Fredgerd
Warlord
I have a friend who is... not new to Civ but none the less and bit of a rookie so to speak. We really want him to be able to play at a competitive level with us but he's been very slow to pick things up. I'll also admit upfront I'm probably not the best teacher, having a tendency to get overly competitive, and I'm working on finding a balance between brutally punishing all his mistakes when we play and just ignoring him entirely outside trade (the latter of which just reinforces bad tactics because he ends up getting rewarded for things like not having an army when everyone avoids attacking him, and the like).
Anyway, he's had the game about a year and a half now, and has logged 126 hours of play, but he's still making inexperienced mistakes like trying to use embarked units in battle, accidentally killing barb captured units with an archer, building wonders with an enemy army at his doorstep, etc. and has by his own account never seen the victory screen. I think he'd really like to get good but I'm not sure how to approach teaching him. He seems very resistant to reading any sort of guide, claiming he's the type of person who can only learn from experience and I'm just not really sure how to approach teaching that sort of person.
Anyone have any tips for this?
Anyway, he's had the game about a year and a half now, and has logged 126 hours of play, but he's still making inexperienced mistakes like trying to use embarked units in battle, accidentally killing barb captured units with an archer, building wonders with an enemy army at his doorstep, etc. and has by his own account never seen the victory screen. I think he'd really like to get good but I'm not sure how to approach teaching him. He seems very resistant to reading any sort of guide, claiming he's the type of person who can only learn from experience and I'm just not really sure how to approach teaching that sort of person.
Anyone have any tips for this?