Technology timeline

[Red Inquisition]

Can anyone relate to me b what game time should I have certain technologys. I'm playing on cheiftain till I get the hang of the game. I feel liuke i'm behind the curve on tech. I'm ahead of the AI but just don't see how I can get the spaceship done by 2050. At 1700 ad. i'm ussually have just gotten done reserching metalaugry and magnetesim (sp).

Is this on or around where I should be?

 

[BCLG100]

on chieften the research rates are slow anyway its not until you stat getting to regent and above that they start becoming realistic

 

[Gastric ReFlux]

At Regent if can be fairly in sync with real life, though the player can have influence on speeding or slowing things down. Once you get above Regent, the techs go very fast as the AI civs trade rapidly among themselves, and the only effective way to slow it down is to incite war throughout the world.

 

[Gastric ReFlux]

Also should add that at levels above Regent, the AI gets to research techs for a cheaper cost. That also speeds things up, along with the quick selling.

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

It is absolutelz normal to be behind as a newbie / in time zou will learn how to speed up reseach!

- build Libraries
- build roads
- optimize the tax disrtibution (F1, slider upper right)
- research techs others already know (faster)
- trade tech, demand tech for peace and so on.
- bypass non-essential techs and get them cheaper later on
- build Marketplaces to up your incomes, thus make a higher science percentage possible

and so on. Just keep trying!

 

[Red Inquisition]

Thanks everybody. Looks like I'll just switch over to regent and see how that goes.

 

[BCLG100]

yeh but take it 1 step at a time unless you have completely mastered regent you should try on warlord first which would build you up to regent