What changes besides having a few new civilization to play as/against if i buy anthology

[Darren]

Actually i own civ 6 vanilla on epic games so i'm currently waiting for epic games sale so i can buy the anthology upgrade , and i was wondering what are the changes beside some civ being added into the game and also i saw some youtubers playing game with slight different like hud???? And i'm quite used to the current state of my game which vanilla , and i saw some threads here mentioning something i have never even seen in my game . I've a few hours perhaps not exceeding 100 ,never achieved any victories except for dominion and score lul.

I'm still quite new......

And also i was wondering do most of you guys play the game with other players mostly or just with A.I?

[God of Snacks]

I mostly play with AI, i like to take the game slow. Sometimes I mess around with friends and we try to do really dumb stuff like just constantly waging offensive wars on the highest difficulty.

As for the anthology... I don't actually know what you mean by vanilla civ 6. Like do you have the DLCs (gathering storm and the others)? Those DLCs can change the game a lot by giving you modes that spice things up. Apocalypse mode is a wild ride. I'm pretty sure the dlcs also have community add-ons that implement QoL improvements, better hud, being able more clearly see where your resources are coming from.

I can't give you a proper answer as I haven't played the base vanilla game and then jumped to the complete pack. So I'm actually not sure how much you're missing out on.

[ShuFlngPu]

Originally posted by NewEleven:

Actually i own civ 6 vanilla on epic games so i'm currently waiting for epic games sale so i can buy the anthology upgrade , and i was wondering what are the changes beside some civ being added into the game and also i saw some youtubers playing game with slight different like hud???? And i'm quite used to the current state of my game which vanilla , and i saw some threads here mentioning something i have never even seen in my game . I've a few hours perhaps not exceeding 100 ,never achieved any victories except for dominion and score lul.

I'm still quite new......

And also i was wondering do most of you guys play the game with other players mostly or just with A.I?

To answer in short, the DLC packs add new factions to play as AND/OR change ones that already exist in the game.
An example is uhh, Elenore.
She can be either French or English, depending on the version you want and they are quite differnt from eachother.

Since you are new; these 'small changes' totally change how you want to optimally play any particular faction. Certain ones are very particular in how and where you want to setup while others have more bonus' pertaining to science or culture victories.

Small changes -yes. But these small change have massive impacts on how you will play.
Hope this helps a bit.
PS: You do not NEED these extra factions but I highly recomend them if you think you will play the game for a long time.
Many people have spent months perfecting certain strategies with particular factions.

Im a big fan of taking faith-based factions and then using the faith to mass-rush units via faith-purchase in the midgame to overwhelm people who dont see it coming by stocking up on faith and then just massively spamming units into armies and then conquoring- From a religious gameplay prior. Can really throw people off. ;) Plus, its fun.
But I digress, these are things you probably dont care overmuch about at the moment and I would definately agree with you on waiting for a sale. They are not needed for you to learn but rather, master differnt gameplay styles.

These are the DLC I would buy if you have interest in the game but BE WARNED; it DRASTICALLY changes gameplay with natural disasters and having a World Congress.
World Congress is another method of winning the game via diplomatic favor.
Gathering storm causes natural disasters like volcanoes to erupt, hurricanes and floods and it also DRASTICALLY changes the game. -These do destroy your buildings and damage your units requiring repairs and heals.

Rise and Fall
Gathering Storm

[Darren]

So basically the antho edition is just going make my game harder?

Highest difficulty I've ever played is actually after prince diff so idk....

Usually I go for facism government thus getting dominance victory cuz everytime the game is just going to result into me conquering other civ if they're surpassing me in anyway possible.....well at least my current is focused on culture which im leading ahahaha...

And I've also seen some new features such governors or like loyalty points in cities.

Kinda very new for me but at the same very very interesting for me....I'm very stoked for the sale and the expansion kinda make me feel more immersive.

[Oaks]

If you only have the vanilla civ6, I highly recommend Anthology. It will add the dlc Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm, which in my opinion greatly improve the game with some nice new features. They are not minor changes, and I'd never play without the dlc now that I have it.

[grognardgary]

I think most though scarcely all players play solo. Gathering storm which includes the rise and fall rules changes is, in my opinion a necessity. Further I find limiting total ai controlled entities to no more than twenty total regardless of map size to enhance game play significantly

[Twelvefield]

The Anthology makes some major changes to the gameplay and opens up some more creative strategies. As for MP, those that do play it play with friends. The chances of you getting a game going with random people, or of you joining as a random are so small as to be uncalculatable.

[gesundheit]

You have the base(vanilla) game. I would be very interested to know if you are experiencing any of the freeze/crashing that many others are experiencing. Just trying to see if there is a difference in this sort of crash between those who only loaded the vanilla game vs those who loaded up the DLCs with their game. You have the Epic version as well so I'm wondering about the crash instances between Epic versions and Steam versions.

[gesundheit]

Originally posted by gesundheit:

You have the base(vanilla) game. I would be very interested to know if you are experiencing any of the freeze/crashing that many others are experiencing. Just trying to see if there is a difference in this sort of crash between those who only loaded the vanilla game vs those who loaded up the DLCs with their game. You have the Epic version as well so I'm wondering about the crash instances between Epic versions and Steam versions.

this is something I've never thought of before. I might buy Civ6 again on another platform and see if I get the same crashes.

[Darren]

Originally posted by gesundheit:

You have the base(vanilla) game. I would be very interested to know if you are experiencing any of the freeze/crashing that many others are experiencing. Just trying to see if there is a difference in this sort of crash between those who only loaded the vanilla game vs those who loaded up the DLCs with their game. You have the Epic version as well so I'm wondering about the crash instances between Epic versions and Steam versions.

i never crash on epic