cstarkey42
Jul 24, 2007, 03:54 AM
Hello. I'm new to this whole bit about posting threads, but I'm desperate and irratated as hell. I've been playing the series since civ 2 and have always loved it, but I can't figure out how I'm suppose to win in single player in civ 4 and warlords in the "monarch" difficulty level. I first tried playing it in normal mode and grew frustrated by how quickly everything became obsolete. I've since played in marathon, which is much more my style.
The problem is that, despite how well I seem to be doing in terms of keeping my research above 80%, maintaining a decent army and getting most every major wonder through the classical era I can still fall behind in every catagory and be completely overrun by an advanced society before 1600. The game I just quit, for instance, put my against 6 nations, all of which had sam infantry, broadway, etc... by 1530! I thought I was doing great to have infantry by then when I saw the message "Ragnar has completed broadway". A little research and I discovered just how bad things really were...again.
This happens every time and I don't know what to do. I use to play as Gahndi and get every religion and dominate until this occured and just switched to Germany and again dominated with a respectable army only to see it all come to nothing.
Sorry this threads so long, but if anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I'm all ready to buy "swords" on wed and am worried that, with the emphasis on the later game, I won't even manage a game long enough to enjoy it. Thanks.
The problem is that, despite how well I seem to be doing in terms of keeping my research above 80%, maintaining a decent army and getting most every major wonder through the classical era I can still fall behind in every catagory and be completely overrun by an advanced society before 1600. The game I just quit, for instance, put my against 6 nations, all of which had sam infantry, broadway, etc... by 1530! I thought I was doing great to have infantry by then when I saw the message "Ragnar has completed broadway". A little research and I discovered just how bad things really were...again.
This happens every time and I don't know what to do. I use to play as Gahndi and get every religion and dominate until this occured and just switched to Germany and again dominated with a respectable army only to see it all come to nothing.
Sorry this threads so long, but if anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I'm all ready to buy "swords" on wed and am worried that, with the emphasis on the later game, I won't even manage a game long enough to enjoy it. Thanks.