I can´t keep up in tech!

[Rushton]

Just got PTW.

Getting to the end of the first era and I´m in the lead. However tech advances are slow as ever. All the others suddenly get republic and monotheism by trading between themselves and have a form of government. I am 20 turns from monarchy but no one will trade (even though I have gems, furs and iron to offer!) Without a government I fall even further behind!

HELP!

 

[col]

What level are you playing on?

At higher levels - Emperor and deity - there's no point trying to keep up. Put science down to zero. Keep one scientist to research in 40 turns. Buy the techs you need when everyone else has got them and the price drops.

At Monarch and below, it shouldn't be a problem. Make sure you are generating enough cash by having lots of roads around your cities.

 

[col]

Grr - double post.

 

[Rushton]

I´m on Regent so should be doing better! I seem to have quite a lot of roads but perhaps that is a problem - cash flow!

But trading is a problem!

 

[Cartouche Bee]

Originally posted by Rushton
I´m on Regent so should be doing better! I seem to have quite a lot of roads but perhaps that is a problem - cash flow!

But trading is a problem!

That's from playing 1.16 too long (read your other post).

You can no longer just buy techs to keep up, maybe on Regent you still can but you are better off doing more research and exploration now, than you could get away with in 1.16. PTW plays pretty similar to 1.29f patch and if you can play under those rules you won't have much problem making the switch to PTW.