Ok, so I recently got Warlords. For the past week or so, I've been trying to win a culture victory on Emperor difficulty in regular civ, so I decided to do the same in Warlords.
I usually go Frederick (people say Catherine is better, but I'm stubborn) in regular civ, but doing some civilopedia reading, I decided to do Louis for Warlords (industrious for faster wonder building and the salon with free artist is kick-ass, especially when you have representation).
So basically what I've been trying to figure in both games is how the hell do you get away with not getting attacked the entire run through the game. I was doing well in regular civ, but in Warlords, I keep getting invaded!
I usually get 1 or 2 early religions, I usually am able to grab oracle or stonehedge, pyramids, and the parthenon, expand to 3 cities, etc. I try to build up an army for defense with 2-3 archers per city, walls in each city. My early religions tend to spread to my neighbors, so they have the same religion as me and thus do not hate me. I always give tribute/aid, as well.
But what inevitably happens is that I get invaded. Past couple of games, I had no copper nearby, so I had to go defend with archers against axemen and swordsmen. Even if I can resist the invasion, by the time the war is over, my whole development is screwed up, I'm far too behind on tech, etc. What gives?
Why do these guys invade? They are never worse than cautious to me, they are usually far away from me, yet they always come. Do I need to sacrifice a religion/wonder and just mass-produce archers in all my cities? Any tips? Thanks.
I usually go Frederick (people say Catherine is better, but I'm stubborn) in regular civ, but doing some civilopedia reading, I decided to do Louis for Warlords (industrious for faster wonder building and the salon with free artist is kick-ass, especially when you have representation).
So basically what I've been trying to figure in both games is how the hell do you get away with not getting attacked the entire run through the game. I was doing well in regular civ, but in Warlords, I keep getting invaded!
I usually get 1 or 2 early religions, I usually am able to grab oracle or stonehedge, pyramids, and the parthenon, expand to 3 cities, etc. I try to build up an army for defense with 2-3 archers per city, walls in each city. My early religions tend to spread to my neighbors, so they have the same religion as me and thus do not hate me. I always give tribute/aid, as well.
But what inevitably happens is that I get invaded. Past couple of games, I had no copper nearby, so I had to go defend with archers against axemen and swordsmen. Even if I can resist the invasion, by the time the war is over, my whole development is screwed up, I'm far too behind on tech, etc. What gives?
Why do these guys invade? They are never worse than cautious to me, they are usually far away from me, yet they always come. Do I need to sacrifice a religion/wonder and just mass-produce archers in all my cities? Any tips? Thanks.