therealmadbone
Chieftain
I have some basic questions that I hope you can help me with. I have played all the way since Civ1 and extensively with Civ4 but I think I might be “stuck” in some of the old game mechanics when trying to play Civ5 (BNW).
I have started a Chieftain game just to try and get an understanding of how the game works but if you could help with these questions that would be appreciated:
1. I play on a Standard map (continents) with 8 AI players and 16 CS. In Civ4 to me it was all about expansion and large empires of 30-40 cities was not unusual. With this style of play I went Liberty – but how many cities should I actually aim for given the different penalties ? In my current game I have 8 cities but I could easily build a few more or conquer some – will the benefits be better than the penalties ?
2. How should I manage my cities – is it all about food and growth so setting all to that default ? Or do you mix so some have food focus and other perhaps have production ? And are these kept for the duration of the game or do you switch a lot ?
3. Are there any general rules of thumb of how much research I should have at a given time – and what is considered good/fast to be able to stay ahead or compete on harder difficulties ?
4. War Mongering. Perhaps it is due to my low level difficulty test game – but I have a hard time provoking any AI’s to DoW me. Is the War Mongering penalty anything that should be “feared” or should I just destroy those AI’s I want and accept that is the case ? (I know that any unmet Civ’s will not have the relationship penalty towards me)
5. I find it hard to ally CS early in the game since my economy is not that good but the amounts required are still the same (as far as I recall). Ofcourse there is the occassional quest or barbarian that can be used but getting an CS to be a long time ally – is there any good tricks to use ?
Thanks for any help you can offer
I have started a Chieftain game just to try and get an understanding of how the game works but if you could help with these questions that would be appreciated:
1. I play on a Standard map (continents) with 8 AI players and 16 CS. In Civ4 to me it was all about expansion and large empires of 30-40 cities was not unusual. With this style of play I went Liberty – but how many cities should I actually aim for given the different penalties ? In my current game I have 8 cities but I could easily build a few more or conquer some – will the benefits be better than the penalties ?
2. How should I manage my cities – is it all about food and growth so setting all to that default ? Or do you mix so some have food focus and other perhaps have production ? And are these kept for the duration of the game or do you switch a lot ?
3. Are there any general rules of thumb of how much research I should have at a given time – and what is considered good/fast to be able to stay ahead or compete on harder difficulties ?
4. War Mongering. Perhaps it is due to my low level difficulty test game – but I have a hard time provoking any AI’s to DoW me. Is the War Mongering penalty anything that should be “feared” or should I just destroy those AI’s I want and accept that is the case ? (I know that any unmet Civ’s will not have the relationship penalty towards me)
5. I find it hard to ally CS early in the game since my economy is not that good but the amounts required are still the same (as far as I recall). Ofcourse there is the occassional quest or barbarian that can be used but getting an CS to be a long time ally – is there any good tricks to use ?
Thanks for any help you can offer