Game settings:
Chieftan at the moment
Typically Terra or Panegea(sp?)
Size standard or large
Everything else is default
I go with Germany so I already ahve mining and hunting. I like having the scout in the beginning for huts and exploration. Also, the UU of panzers appeal to my late game tank strategy.
I don't want to go all out war monger. I am looking for suggestions, mainly military/units, as how to conduct an earlier war. I assume that I will want some catapults. What melee unit is a good to complement the catapults?
My games typically follow this route...
Settle on first turn, make worker, chop rush another worker, chop rush settler, make barracks/stonehendge.
Leave one worker improving the first city, settle second city, chop rush a worker, chop rush a settler, make barracks.
Leave one worker improving the second city, settle third city, chop rush a worker, make barracks.
As other resources come availavble (copper and iron) I will chop rush settlers/works to get the resources. Usually, by the time I have iron, I have about 6 or 7 core cities, and I start working on infrastructure. The other civs have for the most part completed thier expansion and the cultural boundaries are filling in the gaps.
Here is where my "boredom" starts kicking in. I typically try to avoid war (i.e. I don't go looking for it), and barbarians on the main land tend not to be an issue. On Terra maps, I beeline for Astronomy and settle the New World. I then will fight the barbarian hordes in the New World and expand there as necessary.
Basically, my "boredom" time is during the beeline to Astronomy. I think I want to start having a war or two during this time. With these goals:
1. Get some units with experience to make West Point available.
2. Capture and enemy city or two for furture launching pads of blitzkrieg.
I know very little about early war against the AI. Any help would be appreciated.