futurehermit
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Over the past couple of days I've really been enjoying some games with Ramesses. Of course, I've been playing for "good" (but not necessarily great) start positions, reloading if I get a heavy dose of coast to start. I have usually had the good fortune of having horses somewhere nearby, which is nice because I like to make use of everything a leader has to offer.
My general strategy has been as follows:
1) Worker-warrior-settler; settle horses asap, making sure they are in the first ring of the bfc so I can hook them up asap.
2) Capital then builds worker-barracks-war chariots; 2nd city builds monument-barracks-war chariots.
3) When I have around 8 war chariots (adjusted for distance of enemy capital), I take out my closest AI capital, razing the rest of the cities unless they are very close to me and well-suited to keeping.
4) After my capital finishes the first batch of war chariots, my 2nd city pumps support chariots and my capital switches to chopping out the pyramids.
5) After the war is over, I focus on keeping my economy afloat and getting to at least 6 cities (for eventual Oxford) while beelining aesthetics-lit for S. Peda and GL/NE/HE.
6) I get the GL/NE set up in my best specialist city and the HE set up in my best production city. The S. Peda usually gets churned out in my capital one way or another. This wonder, combined with pyramids and spiritual, means that I can really exploit the best civics for the situation at hand! Usually, this means rep-bur-caste-merc-pac during peacetime and ps-vass/nat-slav-merc (later sp)-theo during wartime; however, OR is nice at times as well. This saves me from having to tech/trade mono/theo or hurrying to phil (unless I'm desperate for a religion).
7) Then I just focus on running as many scientists empire-wide as possible. I settle all of the GSs in my capital except for one that makes an academy. Any other great people that happen to pop up for any reason also get settled in the capital.
8) As soon as I hit education I get universities chop/whipped in at least 6 cities and my capital gets oxford asap. This usually means my capital is pulling down 300+ beakers by 800-1200 AD.
9) Then I beeline all rifling prereqs, trading where possible (usually not that possible on monarch) and take rifling as free liberalism tech around 1100AD. During this time I also make sure to tech drama and get GT set up, often in my NE city (Capital is earmarked for Ox and later IW usually).
10) Then I wipe out my continent with rifles, adding cavalry and later cannons if necessary/possible as they become available. During this time I'm also sure to tech optics/astronomy to start checking out the other continent and pre-building the galleons which will allow me to continue my domination pursuits overseas. Once I start attacking overseas, I'll try and take on the most tech-advanced if possible, as long as they are at least a bit away from rifling still (because the other ones will be longer getting to rifling, so no hurry). At this point I should be getting close to domination and will take vassals quickly if I feel it will speed up the process.
I feel like my approach is a hybrid of some of the styles of players whose threads I have enjoyed reading on these forums, especially Snaaty, Acidsatyr, and Obsolete, combined with some of my own, most likely substandard
, idiosyncracies.
I've quite enjoyed these games, so thought I'd describe the strategy here. However, I don't like getting coastal starts with Egypt
I guess with Ramesses you could still go for GLH, etc., but meh 
My general strategy has been as follows:
1) Worker-warrior-settler; settle horses asap, making sure they are in the first ring of the bfc so I can hook them up asap.
2) Capital then builds worker-barracks-war chariots; 2nd city builds monument-barracks-war chariots.
3) When I have around 8 war chariots (adjusted for distance of enemy capital), I take out my closest AI capital, razing the rest of the cities unless they are very close to me and well-suited to keeping.
4) After my capital finishes the first batch of war chariots, my 2nd city pumps support chariots and my capital switches to chopping out the pyramids.
5) After the war is over, I focus on keeping my economy afloat and getting to at least 6 cities (for eventual Oxford) while beelining aesthetics-lit for S. Peda and GL/NE/HE.
6) I get the GL/NE set up in my best specialist city and the HE set up in my best production city. The S. Peda usually gets churned out in my capital one way or another. This wonder, combined with pyramids and spiritual, means that I can really exploit the best civics for the situation at hand! Usually, this means rep-bur-caste-merc-pac during peacetime and ps-vass/nat-slav-merc (later sp)-theo during wartime; however, OR is nice at times as well. This saves me from having to tech/trade mono/theo or hurrying to phil (unless I'm desperate for a religion).
7) Then I just focus on running as many scientists empire-wide as possible. I settle all of the GSs in my capital except for one that makes an academy. Any other great people that happen to pop up for any reason also get settled in the capital.
8) As soon as I hit education I get universities chop/whipped in at least 6 cities and my capital gets oxford asap. This usually means my capital is pulling down 300+ beakers by 800-1200 AD.
9) Then I beeline all rifling prereqs, trading where possible (usually not that possible on monarch) and take rifling as free liberalism tech around 1100AD. During this time I also make sure to tech drama and get GT set up, often in my NE city (Capital is earmarked for Ox and later IW usually).
10) Then I wipe out my continent with rifles, adding cavalry and later cannons if necessary/possible as they become available. During this time I'm also sure to tech optics/astronomy to start checking out the other continent and pre-building the galleons which will allow me to continue my domination pursuits overseas. Once I start attacking overseas, I'll try and take on the most tech-advanced if possible, as long as they are at least a bit away from rifling still (because the other ones will be longer getting to rifling, so no hurry). At this point I should be getting close to domination and will take vassals quickly if I feel it will speed up the process.
I feel like my approach is a hybrid of some of the styles of players whose threads I have enjoyed reading on these forums, especially Snaaty, Acidsatyr, and Obsolete, combined with some of my own, most likely substandard

I've quite enjoyed these games, so thought I'd describe the strategy here. However, I don't like getting coastal starts with Egypt

