Recent content by dontheconqueror

Ahhh, happy to know I'm not alone with this obsession :) Wonders - I was also doing ToA+HG but this delays tech too much. Now I have been doing a ToA+either Stonehenge or Great Pyramid start. I tend towards the former since it leads to Philosophy and the NC, but it depends on the lux...

Good stuff on working tiles and maximizing production. I've gotten the GL 2 of 2 so far - if anything this made the video worth the watch:goodjob:

Ok, I remember you wanted to keep things small. And I should have mentioned that I am toying with the Rationalism dip, which somehow requires a little bit of height for beakers. Granted I haven't tried remaining small even with this approach... what's your take here btw? From what I've been...

I observed this as well. Not sure about the clock, but I imagine this would be the time you're beelining Archeology, yes? Last time I survived I held on with quantity rather than quality. I had an early military CS ally (as Jodien37 suggests, but this was more accidental than planned), and I had...

I've eked out some Deity science wins with the extent of my micromanagement only up to resetting the city focus. Hell, until this weekend I thought Great Persons pop up randomly. As the others have mentioned, micromanagement should be part of your game. I don't think you need 15 minutes per...

Pretty much this. Pottery 100% of the time. It is the second tech where I get situational, with Writing as the default choice.

I had this head-scratcher too. This is most likely for recon; in that game I never opened my borders. I felt a little pang of guilt shooting down civilians - but hey, times are tough and XPs are XPs.

If you want to tip things further your way, try going for a watery map. I seem to have a good batting average getting the GL with archipelago, and continents to a degree - even with ruins on and no chopping. I'm guessing the AIs are distracted by Sailing. Obviously this is a high risk-high...

New to the game, new to the forum. I've spent a lot of weeks (not counting all the saved games, face-palms, and desk-thumps) trying to get my first W on Deity... and did so quite handily over the weekend after using a tip I picked up here (NC ASAP). :goodjob: