Hello,
I am searching for help and advice to become a better player and would love to consistently win on emperor and above. Apart from some cheesy wins on the highest difficulty levels i never really beat these difficulties. Currently i can't win consistently on monarch.
I have read a lot of strategy articles and learned a lot over time but since decision making is mostly situation based i'd like people to comment on my games through a play through like i have seen on these boards often.
I try to go into as much detail as possible, and maybe even upload save games every now and then.
So, the settings.
Monarch - I still don't feel comfortable enough on this level so i think it's a good way to start.
Marthon - Boring?
Pangea
Standard
No barbarians - more boredom but speeds things up.
I am searching for help and advice to become a better player and would love to consistently win on emperor and above. Apart from some cheesy wins on the highest difficulty levels i never really beat these difficulties. Currently i can't win consistently on monarch.
I have read a lot of strategy articles and learned a lot over time but since decision making is mostly situation based i'd like people to comment on my games through a play through like i have seen on these boards often.
I try to go into as much detail as possible, and maybe even upload save games every now and then.
So, the settings.
Monarch - I still don't feel comfortable enough on this level so i think it's a good way to start.
Marthon - Boring?
Pangea
Standard
No barbarians - more boredom but speeds things up.
Spoiler :
I settled 1S from my starting position to make my capitol a GP farm once i run caste system. The ivory showed once i settled but i still think this is a good choice. At this time i was hoping to get my hands on rice and wheat so i can get that health boost this city needs.
Spoiler :
Gandhi right next to me, this screams for worker steal, so i waited on that flood plain but he never send his worker to wine,FP or hill till his border popped.... a real shame and a waste of 30+ turns exploring.
I started stonehenge to let my city grow to size 4 and start settler production.
As you can see i found my wheat and rice which is awesome.
I started stonehenge to let my city grow to size 4 and start settler production.
As you can see i found my wheat and rice which is awesome.
Spoiler :
So my first dilemma, where to settle? I could aggressively settle near Egypt with the wine and spices, this could make a good commercial city. I can also block ghandi with the yellow city this would also be a nice commercial city.
-edit-
Ok, no dilemma any more. Once bronze working was complete i whipped my 2nd settler. Gandhi settled his 2nd 1S, 2E from the ivory. Shaka settled a little above the marble, but not in range. 3+ suger patches but inside the jungle. Depending on how things go i rush one of them with praetorians.
-edit-
Ok, no dilemma any more. Once bronze working was complete i whipped my 2nd settler. Gandhi settled his 2nd 1S, 2E from the ivory. Shaka settled a little above the marble, but not in range. 3+ suger patches but inside the jungle. Depending on how things go i rush one of them with praetorians.