For those who are interested, do following:
CONDITIONS TO DO IT:
1. It is probably only useable on the larger maps
2. You have to be confident that you have enough time and space to execute it. (My strategy cost a lot of time before it’s useful).
3. You’ll have to be sure that no one can claim the territory you’re aiming for, because if this happens my strategy won’t be of any use….
I’ve tested the following when I was playing as the Americans on the huge world map. The AI placed me in India and my neighbors were in North/East Asia (Persians) and Eurasia. The South/East of Asia was inhabited and I determent that that was the direction where I would built my cities. Especially because the were lots of luxuries for me….
Because of the Himalayas I took the gamble that the Persians would need time to settle in the South/East of Asia. I knew I had to built lots of cities to cover all the luxuries territory. And I knew I had the time to do it.
THE INGREDIENTS:
1. Play as a civ who can build the Pyramids immediately (expansionist??)
2. Build your capital right away
3. I’ve built 2 extra scouts to search for suitable land for my cities (I found 10 goody huts with 7 techs!)
4. Built a settler for your second city
AND NOW IT COMES:
1. I was mining the land near to the capital, that way I was able to gain lots of shields to speed up the building. (2 mines near my capital, 2 near my second city)
2. BUILD THE PYRAMIDS AFTER YOU HAVE PRODUCED YOUR FIRST SETTLER IN THE CAPITAL!
3. The second city must built up itself until you can built your second settler, okay do it! Oh yeah, mine two squares.
4. Mine two squares at your third city
5. Now wait
6. wait
7. a lit bit longer…….
8. Almost there…………..
9. YES, We have the pyramids!!!! (note that your rival civs already have got >6 cities by now)
STIELS BREEDING MACHINE:
1. Now that you have the Pyramids you’ll have the advantage of the Pyramids off course, combined with the 2 mine squares this will lead to the following:
- A city of pop. 5 will produce another pop in 4 turns
- A city of pop. 5 will produce a settler in (guess what??) 4 turns!
And I had this in all three the cities! Now watch this the system:
2. City ( 5 pop): When the settler is ready a new pop will come to the city so you will only lose one pop!
3. A 4 pop city will also produce a new pop and a settler in 4 turns! So do it!!
5. A 3 pop city will still have good production and breeding (new pop in 4 turns) but you must wait with building settlers until you will have 5 pop again (takes 8 turns) so invest the shields in other things like a temple or defensive units…..
6. When it is pop. 5 again repeat the process again.
7. I had THREE cities who were following this method and this way I make settlers like rabbits breed! Without uncontrolled loss of population (and more important) shields, in other words: you’ll have always the same number of shields!
8. Take the fourth city, and mine 2 squares, let it grow to 4 pop and start producing workers. New worker and new pop ready in 4 turns, This means one city is producing a worker every 4 turns and it stays a 4 pop city!
Oh yeah, I’m playing a peaceful early/mid game with this because I don’t have time to build up a decent offensive military. However waiting for a pop 3 city to a 5 will give you some time to produce a decent defensive military. But remember:
YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS WITH THE CONDITIONS DISCRIBED ABOVE!
DISADVANTAGES:
1. a long time you’ll be a weaker civ, so don’t start a war
Any comments??
STIEL
