"Random leader" / "random maps"

[Mortimer]

I don't know if this is just the gods of civ playing one on me but whenever I host a civ5 game, I ALWAYS play as the egyptians and the map is NEVER random. I played the exact same continent map like 3 times now ( Haven't been playing that much mp until I bought the complete edition ). When I play the MP by joining other players, I random the nation but sometimes I'm still egyptians, which is fine. But really Every time I host I'm egyptians, 10/10. Any fix for this? I know they're a good nation, I just don't like the idea of random being me picking ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ egyptians, I'm sick of them.

Thanks in advance if anyone knows a fix for this!

[Mortimer]

no one having the problem?

[Red]

Originally posted by Chewbacca:

no one having the problem?

It can get a little repeating with random leaders for me sometimes, i have 400hrs and there's still some leaders i havent been given randomly, when others i have, a lot. I just don't go random anymore.

Never had a problem with repeating maps though, always different for me. Try different maps to continents, it's bound to start to feel a little of all the same if that's the map you play most of the time.

[Damsteri]

Civ V random generator is quite awful, but that bad. I tested some things yesterday and started a new multiple times in a row... and I got Napoleon maybe 80% of my games.

Random Map opsion is poorly done, it can only random between Pangaea, Continents, Archipelago and Fractal, so you will get often the same type, because there is only 4 types used. Random Map option can't use any DLC maps for example.

[Red]

Ah, i just noticed what you're actually talking about, lol my bad.
I thought you were referring to the random seeds in the map types.

[Damsteri]

Originally posted by redrum91825:

Originally posted by Damsteri:

Civ V random generator is quite awful, but that bad. I tested some things yesterday and started a new multiple times in a row... and I got Napoleon maybe 80% of my games.

Random Map opsion is poorly done, it can only random between Pangaea, Continents, Archipelago and Fractal, so you will get often the same type, because there is only 4 types used. Random Map option can't use any DLC maps for example.

You'll definitely get better random results with Fractal over Continents. I play it most out of the map types for that reason.
Had some very bizzare maps take shape with it.

Yep, Fractal is the best. I'm curerntly middle of fractal map game. Fractal creates often snaky continents, highly random. Very often Fractal makes two continents, one big and one small. I have got quite often In standard size game 7 players are on the same continent and one is alone.

There is no way to get exactly same map every time (unless using saved map), but there is 25% change to get same map type.

[Mortimer]

So I basically have what you do Redrum, the only fix I found was.. joining Other peoples games. That way I actually random other nations then egypt. ehh well, was worth asking. Ty guys!

[Baneken]

I used to have that exact problem with civ 4 and no matter what I tried or how many I reinstalls I did the game never deviated from a tiny tiny tiny island surrounded by all AI's and religions popped at turn 1 for AI ...

Hence I never played 4, stayed with III until 5 came along.

[Richard Hedd]

Hello chewwy!

[Mortimer]

hey! Do I know you? :3