here's a problem i always get in such games that makes me delete the quicksave faster than i can say sh*t.
The treasury. I always forget it when it reaches negativity and destroys one of my granaries. Sure I can take care of it very early but i miss it sometimes and I give up. This always happen to me within just 2-3 hours after starting the game.
I see no-reload games as a challenge. A big challenge and I'd say people play this way for just that. So I'll suggest something for the game.
Your personal secretary! Yes! Aside from your advisors, this secretary will make you a personal schedule of which things to attend to every turn. Let's say you set it to:
1. Check Happiness. (Which cities will go into disorder the next turn.)
2. Automatically opens the Dom.Advisor window when gold goes negative.
3. Reminds you that a Tech can be fully researched in the next turn and lets you check Science/Luxury Rate.
4. Check cities one-by-one.
5. Re-evaluate automated workers.
6. Re-evaluate military unit orders.
Sure you can use the governor AI, but in those early starts - it's neither recommendable nor efficient. You can also uncheck one of these options. After all this you can then go and control your non-automated units. Even lawyers have secretaries why not heads- of-state? This secretary may only be hired after researching Writing and Mathematics - relatively early so that you can use them early on.
Of course there is also the subject of her salary to talk about (1gp). Still, her ability to prevent production losses through civil disorders or unit/infrastructure losses through bankrupt treasuries greatly compensates for the gold.
The treasury. I always forget it when it reaches negativity and destroys one of my granaries. Sure I can take care of it very early but i miss it sometimes and I give up. This always happen to me within just 2-3 hours after starting the game.
I see no-reload games as a challenge. A big challenge and I'd say people play this way for just that. So I'll suggest something for the game.
Your personal secretary! Yes! Aside from your advisors, this secretary will make you a personal schedule of which things to attend to every turn. Let's say you set it to:
1. Check Happiness. (Which cities will go into disorder the next turn.)
2. Automatically opens the Dom.Advisor window when gold goes negative.
3. Reminds you that a Tech can be fully researched in the next turn and lets you check Science/Luxury Rate.
4. Check cities one-by-one.
5. Re-evaluate automated workers.
6. Re-evaluate military unit orders.
Sure you can use the governor AI, but in those early starts - it's neither recommendable nor efficient. You can also uncheck one of these options. After all this you can then go and control your non-automated units. Even lawyers have secretaries why not heads- of-state? This secretary may only be hired after researching Writing and Mathematics - relatively early so that you can use them early on.
Of course there is also the subject of her salary to talk about (1gp). Still, her ability to prevent production losses through civil disorders or unit/infrastructure losses through bankrupt treasuries greatly compensates for the gold.