On Emperor and above my greedy ambitious self is struggling to build Petra (Currency) and Colossus(Iron Working). The reason I want to is because the extra trade routes mean somewhere around 50 GPT as early as T150 and/or the extra trade routes can diverted inward as food routes and the normal ones are for trade.
I usually build my capital where I spawn.
Scout, Worker, Settler
Settle second city and between the two cities have a petra city and a colossus city.
Tech Pattern: Pott -Calendar, Mining to Masonry, Animal, Archery and then either to Iron Working or to Petra.
After settler, I build granary and caravan and start feeding the second city. I steal a worker for the second city and grow grow grow until its wonder time. Problem is the tech path is split. So I always go in one direction and get a wonder but than the other is taken or Im too late.
On king I could get both but its King.
I usually build my capital where I spawn.
Scout, Worker, Settler
Settle second city and between the two cities have a petra city and a colossus city.
Tech Pattern: Pott -Calendar, Mining to Masonry, Animal, Archery and then either to Iron Working or to Petra.
After settler, I build granary and caravan and start feeding the second city. I steal a worker for the second city and grow grow grow until its wonder time. Problem is the tech path is split. So I always go in one direction and get a wonder but than the other is taken or Im too late.
On king I could get both but its King.