Phoenix Master
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Are there any in-depth guides to all the leaders and civs in the game? What I mean is how to use them the best way possible.
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Play the map not the leader. if you like a unit or trait then adapt your play to use them.
I like this guide but it won't tell you what to do. Nor can we unless you actually start replying your posts.
Otherwise just Google your questions or search the forum as you are likely asking questions someone has already answered over the last 20 years this game has been around.
Play the map not the leader. if you like a unit or trait then adapt your play to use them.
I like this guide but it won't tell you what to do. Nor can we unless you actually start replying your posts.
Otherwise just Google your questions or search the forum as you are likely asking questions someone has already answered over the last 20 years this game has been around.
Phoenix Master
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I'll admit that I really suck at this game. I guess the only options are to either post saves with my threads or try to go it alone. Thanks for all your help.
Posting a save before 1ad could help.
That's really not the point.
This is essentially a question for you to answer to yourself. Do you want to be serious about accepting guidance or go it alone?
I would suggest a 3rd option - watch some YouTube.
This forum is immensely helpful, but sometimes it’s easier to watch along with a strong player.
I’d recommend starting watching Sulla for learning. Although his overall play is weaker than eg. Lain, Hendrik, he explains some things more. Once you have got some of the concepts, Henrik has some good instructional videos of different strategies. And then for overall top level play - hard to beat Lain.
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Where are these shadow games and I couldn't find Sulla on youtube.
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So a shadow game is when a user like yourself posts a 4000bc save and people offer advice on how to play the game with the poster playing 10-15 turn sessions and then taking advice.
In your case just posting a save will give us an idea of what you are doing. We should be able to give you enough advice so you can beat Noble. No one is expecting you to play Immortal tomorrow. Noble level can be a lot of fun.
I think on Noble you have to try and avoid the temptation to produce units in search of huts early on. You should nearly always start with a worker.
Lennier
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And standard shadow game advice is to turn hits and events off, Normal speed and Normal map size.
Phoenix Master
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Should I be micromanaging my cities on noble difficulty or is it okay to let the AI do it? I am referring to the citizen automation option in each city.
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I think governor is ok, especially if you click either on the
icon or on all 
. Otherwise the governor tends to run a specialist which is very bad.
nmindos
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I never thought to select all three to avoid specialists but keep output balanced otherwise. That’s a good tip.I think governor is ok, especially if you click either on the
Noble is def beatable with running the Governor 99% of the time. You would turn it off to achieve a very specific goal, like getting a certain Great Person.
Tecumseh1
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Micromanage if you want to improve and learn to play higher difficulty. If you're comfortable sticking to noble then go ahead and make the game easier with automation. But it still takes some experience and experimentation to understand how the governor works so you can configure her correctly.
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City governors are just terrible..sorry 
If your workboat needs 3 more at size 1 (seafood city), they will make that 3 turns by working the not yet improved fish tile.
Cos it's 1 more than a plains forest..net loss would be something like 5 and 2. Which ofc really matters early.
If you ever watched AI Survivor city screens, they will do all that funky stuff to you as well.
"oh dear it's not even using that awesome pigs tile"
If your workboat needs 3 more
at size 1 (seafood city), they will make that 3 turns by working the not yet improved fish tile.Cos it's 1 more
than a plains forest..net loss would be something like 5 and 2. Which ofc really matters early.If you ever watched AI Survivor city screens, they will do all that funky stuff to you as well.
"oh dear it's not even using that awesome pigs tile"
