to ignore that +8 amenity Temple of Artemis location adjacent to Paris (the NW tile), especially when the AI is notorious for choosing less than stellar locations for such wonders (those whose benefits depend on their location; Colosseum, Petra, Huey Teocalli, etc.).

[@drjonritz]

TOA is one of the best early wonders!

[@JohnnoBogan]

And this would be a great TOA. We'll see what happens. There are always competing priorities to juggle in Civ.

[@UrsaRyan]

It is a great ToA! See my pinned comment where I explain this a bit more

[@keithgriffin5949]

Thank you so much for doing this series. I bought Civ 6 when it came out, played a bit, then set it down. I recently picked it back up and have been loving every minute of it. I found your channel through the analog. I have learned so much in this one video! From settling on initial tiles to just learning about the opponents. Keep up the good work!

[@UrsaRyan]

thanks for watching, great having you!

[@Knightbruder]

2:50 I have a take... Etamananki!! Why do i love that wonder so much. Gl hf, Ill be watching

[@physnow2472]

With this little production on deity, you're not building Etemananki unfortunately.

[@Knightbruder]

14:00 We haven't unlocked writing yet. I can dream :D there is a quarry harvest!

[@UrsaRyan]

If this was a marsh / desert floodplain start with the lady of the reeds pantheon I might have had the production - no such luck alas!

[@OohCHOCOLATE98]

I really appreciate videos like these! Even though I do have 7 deity wins, I still struggle with being able to consistently win every/most games I play and restart A LOT. Notably I’ve also yet to win a domination deity game.

[@UrsaRyan]

Hope it helps!

[@Jusdro]

Not even 1 day from wrapping up one of you’re most fantastic series ever and now this one could legitimately top it. You put out incredible content every day!

[@UrsaRyan]

cheers = )

[@franklinkowal574]

so I'm new to civ entirely (about 5 months and 400 hours or so), i never really comment on youtube videos or anything, but for what its worth i wanted to say thank you for your amazing videos, I have learned so much over the last few weeks of watching your content, and it has helped me improve dramatically in civ. You keep the videos fresh and entertaining, and just wanted to let you know how much i appreciate your guides! hope youre having a great day!

[@UrsaRyan]

Very sweet to read, thank you! Glad you enjoy them, great to have you around!

[@portland573]

These very detailed runs are useful for beginners and intermediate players, but the little nuggets of info can be useful to more experienced players too. Looking forward to this one...

[@UrsaRyan]

Hope it helps = )

[@lologramme4425]

Exactly what I hoped, unusual civ focusing on an unusual part of civ

[@UrsaRyan]

Hope you enjoy!

[@birdlives829]

Ok I'm a new viewer going back to some content in the catalogue, and I can tell already that I'll love this series.

[@Xexelli]

Really excited by this series! Interested in finally seeing the angry goose that makes all your choices.

[@wokebutstillsleepy8426]

Hey Ursa, I've learned recently that it's almost always worth sending delegations first turn and also even declining their delegations as it maintains a permanent +3 combat bonus as well as a visibility tier for domination games especially.

[@RobinBlitz13]

Liked the video and Subscribed 👍 This video made me want to play civ6 again. I’m a noob at it but will give it another go

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah! Great to have you here = )

[@chrisblake4198]

I wish the promotion from Catherine stacked with the Governor bonus. It would be cool to double promote Spies.

[@grichnak4794]

Dope video, looking forward to the rest

[@UrsaRyan]

Cheers!

[@IceThinker]

More standard game, really refreshing ❄

[@Friend2Trolls]

I'm subscribed to your channel and I enjoy watching you play and listen to your thought processes, but joining the Discord sounds like a nightmare to me. 10,000 people? As good as it is for you and I'm super proud of you for it, the idea of joining something like that makes my skin crawl. Anyways, hope you have fun with this series and continue expanding your channel, as well as your Discord!

[@UrsaRyan]

So fun fact about discord - you can join but just lurk. You don't have to interact at all = ) Very useful if you want access to the resources but don't want to get too involved

[@SGProductions87]

"The scientific foundation of my nation is looking a little more secure than it has done before." -Ursa

[@UrsaRyan]

Truely a visionary

[@JoVinckier]

So pleasing to listen to these overexplained series. It's like we are inside your head. 😅

[@UrsaRyan]

A dangerous place to be

[@spesbona4345]

so good videos... best civ6 channel for me.

