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Image 1 — I Finally Won a Game of BtS on Noble Difficulty as a Returning Player
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I Finally Won a Game of BtS on Noble Difficulty as a Returning Player

I haven't seriously played Civ4 since I was a kid in the 2000's, but I always found it difficult. Even when returning and trying to remember what "worked", I didn't do so well. Partially because, as a kid, I just blatantly cheated using Worldbuilder if I wasn't close to winning (which I generally went for Diplo).

So I looked up some fundamentals about Specialist Economy vs. Cottage Economy, prioritized my builds, and specialized my cities. I managed to stay out of war for most of the game. Seeing I had Marble early on, I went for Culture and made the most out of Sistine Chapel plus cathedral-type buildings to get things done quickly.

I never bothered with Caste System as a kid- I felt bad about using Slavery and only switched to Serfdom or Emancipation. Caste System proved to be a ton of fun with Pacifism, though money was generally pretty tight.

Overall it's been a blast in terms of returning to this game. Civ4 is really tricky. I love 6 and like 5 a lot too!

u/Philippians_Two-Ten — 12 days ago