Recent content by aldrake

In addition to what others have said, are your cities fairly close together, or are they spread waaay out? City maintenance increases as you get farther from your capital. If you have a far-flung empire (say if you're trying to grab a lot of resources without worrying about where they happen to...

Oh, right... I'd forgotten about that. I guess that article's only really useful if someone wants to substitute the present chopping values for the old ones and figure out the new "optimal" opening. :( Anyway, my gut tells me that making a worker (or two) first and then chopping out a settler...

I don't think anyone mentioned this, but ohioastronomy wrote a pretty in-depth article about the early worker-chopping strategies. It's worth reading if you're worried about your early game. http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/strategy/earlygrowth.php I don't think that article goes into...