This Strategy in order to be useful must or should be applied as a "Commercial" civilization preferably with a "Industrious" trait as well.
The Best for this would be:
*Romans
*French
Performed on Emperor Level,
START:
Plant a City, hestitate from bulding early granaries,
Max out your scientific output and shot for "Literature"
Your capital depending on your starting location (you decide whereas is best.) should be able to pull off a fair amount of 1-3 settlers, then leave it as it is with the worker doing ~3 irigations around the city in favorable places (Grasslands, Floodplains, etc.) leave Bonus Grasslands unirigated unless you have ONLY bonus grasslands around your capital,
Hence, change your capital to build somewhat costy thing (The Best you aquired.)
START the appeasement strategy, unfortunately you will have to give the AI everything he asks, let him pass your teritory, also it would be best if you'd make a right of passage agreement, or give him a loan, to be sure of peace.
Meanwhile your second city should start massing workers, send a few to your capital and mine the rest of the free tiles around it.
DO NOT Trade any of your Research! Althou the AI may offer very interesting goods for your research, dont, just dont!
When you finally get "Literature", change the production of your capital to the great library, thanks to the early mines, you will be most certain you will be able to get it first.
Now the same turn you get Literature slide your Research to 0% and your hapiness to 20%, now you will start earning heavy gold, and in addon your hapiness will work for production.
If the computer already researched it, switch to Republic!
After the Great Library is built, you will receive all improvements up to "Education", Education will render Great Library Obsolete, by the time this happens you should have Marketplace in basicly every city you control, dont fall for the trick that some city dont spawn enough commerce, thanks to the marketplace you will receive a hapiness bonus flowing from your luxuries.
When "Education" comes your Economy should be the best among the other players, you can start arming and drop the appeasement strategy, but a few turns you should have a handful of troops.
Go for early cavalry,
DO NOT SLIDE YOUR RESEARCH UP!
Your enormous economy should be able to hold the issue of research, buy and steal technologies from other players.
That may hold you a bit backwards if you havent placed the time to rise your economy enough, however you will be able to build a massive army.
As soon as you hit Democracy, revolt and change the Goverment,
Also try and buy banking from the computer as soon as possible, and install the bank in 30%-80% of the towns that prosper best, most often it means they re the closest to the capital.
The % depends upon the map size and your country size
Continue playing as programmed, now everything is up to you!
Thats just a basic strategy.
This should be used Regent-Emperor
Every higher level may result in your loss of Great Library and fall of the plan, and lower building economy.
Also at Warlord and Chieftain, Science is by far more interesting the economy, since you easily attain advances.
That would be all, as soon as il have the time i'l upload some screens from the actual use of this strategy on Emperor Level.
Cheers!
The Best for this would be:
*Romans
*French
Performed on Emperor Level,
START:
Plant a City, hestitate from bulding early granaries,
Max out your scientific output and shot for "Literature"
Your capital depending on your starting location (you decide whereas is best.) should be able to pull off a fair amount of 1-3 settlers, then leave it as it is with the worker doing ~3 irigations around the city in favorable places (Grasslands, Floodplains, etc.) leave Bonus Grasslands unirigated unless you have ONLY bonus grasslands around your capital,
Hence, change your capital to build somewhat costy thing (The Best you aquired.)
START the appeasement strategy, unfortunately you will have to give the AI everything he asks, let him pass your teritory, also it would be best if you'd make a right of passage agreement, or give him a loan, to be sure of peace.
Meanwhile your second city should start massing workers, send a few to your capital and mine the rest of the free tiles around it.
DO NOT Trade any of your Research! Althou the AI may offer very interesting goods for your research, dont, just dont!
When you finally get "Literature", change the production of your capital to the great library, thanks to the early mines, you will be most certain you will be able to get it first.
Now the same turn you get Literature slide your Research to 0% and your hapiness to 20%, now you will start earning heavy gold, and in addon your hapiness will work for production.
If the computer already researched it, switch to Republic!
After the Great Library is built, you will receive all improvements up to "Education", Education will render Great Library Obsolete, by the time this happens you should have Marketplace in basicly every city you control, dont fall for the trick that some city dont spawn enough commerce, thanks to the marketplace you will receive a hapiness bonus flowing from your luxuries.
When "Education" comes your Economy should be the best among the other players, you can start arming and drop the appeasement strategy, but a few turns you should have a handful of troops.
Go for early cavalry,
DO NOT SLIDE YOUR RESEARCH UP!
Your enormous economy should be able to hold the issue of research, buy and steal technologies from other players.
That may hold you a bit backwards if you havent placed the time to rise your economy enough, however you will be able to build a massive army.
As soon as you hit Democracy, revolt and change the Goverment,
Also try and buy banking from the computer as soon as possible, and install the bank in 30%-80% of the towns that prosper best, most often it means they re the closest to the capital.
The % depends upon the map size and your country size
Continue playing as programmed, now everything is up to you!
Thats just a basic strategy.
This should be used Regent-Emperor
Every higher level may result in your loss of Great Library and fall of the plan, and lower building economy.
Also at Warlord and Chieftain, Science is by far more interesting the economy, since you easily attain advances.
That would be all, as soon as il have the time i'l upload some screens from the actual use of this strategy on Emperor Level.
Cheers!
