While it’s true that you can still manage to complete deity victories even when you don’t have the ideal setup, the whole overreliance on RNG factors can be a severe problem for the Maya.

There aren’t enough flat grassland or plains tiles for your farms (for housing and Observatory boosts).

There aren’t enough resources that allow plantations to be built, severely limiting the science output of your Observatory district.

Terrain features such as mountains or lakes won’t allow you to plop down new cities.

City-states or other civs may have popped up, preventing you from settling new cities unless you go to war.

As you explore, you’ll find that you’re near the coast and thus you’re prevented from expanding towards that direction.

It’s also one of the toughest ones to get perfectly because the following can happen: The double hexagonal geometry (seen above) is the ideal placement of cities for the Mayan Empire in Civilization VI‘s New Frontier Pass. Non-capital cities within six tiles gain bonus yields, but those beyond that incur significant penalties. The biggest issue, though, is the requirement for proper city placement. Instead, you’ll want farms, plantations, or other districts to provide these extra boosts. Additionally, their Observatory district has no innate science yields from the terrain. The Maya gain no housing from freshwater or coastal sources, and you’ll need farms for that. This is primarily due to their uniques: the Mayab (ability), the Ix Mutal Ajaw (leader), and the Observatory (district). In sharp contrast to an easier run with Gran Colombia, the Mayans led by Lady Six Sky were more complicated than they should be. My experience with the Maya and Lady Six Sky However, I need not have worried since Simon Bolivar and Gran Colombia could easily cruise through most Civilization VI: New Frontier Pass campaigns thanks to rapid expansion and domination-oriented gameplay. The latter took me a while to develop properly since it required several plantations to maximize boosts. Rounding out their uniques capabilities are the Llanero (a cavalry replacement which benefits from Comandante General active usage and other Llaneros) and the Hacienda unique improvement. I can partially consider them a top-tier civ, though that may change in due course since I still need to play some of the older ones that have been introduced in Civilization VI‘s base game and expansions. These two uniques already make Gran Colombia playthroughs quite a breeze especially on deity difficulty. Led by the liberator Simon Bolivar, you’re poised to conquer the land by way of your additional movement speed (for all units) and free Comandante Generals (unique Great Generals) each time you progress to a new era. Gran Colombia is the first civ we’ll tackle in Civilization VI: New Frontier Pass. Civilization VI: New Frontier Pass impressions – Gran Colombia and Simon Bolivar

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