1580ad domination. I need some tips, Yilar your speed boggles my mind! Maybe I try to do too much of everything...but great job everyone, I hope to learn alot about the game.
Here's the basics for a quick domination run:
1. Build a granary very early in cap.
2. Research pottery and then research alpabet-writing-code-phil in that order, so you can get republic.
3. Switch to republic
4. Build 7-10 settlers from capital, then switch over to barracks and build horses.
5. Trade alphabet-writing-code-phil for other techs, if you cannot get polytheism from enemy after you've entered republic research it yourself and gift it to all the enemies.
6. Build barracks and just start building a lot of horses.
7. After you get chivalry, you turn off research and build knights.
8. Gift republic to enemies right before you attack them (1-2 turns before).
9. Don't attack size1 towns.
10. Check F7 and see where Temple of Artemis is being built, don't attack or pillage these cities till it has been built, once it has been built you can capture it and the game will basically be over within 5 turns if you have played it right
Rest is pretty straight forward; attack, capture and laugh at how weak the AI is
. The earlier you can attack them with a decent stack (8+ horses) the weaker the AI is. Also don't forget to get a lot of workers, most new players forget to build them. Minimum 1 worker per city, and if possible at least 1,5 worker per city (at least untill you start capturing enemy cities). Don't build libaries, markets and temples in general useless its for culture expansion, but with Temple of Artemis you don't really need to worry about that.
