I'm not too experience on Civ 5, but I've been playing this franchise since Civ 1. Played my first Immortal game this week with England aiming for a Science victory. I won the game but it was very, very close to a science loss. My main problem in that game was that I couldn't keep up with the military power of the other nations (I was always the weakest or one position better than that).
So I tried my second game playing France for a culture victory. My idea was to try to keep a better military to avoid getting DoW'd and play a peaceful game. Well, it didn't work. Spain was just beside me and DoW'd me when I had only 3 Warriors, but I could hold it. Than I made a Defense pact with China to avoid future wars, but the Iroquois (most powerful civ) DoW'd China and I was drawn to war also.
I just can't keep up with military. Their production is so high and they are way far ahead in science. How do you manage that?
So I tried my second game playing France for a culture victory. My idea was to try to keep a better military to avoid getting DoW'd and play a peaceful game. Well, it didn't work. Spain was just beside me and DoW'd me when I had only 3 Warriors, but I could hold it. Than I made a Defense pact with China to avoid future wars, but the Iroquois (most powerful civ) DoW'd China and I was drawn to war also.
I just can't keep up with military. Their production is so high and they are way far ahead in science. How do you manage that?