Jumping Civs?

[HollisR]

I had problems joining a civ, and when I was finally able to I was only in it for a few minutes when I suddenly entered into another civ, and then it happened again...What the heck? I wanted to be in the first civ....now it's full

[Monthar]

That's part of the king/merged civs bug. I'll bet the civ you ended up in was a LOT larger than any other civ, possibly at least twice as large as the others that were also maxed out.

[HollisR]

What makes me mad is I formed the civ, and it kicked me out!

[norb333]

Possibly related: twice now, I've tried to join a civ, but been put in another civ, not the one I wanted to enter. The civ I wanted to enter was under attack. Game 3388. Very annoying, because I just burned two diplomacy cooldowns and I'm in the wrong civ.

Also: how is there a civ with a max of 40 people right at the start, when the other civs have much lower maxes? This is before any significant tech: between 3 and 5 techs total, and one civ had 40 people, maxed very early, and it's taking a huge lead.

EDIT: just read the "unofficial" bug sticky. I guess these issues have been known about for a long time. Huge civs / wrong civs makes the game unplayable from a balance perspective.

[Dianne]

This is totally frustrating!

[Karl Zelle]

Dianne, you're right! It is frustrating when people make threads before they read the sticky threads.