Long time reader, first time poster
I'm having problems planning ahead after the early period of the game.
My general game goes something like:
This is where my games start to go a bit un-focused. While i've been war mongering the other countries on the continent have usually caught up in military so unless I go smash mouth (but don't have income/infrastructure to really support it) I end up spending ages building.
The next time I war-monger is later in game at gunpowder/rifle tech level.
Is this normal or do people manage to war-monger inbetween the Macemen<->Musketmen ages? Since you won't normally have a tech superiority is it just through pure numbers and production capabilities? Doesn't that put you significantly behind in infrastructure/tech?
Thanks in advance.
p.s. I'm playing vanilla Civ 4 not warlords thingymajiggy

I'm having problems planning ahead after the early period of the game.
My general game goes something like:
- Get 3 or 4 cities out.
- Depending on what resources are available and my unique unit I try to aim to start war when I get a few of those units, those being:
Egyptian Chariots (can't remember the unque name)
Prats/Swordmen
Elephants+Catapults
Macemen/Crossbowmen (esp. the chinesse or jap units)
- I continue to expand through war using the early armies hoping they're more advanced/out number the target.
- Once i've done that and war is over research has dropped a lot so go into "infrastructure" mode.
This is where my games start to go a bit un-focused. While i've been war mongering the other countries on the continent have usually caught up in military so unless I go smash mouth (but don't have income/infrastructure to really support it) I end up spending ages building.
The next time I war-monger is later in game at gunpowder/rifle tech level.
Is this normal or do people manage to war-monger inbetween the Macemen<->Musketmen ages? Since you won't normally have a tech superiority is it just through pure numbers and production capabilities? Doesn't that put you significantly behind in infrastructure/tech?
Thanks in advance.
p.s. I'm playing vanilla Civ 4 not warlords thingymajiggy