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Kitana
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Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Apr 2000
time: 05:12
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I'm starting to develope a new method of play, at least to me.
Typically I would research to Monarchy to Literacy then to Invention to get the Great Library, King Richard's and Leo's Workshop. Well, I've abandonned this route in favour for a new route because I seem to always be a little behind that way. Now I go to Monarchy to Astronomy to Republic to Theory of Gravity to get the science wonders and the happiness wonders and work on Great Library and Leo's afterwards (and forget about King Richard's most games, nice to have but I'm not going to sell my blood to get it  !)
From there I'm still working on it but typically I try to get Adam Smith and The Statue of Liberty and switch from a Republic to a Democracy (I hate diplos/spies bribing my cities but I love to do it  )
As well I don't let my cities grow past 8. What I do is this:
build a city, a settler to found a new city, a phalanx (or pikeman) and then my best attack unit and a settler to build roads then I concentrate on temple, marketplace, library and citywalls in that order to get the "we love the..." growth. When I get Adam Smith I go for Aqueducts and banks for more "we love the..." days and if possible build Michealangelo's Chapel and then let my cities stay at 12... I fortify my defense and sleep my offense so if an enemy comes by the unit is ready to attack the next turn, saves a couple mouse clicks....
Well, that is the basic outline, any comments, questions or queries are welcome...
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Kitana
Shogun of the Japanese
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Edward
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Sounds good, Kitana.
It's hard to get the early ones, but you might want to add Colossus to your early science wonder list.
Since you only hit the highlights, you might already be doing this, but don't forget Philosophy (even before Copernicus(Astronomy)). It gives you a free tech.
While I used to always build it (if only to keep it out of the AI's hands), I now never build the Great Library. The number of beakers to get a new tech is roughly doubled for every tech you know. The Great Library gives you techs you weren't researching, which means you'll have more techs, which means it'll take longer to research the techs you are researching. Free Great Library techs can (paradoxically) hamper your early research.
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Martin Schmidt
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Germany
Dec 2000
time: 05:12
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I do it this way when i have a good capital but
not much space to grow (small or medium islands ,
with about six cities).
Then to make the Capital a real research place is
a good idea .
I try to build kolossus , hanging gardens , kopernikus
watch , newtons college , a library and a University
in my Capital , than the three caravans if
good foreign towns to goto are known . This worked
well , but i think in mp games it will not be
possible to get both hanging gardens and kolossus .
To Edward : and that's exactly the reason why i
wait to build the Great Library until i have the
important techs , for example monotheism if i am
on a big continent (I really like michelangelos
chapel) . Then you should consider building the
Great Library , because sooner or later you will
have to waste time research ugly techs anyway .
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Kitana
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Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Apr 2000
time: 05:12
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Edward: I didn't realize that getting the free techs from the great library increased the number of beakers needed to get research technology. That would explain the slow down that I usually get (dropping from 1st to 3rd in tech rating). I forgot to mention that I do try to get philosophy first, if possible, and also monotheism (I like Mike's Chapel!!)
Martin: I try and get colossus in the city that I'm going to build to science wonders, usually my best production city. I do forget to send out the caravans though.
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Kitana
Shogun of the Japanese
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SilexMT
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Montréal
Oct 2000
time: 00:12
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quote:
Originally posted by Martin Schmidt on 12-18-2000 10:39 AM
I do it this way when i have a good capital but
not much space to grow (small or medium islands ,
with about six cities).
Then to make the Capital a real research place is
a good idea .
I try to build kolossus , hanging gardens , kopernikus
watch , newtons college , a library and a University
in my Capital , than the three caravans if
good foreign towns to goto are known . This worked
well , but i think in mp games it will not be
possible to get both hanging gardens and kolossus .
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In my last game I used this strategy, but not in my capital: I selected the city that generated the most trade (five river squares, and a silk). While all my other cities averaged around 10 beakers, this city, after I completed Newton's, started cranking out 400 beakers a turn; and I didn't even had collossus. GL would have been a perfect waste of time there, I was so far ahead; I was only playing at king level though.
Science cities rule!
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All the world marvels at our superior intellect, sire!
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Matthew
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Manhattan, Kansas . USA
Jan 1970
time: 05:12
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Perhaps the best use of GL in a multiplayer game is to turn your science down while collecting taxes to build up your civ. Let others do your research for you. As long as there are 5 or more civs in a game, and no one is way ahead, you shouldn't fall too far behind tech wise.
The disadvantage to this strategy is that while your science is low you will likely miss out on some popular wonders. But if you are a good, flexible player, you should be able to make due with the wonders left over.
By building caravans and infrastructure instead of researching early on, you should be able to make up for your sacrifice later on.
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