[@UrsaRyan]

cheers = )

[@OwenLeBlanc-l7h]

Very useful guide, I've never bothered to get a domination victory (although it's been possible many times) before because I just don't find it satisfying. Hopefully the series can give more appreciation for domination.

[@UrsaRyan]

Fingers crossed it helps!

[@0th_Law]

Honestly, I would've settled in place. Mostly because you could've damned the Meuse and Rhine in such a way that Industrial Zones would get a minimum of +5, which could've been coupled by an aqueduct placement that settling in place would've made available to you, alongside one from your second city, to make a +10 IZ. Combine that with Craftsmen/5 Year Plan & a Coal Power Plant, and that's +20 production in the range of that IZ.

[@UrsaRyan]

If industrial zone adjacency was the aim here than yes, that would have worked! Don't forget the aim though, we're going to war. By the time dams and IZs are around we'll be LONG past this point of it being useful

[@talosisoursavior3061]

25:25 worth noting that the "first impressions" modifier decays over time, so when combined with mutual open borders, sending a delegation even when they will still dislike you to start can speed up how many turns it takes for them to be willing to send a delegation. This is also good because as soon as they dislike you, you are no longer able to send a delegation, which is awkward when you need to send a delegation for them to like you. In general I would always send a delegation if you don't mind losing the 25 gold, especially when you are making 14 gpt.

[@UrsaRyan]

All good points. I find from the classical era onwards I do this alot. First era, it just takes too long to decay

[@jacquelynmurray9140]

Great vid

[@UrsaRyan]

Cheers = )

[@clinthenness7186]

This is great

[@davidtabler315]

Good video bud

[@LillaJag]

Early Bear! Maybe even earliest 10 seconds after realise 😉But to write the comment took too long..

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah for long comments!!!

[@OwenLeBlanc-l7h]

I'd have settled on the river entrance because you can work one truffle immediately and it would pop sailing. Also, I love harbours and I want the bonus gold for being next to the city centre.

[@UrsaRyan]

A good alternative! I wanted to stick inland - you can always build a harbour later, and I wanted more land to work for more farms / pop for pingala

[@vicentelouro4008]

Just started the videos and enjoy the tutorial theme

[@UrsaRyan]

Hope you enjoy!

[@SGProductions87]

I am surprised you didn't go for the coastal turn 2 settle which is much higher production. Ok, lose era score from not settling the floodplain, but eureka for sailing, immediate access to the ocean and you bring both hills into the first ring, and importantly, immediately you can work the truffles tile. By settling on the Maize you got the 2 gold but you'll probably have to spend the gold on tiles to get your civ developing faster.

[@f0rm0r]

Am I an early bear? Looks like a fun run! 🐻‍❄

[@UrsaRyan]

Always an early bear!

[@Lachkind]

Early Bear! Huzzah!

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!!!

[@bobby_hmm]

25:19 You say it's not worth "wasting" the gold on sending a delegation if the relationship is bad, but then go on to explain sending a delegation grants a level of diplo visibility. IMO, it is always worth spending that gold (even early game) to get the extra visibility. Especially if you can see a war coming.

[@jacobdhall]

Bam earliest bear?!

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!!!

[@g.r.4372]

To anyone new to civ: I actually think scout start is better because of friendly meeting civs, they don't fuss with a scout on their borders, and they move faster getting those goody huts on the way -- tempo is everything in CIV. Sooner you meet civs, sooner you're trading luxuries, diplomatic favor, excess strategics etc, speeding up your game. But most of all: Meeting city states. They're that powerful, they're how you win One City Challenges, and their utility is essential from first to last turn. First meeting gives you one envoy, which adds gold, production, science and culture etc to capital. Also faith that might be essential for securing a contested pantheon, too. If you go Amani+diplo league, along with envoy earning via quests, you can easily move her around giving you multiple "first suzerain" era score to guarantee golden age on classical. With that, you could have their powerful unique bonuses like improvements, levying units to rush someone, or if early enough, even declare war on them with no major repercussions - except losing envoys, the sooner the better, though - for some quick pillage and xp farming (like setting up double shot archers), etc. You might even witness a CS builder repairing some improvements for a quick gold plunder again. Your stat snowball comes from multiplying buildings and CS bonuses too, a synergy that makes them both much more valuable from the start. Imagine a doable start with 3 libraries x 3 first tier (1 envoy) on science city-states: the resulting bonus (=12, with 3 being applied on capital) is the same as having 6 libraries more! Last but not least, there are endgame cards that give you +5% science or(/and) culture per suzerain, coupled with the relatively early and obtainable Kilwa Kisiwani wonder that awards a empire-wide +15% to a stat that you have two suzes of the type, it's through CS that you snowball hard and slingshot past deity AI, the sooner the better.

