pillowmaker911
Chieftain
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2008
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I'm a little iffy on the whole "over-expansion" thing.
How do you know when to expand (since the game never really suggests at proper times) and when you will be stretched too thin.
I also would like to know what problems occur (other than a crashed economy) and how to balance yourself back out when it happens (without abandoning cities unless absolutely neccessary).
I ask since I seem to usually get to the same point (approaching medieval era time pierod) and my economy crashes. I usually try to expand more if possible at this point either by building where possible or taking cities from close neighbors that have a lot of resources available (usually the first option) and I'm guessing it's because I'm expanding too quickly? I generally have 3-5 cities at this point all having 5+ population. To keep myself afloat I usually have to build more cottages than my cities can handle since I sometimes need farms for food or other things for resources (I'm pretty good at maximizing my resources) or having my research way down around 50% and I fall behind, and I can barely afford enough of a military to defend my cities with a mere 2 units apiece. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. I'm a beginner at Civ4 (I have BTS), so I usually am playing Cheiftain(ish) level in case that makes a difference.
How do you know when to expand (since the game never really suggests at proper times) and when you will be stretched too thin.
I also would like to know what problems occur (other than a crashed economy) and how to balance yourself back out when it happens (without abandoning cities unless absolutely neccessary).
I ask since I seem to usually get to the same point (approaching medieval era time pierod) and my economy crashes. I usually try to expand more if possible at this point either by building where possible or taking cities from close neighbors that have a lot of resources available (usually the first option) and I'm guessing it's because I'm expanding too quickly? I generally have 3-5 cities at this point all having 5+ population. To keep myself afloat I usually have to build more cottages than my cities can handle since I sometimes need farms for food or other things for resources (I'm pretty good at maximizing my resources) or having my research way down around 50% and I fall behind, and I can barely afford enough of a military to defend my cities with a mere 2 units apiece. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. I'm a beginner at Civ4 (I have BTS), so I usually am playing Cheiftain(ish) level in case that makes a difference.