King Younk
Warlord
Whom should I attack? I was thinking the Vikings would be a good option, though I think the Arabs are isolated, weak, and close, meaning they too would be good. I refused Ragnar tribute, so he'll probably attack when he's able.
Whom to conquer?
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King Younk
Warlord
I found an important abstraction of how to approach any leader, imho. Find what they're good at and focus on that, haha.
Anyway, for Charlemagne, that means defense, REXing, and walls/castles/engineering, along with the CoL.
The first technology for Charlemagne (assumedly of HRE, and not unrestricted leaders) should be archery. The first build should be a settler. Before finishing the settler, build an archer to escort the helpless fellow. This will create at least a 6 defensive ability in the second city within the first 80 turns. For the second technology, focus on food of course, but try to get to the Oracle if at all possible.
I am about to win as old Charliehorse on a Diplomation victory, though it is on a standard map, which is of course noticeably easier.
I was able to bring the Pericles/Justinian block into my sphere of influence by Oracleing CoL first, and converting him to Confucianism. Pacal has been a pain in my ass all game, but I will soon win a diplomatic victory on account of my vassals, and my soon to be conversion to US.
What do y'all think? Did I just have an easy start since I didn't need to worry about fogbusting on a small island, or am I improving? Charlemagne is my favorite leader, though he is difficult.
Anyway, for Charlemagne, that means defense, REXing, and walls/castles/engineering, along with the CoL.
The first technology for Charlemagne (assumedly of HRE, and not unrestricted leaders) should be archery. The first build should be a settler. Before finishing the settler, build an archer to escort the helpless fellow. This will create at least a 6 defensive ability in the second city within the first 80 turns. For the second technology, focus on food of course, but try to get to the Oracle if at all possible.
I am about to win as old Charliehorse on a Diplomation victory, though it is on a standard map, which is of course noticeably easier.
I was able to bring the Pericles/Justinian block into my sphere of influence by Oracleing CoL first, and converting him to Confucianism. Pacal has been a pain in my ass all game, but I will soon win a diplomatic victory on account of my vassals, and my soon to be conversion to US.
What do y'all think? Did I just have an easy start since I didn't need to worry about fogbusting on a small island, or am I improving? Charlemagne is my favorite leader, though he is difficult.
Well... most people here know that you should not "play the leader", rather "play the map". Your immediate surroundings have more influence on optimal choices than your traits or starting techs. Something like
is simply nonsensical.
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Sampsa hit the most important point right on. Always play the map.
@King Younk
Since you like Charliemagne, I recommend to play the Noble's Club game with Charlie offline, post any updates in spoilers and look at other people's reports to get ideas about the most optimal way to play. Like most players that are stuck on any level below Deity your game suffers from some major sticky points which until you resolve you will struggle.
Your obvious weakness has been not going Worker first (which is almost always the correct move) and that sets you back a lot in the early game. The other is researching too many dead-end techs like Archery. Even on Immortal I very very rarely find myself teching Archery. It just isn't necessary unless you're playing with Raging Barbs or something. Offense beats defense and for offense you need Axemen or Chariots early on. In a couple of other games of yours I commented on, you also neglected diplomacy which is quite dangerous!
@King Younk
Since you like Charliemagne, I recommend to play the Noble's Club game with Charlie offline, post any updates in spoilers and look at other people's reports to get ideas about the most optimal way to play. Like most players that are stuck on any level below Deity your game suffers from some major sticky points which until you resolve you will struggle.
Your obvious weakness has been not going Worker first (which is almost always the correct move) and that sets you back a lot in the early game. The other is researching too many dead-end techs like Archery. Even on Immortal I very very rarely find myself teching Archery. It just isn't necessary unless you're playing with Raging Barbs or something. Offense beats defense and for offense you need Axemen or Chariots early on. In a couple of other games of yours I commented on, you also neglected diplomacy which is quite dangerous!
