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Veteran Archer/Horseman = Regular Spearman (fortified) on grass/tundra/flood plains/desert etc It's more or less exactly 50/50 If it's a city, hills, mountains, or it's veteran, Spearman has the advantage, fortified or not If you want to be certain (relative) that you'll take out Spearmen...

Right I mean rushing Great Wonders when you get a leader from tech Military ones should always be making armies I reckon

Yeah but that's different In PTW you can abuse Forbidden Palace to wreck corruption In Conquests it's determined by map and number of cities So your 2nd best city will be getting it - I usually give it to the best shields/production

Nope, cash/forest rushing won't let you cheat for wonders

Seafaring means they start on the coast, Scientific means they start with Bronze Working tech Early Colossus is sickeningly effective, even if you're going for a Diplomatic or Space Race win instead Combine it with Copernicus, Newton's, Mausoleum of Mausolus later on and it's hilarious - ton...

Favoured governments affects their attitudes towards you I think, and that's it The AI changes governments whenever it gets a new one or goes to war

Yes, Maya are over the top. I don't bother playing as them anymore When you combine the extra growth with the faster workers...you are literally growing twice as fast Agricultural goes with anything, even awful things like Militarisitc or Expansionist For 20k, got to be the Byzantines...

Although mind you, it's a waste of a leader You're building the Forbidden Palace in your 2nd best city as it is, or should be Save the leaders for the great wonders

Same way you rush any small wonder - with a leader

Grinding out games is well annoying, when going domination but what can you do? The chase is better than the catch innit Guess you could either play smaller maps for quicker wins, or go for super fast space race/cultural victory on normal stuff

If maintenance costs are a problem, either build less stuff, or get more cities Unit costs shouldn't be a problem - you can be extremely over the 'limit' and still be making a ton of cash That being said, Marketplaces and Banks combined with Smith's Trading Company and size 12+ cities should...

Build offensive units, never defensive ones (unless Riflemen or above if needed for border defense or escorting attacking/artillery stacks) You will not be perceived as weak

Did a quick search mate - just searched 'resources' in General Discussions bit - these came up http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=69502&highlight=resources http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=449085&highlight=resources Hope they help

No, they are slow, are crap on defense and can be taken out by Archers, lol If you're using them from boats, yes they are powerful But again, unless escorted by a defensive unit, they will die on the counter-attack of the city So backed up with a defender (preferably Pikemen), they are...

The Mongols won by cultural victory? That's hilarious Islands have a noticeable impact on AI performance for sure Slows the whole game down, research etc Does lead to more AI on AI wars, always fun to watch