OK, I'm playing on Warlord, as the Vikings. I'm crushing Rome, Celts, and China in research pretty much all the way through the Middle Ages. Then a bunch of turns later, I find Egypt, and like every time I play them, they're way ahead. Got Music Theory, which I hadn't researched, Democracy, Nationalism, and Steam Power. I could see if they were Scientific and got Nat'l for free, but they're not.
I don't understand how the AI out-researched me on Warlord when I was always researching to the point where I would come out even in gold every turn or be losing it. WTH?
On top of being ahead of me in tech, the bastards finished two Great Wonders 3-4 turns within the time I would have finished them (Including Magellan's Voyage, son of a B). Then Smith's Trading Co., then whatever. Prob woulda went on the rest of the game.
I need a better way of handling my research. What can I do to increase my research rate?
I don't understand how the AI out-researched me on Warlord when I was always researching to the point where I would come out even in gold every turn or be losing it. WTH?
On top of being ahead of me in tech, the bastards finished two Great Wonders 3-4 turns within the time I would have finished them (Including Magellan's Voyage, son of a B). Then Smith's Trading Co., then whatever. Prob woulda went on the rest of the game.
I need a better way of handling my research. What can I do to increase my research rate?