This topic is not about The Great Wall Wonder.
This topic is about a recent strategy I am using against the AI. Currently playing a multiplayer game with my brother that has two big continents for a huge size map. Anyways my continent has 4 of the computer players and they are all on the north end. I ended up in the middle of the continent and a huge area to expand was below me.
Anyway by the time the middle ages started all the computer players started walking settlers to try and claim the land below me. I grew as fast as I could yet several short wars with the AI Hannibal slowed me down.
Anyways I quickly discovered that using workers and military units on my borders was working great as a barrier... and they could only get past me by using boats. Currently I have an entire line from shore to shore of military and worker units which keep the AI's illegal aliens out of my unclaimed land. Once in awhile a make an opening in the wall so all the AI settlers start walking that direction... when they get near I seal the opening and make a new opening.
The overall result has worked great as the 4 different AI's have almost a dozen settlers walking back and forth.... going no where.
If I didn't have this great wall of units at least 8 new computer towns would have been built behind me. Also I don't feel safe going to war with any of them because my military advisor says they're listed as stronger then me.
Besides WAR what other strategies have you seen work to prevent the AI from expanding with Settlers???
This topic is about a recent strategy I am using against the AI. Currently playing a multiplayer game with my brother that has two big continents for a huge size map. Anyways my continent has 4 of the computer players and they are all on the north end. I ended up in the middle of the continent and a huge area to expand was below me.
Anyway by the time the middle ages started all the computer players started walking settlers to try and claim the land below me. I grew as fast as I could yet several short wars with the AI Hannibal slowed me down.
Anyways I quickly discovered that using workers and military units on my borders was working great as a barrier... and they could only get past me by using boats. Currently I have an entire line from shore to shore of military and worker units which keep the AI's illegal aliens out of my unclaimed land. Once in awhile a make an opening in the wall so all the AI settlers start walking that direction... when they get near I seal the opening and make a new opening.
The overall result has worked great as the 4 different AI's have almost a dozen settlers walking back and forth.... going no where.
If I didn't have this great wall of units at least 8 new computer towns would have been built behind me. Also I don't feel safe going to war with any of them because my military advisor says they're listed as stronger then me.
Besides WAR what other strategies have you seen work to prevent the AI from expanding with Settlers???
Each with 2-3 defenders and 1 cannon/artillery and with groups of cavalry positioned at various strategic spots. At the eastern end, I provided an opening... into 2-3 tiles again entirely surrounded by forts and manned by defenders and lots of artillery - for the purpose of shooting up the incoming attackers, before going after them with cavalry. 
