tianx
Chieftain
Just got Civ III recently and PTW. I have to say this game is much tougher than Civ II which I used to play LONG time ago so by the now, the basics already escaped me. I read bunch of threads on the forum and in the war academy. Thanx to all the good folks, I am doing much better now in the game than I had first started. But damn, I can hardly get pass Warlord level without getting my ass kicked. I used to do inside out but now I am working on outside in. There is one problem though with outside in that I don't know how to really get around. Since you have to move your settlers much further(how far did you xperts move them? next to the enemy borderline?), your initial development is much slower and it gets even worse since corruption in these area are rampant even if it's a good place for the city. This amounts to serious problem in Middle Age. I had huge territory but very little military protection because the land mass is so big. All kinds of problem starting from massive corruption, civil disorder and lack of treasury kicked in during Middle Age in addition to weak army. I could suppress my direct neighbor but the one next to him usually get ROP and invade me from my neighbor's territory(much like the Germans I guess). How do you guys get around that problem? Also, I find that scientifically advance isn't as a big deal as it used to be. You can pretty much lag behind a bit with much disadvantage. How much fund do u guys put into science research?? Wow, Long question, thanx for anyone who can help me 