[@vodkasherbet8727]

Meeting someone with a scout also makes ai friendlier to you compared to a warrior

[@Nukacola38]

Ah yes, the extended version of the TikTok / KZbin short on stacking combat bonuses!

[@Jorolap]

Ursa ryan and spies I hope this goes well.

[@drjonritz]

I hope they all get named.

[@UrsaRyan]

anything but Paul

[@evassar92]

You definitely deserve more subs. Hopefully this comment helps you achieve your 50,000 signatures for the University of Sankore.

[@UrsaRyan]

Thanks so much = )

[@kirstenfreitag2517]

HUZZAH!!!🐻🐻

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!

[@Hexxun]

Would love to see a take on the historic victory idea but with no war. So all peaceful victories before the AI can reach one.

[@TheLikerofPie]

For the algorithm!!!

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!!!

[@xenosarcadius1198]

Early bear huzzah!

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!!!

[@dinataleluca7062]

Early bears, assemble!!

[@LegoLennart]

Early Bear

[@mj22647]

Ursa can you please do a Norway or Dido TSL?

[@UrsaRyan]

I've already done both! Check out my playlist showing all my series, you'll find them there!

[@gumbycat5226]

I would have played the early turns differently in 2 ways. Firstly I would have settled on the grassland coastal tile. This would have started with one of those truffles tiles (2 production, 3 gold, 2 food), given me the seafaring boost and enabled the irrigation boost. Secondly, and this especially for the illustrative purposes of your game, I would not have unlocked animal husbandry until after settling my second city. I am always careful about that tech and bronze working because of the way they ruin early plans. You were lucky that there was a nearly as good alternative but it does force you to locate your government centre there. This has implications if you want to span settlers later. In the scenario you lay out, it is vital to have the government plaza in the same city as the first encampment, i.e. your capital.

[@UrsaRyan]

Strategic resources only ruin district adjacency plans - if you're worried about those in a war based game, either you're not moving fast enough or you're not playing adaptive enough! For instance, my capital didn't get the government center, but it meant it could pump out troops and an encampment whilst my two cities in the north did the science and got +5 campuses. Never get too focused on plan A. Improvising is key!

[@0_Body]

We all know the real challenge of this series is the spies

[@UrsaRyan]

And avoiding Paul

[@Dutch_is_a_Weird_Language]

I know it's a domination game... I know the Capital's production is not great... ...but I wouldn't be able to resist that amazing Temple of Artemis potential Paris has

[@UrsaRyan]

Hahaha, I know. See my pinned comment = )

[@vodkasherbet8727]

Femboys have been my soft spot and you are the most amazing one

[@Emmetlovesredvelvet13]

Hey Ryan I love your content and I have to ask if maybe next time you could a video on nadar shah or wu zetian at some point I really like those leaders but I haven't been able to find a focus to make them work and I'd love to see a veteran show me what to do and hey pin this if you see it

[@UrsaRyan]

Take a look at the playlists on my channel, especially the all my series one - I've done a run with both of these leaders, hopefully they help!

[@Emmetlovesredvelvet13]

@@UrsaRyan thanks ursa I appreciate it imma check them out

[@AndrewNotIncluded]

We all know that the best reason to settle on the maize is for the future canal 😜

[@UrsaRyan]

The secret truth

[@tariqgraves374]

One thing i like about the civ5 scout compared to 6 is thatthey dont have penalty crossing rivers. I just tried playing civ6 mobile, and i keep trolling myself with the scout

[@tariqgraves374]

Not sure if this applies yo the dlc of civ6

[@Justica007]

Does anyone know what mod he is using to see the relationship status while hovering a civs icon...you can see it at 25:15 of the vid?

[@leewalterson1243]

Have you ever thought of doing a genocide run? Basically the only cities you can conquer and keep are the enemy civ capitals, everything else needs to be razed. Makes for a balance of producing settlers and domination

[@UrsaRyan]

Never say never!

[@BenvanAssema]

🖖

[@FARBerserker]

why did you not settle turn 2 between the truffles and the maize on the coast? you would have had the truffle yields immediately. and the maize too. and then gro to the other truffle tile or buy it. and do a harbout and commercial hub on river triangle as well . .

