Always beaten by the AI research. HELP!!!

[Kyuss]

Hi,

I'm playing in Prince, marathon, huge size with low level sea, archipielago and sneaky continents. Huayna Capac is my leader of choice as I like to bulid as many wonders I can.

My research path is hinduism, masonry, hunting, archery, mining, bronze working, writing, fishing and alphabet (aprox.)

I have the pyramids, Oracle (monarchy) and building the great library.

By the time I get alphabet I am the last one in techs researched, and power, but one of the first in culture.

I'm planning to attack my neighbours but all of them has feudalism... How can they do it SOOOO FAST??????????

Please any hint, clue, or whatever.

 

[Stolen Rutters]

It is natural to fall behind in tech if you are focusing on early wonders. The techs that give you wonders are NOT the techs that give you writing and alphabet (for faster tech progress). Falling behind at this point doesn't mean death to the game... it just means you might have to wait until catapults to attack.

To tech faster, prioritize the library in the science city of your choice (yes, over wonder production in general). This game is about choices. Go for the wonder technologies or the science technologies first? The early unit rush vs a wonder rush? You decide which way to go based on what the game throws at you.

The higher the level, the harder the choices. The AI falls behind so bad at the lower levels that you can build everything in every city and still manage to win. By the time you get to Prince, it don't work that way anymore.

 

[Barney's_Soul]

It is natural to fall behind in tech if you are focusing on early wonders. The techs that give you wonders are NOT the techs that give you writing and alphabet (for faster tech progress). Falling behind at this point doesn't mean death to the game... it just means you might have to wait until catapults to attack.

To tech faster, prioritize the library in the science city of your choice (yes, over wonder production in general). This game is about choices. Go for the wonder technologies or the science technologies first? The early unit rush vs a wonder rush? You decide which way to go based on what the game throws at you.

The higher the level, the harder the choices. The AI falls behind so bad at the lower levels that you can build everything in every city and still manage to win. By the time you get to Prince, it don't work that way anymore.

Wonder rushing is fun, i did it with Stalin last game and even though Napoleon stole my Hanging Gardens and 3 other wonders, I got the rest.

If you can build wonder fast enough then you dont need to worry about research. Just kill people.


Is Noble like that? I usually have a reasonable challenge against tech-ie AI there.

 

[oyzar]

On noble i am pretty certain you can get all the wonders and still win fairly easy.