Do note, I play at KING level, I'm not a hardcore Civver by any means.
Anyway, today I figured I'd give Venice a try. Now I know they're all OCC so I figure that to counteract the harder-to-get-by science, I work to grab food-boosting wonders, tradition and all that. And the use of trade routes to my neighbors to syphon off a bit more science.
Anyway, I hit Guilds as my entry in the medievals and have just gotten NC up and running, I have 3 trade routes that each bring in science (3 beakers a pop), and a second city (Zanzibar). While I did miss out on the Temple of Artemis I got the Hanging Gardens and Tradition filled out.
I then proceed to check the demographics. I'm 10% behind the tech leader and I'm dead last.
This seriously never happened to me before. Does the early game AI tech faster then I'm used to or am I missing something here?
Anyway, today I figured I'd give Venice a try. Now I know they're all OCC so I figure that to counteract the harder-to-get-by science, I work to grab food-boosting wonders, tradition and all that. And the use of trade routes to my neighbors to syphon off a bit more science.
Anyway, I hit Guilds as my entry in the medievals and have just gotten NC up and running, I have 3 trade routes that each bring in science (3 beakers a pop), and a second city (Zanzibar). While I did miss out on the Temple of Artemis I got the Hanging Gardens and Tradition filled out.
I then proceed to check the demographics. I'm 10% behind the tech leader and I'm dead last.
This seriously never happened to me before. Does the early game AI tech faster then I'm used to or am I missing something here?