[@UrsaRyan]

A good alternative! I wanted to stick inland - you can always build a harbour later, and I wanted more land to work for more farms / pop for pingala. Focus on the strategy at hand rather than going for the usual harbour / commercial triangle I know you love - that takes ages to set up, we need to be moving way before then!

[@mikiradin]

Moderately early bear

[@UrsaRyan]

Moderate Huzzah!

[@legoworf8125]

Yeah

[@bjornladholm4011]

Is there a way to locate strategic resources without having to look over the entire map???

[@virusj216]

33:22 I'm wondering why you didn't just wait a bit and buy the builder so that you can clear the woods?

[@UrsaRyan]

Time vs reward - if I had teh capacity to get a builder fast I'd be tempted

[@drjonritz]

So, sending a delegation does NOT give diplomatic visibility? It might cost 25 gold, and it might not win you a friend, but I always thought it was worth one level of visibility.

[@UrsaRyan]

To clarify, it DOES give the diplo visability. It's just that war will remove your delegation so you can't count on it in combat. If you can get a benefit from the extra access level in peace time, fantastic! I couldn't see a need for it this game personally

[@jessewood3196]

​@@UrsaRyanoh that's hugely helpful to know, thank you! The bit in your video about whether to send a delegation or not was super useful. I used to send delegations hoping to have more diplo visibility combat bonus in war, only to have the delegation/advantage wiped away at the start of the war 😂. Do embassy's work the same way too? Thanks again, great content.

[@widgetb]

🐻🐻🐻

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!!!

[@alexhutchison8447]

Woah it said "no views 36 seconds ago" i musta been early. I see comments here im about ~4 min in to the video

[@lawlussmusic]

Huzzah

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!!!

[@Snipfragueur]

How good is Catherine compared to Wu Zetian ?

[@UrsaRyan]

Different - and similar! Catherine has the edge at war, Wu has the economic edge

[@anthonsvensson]

Delagations grant diplomatic visibility don't they? Even though you were at -6 this time I'd still say it'd be worth it due to the intel bonus.

[@UrsaRyan]

If you can get a benefit from the intel bonus, great. I couldn't see any use for it at that time

[@SourceOfBeing]

£413 - Don't forget to always consider whether a city can build the University of Sankore.

[@t_xxic8814]

Primo :D

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!!!

[@cheneewoon2878]

hey ursa, is this deity++?

[@UrsaRyan]

nope, just deity for this guide!

[@rommayo]

Algorithm 215

[@modgreener]

@10 robbed on low role for slinger kill boost, always the way

[@UrsaRyan]

Preach

[@125discipline2]

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[@eduardo3652]

Daily comment.

[@koti123b]

first

[@UrsaRyan]

Huzzah!!!

[@FARBerserker]

NO settle towards the natural wonder?!?

[@UrsaRyan]

Save the era score for when you need it!

[@bassistofsin]

Ursa explains espionage. Should be painful

[@UrsaRyan]

I learnt everything I know from Paul

[@clinthenness7186]

Late, Here

[@DylanKnighting]

No ToA?😢

[@UrsaRyan]

See my pinned comment XD

[@DylanKnighting]

@@UrsaRyan but wonders are shiny

[@flyingpenguin9819]

You got franced

[@FARBerserker]

why are you allwys so concerned with your scout or warrior building lining up with your population growth? those have no connectivity to each other correct?

[@WolfePaws]

It's common to want to start a settler on hitting 2 pop. (Not that it's always a good idea.) The scout finishing is like an alarm clock. If the scout finishes a turn earlier and you have to start something else it's easy to forget and not go back for a bunch more turns. That's my take, anyway.

[@UrsaRyan]

Yes - ideally you want city 2 out as fast as possible, it's why people do it

[@xenoxaos1]

I'm saying things and have a different take....

[@darkemperor418]

Still got some bad drawings Ursa

[@12vscience]

a

[@bragiodinsen4604]

god this games art style is so bad. it makes every thumbnail look like cell phone game garbage click bait.

[@airbound1779]

Dom multiplayer

[@helena19995]

Please don’t do the explanatory stuff…

[@jamesnelles4484]

why not settle on the coast and access the truffles in the first ring?

[@UrsaRyan]

A good alternative! I wanted to stick inland - you can always build a harbour later, and I wanted more land to work for more farms / pop for pingala. Plus I got gold from the city center which doesn't go away