No problem, thank you!

They may have changed city pacing, but how many stars do you get in each era? And which cultures did you pick?

Hey! You want more city capacity so that cities cost you less influemce every turn Also, Every pop makes 1 purple influence, or 2 if they are very stable (pink). There are a few buildings, but getting more pop and city capacity is best!

This means a lot! Thank you! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!

Actually, all of this info still holds up! There's been a few patches since this vid, but the only thing that was removed is the auto scout exploit

Hey! You're very right that they fixed the auto scout issue. I picked AI personas by randomly shuffling them around so that I would get a good mix, I also sometimes play with the most aggressive ones. Without the new world, your number one tool to beat the AI is to go slow and get those stars. Dont worry about getting certain cultures, you can easily outpace the AI by going for a lot of stars each era. Besides that, make sure youre investing in growth by gaining pop and districts, egypt and harrapqms are a great first culture for that, but you can invest in growth no matter who you play. If you're into number crunching, keep an eye on how much food it takes to make another population vs industry it takes to build another district. When another pop is much cheaper than a district, consider focusing on food instead of indistry. Food can be a really powerful resource below 10 pop! Did that answer your question?

@@pinegolem7323 Thank you. Just how many oponents do you play against? I now know the difficulty you play and how/which oponents AI you choose, but not their numbers. Beside that your answer on food vs. Industry helped me.

I usually play with 5 opponents, I find it keeps the game running smoothly in the late game, and beating 5 opponents is basically as tricky as beating 12

I get what you say. But somehow I think the right mix could make the difference between a challenge and the situation where some are messing with you wihile 1 or 2 cultures just skyrocket away. Happened quite often that I started well but in the end the 2 top AI's had double to 3 times more points than I had and I was not even close to be 3rd.

@@pinegolem7323 Edit: Managed to gain a hige victory. Key was your Info to take your time and not rush to the next Civ and to make use of trading. Another youtuber pointed out how important trading is and it was also key for growing and my economy. My setting was: World size: Normal Oponents 7 (pretty much a mix of their persomal level and focus) Map: All Island for each faction, but landmass is 30% However I have to point out that if you like to win by Mars Colony, you should not waste too long in the 2nd last Era as the Key techs are all in the last Era. But if you lead far ahead it doesn't matter if you miss some fame points. So this time I had almost as 3 times more fame points than the 2nd place. But I had to go to war against 2 civs.

Glad I could help!

Im still undecided if highest score or fastest victory is more fun!

A perfect way to end a game!! I really like how powerful nukes are!

@@pinegolem7323 Oh yeah - I was surprised that they actually removed the entire city. Unlike civ, where it just harms a few units 😁

Glad I could help!

Great point! Ill have them for the next one!

I would agree, expansionist stars are the hardest to get, which is a big nerf for expansionist affinities cause you can lose out on up to 300 fame in the era

@@pinegolem7323 imo there needs to be a whole restructuring of the concept of "expansion". They should convert it to not just adding territories but also the spread of religion and influence. That would make it much more interesting as for example the Romans didn't just dominate in territorial expansion, their culture and identity was also imbued into the conquered. That's my opinion at least. Expansionist civs are certainly the most underwhelming ATM.

@@joaoabegao2888 i like the idea of having religion more directly help stars. Influence coverage may overlap a bit too much with influence stars imo, but I think the easiest approach would be to reduce the terry requirement for the stars by a bit. It seems like to get 3 gold stars and era you need to defeat half the players by era 3.

@@pinegolem7323 I haven't been paying much attention to the forums but I know that the devs do follow up on what is discussed there. As this issue been raised in there to your knowledge? I'm just trying out today the beta and unfortunately the only civ balance they seem to have made was on the Mongols or the Huns (not sure which one of it it was).

Top players definitely are on the record on agreeing this is an issue, it might be a low priority balance since you can technically fix it by increasing the world size, keeping the players the same, and reducing the % land

Thanks! In general I would say slower difficulties are easier for some reasoj, but the core tips of maxing cities and going slow for gold stars still apply!

Thanks! If you have any more questions just ask!

I put that info near the beginning, I think a lot of new players don't know the details of how to rush the new world, and may not know the power of the manufactures it gives you!

Will do!

Thats always an option too🤣

Glad to hear it!

Did the AI screw you over with a force surrender?

@@pinegolem7323 Lol yea, just got back from a match and was forced to surrender with 2 points off from vassellizing a pesky neighbour. Still a bit salty. Wish i knew about ransacking to extend the war XD But this info should help in future, Thanx :)

Oooof. Yeah I think the war system is interesting but not well explained

In that case you can just check nothing and surrender a lot of money, which still is not that bad. In my run I let the war go on for a bit so they gained some extra rewards to vassal me. Either way, the more resources you trade, the less they will attack you!

I do it for the new world, but since this vid I've found that you can still rush the new world without them, which makes Khmer a really great choice

@@pinegolem7323 Is that by using the lighthouse?

That, plus some events that add naval MS, plus if youre lucky with island spawns! Otherwise I rush through e3 (only era I would rush) to get three masted ships in e4.

@@pinegolem7323 okay nice, will try this strat for sure

If youre rushing through e3 still make sure to get Barays in every territory!

Thats very fair, I always try to master the game on default settings first, but pangea is equally important, especially for multiplayer!

Thanks!!

Great to hear! Any specific subject you would like more tips on?

Thanks! Yeah if you're not using New World then using the top tier civs like Egypt, Khemer, France, Turkey will also be great!

Thats awesome to hear! Thank you!