Thanks Roland
i think this will be a silly question....i been trying different strategy, using different empire, still cant really build as fast as the AI...i will always start building a settler whenever my 1st city came up....as for researching the technology,i will always go for economy and growth 1st....den when i scout the other AI empire they seem to have a new found city,i was wondering how y so fast,what they do
?any suggestions on to build fast and choosing the right technology?
Training a settler
ASAP doesnt lead to good results
Usual practice is to make warriors or scouts first to look around your surroundings
By looking around you:
1) Find tribal huts
2) Find good spots to settle new cities
3) Find military resources(horses, iron, copper)
3) Find other civs, this allows you to make future plans .. who to ally, who to attack, who to avoid, etc
Making scouts or warriors also lets your capital GROW. If you make a settler or worker while it's still a size 1(can only "work" the center, and an extra tile)
Means that you're only making use of 1 extra tile, instead of 2-3(if you trained scouts/warriors instead)
Another reason why you dont want to start a settler ASAP, is because sending the settler to settle in unexplored(or fog of war) areas means there's a chance that barbarians would steal it
Another reason why you want to start training a warrior(but not a scout) is if you find another civ, you can use these warriors to declare war, and steal workers
That way, you dont have to stop Food Growth(while you train a worker)
Of course, other players would do other things, such as train settler first, train worker first, or a monument first... But these are carefully planned decisions that they think offsets starting with warriors