It happens every game... I'm not running a deficit, really, but I barely scrape by, especially compared to the AI. Last game, on Prince, even, by mid game, the Iroquois regularly had 5K in the bank & earning a min of 100 GPT... and that was with one sea route (the rest were land).
I know I go a little hog wild on the buildings (before BNW, I would build everything I could in ever city - it is a stupid little sense of completion I had), but now I focus on science and cash buildings, followed by production & culture, then happiness. I only do the happy happy joy joy buildings if my empire needs it. As for my military, I keep that as barebones as possible
I just need to be pointed to a good guide for moneymaking, I think. I've done the Google & keep finding vanilla (or CivIV) articles... any advice or pointers to good write ups would be most appreciated.
I know I go a little hog wild on the buildings (before BNW, I would build everything I could in ever city - it is a stupid little sense of completion I had), but now I focus on science and cash buildings, followed by production & culture, then happiness. I only do the happy happy joy joy buildings if my empire needs it. As for my military, I keep that as barebones as possible
I just need to be pointed to a good guide for moneymaking, I think. I've done the Google & keep finding vanilla (or CivIV) articles... any advice or pointers to good write ups would be most appreciated.