OK, it's obvious at this point that I'm pretty well versed in SP-deity but quite novice in the MP arena. But having a few MP games under my belt, this strategy seems conceivably effective but definitely risky. My understanding, limited as it may be, is that MP DoW's are based on opportunities presented by either A.) dominant status versus a neighbor or B.) observing an opportunistic moment/fault in movement or strategy of an opponent. Babylon is a such a god-tier civ; it allows dominant status to occur nearly every game, even against opponents that are better than you are. By allocating resources to the bowman strategy instead of infrastructure, it may sacrifice a "definite" dominant position in the future for a "possible" advancement now.
I guess another hang-up that I have is that most MP circles require random civ selection, and rolling Babylon, more than any other civ except maybe equal to Poland, is a rare opportunity to excel more than I usually do. As such, I tend to play safer as Babylon, then I would as, say, Iroquois, where it's more or less a throw-away game and I'll try anything for poops and giggles.
