I'm a noob to civ IV
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From Lead with Confidence - An Evaluation of Civ4's Leaders, a guide written very early in the Civ4 lifespan (well before Warlords), and more focussed on multi-player than single-player games.
Saladin - Philosophical/Spiritual
One of the civilizaitons most likely to sweep five or six of the seven religions if the player wished it, Saladin is a fairly passive civilization. Great Leader generation is not a direct threat to anyone else, and the same can be said of no anarchy and cheap temples.. but if you're looking to set up a run on Great Prophets and maybe a quick grab at Theology, here's your man. Special added bonus: time your tech moves right and you could get Theology in time to use it with your 100% certain-to-arrive UU, the Camel Archer. In SP, this is a great civ to play diplomat-builder with... but we all know how successful that is at times in MP.
Saladin - Philosophical/Spiritual
One of the civilizaitons most likely to sweep five or six of the seven religions if the player wished it, Saladin is a fairly passive civilization. Great Leader generation is not a direct threat to anyone else, and the same can be said of no anarchy and cheap temples.. but if you're looking to set up a run on Great Prophets and maybe a quick grab at Theology, here's your man. Special added bonus: time your tech moves right and you could get Theology in time to use it with your 100% certain-to-arrive UU, the Camel Archer. In SP, this is a great civ to play diplomat-builder with... but we all know how successful that is at times in MP.
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No, no, please. Please.
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Sulla's Civ4 Walkthrough uses Saladin. So did GOTM 7. You might find some tips there...
Quick (and abbreviated) list of some things you can do (some simpler than others):
* found Hinduism, build Stonehenge or Oracle, build Hindu shrine, build missionaries, try to convert AIs, eventually build Wall Street in city with shrine
* settle a city with high food, run Caste System, run many scientists in that city, get a lot of great scientists
* temporarily switch religions and civics to placate AI and/or get temporary diplomatic bonus to get them to do something for you.
* get fancy with rapidly switching civics: switch to military civics and have all cities build military units, then switch to Organized Religion and have all cities build buildings, etc.
* build Pyramids and run a "specialist economy".
* get a cultural victory based on artist specialists. Build the Pyramids (then run Representation for increased science, or Hereditary Rule if you need more artists in your 3 culture cities, and Universal Suffrage to cash-rush cathedral buildings) and/or the Sistine Chapel if possible.
Quick (and abbreviated) list of some things you can do (some simpler than others):
* found Hinduism, build Stonehenge or Oracle, build Hindu shrine, build missionaries, try to convert AIs, eventually build Wall Street in city with shrine
* settle a city with high food, run Caste System, run many scientists in that city, get a lot of great scientists
* temporarily switch religions and civics to placate AI and/or get temporary diplomatic bonus to get them to do something for you.
* get fancy with rapidly switching civics: switch to military civics and have all cities build military units, then switch to Organized Religion and have all cities build buildings, etc.
* build Pyramids and run a "specialist economy".
* get a cultural victory based on artist specialists. Build the Pyramids (then run Representation for increased science, or Hereditary Rule if you need more artists in your 3 culture cities, and Universal Suffrage to cash-rush cathedral buildings) and/or the Sistine Chapel if possible.
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