This is a problem that has recently begun to occur all the time where it had not often occurred before.
I play on Immortal, and every file I have recently started, the AI's started settling and taking up the good land around me REALLY, REALLY early. On a file I started not too long ago, and AI had 3 cities up by turn 15.
I have been desperately trying to compete with this (I play on quick pace by the way).
In response to this, I began settling on top of luxuries - especially mining luxuries such as gold and silver because theyre usually located on hills - because I could hardly make a worker and improve a luxury in time.
Recently I have started building settlers around turn 10, even when my city is sometimes population 2.
The city-states usually don't have workers until around turn 15 or 20, and the only way I can fit a worker into this build order is if I only build one scout, and skip early monument and shrine.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do about this?
I play on Immortal, and every file I have recently started, the AI's started settling and taking up the good land around me REALLY, REALLY early. On a file I started not too long ago, and AI had 3 cities up by turn 15.
I have been desperately trying to compete with this (I play on quick pace by the way).
In response to this, I began settling on top of luxuries - especially mining luxuries such as gold and silver because theyre usually located on hills - because I could hardly make a worker and improve a luxury in time.
Recently I have started building settlers around turn 10, even when my city is sometimes population 2.
The city-states usually don't have workers until around turn 15 or 20, and the only way I can fit a worker into this build order is if I only build one scout, and skip early monument and shrine.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do about this?