Hey everyone!
Here I come with another playthrough, as the previous one has showed it is a good way for me to get better at civ4, and (who knows?) maybe for some less experienced players to learn new strategies. I will also try to play more carefully than I did on the last game, as the start and overall situation might not be as forgiving this time.
This time I will do my best to give more detailed posts. I will also (at least in the beggining of the game) detail how I micro-manage city production and workers, as playing an optimal opening is the holy grail and (after reading some HoF writeups) I'm pretty sure my micro-managing skills need quite some improvement.
This is a deity, fractal, normal speed, NHNE, everything else standard game. Leader is Mehmed II of the Ottomans.
I basically re-rolled map and leader until I could find a start that is non-coastal (just didn't feel like going GLH and all the coastal stuff right now), non single-plain-cows and not double corn and gold.
What I think about Mehmed :
His traits (Organized and Expansive) are both ok traits, but they synergize quite well for a strong opening. Starting with the Wheel and Agriculture make him a good leader in my opinion. His UB (+2 aqueduct) is nice. I'm not too crazy about the Janisary rush though.
The start :
Looks like a nice spot for bureau cap. SIP would give PH city center i.e. 10T starting worker with expansive trait. Move warrior 1W or 1SW?
Even if you're not a deity player, your advice/questions is/are of course welcome!
Edit : I attached the starting save, if anyone wants to play it.
For those who want to play it but wonder if it is isolated :
Here I come with another playthrough, as the previous one has showed it is a good way for me to get better at civ4, and (who knows?) maybe for some less experienced players to learn new strategies. I will also try to play more carefully than I did on the last game, as the start and overall situation might not be as forgiving this time.
This time I will do my best to give more detailed posts. I will also (at least in the beggining of the game) detail how I micro-manage city production and workers, as playing an optimal opening is the holy grail and (after reading some HoF writeups) I'm pretty sure my micro-managing skills need quite some improvement.
This is a deity, fractal, normal speed, NHNE, everything else standard game. Leader is Mehmed II of the Ottomans.
I basically re-rolled map and leader until I could find a start that is non-coastal (just didn't feel like going GLH and all the coastal stuff right now), non single-plain-cows and not double corn and gold.
What I think about Mehmed :
His traits (Organized and Expansive) are both ok traits, but they synergize quite well for a strong opening. Starting with the Wheel and Agriculture make him a good leader in my opinion. His UB (+2 aqueduct) is nice. I'm not too crazy about the Janisary rush though.
The start :
Looks like a nice spot for bureau cap. SIP would give PH city center i.e. 10T starting worker with expansive trait. Move warrior 1W or 1SW?
Even if you're not a deity player, your advice/questions is/are of course welcome!
Edit : I attached the starting save, if anyone wants to play it.
For those who want to play it but wonder if it is isolated :
Spoiler :
It is not isolated
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