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This thread is about singleplayer games against the AI, on fairly normal settings, and a difficulty of at least Monarch. In other words, the AI has very significant advantages. This goes to you who have made well in such games, do you have any general observations on do's and don'ts? Anyways, here are some things I've found out:
*Don't get arrogant when it comes to tech. The research bonus of the AI is of such a magnitude, that one can be very satisfied with staying on par with it. Trade when you have the opportunity. Don't be squeamish about holding on to a tech you've just discovered if you can get something nice for it in a trade - chances are, the AI will soon get it anyway, and your trading chance is gone. Research techs nobody else has bothered to pick up, and use them to trade for a bunch of stuff from different players. AI players tend to choose rather similar research paths, know what stuff the AI tends to wait until later with. Metal Casting is one, Medicine is another.
*Don't base your strategy overly on any particular wonder. With the AI both being faster to research the prerequisite tech as well as building the wonder, chances are it will beat you to it. Making a dash for a useful wonder can be very worthwhile if you have a realistic chance of getting it first, but have a plan B in case you don't.
*Micromanage like there's no tomorrow! Smart management is one of the fields in which our human intelligence makes us able to compete with the AI.
*Be a political animal! Keep up good relations with as many as possible for as long as possible, but don't hesitate to burn your bridges when there's a chance to make a dash for it! As Machiavelli said, if you're going to harm someone, do it properly to make sure there will be no future retribution.
*Arms keep peace. Not even your best friend will let friendship get in the way of an invasion if your defences consist of guys armed with sharpened watermelons.
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although I'm not so sure its the AI getting advantages as it is the human getting disadvantages Actually, Konrad was correct. A unit or building will ALWAYS cost the same to the human player. On higher difficulties a tank will cost just as much as on settler. This aspect extends to all of the gameplay; level makes no difference to what you, mechanically speaking, can or cannot do. The only difference is what the AI can do. They get HUGE bonuses - or advantages - at higher levels. Basically, everything costs less for them. I don't know the percentages they get discounted, but in civ 3 sid level, the AI had only to spend 4 to your 10 to get the same thing. Thats well under half price. So no, humans aren't getting direct disadvantages. And yes, the AI is. The only disadvantage the human has at high levels is that the computer has such a huge advantage in the first place.
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But the liberals should be careful of screaming too loud ... of conspiring too well ... of undermining us too thoroughly. Because if they succeed, if they do get what they insist they want, then the result may well be something they never conceived ... "They have made a desolation, and they call it peace." ~Tacitus~ ... but a peace controlled by our former enemies.
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The only disadvantages the human gets, IIRC, is less bonus versus barbarians, less happiness, higher maintainance, and less free health per city. Everything else for the human is the same - building times, land value, research costs, etc. The main difference is the bonusses the AI gets, which is everywhere. But again, they are two sides of the same coin. ADDIT: Also the chances of a peaceful city flipping against the human are higher. I wonder if that's technically a disadvantage against the human, or a bonus for the AI (I say technically because it's all the same in a single player game). One way to find out would be to play a higher level game against another human and see if peaceful city flipping still comes more easily.
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