Stagnant Empire

[Ankh-f-n-Khonsu]

Ok, as soon as you start beeline for bronzeworking, with any luck you will have a source near your capital. If not, grab the worker techs and go for financial techs like monarchy and currency, grab ironworking as soon as it costs a reasonable ammount of beakers, if you don't have copper you will have iron near your capitol.

Not true; it's quite possible to find yourself in a position with neither copper nor iron. Better hope for horses in such a situation.

 

[dragomaster]

Not true; it's quite possible to find yourself in a position with neither copper nor iron. Better hope for horses in such a situation.

thru... the majority of times, lets say 85% you will have one of them. still there is a chans you not get any if outher civs grab them first. it's not often you get them within the first boarder pop. most often we ned to settle them or semi-often wait to secund boarder pop. if there isn't any sign of horses or metals there must be ivory near or within your boarder. i have never seen any case where i was left without any kind of militaty resorse. Ivory rocks, if you only get that better aim for construction. if i have to chose betwen ivory and horses i shold chose horses. I rather war soner than later in a hunt for metals. the most importent resorse in the game.

 

[cabert]

Not true; it's quite possible to find yourself in a position with neither copper nor iron. Better hope for horses in such a situation.

there is still the possible construction rush...

 

[Stolen Rutters]

Read the posts in the War Academy (get to it from the civfanatics main page). It's the quickest and easiest source of help.

 

[Ankh-f-n-Khonsu]

there is still the possible construction rush...

True, true... I had forgotten the pachyderms.