I suck at Domination. Help?

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After looking at my hall of fame I notice that I have very few wins at Domination, and none above Prince level. I am an Emperor level player at present, not far off Immortal.

Most of my wins come via science with a few cultural and diplomatic thrown in for good measure.

I really want to get good at domination but need some help, tips, strategies etc.

I seem to take far too much time about it and end up behind in tech at higher levels due to focusing heavily on military. I manage to take one or two civs out comfortably but then seem to struggle.
 
One way of doing it is ofc to ally with all militaristic city states. They will drown you with gifted units, while you focus on science and economy.
 
Play Continents.

Rush your neighbor or two. When you feel that its time to pause, PAUSE. Do not throw your armies into a senseless brink for little gain. Make good use of the Peace Treaty to rebuild armed forces.

More importantly, DO NOT be afraid to go into -4 or -10 gpt and slight negative happiness, ESPECIALLY if you are building that roller killer army of doom to smash your neighbors for good. Once you start taking their cities and Capitals, you will find your gold count will increase immeasurably.

At the same time, get HS+PT wonder combo plus several others if possible. Do not neglect Science. Tech Astronomy to get to see the rest of the world before 1200s, trade with other continents, sign RAs etc.

If you're lucky and your continent has a fine combo of oil, aluminium and uranium and its in your hands long before the 1800s, you are basically good to go for domination/science vic.

Happy a-bombing!:king:


e: proper dom tip - snipe their capitals. In Continents, one or two civ capitals should be along the coasts. Play on AI naval weakness, hammer them incessantly.
 
Don't neglect your technology. Use your great generals wisely. I like playing on Marathon for my domination wins. What exactly is giving you trouble? Maybe I can help.
 
Thanks all.

I always do the HS/PT wonder combo. Too good to miss.

How do people start domination games. Single city, ie GL/NC start or more of a quick expansion?
 
When trying to keep up in tech on higher levels Research Agreements are you best friends. It's highly recommended to get a hang of it if you plan to move up to immortal.
In addition or sometimes as an alternative you should beeline towards UU's/longswordsmen. Timing of medieval units is very comfortable, you have enough breathing space to set up the infrastructure at first and then your well oiled war machine can start rolling. It's common to hard-tech to early medieval and bulb the appropriate tech with GS from Liberty finisher. Chivalry for knight base UU's, Machinery for China and Steel for everybody else.
For questions like this you'd better check out Strategy and Tips section. :)

P.S. 2 cities NC start or rapid expansion are both viable. Depends on your map and resource availability.
 
The most obvious thing is to turn off all other victory conditions. That'll force a domination win. The main issue with domination is that all other victories would happen first in most games there by depriving you of a dom win if you're going for it.
 
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