Recent content by Sublime

I find that on all but diety level by the time you get near the more important tech discoveries (cavalry and tanks) the majority of the civs are too broke to research new tech or to buy tech from other AI. This means that its time for you to do the research yourself, and to get that much needed...

Well, the reason you have no units to attack with at 2500BC is because you've been busy building settlers. I differ from many on this opinion, but I think building settlers is a complete waste of time on diety level - UNLESS there is a spot very near your capital with absolutely huge food...

On Diety, 600BC is WAY too late to start your first war. You need to get to the AI while it is in expansionist mode. Even with archers you can take a fairly strong early power down to 3 or 4 cities. The key is starting the attack at 2500-2000BC. Once you pound them down to 3 or 4 cities even...

Another tip: Sometimes you need to go to war for something like a resource, or you just really want to take out a couple of non-defended cities, but you really don't have the forces to sustain a long war. After taking what you want, when you sue for peace, it is likely that you haven't...

I have almost exclusively won via Space Race on the higher difficulty levels. On lower levels I had enough time to win via culture, conquest, domination, score. I haven't yet won on diplomacy, but it seems doable - I just have to modify my strategy to not killing everyone. Oh, and by the...