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At the risk of restating something already said I will add that I too have noticed that BTS demands a different play style. I play on emperor, and back in warlords I could win by warmongering early and often, playing peace just well enough to stave off total bankruptcy. I would fight 2-3 wars...

I don't think he should be that strongly blamed for using a start where his strategy works. I have a lot less trouble with "hey I have this new strategy which revolves around building wonders and settled specialists, so I am going to use a start with good production to demonstrate it" than if he...

At last! The thread I have been waiting for. While Futurehermit put forward many of my ideas about the new leaders, he left a few out. Eheopia- My strat with Zara would be to slap up theaters and coloseums and run the cultural slider high while I whipped and drafted Oromo warriors...

I'm a player who can always beat monarch, sometimes beats emperor, and rarely beats immortal. There is one exception to this, i can beat any difficulty level hundreds of years earlier, including deity, if I am playing as the Incas. Get my point? If you you said you have had success with quechua...

This is the kind of start I love to see. Get the grass cows online, farm one FP, and you'll have enough food to work all 3 mines at your happy cap. Use expansive to leverage this production into some cheap workers, which you can use to chop out two settlers, one for copper/horses, and one for...

Games that should have been on the list: Masters of Orion 2 HOMM 3 Diablo 2 Total Annihilation (been playing too much open source spring lately) Good calls: Baldur's gate 2 - This game is so frickin fun, i played it about 6 times. Civ 4 - Yeah it deserves to be in the top 10, maybe not...

Thanks, that is some good advice. I'm not to familiar with the various information screens, that tip about the demographics screen was very helpful. I have the bad habit of not regularly checking my trades with the AI, i will definitely cancel some of those resource trades with the AI that I...

I usually play emperor but decided to try my hand at immortal today. Game settings: Pangea, normal, immortal, Huayna Capac The game has gone well so far, I wiped out nappy, then moved on to take a chunk out of the number two AI, brennus. I currently have the most land area, although my...

I have also recently discovered the value of HR, a civic that i usually waited until the middle ages to adopt. It really shines with an expansive leader though, since it essentially lets you have cities that are 2 sizes bigger. Its good with a CE, but better with FE/ SE since you can quickly...

Mansa is one of my favorite leaders and I feel like I need to put in a good word here for a skirmisher rush. Lets compare them to axes for example. Pros- 2-3 first strikes: These neutralize the first strikes that archers get, making it more likely that your archer will inflict even a little...

I'll add another vote here for Huayna. He's got Industrial- Wonders are worth alot of culture, especially once multiplied Financial- For jacking up that culture slider. More money also helps you rush-buy temples in crappy cities after you get US. Mysticism- an early religion (or two)...

I say go for the religion, you have an oasis which shaves one (two?) turns of hindusim. Even on immortal, you have a decent chance at hinduism. Founding an early religion can earn you gold (once you get the oracle's GP), and saves you hammers on monuments. Plus founding a religion fits with the...

I had your same problem for a while, a prince player that couldn't beat monarch. What bumped me up into monarch and emperor were three things: 1. City specialization- Your cities shouldn't build everything. Designate cities as commerce, production, science, or great people cities. A city should...

Hi, long time lurker, first time poster. Sisuitil, you and Aelf have tought me alot about this game, the ALC and EMC have turned me from a warlord player into a Monarch player. Anyway, I look forward to shadowing this game with you, and learning more about how to compensate for my biggest...