Do you think Vanila might be easier (less tech to research to get to Liberalism etc.)?
I am playing BTS becasuse I have to learn it.
But, yes, I think better results can be got with Vanilla.
Do you think Vanila might be easier (less tech to research to get to Liberalism etc.)?
The AI always gets its civs starting techs (so Rome always has Fishing and Mining, for example). They get bonus techs as per the difficulty level.
Deity - The Wheel, Agriculture, Hunting, Archery
Immortal - Agriculture, Hunting, Archery
Emporer - Hunting, Archery
Monarch - Archery (even if no Hunting)
If the AI already starts with one of the bonus techs, I don't know if they get another one.
On low difficulty levels, the human gets bonus techs:
Warlord - The Wheel
Chieftan - The Wheel, Agriculture
Settler - The Wheel, Agriculture, Mining
I think BTS is deifintely easier.
Vanilla Deity bonuses are moderately but significantly bigger, most notably the extra Worker, Archer and Scout, the 95% discount on unit upgrades (50% in BTS), and the 40% discount on population growth (20% in BTS).
IIRC, the Vanilla AI will tech faster at the expense of military, and the space race is quicker than in BTS, so the AI will launch earlier.
How exactly do you both win the race to liberalism and also build the Sistine chapel? I can't seem to get either.
My first GS always bulbs Compas. This is not entirely a waste as I can usually trade Compas for 3-4 techs total from the AI players. The secons GS techs partial Education.
@ Sun Tzu Wu: What AI leaders do you generally play against?
One of the AI players always beats me to Music. If I could win the race to Music and keep it to myself while building the Sistine Chapel, that would really improve my game. The free GA from teching to Music first would be a nice bonus too.
In bts there are a ton of events, are there any events that are very beneficial to culture game? I know there are some that generate instant culture, some that give free golden ages and some that spreads religion, would this potentially make bts better than vanilla?
There are 2 events that provide a free GA. That's quite good. On the other hand, slavery revolts are quite annoying.
Appart from Events, making a CS slingshot in BTS is much more difficult.
Ive gotten TSC several times in games where I bee-lined liberalism, and then traded/teched for athetics -> drama -> music (in BTS)
Helps to have marble when you do this though.
I like the National Sports League quest. Getting +4 culture for your Colleseums is nice. I got that event followed by the Glatiator Champion which gave me an additional +5 (total of 9 culture from a non-culture building) in one game.
1) Beeline to Alphabet; Build Library; Run 2 Scientists -> Great Scientist -> Academy in Capital (may overlay with steps 2-3 below).
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