Re: Civ 4 : Early game strategy

On Nov 24, 9:19 am, Andre <ANDREJANSSE...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Nov 24, 7:03 am, "=D6jevind L=E5ng" <bredband....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > "Paul Hyett" <p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> At the start, what do you usually build first?
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> > >> I normally wait until my first city gets to about size 3 before
build=
ing
> > >> workers or settlers, since doing so stops them growing for the
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> > >> of the build.
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> > >> Which buildings are your first choices? Technologies?
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> > No settlers or workers until size three, but if I have Fi****ng and
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> > seafood in the fat cross, I'l make a work boat after my first warrior.
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> > the way, some time ago (playing as Elizabeth, one of my favourites),
my
> > starting point had a jewelry plot and a seafood plot. What would you
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ks
> > have built first - worker or workboat? I chose worker, but it was a
toug=
h
> > choice.
> >   I like to found an early religion; it really gives you a boost. So
> > generally, I start with researching Mysticism-Polytheism. If I miss
foun=
ding
> > Judaism, I try for Judaism, which is no detour since I want to
discover
> > Masonry early.  I like to try to build the Pyramids because early PR
is
> > awesome. I almost always seem to fail to build the Oracle. Before or
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> > Masonry (depending on whether I managed to found Hinduism or not), I
> > research Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, and then Bronze Working.
> > Stonehenge is nice, but  if you fail that it is very im****tant to
build
> > monuments early. Baracks can wait until a little later, and it's
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> > just a waste of time and resources to build them in all your cities.
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> > axemen are necessary. if you don't have either copppr or horses near
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> > you start, then you just have to research Iron Working before Shaka or
> > Montezuma has you for lunch. Wth BtS, getting a big army early is
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> > one wants to survive.
> >   I'm generally a peacenik, but of course, if I find I have a
neighbour
> > nearby and no one is home, I let my warrior walk straight into it.
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that
> > was Julius Caesar, and he lived just six or seven plots away. Of
course,=
 it
> > would have been suicide to let him live, and besides, past experiences
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> > him made the sound of screams and things cra****ng as I destroyed Rome
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> > satisfying.
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What I'm trying to say is: what traits do you find in Elizabeth that
would give you and advantage? The other poster said Gandhi because of
the fast workers. I'd like to start a poll to see which civs are
people's favourite and why. And is there really an advantage picking
one over the other or do they even out eventually?

 Andre