"Illuminous"
"Should I be forgeting about wonders after building a certain number of them and switch to producing military units instead?."
I do not avocate "forgetting" about wonders, just make them when it puts no strain on you or you feel it is very important. When you have a small empire, getting more land is the goal.
Where you are at the start, no value to troops. They would just sit around, till you get some techs. At least Map Making. If you have landing parties, then you can try to fish for a leader.
If I can see land that can be reached safely by galleys, then I would gear up. It has to be safely as I do not want to risk loaded boats at sea.
"How soon should I be on the offensive, do I build up a large force then attack, or do I continually send out men to their deaths like the AI?"
It is rarely a good idea to do anything the AI does, hence the advocating of no gov. No automation. War is a case by case basis. In the main I do not mass, just get enough to do the task.
The sooner I get the land, the better. I get stronger, they get weaker.
"I'm affraid of installing CivAssist II. People have reported bugs with it, and I don't want to muck up my CivIII Complete installation and have to reinstall it again."
I doubt CA is the cause, many have issues with .net. In any event it is a great tool and worth a shot. If not go for Mapstat. It is quite good.
"Should I be forgeting about wonders after building a certain number of them and switch to producing military units instead?."
I do not avocate "forgetting" about wonders, just make them when it puts no strain on you or you feel it is very important. When you have a small empire, getting more land is the goal.
Where you are at the start, no value to troops. They would just sit around, till you get some techs. At least Map Making. If you have landing parties, then you can try to fish for a leader.
If I can see land that can be reached safely by galleys, then I would gear up. It has to be safely as I do not want to risk loaded boats at sea.
"How soon should I be on the offensive, do I build up a large force then attack, or do I continually send out men to their deaths like the AI?"
It is rarely a good idea to do anything the AI does, hence the advocating of no gov. No automation. War is a case by case basis. In the main I do not mass, just get enough to do the task.
The sooner I get the land, the better. I get stronger, they get weaker.
"I'm affraid of installing CivAssist II. People have reported bugs with it, and I don't want to muck up my CivIII Complete installation and have to reinstall it again."
I doubt CA is the cause, many have issues with .net. In any event it is a great tool and worth a shot. If not go for Mapstat. It is quite good.