Navelgazer
King
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- Jul 4, 2012
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So after a monumentally dominant Morocco game on Prince level, I realized it was time to step it up again. Now, I'm not entirely clear on all of the benefits that the AI gets on King+, but I knew that starting techs were among them and that I wouldn't be able to swing for early wonders, etc, like I had before.
I like playing financial civs so I started up a continents+ game with Venice, and eventually just got frustrated with the general hyper-cubiness of it while playing on a new difficulty for me (Plus I was next to a very hostile Shaka, my puppeted CS was building non-sensical things like a caravansary despite the fact that it was the only thing on it's tiny three-hex island, and the barns were raging with little way to stop them, as the CSes I was courting were all out in the archipelagos and it was going to take forever to get anything over there that could amphibiously take out the encampments and so none of my sea trade routes were safe, etc.)
SO...
Long story slightly shorter, I'm trying to do this with Askia instead. I've never played a full game as Songhai and he seems interesting. I figure that if I can't guarantee the early wonders anyway I might as well blow them off and build up a army that can profit from the barb camps nobody else wants to deal with, and get a strong start that way.
So, what I'm looking for are:
1. Any general New-to-King-Level tips I should be aware of in terms of build orders, priorities, and strategies.
2. Any Songhai-specific tips I should know in order to maximize my potential. I'm not devoted to a Domination victory by any means, and in fact it seems like Askia could go a number of different ways with it, so what do y'all suggest?
Thanks
I like playing financial civs so I started up a continents+ game with Venice, and eventually just got frustrated with the general hyper-cubiness of it while playing on a new difficulty for me (Plus I was next to a very hostile Shaka, my puppeted CS was building non-sensical things like a caravansary despite the fact that it was the only thing on it's tiny three-hex island, and the barns were raging with little way to stop them, as the CSes I was courting were all out in the archipelagos and it was going to take forever to get anything over there that could amphibiously take out the encampments and so none of my sea trade routes were safe, etc.)
SO...
Long story slightly shorter, I'm trying to do this with Askia instead. I've never played a full game as Songhai and he seems interesting. I figure that if I can't guarantee the early wonders anyway I might as well blow them off and build up a army that can profit from the barb camps nobody else wants to deal with, and get a strong start that way.
So, what I'm looking for are:
1. Any general New-to-King-Level tips I should be aware of in terms of build orders, priorities, and strategies.
2. Any Songhai-specific tips I should know in order to maximize my potential. I'm not devoted to a Domination victory by any means, and in fact it seems like Askia could go a number of different ways with it, so what do y'all suggest?
Thanks