Noble - Advices on my game

[Proofeta]

I'm starting to play CIV again.

I usually get bored of my games and stop playing around 500~1000 AD, but I want to finish this game, so I want some advice from more experienced players.

I choked Napoleon with Quechuas, and then finished him with axes. Now I have a bunch of free space to expand. However, I'm usually slow on expanding (I love building infra), and sometimes my Settlers are caught by barbs.

Here's a SS of the map (with the cities I will build on the future)

Spoiler :

I think Paris will be my GP farm, but don't know what should be my Production cities (I'm using my capital to build Settlers and troops). Also, what's the difference between a commerce city and a science city?
The next city I'll settle is the double gold city. What should be next?



Any advice is welcome, I really want to finish this game and improve my gameplay.

Thanks =D


PS.: The save is attached.

 

[michmbk]

It appears by settling the gold site and the double gems site, you can block the rest of the land to backfill later. I'll take a quick look at your save, but those things appear to be next steps. A few military escorts for your settlers probably make sense too.

 

[Proofeta]

It appears by settling the gold site and the double gems site, you can block the rest of the land to backfill later. I'll take a quick look at your save, but those things appear to be next steps. A few military escorts for your settlers probably make sense too.

Thanks, didn't realise that I could block with a city there.

What is better to a Settler escort, training a new unit or take a fogbuster away from his position just to clean the way for the Settler?

 

[michmbk]

I literally took 5 minutes to look at your save. You're fine. 5 workers, 3 cities and another worker on the way. My suggestion would be instead of building roads, use those workers to chop trees to chop out 3 settlers. one for the gold, one for the 2 gem plus pig, and one for the banana/ivory. The banana/ivory isn't great until iron working, but once those are settled, you've ensured enough land for 11 cities minimum, maybe 12 if you get the copper site you've marked to the north.

From there, it's cruise control - develop the land - you have some nice cottage sites and plenty of happy resources.

One minor micro point that will come in handy for you. You're building a cottage on a forest spot near cuzco. Next time, chop the trees, then build the cottage - same number of turns, but you get the trees sooner. Anything you get sooner is always better.

In terms of military escorts - you have one extra unit in one city - use that unit for escort. I'd bring him down plus your two units to the east (are those your fogbusters? If so, they're not all that well placed. Fogbusters, if placed right (the middle of a 5 x 5 square they can fogbust) are useful, but I don't think yours are doing a lot of good. Bring those three units back to escort your 3 settlers, fill those spots and win.

Also, whip your terrace, and be ready to whip your settler the minute it takes 2 pop to do so. Speed is critical so those other guys don't take your prime spots. Consider having your highest food city build just workers and settlers for the next 50 or so turns - claim all that nice land and blow the AI away.

 

[EsaKo]

I didn't look at the save but based on the map, Paris - Corn, 3 clams and a grassland cow equals fast growth (grassland farms can also help but they're not exactly great) meaning either specialists or whipping options! Since whipping is overpowered for even for cities that aren't gardens of foody delight, I'd suggest the option of introducing your scourge to the backs of the good people of Paris - with those food resources, they'll breed back like the vermin they are . I suggest reading guides on this fine art before getting at it, though.

 

[vicawoo]

Don't whip paris, just make settlers and workers nonstop. You're going to need the gems/gold/ivory.

See this as an exercise to see how long you can make pure worker/settlers from your current 3 cities, without crashing your economy.

Edit: Here's a poorly executed example. I still have too much infrastructure when my economy can handle way more cities. By the way, whip a worker in paris, stop making roads, and prioritize flood plains cottages and special tiles.
Edit 2: Second example, less infrastructure, more pure food/hammers, less tech. Since you're not really behind in tech, this empire will overtake the first example.

 

[EsaKo]

Don't whip paris, just make settlers and workers nonstop. You're going to need the gems/gold/ivory.

See this as an exercise to see how long you can make pure worker/settlers from your current 3 cities, without crashing your economy.

Yeah this is true, I meant to say that you should expand at least a bit before whipping but I somehow managed to leave it out of my post.