Is multiplayer really this bad...?

[Praan]

I don't know about the community as a whole, but it seems multiplayer for me and others I know who plays it seems quite bulky and failure prone. Lots of lag, lots of hang ups, lots of crashes and stalls. And this is in a game with friends. When playing a game with random other people same issues, plus the ever present connects and disconnects of people coming and going. :/ I'd love to be able to play more than a few turns without someone laggin out, game crashing, people leaving, etc etc so was wondering if this is your experience too?

[The Rock God]

The MP implementation of the game is terrible. I'll only play with people I know, so having to reload every so often isn't as frustrating (from people who just leave).

[Twelvefield]

Sometimes when the planets line up the game plays just fine. Other times, it's misery compounded. I hear rumours that the issue will get some love in an autumn patch, but I've given up on MP Civ V, for now.

[AgentPumpkin]

We have givern up totally on this game. I wonder if mp fixes are being ignored as its a steam problem or is it a 2kgame issue?

[[GR] Mystic_Zealot]

Yeah i still try to play MP because i like it more than playing just with AI...

Its really bad... the MP experience is really bad...

Rarely we can load a game ...... No matter of map size, number of players whatever..

I hope its fixed one day because i really like this game.

You got a point there Agent Pumpkin. I would like to know if mp fixes are being ignored as its a steam problem or is it a 2kGame issue... Good question..

[AskJarv]

I can't believe this is still going on - it's really frustating that over a year after the original release and after they've milked customers for extra money for DLC and this still seems to be a common issue :(

[Stevepunk]

There are never even any games in the lobby..

[SneakySquid]

I've only ever played MP on a lan and it works perfectly. No lag or anything of the sort. I feel sad for all those that can't experience the fun of MP. :(

[Sheepdawg]

Me and a friend play all the time...aside from random desync(loading screen) there are rarely any issues. Hell we've even played 2v2 and 3v3 MP Pubs and havent had issues.

I admit its annoying when you are waiting for next turn then all of a sudden it says "Leader" instead of my friends name. We jsut load up the most recent autosave and boom..back on course.

[Magnumer]

Only had two lockups when going to next turns. I play with friends too though. If you're playing with a friend with vanilla and you have G&K, it's best to let the vanilla friend host it seems. At least for me, trying to host with G&K while he had vanilla caused several game settings to not load as they should have. Once he hosted, didn't have any problems from there. Could be an actual problem or could just be my install being buggy.

[Anunaki]

I usually play 1v1, or 1v1v1. That way it doesnt lag a whole bunch. Also, if your playing with friends and dont have enough time to finish the game, itll be easier to resume the game with everyone's cooperation.

[Blizniak]

Never had any problems in multiplayer.