As I stated in my previous reply, I have found that there is a different strategy that needs to be used to be successful in TR. Could you please help me with the early/beginning game strategy to get me up and running? What things are necessary to do at the beginning and which things can wait? Like I said, I'm getting torn up pretty bad by the AI on Noble, so obviously I need to focus more on defensive units instead of on buidling wells, temples, etc. Maybe please shed some light on the strategy you developers use to be successful. Actually, I'm sure that you might not have been able to play a full game yet of your own design since you have spent so much time testing and tweaking, but any help will be, well, help. Thanks in advance.
I have played many times with Earth map under Turkish/German/Roman civilization. I only will explain Turkish this time, If you want any other ask. As for custom games (not on earth map), the starting locations change, and therefore early strategy too, will change.
Firstly: Firstly, BEFORE you build your first city, direct one of your warrior to the left and the other to the right square, then (after you build your city and the turn is over) sequentially move them to the north-west and south-east (diagonally). There are tribal villages that hopefully will pay you gold. With the southeast warrior, you can also go to another tribal village which is between the persians and the hindus. Just use the passages of the Hindikush mountains. With the northwest warrior, there will be another tribal village protected by a warrior at the north of the last one. Attack without hesitation from the hill...
Technology/Production: I put technology and production together because its early in the game and these are bound very closely together. First of techs, choose Mysticism, that will lead the way to Stonehenge to build. By the way, select Baracks to produce. It will not be finished when you have done with Mysticism, but the production will be stocked. After you have found Mysticism, immediately change your production to Stonehenge. You MUST change your city's production square also (inside the city interface) to the hill with the forest (2 hammers 1 food). That will make the Stonehenge to be finished earlier. Do not mind to be underscored compared to other civs... After Mysticism, search Mining, then Bronze Working. At total these will be done within 20+54= 74 turns. Stonehenge will be complete within 35 or 45 turns. After Stonehenge build the remaining Baracks production and then Workers...
When you fing Bronze Working you will have in your city: Stonehenge, one or two Warriors (if you return them to your city), a Worker and a Barrack. Your city size will be 2 or 3 I can't remember...
Not done by that!!! The game starts NOW! Direct your worker to the Copper square and mine it (15 turns) By the way, search Wheel (20 turns), the production will still be at Barracks or Workers in the time you do this. After this, start to produce a lot of Axemen (6-7). Direct them to the south (Samarkand) together and conquer it. By the way search for Agriculture and with your worker mine the bunch of other hills at south of Istanbul. After conquering Samarkand, move your units Northwest to Scythes. Conquer it too and if you have not enough soldiers, add new units which was produced by Istanbul until that time.
Your conquering direction: Samarkand - Scythes - Tatar - (Alans, if there remain enough soldiers) // on the other side with NEW soldiers = Kipchiks - Huns
This will take a total turn of 150 - 175. By that time yourproduction will be vast, and because of conquering your bank account will have a lot of money to spend on technology search. After you have done all of this, do not forget to change your first city's production selection (interface)...
Good luck...
