Monarch Level Strat

amirsan

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I have just completed my second full game on Monarch and I'm starting to become pretty good on this level. This strat could work on any below level but I dont think it may work on Emperor of Diety.

Anyways, I started this game on Standard map, Pangea with six AI as the Germans (my new favorite civ). I started on my first city building a warrior to seek out my closest nieghbor then after that all I built was like 5 or 6 Archers before my second city. When I found my first nieghbor it was the Vikings so I gathered and quikley attacked and wiped them off. That is the best thing to do esspecially if your a militarialistic civ to get alot of garanteed land.

People say that you should try to beat the AI to a certain tech, that is not neccesarily true. What you have to do is research something that they may not be researching but is expensive. For example, when begining a game research to Construction or Currency because the AI dont perferaby start researching to those techs, they usually research to Code Of Laws and Literature of some sort. Let them research one thing while you research another, so when you both get a tech you can trade for thier techs. This will realy get you all to the Modern Age quite fast.

You may be thinking that if they get a tech to they'll be making money too, but realy if they dont have money how are they going to pay you for your tech???

This is also good because the AI usually dont have any money to be paying you gpt in the Early ages.

Attacking the strongest AI opponent is probably what everyone also thinks that should be done but I think it should be done differently. The strtongets AI opponent is the one thats supplying you with money to stay alive. To stay strong then attack a weak AI thats not supplying you with anything. When MA's and MI's come in is when you should start a war with a superpower.

The last time I started this strat the game came out pretty good. Please try this and tell me how it works out. Give me some feedback. Thats all I got to say.........for now.
 
Originally posted by amirsan
For example, when begining a game research to Construction or Currency because the AI dont perferaby start researching to those techs, they usually research to Code Of Laws and Literature of some sort. Let them research one thing while you research another, so when you both get a tech you can trade for thier techs. This will realy get you all to the Modern Age quite fast.
These strategies work on higher levels as well, but beating the AI to some techs gets harder ;)

Originally posted by amirsan

When MA's and MI's come in is when your should start a war with a superpower.
Too late! Start the war with artillery.
Once you opponent has MI, it is getting tough :rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by amirsan
Tru, it does get tough, but if your there before them it is quite easy. :)
If you get MA before the AI gets MI, its time to step up one difficult level ;)
 
Originally posted by amirsan
For example, when begining a game research to Construction or Currency because the AI dont perferaby start researching to those techs, they usually research to Code Of Laws and Literature of some sort.

In my current Monarch game, the ai's seem to have researched literature as one of the last techs before the middle ages. Which gave me a nice trading advantage. :)
 
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