the no quitters rebalance mod makes civ v better though, esp. if you get the NQ map pack with their upgraded pangea
i've been able to get back into it a bit before civ vi comes out cus of that. i'm hopin civ 6 is going to have much better modding potential like they promise, cus i'd love to see big modpacks on the scale of things like BNW that actually change up the game