Some Questions.

[Emperor Wolfie]

Hello, i'm a newb and i want to ask about some thing's.

1. What is the best civ for:

Domination Victory

Cultural Victory

Space Race Victory.

2. What tactics should i employ to get each victory?

3. How soon should i start attacking in a Domination game?

3b. Whats the best mix on troops:

Early

Mid

and Late game?

4.How offen should i build cities. The game always keeps pressing me to build more, even when i've just founded a city.

5. With my very first settler, should i scout around or just settle on its starting location?

6. How importent is city specialation?

7. Should my first city be balenced or specialised?

8. Should i start a religon or focus on other tech?

9. Should i start wonders early on or let my cities focus on other thing's.

10. Can i have a pet wolf called fluffy?

I'm playing at Warlord level.

Thanks for you reply.

Bluewolf.

 

[sneaky]

10. I don't object to a pet wolf called fluffy.

 

[JimT]

Everything varies depending upon style, difficulty, map size etc. so the war academy is your best guide.

1 Best civ is personal choice but everyone seems to love Rome for warfare as prateorians and organised come in hany.

Cultural victories are helped most by financial while ubs are useful. I would recommend Inca as it provides a useful building (terrace) which you wold use anyway, financial and the industrious. You will also want religions (either through conquest or founding.

In fact Inca is a good civ for any game style

2 Go to the academy as it will take too long to describe each. There is a good thread about cultural at the minute on the forums. In all cases get a worker to improve tiles, your seccond city asap and probably an army built (not nec. in that order)

3 attack as soon as possible and use your UU. Usually people start a war with axemen although difficult situations may mean you have to wait for catapults. Inca you would get a barracks asap and start building quechua, you may even have an opponents capital before bronze is up and running

3b a mix

early axemen and swordsmen when you get to build them. Then add
Catapults
Macemen
Longbowmen
Riflemen/Grenadiers
Cavalry
Cannon
etc.

as and when you get the techs. For aggressive wars you will want siege to bombard the defences and cause collateral.

4) BUild/Capture cities when your above 60% research as you can afford to expand.

Finishing my break so good luck with the rest.

 

[KMadCandy]

1 & 2. for cultural victory, there's a thread about that now: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=223292. i prioritize good relationships with AIs so i really love spiritual for cultural, it lets me give in to demands for + modifiers. i go philo usually, and my most common choices are gandhi and elizabeth (in warlords). many folks like industrious, and huayna is a very popular choice too.

for some reason i read "I'm playing at Warlord level." as Warlock level and was going to make WoW jokes. shame on me!

welcome to CFC