What am I doing wrong?

[Xoon]

Jesus. I'm not saying I was good at Civ III, far from it, but I was at least able to stay ahead of the tech race on Monarch. I'm getting my salad tossed on Noble. I feel like I am playing a pretty solid early game, but everyone else stays pretty far ahead on tech.

Ugh. Any common missteps that people take making the transition from Civ III that I might be missing? Is this game just really that much harder than Civ III?

 

[Cotton_Eyed_Joe]

The Game is much harder than civ3 but to win the tech race you have to use GP's

 

[Yzen Danek]

The most common mistake for a Civ III player is not using cottages.

Farms are now the exception to the rule for most cities; once you get pottery, start building up those cottages!

Your opponent will be, and then you'll be miles behind in tech and economy.

 

[Herse]

One thing that can really mess you up, in a way that works very differently from Civ 3, is the rate of expansion. If you settle or conquer a lot of cities early and without a strongly developed infrastructure you will cripple your own economy and research. So make sure to expand "responsibly," as I have seen it said.

Herse

 

[Breunor]

Don't feel bad. I won on demigod in Civ 3 pretty usually, and occasionally on diety. I fight for my life on Prince in CIV IV.

The AI is much better -- its simply a wonderful game!

Follow the guides in the forum. Cottages are important, and specialize cities. I think some people started playing CIV IV and moved away from expansion, its still important.

Breunor

 

[warpstorm]

Don't expand to fast. Hit the Financial Advisor and see where your money is going. Each city costs you more and more. Don't expand if you are paying a fortune in maintenance already.

 

[Foxile]

You're not the only one, Xoon. I'm still losing on Noble, but not as heavily. I'm having to change my old Civ3 tactics a lot, to even compete.

What are GP's ?

 

[Pratputajao]

You're not the only one, Xoon. I'm still losing on Noble, but not as heavily. I'm having to change my old Civ3 tactics a lot, to even compete.

What are GP's ?

GP= Great People I believe

 

[Foxile]

DOH !!

Of course. Ta

 

[THARN]

Same here- Haven't been able to win yet on Noble, but my current game I am in the point lead out of 8 civs- but not by much- 2 major things I noticed that I stopped doing ala civ 3 was- building cities on resources- and going for all the quick techs instead of havinf a goal.
Another major major help on advancement is to get the ability to chop forests- and use your workers to quickly add hammers for building(especially wonders)