Which is the first technology you usually research?

[King Patrick]

Usually Pottery, which times out well to construct a granary after a scout & monument while I pick a second city location. Sometimes Mining if I'm shy on production or eager to reach Masonry for stone quarries.

 

[Muskie]

I usually do pottery, but if I have animals around me or minerals I'll research animal husbandry and/or mining. I don't think dogmatically researching the same thing no matter which Civ you are and which kinda tiles are around you makes much sense.

 

[Glassmage]

Archery on harder levels, because having a lot of potterywares will not help you defend against Montezuma's savage Jaguars.

 

[PreLynMax]

That depends on the map actually.

 

[CCX_CX_D]

totally depense on the starting location, but since most of the luxury resource needs Pottery, I voted for it

 

[Naokaukodem]

Mining always, especially if there is some Stone nearby, and as Iron Working always my first aim, as horses can't take cities anymore.

 

[PreLynMax]

Mining always, especially if there is some Stone nearby, and as Iron Working always my first aim, as horses can't take cities anymore.

Horse Archers can't.
Horsemen, Knights, Lancers, and Cavalry, however can.

 

[headcase]

On Prince, usually Animal Husbandry, or mining if I can get a lux earlier from it. Good points on Pottery in this thread.

 

[The Little One]

Mining, because I always seem to start next to hills and I always build a worker first. That way I can mine early and get lots of production to fuel my wonder obssession. But if I don't have hills, Animal Husbandry

 

[turtlefang]

It depends on the map situation but usually pottery. I like to have the granary as an option plus you get more options if you get lucky with ruins. However, if I have mining resources next to my city, then mining, or if I have sheep/cows then AH. Virtually never on Archery until a little later.

 

[Naokaukodem]

Horsemen, Knights, Lancers, and Cavalry, however can.

Don't even try to take a city with only those units. >>> you can't.

 

[PreLynMax]

Don't even try to take a city with only those units. >>> you can't.

Of course not! You need a mixture of units. It depends on the amount of troopage you have, and you definitely need siege to take down those really heavily defended cities. Nobody is that noobish to take down a heavily defended city with only one unit type.

You know my military building strategy: Two siege to every military unit you have; use all the iron you have to build siege.

 

[spider1]

If I'm playing Babylon, I'm taking pottery then writing to get that academy up and running. All other civs, most likely it'd be Animal Husbandry, maybe mining, depending on the lay of the land.

 

[fat_tonle]

Mining to masonry, or pottery to calender.... sandwich animal husbandry in between into mathematics or pottery to philosophy rush.

 

[Naokaukodem]

Of course not! You need a mixture of units. It depends on the amount of troopage you have, and you definitely need siege to take down those really heavily defended cities. Nobody is that noobish to take down a heavily defended city with only one unit type.

You know my military building strategy: Two siege to every military unit you have; use all the iron you have to build siege.

But before patches, you could... hence the point of my post.

As to siege weapon, I agree, they are powerfull in order to take a city, but i regret all the times that my artys does only 2 damage to a city...

 

[Jacques Lamerde]

Am I the only one who goes archery? Unless I need sailing for a sea map and go pottery, I want a few early archers to protect from barbs and early rushes. I figure by the time I have a worker I will have a 2nd tech researched anyway.

I also like archery first. I like to get a couple of archers built right away to start
guarding my favorite spots for my next couple of cities. I often find that if I research
archery 1st, and my first production is either a scout, or a warrior, I will often
get a free tech from some ruins, usually mining or pottery. I also find that if I build
an Archer A.S.A.P. it will often enter a ruin and be upgraded to a crossbow.
A crossbow that early in the game is a force to be reckoned with.
Admittedly, I do play on Prince level, perhaps that doesn't work on higher levels.
I'll find out soon enough.

 

[Kurtbob]

Lately I have been opening with Archery to start building the Temple of Artemis immediately after my scout/worker. I'm a builder and a tall empire player, so nothing pleases me more than watching my few cities grow quickly. I have also been beelining to mathematics for the Hanging Gardens.

Before I started using the above strategy I always opened with pottery unless there were resources requiring a mine around my capital.

 

[Tabarnak]

Pottery. Always. If i can get writting form a hut before turn 10, you can be sure that the GL is my priority. Because the AI will not attack me until turn 30. Because my worker is never online before turn 15. And so on.

I don't have the Korea package with new wonders.

 

[Aldor]

In the last few games, I often got stone/marble and so went with mining first. Its also very important if you have lots of forest around. It depends on the map tho, if I have only calendar luxuries, I go for pottery first too.

 

[dontheconqueror]

Pottery. Always. If i can get writting form a hut before turn 10, you can be sure that the GL is my priority. Because the AI will not attack me until turn 30. Because my worker is never online before turn 15. And so on.

Pretty much this. Pottery 100% of the time. It is the second tech where I get situational, with Writing as the default choice.