How the hack to beat AI!!!!????

[Veteranewbie]

OK I have play a game for a while, and now i am trying to play it in Regent level. I have several questions to ask.
1. How many expansions u need to be enough?
2. How many workers is needed to achieve the best production?
3. Can someone list their early game play method i.e. when to build workers, settlers etc. so i can learn?
4. How do u reduce the turns needed for production of city improvements/units?
5. What is the use of city scientist? Do they help in real science advance?
6. Does a city acquires more shields in a larger culture radius?
These are the questions I can think about now. I wish that somebody can really help me.

 

[Moonsinger]

Check out the QSC! There you can watch and learn how the expert buiding their empire up to 1000BC.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

There's no overall specific strategy for the early game but generally, expand, expand, expand and pick your city locations with care. Generally, my first priority will be to build a ring of productive (corruption-free more-or-less) cities around my capital. Later on, to build (or conquer) a second set of productive cities around my Forbidden Palace. I found or hold other cities for tactical reasons and/or for potential resources.

1. How many expansions u need to be enough?

As many as you wish, to achieve your aim. My aim is to get two rings of productive cities around my capitol and Forbidden City going first, and then working fr there.

2. How many workers is needed to achieve the best production?

No set rule, but usually I go for settlers and spears first. My initial worker will work a few tiles around my capitol and the next city though. If I am industrious, I'll phase back worker production as well.

3. Can someone list their early game play method i.e. when to build workers, settlers etc. so i can learn?

It all depends on your particular game conditions IMO. I don't have a fixed rule.

4. How do u reduce the turns needed for production of city improvements/units?

Develop the used tiles around your cities. Micromanage which tiles your cities are using.

5. What is the use of city scientist? Do they help in real science advance?

I almost never set my citizens to scientists - besides they're much more valuable working the tiles in the early game.

6. Does a city acquires more shields in a larger culture radius?

If there're better tiles within the enlarged city radius...

There're many strategy articles written by experienced players and posted here in the Articles subforum. Also the War Academy. You may wish to read thru those.

 

[Lynx]

1. never stop expanding, try to get at least 50 though.
2. 50+
3. I usually rapid build settlers and workers and spread them across the map, finding excelent places to settle, then i road to it and make cities to connect my borders and i continue with ths untill there is no land left to claim.
4. you can use accelerated production, or you can get workers to work all of your lands and make large amounts of mines ( I usually use animate, and they do a pretty good job, but thats only when im done with roading to my cities). Once you get facories put them in every single city and never choose something over them.
5. they actually have helped alot, i let it manage citizens and i found myself getting techs every 4 turns. I got to the Industrial age in 800 AD on DIETY!
6. If there is more land to get production from, then it when worked, it makes production, so yes.