you have barely explored any of the map and you only have 4 military land units.
this is a sure recipe for getting attacked.be happy you arent facing an impi rush from shaka right now
I was busy wonder spamming and I did get a few for fun. Stonehenge, Oracle, and Hanging Gardens.
There is only four military units in Venice because, have you looked at the land outlay? XD My location is very very difficult for the AIs to attack that early.
About Impi rush from shaka, I scouted far enough and didn't find any Shakas near me and therefore I have determined it is safe for me to wonderspam and ignore my military. My prioritizes would be obviously very different if I met shaka within first 50 turns.
Even with that spearmen on my gem mine and that warrior protecting the farmlands, I didn't lose even a single unit from that Moroccan attack.
I was actively building wonders while Moroccans was launching their impotent attacks upon me. Didn't need more than what I already had in Venice. And I normally don't build walls. I usually don't need them.
I'm surprised he travelled that far to get to Venice when you have a expo (which I'm assuming is in worse condition that Venice) so close to his homeland.
How many wonders did you build in Venice? I can see Oracle for sure and what looks to be 2 others. I'm not great at identifying them by their icon in the city from the World Map though so that could be a Monument(?) at the bottom of the mountain and IDK in the water off the coast.
Just three. He chose to attack Venice because I have a large military stationed in the city state near him. 8 or so. This is what it looks like now.
I just recently fought a second war with Morocco so that's why there is pillaged farms and few units out of position.
He built Stonehenge, Oracle, and Hanging Gardens for wonders, so typical wonder spamming without developing further infrastructure. I'm surprised the lakeside marshes are still not cleared after turn 100.
You see, these Lakeside marshes is very crucial for my defense systems this early in the game, I was leaving them alone and using them to give myself 2+ turns of ranged fire upon enemy units charging me. If I drained the marshes, the enemy would be able to dive right into the lake and flank my warrior from behind easily. And them being present allows me to neglect my military.
They're drained now though. Marshes isn't that useful when its medieval or renaissance.
And this is what my Venice look like now.Note the addition of Machu Picchu and Bannock.
Morroco managed to take Bannock from my friend the Shoshone so I went and helped myself to it. (The reason why I got in second war with Morocco.)
As for my third city, Budapest, no worries there. I'm on friendly terms with Austria.
I do plan to purchase at least three more military units for Budapest at minimum.
Portugal hates my guts but she's too busy with Mongolia who is dying slowly. I'm not doing anything because they're settling cities in terrible locations and I want to raze them and settle them in more better location but alas I cannot XD
Oh and This is where Shaka is, I was correct in my decision to not be worried about Impi rush.
I base my decisions on what I meet in first 50 turns and follow from there because there's no way in hell an AI will just be completely irrational and sail halfway across the world in galleys and launch their impotent attacks upon me. Basically, if I don't meet Hiawatha, Monty, Shaka, Bismarck, Harald. I can safely neglect military. And if I do meet them, I adjust my decisions on their policy choices and choose a level of military strength that I feel comfortable with their displayed attitude.
I've had Gandhi go full on Hitler mode upon me in medieval era once and he spammed knights heavily while I was playing bismarck once. My pikes saw him off. But all other civs around him was getting wiped out
