My name is Germnoble, and I'm a Noob.

Now, specifically. I haven't played whole bunch since Gods and Kings dropped. The trading posts being moved around kind of messed with my usual flow and I find it harder to get gold going. Which affects my military strategy and as a result, my science and culture gathering.

So I need some tips on playing in the post GnK world and I've always had a problem with Domination victories. Usually winning via science unintentionally after aborting my domination attempts. I just cant seem to get it going early enough. I've only won on culture once, barely. Popping the Utopia a turn before I think Ghandi was going to get a science victory. As for diplomacy, LOL. I haven't even attempted it, dealing with all the usual BS in ADDITION to keeping the city states happy just sounds mind exploding. And as I said, I have money issues.

So some basic tips on post GnK Civ would be awesome.

(Also: I'll reboot my Greeks story after Brave New World drops.)

Which difficulty?

sufficiency said:

Which difficulty?

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Prince primarily, I do want to play on King eventually though.

try to get to Guilds as fast as possible. Improve Calendar luxuries. Don't build buildings in every city(like barrack). For building units I guess you have to gauge how many you need for defense or offense depend on terrain, surrounding AI's, .etc. Like in Ancient and Classical era, I wouldn't bother Babylon because their special archers and walls will destroy your army easy.

I usually pick one or two of my cities to build barracks and the like, and those become my main unit producers. It's also best to have a navy of 1-2 melee, and 3 ranged. Chances are, a few of your targets will be coastal.

It's funny, I usually stumble into domination. In my current game, I actually aimed for a science victory, but then I realized it would be easier to do Domination.

Glassmage said:

try to get to Guilds as fast as possible. Improve Calendar luxuries. Don't build buildings in every city(like barrack). For building units I guess you have to gauge how many you need for defense or offense depend on terrain, surrounding AI's, .etc. Like in Ancient and Classical era, I wouldn't bother Babylon because their special archers and walls will destroy your army easy.

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I'm actually dicking around on settler right now and just about to go to war with Babylon, lol.

Practice taking the nearest civ with 5-6 composite bowmen (upgraded from archers) and a warrior or two. I think when you've got that down, you'll have learned most of the "tactics" you need to dominate in those important pre-industrial wars.