I've had 90+ cities multiple times, my record is 95 with about 50 turns left. My computer decided to crash all and on from that date, so I never completed any of those games.
This was before the newest patches and I will try again.
Settings would be:
Chieftain
Small
3-4 opponents
Pangaea
Full on CS - 28
Me SIAM, even if I got close to the end numbers with other civs, I'm comfortable by picking this.
And I'll play OOC, with a LOT of reloading the starts. My best OOC was 95 pop with everything green around me and that was playing noble! Alex wanted to fight all the time, 'cause I scooped up all the CS's.
I start with chieftain, so at least the AI might have a chance to give me gold and stuff.
I'll let you see how I fared after the weekend, ok.
This was before the newest patches and I will try again.
Settings would be:
Chieftain
Small
3-4 opponents
Pangaea
Full on CS - 28
Me SIAM, even if I got close to the end numbers with other civs, I'm comfortable by picking this.
And I'll play OOC, with a LOT of reloading the starts. My best OOC was 95 pop with everything green around me and that was playing noble! Alex wanted to fight all the time, 'cause I scooped up all the CS's.
I start with chieftain, so at least the AI might have a chance to give me gold and stuff.
I'll let you see how I fared after the weekend, ok.