Originally posted by Darzee
I was just wondering if you more experienced players could give me some tips on commerical problems (as in, I don't make enough money) that I run into in the late ancient age. I find that in the early game I can do ok while having the science slider at 70-90% but not too long after that I get the nifty little "You're treasury is running dangerous..." message and am forced to get it down to about 60% and then, not too long after that I notice that I'm losing up to 4 gold per turn and (as I never really have a chance to accumulate much wealth) my treasury runs quite low again (maybe around 30-50).
I am currently playing on Chieftan and can dominate pretty easily but I want to win one more game before I move up. My play habits include getting nearly every improvement in every city I make (I almost always start a barracks going right after city creation then to granary, temple, ect.. unless units are needed for war). I read an article that adviced me not to get wonders so I don't at the current difficulty.
Any tips on getting myself more money or just my gameplay in general? And any articles that might help me out (shorter please!) would be great too. Thanks!
To deal with the problems you describe, get they Pyramids right away and Sun Tzu ASAP. In the later times get Adam Smith. These will all greatly cut your overhead costs. And since you're playing chieftan you should be able to get them, as a new Warlord you might have to take the Pyramids away from someone else.