wdepner
Chieftain
Hi Everybody,
My game has frankly stalled. Some history. I win easily on regent and frequently on monarch. But my move to emperor has been frustrating.
Here is the basic premise of my game.
1. I generally pick a civ with one of those traits: scientific, industrious or militaristic.
2.My first research priority is the wheel, with an eye towards building an army of horsemen that I can unleash in late AA, early MA. I rarely build defensive units and invest a lot of resources into libraries and universities, so I can keep up or race ahead on the tech tree, with an eye towards staying ahead in the military department. But I rarely wage war during the ME, as I usually go for a scientific or diplomatic win (with the help of a GL). I have yet to win on culture.
3. I trade, trade, trade, including maps. (Is this a mistake)
But here is what happens on Emperor.
1. Obviously, the AI has a head start. So I respond by trying to crank out as many settlers as quickly as possible, generally without a settler factory. (It usually takes me about 10 turns to build a settler). But then I fall behind in building up my military, so I get picked on all the time. This becomes a real problem when I do not have horses. If that is the case, what should I do instead? Archers? Swordsman? Should I build barracks?
2. I have changed my science spending (setting it to zero most of the time), yet I have found that this works for only so long. As the game goes on, the AI appears less and less willing to trade. So I fall behind in the science race, with obvious consequences for my military.
I have changed my research priority, now going for writing > republic. But speaking off that, switching to republic kills my economy. It sounds strange, but my GTP just drops as soon as I go to republic. Why does this happen?
3. The Forbidden Palace remains elusive, unless I have a GL.
4. What about culture? I have read numerous recommendations not to worry about culture. But my cities flip-flop faster than Rudy G.
5. This may sound strange, but I fear the AI more on emperor than any other level. Should I?
I do not want to sound like a whiner. But the last couple of weeks have been really frustrating from a civ-perspective. I find myself quitting games out of pure frustration and anger. Most recently, I spent hours on one game, re-setting it to 4000 B.C. numerous times. But even foreknowledge of the map did not help. Help!!!
Thank you.
Cheers,
Wolf
P.S. I have tried to review GOTM games, but they just appear as gibberish when I open them. (I am writing this from work -- don't tell my boss -- on a Mac. I play on PC.) So I would really appreciate it if the experts on this site, send me a written move-by-move synopsis of one their games.
My game has frankly stalled. Some history. I win easily on regent and frequently on monarch. But my move to emperor has been frustrating.
Here is the basic premise of my game.
1. I generally pick a civ with one of those traits: scientific, industrious or militaristic.
2.My first research priority is the wheel, with an eye towards building an army of horsemen that I can unleash in late AA, early MA. I rarely build defensive units and invest a lot of resources into libraries and universities, so I can keep up or race ahead on the tech tree, with an eye towards staying ahead in the military department. But I rarely wage war during the ME, as I usually go for a scientific or diplomatic win (with the help of a GL). I have yet to win on culture.
3. I trade, trade, trade, including maps. (Is this a mistake)
But here is what happens on Emperor.
1. Obviously, the AI has a head start. So I respond by trying to crank out as many settlers as quickly as possible, generally without a settler factory. (It usually takes me about 10 turns to build a settler). But then I fall behind in building up my military, so I get picked on all the time. This becomes a real problem when I do not have horses. If that is the case, what should I do instead? Archers? Swordsman? Should I build barracks?
2. I have changed my science spending (setting it to zero most of the time), yet I have found that this works for only so long. As the game goes on, the AI appears less and less willing to trade. So I fall behind in the science race, with obvious consequences for my military.
I have changed my research priority, now going for writing > republic. But speaking off that, switching to republic kills my economy. It sounds strange, but my GTP just drops as soon as I go to republic. Why does this happen?
3. The Forbidden Palace remains elusive, unless I have a GL.
4. What about culture? I have read numerous recommendations not to worry about culture. But my cities flip-flop faster than Rudy G.
5. This may sound strange, but I fear the AI more on emperor than any other level. Should I?
I do not want to sound like a whiner. But the last couple of weeks have been really frustrating from a civ-perspective. I find myself quitting games out of pure frustration and anger. Most recently, I spent hours on one game, re-setting it to 4000 B.C. numerous times. But even foreknowledge of the map did not help. Help!!!
Thank you.
Cheers,
Wolf
P.S. I have tried to review GOTM games, but they just appear as gibberish when I open them. (I am writing this from work -- don't tell my boss -- on a Mac. I play on PC.) So I would really appreciate it if the experts on this site, send me a written move-by-move synopsis of one their games.