So I am new to Fall from Heaven, Civ 4, and Civ in general. I really want to play this game and have a good time, and I did okay in my first few games of Civ 4. But I am having a really hard time with FfH2. I have tried playing as the Amurites, Kuriotates, Lanun, and the Calabim. But I generally quit around turn 200. The opposing civilizations seem to advance way too fast for me to catch up, and I'm only on Noble difficulty (maybe warlord, I forget).
After getting crushed yet again as the Amurites, I decided to seek help here.
Here are my issues:
1) I feel pulled to tech in many directions at once, and I can't advance the rate at which I science fast enough. What do I science? How do I science faster?
2) Enemies seem to gang up on me all the time.
3) My cities often refuse to grow, they get unhappy super fast, and I can't fix it without some very expensive techs that do nothing else for me. Sometimes I just can't build any farms.
4) What civics to use?
5) What religion? My favorite flavor-wise is Empyrean, but other than Chalid it doesn't do much for me, given its insane tech requirements.
6) Enemies out-military me very early on, and there is no way outside some direct damage spells to get through an early longbowman.
After getting crushed yet again as the Amurites, I decided to seek help here.
Here are my issues:
1) I feel pulled to tech in many directions at once, and I can't advance the rate at which I science fast enough. What do I science? How do I science faster?
2) Enemies seem to gang up on me all the time.
3) My cities often refuse to grow, they get unhappy super fast, and I can't fix it without some very expensive techs that do nothing else for me. Sometimes I just can't build any farms.
4) What civics to use?
5) What religion? My favorite flavor-wise is Empyrean, but other than Chalid it doesn't do much for me, given its insane tech requirements.
6) Enemies out-military me very early on, and there is no way outside some direct damage spells to get through an early longbowman.