I've played all civs to the death except Civ4. I tried it when it came out and I thought it sucked compared to Civ3 so I went back to Civ3 until 5 came out. I didn't like 5 either until it came on Steam as a sale with all addons and DLC's. Civ5 is cool but I don't like war.
I want to try Civ4 for a domination victory but I'm failing . I suppose its been too long since I played 3 and besides with all the changes from the patches and addons it looks more like Civ5 with square tiles than I remember.
Can someone give me a quick rundown for a good start for a domination victory. I pick an aggressive leader, I suppose any one with Org/Fin/Exp/Ind/Prot would be fine for a 2nd trait. I'm not sure what I would like best for a 2nd trait, maybe Fin, I like having boatloads of money. I also suppose having a special early millitary unit helps but as tend to like late warfare more, it isn't required. I just need to hold them off so I can expand, build an empire to support a large army and off I go.
I don't need noobie handholding, I know what everything means, how it works in general and all that. It's just that I'm kinda struggling to get a good start. I'm not sure what techs to prioritize, how many units to build, which wonders to get and which ones to pass up, etc. How quickly do I build settlers, how many units do I protect each city with? First game I had 3 I got wiped off the map in no time. I figured I try with 6 again I loose a city.
Another thing that I'm struggling with is happiness. It works differently and early on I can't seem to build anything to counter it. So I'm preventing growth at 5 or 6 until I get a building but I think I'm missing something obvious. In Civ3 there was the entertainer.
Last but not least, where on the city screen do I see which resources a city has? Isn't it supposed to be there somewhere?
Thanks!
I want to try Civ4 for a domination victory but I'm failing . I suppose its been too long since I played 3 and besides with all the changes from the patches and addons it looks more like Civ5 with square tiles than I remember.
Can someone give me a quick rundown for a good start for a domination victory. I pick an aggressive leader, I suppose any one with Org/Fin/Exp/Ind/Prot would be fine for a 2nd trait. I'm not sure what I would like best for a 2nd trait, maybe Fin, I like having boatloads of money. I also suppose having a special early millitary unit helps but as tend to like late warfare more, it isn't required. I just need to hold them off so I can expand, build an empire to support a large army and off I go.
I don't need noobie handholding, I know what everything means, how it works in general and all that. It's just that I'm kinda struggling to get a good start. I'm not sure what techs to prioritize, how many units to build, which wonders to get and which ones to pass up, etc. How quickly do I build settlers, how many units do I protect each city with? First game I had 3 I got wiped off the map in no time. I figured I try with 6 again I loose a city.
Another thing that I'm struggling with is happiness. It works differently and early on I can't seem to build anything to counter it. So I'm preventing growth at 5 or 6 until I get a building but I think I'm missing something obvious. In Civ3 there was the entertainer.
Last but not least, where on the city screen do I see which resources a city has? Isn't it supposed to be there somewhere?
Thanks!