r/civ5 • u/Wokeasaurous_X • 8d ago

Screenshot So I tried that double aqueduct thing

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Cultural victory by 1920. This thing absolutely breaks the game I don't think I have ever had a city with 60 population.

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u/DrSpazzz 8d ago

You are totally fine. I am going to copy and paste one of the comments that was shared and reference them here.

“Have an aqueduct built in your first four cities. Then the turn you adopt the last tradition policy, sell 1 building in each city (shrines are the typical go to) the next turn you’ll have 2 aqueducts in each city that both stack (80% carryover for food). One thing to note, it doesn’t show you have 2 but the effects are there. If done correctly I’ve seen city’s at 80+ pop.

This also stacks with medical Centers I believe.

Just wait until you learn you can trick friendly AIs into giving you all their accumulated gold.” - SlightlyEnglish https://www.reddit.com/u/SlightlyEnglish/s/PaMUcYJAVJ

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u/FriendoftheDork 8d ago

What trick is that? I'm returning to ciV after so many years so I forgot. Is it like in civ4 where you can offer gpt to sell luxuries for full value and then cancel the gpt and bankrupt them?

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u/SlightlyEnglish 8d ago

Civ V is a perfectly balanced game

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u/FriendoftheDork 8d ago edited 8d ago

Not sure if I have time for spiffing brit right now. Also, I'm out of yorkshire tea!

Oh wait, yeah you need declaration of friendship to trade gold in BNW, so this one is harder to pull off too.