GreyFox
Make it so ...
I wanted to go for BW is not for whipping ... (I was never a great fan of whip, I do whip, but not as much as some players do) ... it is to reveal copper for our settler. IMHO, we should never whip our capitol, except for really urgent build, or when we accidentally grow the capitol past the happy limit.
Explain to me why we want to go Monotheism? For OR? Or for Judaism?
There are 3 valid opening moves in Civ4 teching: the learning path which is the top branch of the tree, going for early writing and literature; the warmonger path which is the bottom branch of the tree, going for BW and IW, and even early MC; and finally the hydra path in the middle of the tree, going for religions grab. Each are perfectly valid moves, depending on situation. The problem with the middle path is you fall behind in tech and isn't strong military wise that you find yourself overwhelmed with superior troops in greater quantity. This makes the hydra path more suitable in lower-difficulty, or for an isolated start (eg archipelago).
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Explain to me why we want to go Monotheism? For OR? Or for Judaism?
There are 3 valid opening moves in Civ4 teching: the learning path which is the top branch of the tree, going for early writing and literature; the warmonger path which is the bottom branch of the tree, going for BW and IW, and even early MC; and finally the hydra path in the middle of the tree, going for religions grab. Each are perfectly valid moves, depending on situation. The problem with the middle path is you fall behind in tech and isn't strong military wise that you find yourself overwhelmed with superior troops in greater quantity. This makes the hydra path more suitable in lower-difficulty, or for an isolated start (eg archipelago).
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