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    Sid Meier's Civilization V

    Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Sep 21, 2010

    Civilization V brings brand new gameplay elements to this beloved franchise, while maintaining the "just one more turn" mentality.

    Whats up with the no map-trading?

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    #1  Edited By Pumpeho

    So Ive played a fair deal of Civ 5 by now.  Theres one thing that really annoys me and thats the lack of being able to trade maps.
     My current game is on the Earth map and I gotta say I love it. Anyway, I sent out a caravel at 1300 AD. It is now 1904 AD and I havnt discovered Asia yet.
     
    Am I missing something or do I have to explore every square of the map myself in order to not have white spots? Or in this case White frikkin continents.

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    #2  Edited By Rhombus_Of_Terror

    Do you use scouts? i used them in the early game to explore the two main continents ( I started on an island on my own. )

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    #3  Edited By face15
    @Pumpeho: Do you just have it set to auto-explore. Usually it'll clear up most of the map if you set 2-3 ships to do that.
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    #4  Edited By Pumpeho

    Yea, I use both scouts and ships set to explore.
     A bit short on the naval side tho.
     
    I still would want a map-trading function like the other Civ games.

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    #5  Edited By Raymayne

    Yeah what the hell that sucks.

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    #6  Edited By borodin

    Yeah I was really surprised that researching satellites doesn't reveal all the terrain either, seems like an annoyance and a missed opportunity to have a cool tech

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    #7  Edited By Tennmuerti

    Map trading trivialises exploration and reconnaissance.
    I'm glad it is not in the game anymore.

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    #8  Edited By StaticFalconar

    at first I was mad at the no trading maps as well, but the computer never values thier own map and countless I've had recon done for me by giving 5 gold for the other persons map. Also its not as easy to spread culture out anymore so maps could give away land that could be colonized. 

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    #9  Edited By Vigilance

    It really irks me that you can't use aircraft to scout enemy territory anymore, or even just look for enemies to fight.
     
    I know aircraft give you extra sight radius, but it seems to not extend inland. They basically have forced you to use scouts and open border treaties to explore.
     
    Even satellites no longer reveal the map.
     
    It's an odd choice and probably the only thing I don't like about Civ 5.

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    #10  Edited By mosdl
    @borodin said:
    " Yeah I was really surprised that researching satellites doesn't reveal all the terrain either, seems like an annoyance and a missed opportunity to have a cool tech "
    This needs fixing, I agree
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    #11  Edited By Theavy

    I think they also did it because it slows down when you have more land discovered. it also give you an excuse to explore more

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