Recent content by tdotk

I echo the advice about playing different scenarios to become a better player. Play with different Civs, map conditions, and victory conditions. You learn a lot about relative strengths and what is important to exploit.

This strategy was my favorite until the recent patch made tall empires more competitive. I relied on domination victories b/c of the combat/movement advantages for Darius (being able to move, set up, and fire siege weapons is really nice) and b/c I needed to pop the GGs. My strategy was to...

Interesting point on never doing DoFs, I will have to try it. I typically try and have at least one going so I can get good prices for resources, boarders, RAs, etc.

I prefer to win domination victories, mostly b/c I like the warfare aspect of the game (especially in V) but also b/c I find I can't win any way on Imm/Dei without taking out at least a couple AIs (on standard maps), so I might as well take out them all (at least their capitals). While I do...

Lots of good strategies here. I did not see a lot of mention of naval strategies (probably because, even post patch, naval AI is a joke). Still, here are my naval strategies: - park a boat outside the capital to block trade routes - use boats on AI units (instead of cities). Get the +1 range...

@elthrasher: interesting strategy delaying the first GA. I usually burn at least one happiness so I can get necessary wonders/units. Military can be a bit of an issue on imm+. I usually buy enough units to hold off an attack, and then churn out musketmen and go on the warpath. Seems to be...

In Imm, just got ithe Itza by nabbing Stone Henge and Pyramids for 2 GE pts, then timing a hard tech to Civil Service with when my GE popped. I still feel lucky that the AI didn't get it first. @Wargizmo: yes next step I have been taking is going for the Taj, 225% GA :)

Thanks for the ideas, all. @snarzberry: I have been trying that exact strategy, rarely works though, the AI seems to love the Itza :) @vezing: I am using tradition. I avoid slingshotting via RAs, but a good point. I have been thinking a second engineer may be necessary, I will experiment...

I have been trying a new strategy with Darius, basically using Stone Henge to get to classical quickly so I can get all of the Piety SPs and play almost the entire game in a Golden Age. However, a key element of this strategy is getting the +50% Golden Age bonus from Chichen Itza. At the...