I got the new BTS expansion, loaded it, and have been nothing but frustrated since. I was previously playing Warlords at Monarch level with random leaders and maps and winning (and losing) often enough for it to be the right level for me.
But now I'm unable to progress to the Modern Age even when I play two levels lower, at Noble. I've tried a variety of different maps, different leaders and different strategies. It doesn't matter. After a while I just go down under a sea of enemy units.
In my latest game it is 290 BC (Marathon, Noble, Terra) and I have Charlemagne. I have expanded to four cities and am just able to squeak by at 50% tech. My opponents are rocketing along just fine - Napoleon has 8 cities, Boadicea 7, Wang Kon 6 and so on. Since I just researched Code of Laws and got the Confucianism shrine I know that none of the others have built courthouses or markets.
How is it possible for an enemy nation to have twice the number of cities I do and not get crushed by the maintenance burden?
Seriously, WTH?
But now I'm unable to progress to the Modern Age even when I play two levels lower, at Noble. I've tried a variety of different maps, different leaders and different strategies. It doesn't matter. After a while I just go down under a sea of enemy units.
In my latest game it is 290 BC (Marathon, Noble, Terra) and I have Charlemagne. I have expanded to four cities and am just able to squeak by at 50% tech. My opponents are rocketing along just fine - Napoleon has 8 cities, Boadicea 7, Wang Kon 6 and so on. Since I just researched Code of Laws and got the Confucianism shrine I know that none of the others have built courthouses or markets.
How is it possible for an enemy nation to have twice the number of cities I do and not get crushed by the maintenance burden?
Seriously, WTH?