I made several attempt at building it from a second city on the Med. I'll say take a silver/gold on the coast, but only if marble is nearby.Īfter many attempts at using a marble on the hills one away from the coast, I realized my best production city, my capital, did not permit me to build coastal monuments. You'll never get the pyramids, even if you snag oracle. Don't waste your time with sub-prime starts. I finally had a start with a marble hill on the coast. Coastline to the north is far too short of production to ensure you can knock it out in a reasonable amount of time after unlocking it. Having a coastal city for the last monument you will get is incredibly important. After many tries, this seemed the optimum strategy:įirst, starting position. I finally beat this w/ Egypt on Deity, historical. I find it is much better to focus on your capital and building lots of wonders, even at the expense of expanding. The special victory points for this scenario (building wonders) are so large that any "normal" points for city building pale in comparison (it's also like this in Into the Renaissance). In this scenario you don't need to expand too much (the main benefit is getting access to more luxuries to trade). I was at one or two cities for much of the game (though I eventually went to three or four due to free Legalism monuments). I spent the game Friendly with everyone and no one ever attacked me. As I mentioned, Egypt is far enough away from the other civs that you are unlikely to be attacked for a long time (if ever). A couple of units to eventually fend off barbarians (but that can wait awhile). I did build at least two Scouts and then the Oracle. IIRC, I think I might have gotten my Monument from Legalism. I also needed to go straight for Tradition -> Aristocracy in order to beat the Persians to it. As long as the AI's aren't massively warring with each other, you can beat them to the military wonders (Statue / Lighthouse).Ĭlick to expand.Did you settle on the Marble? Or did you wait until Masonry so you can Quarry it? If you're falling behind, Honor -> Military Tradition can help speed it up. DoW a city state and keep getting bombarded in order to rack up XP. Any gold that you have should be traded to AI's for GPT, since only cumulative GPT counts for unlocking the Temple of Artemis / Colossus. Egypt's innate traits helped me get the cultural wonders fairly early (Pyramids, then Mausoleum). As mentioned, settling on a hill with Marble helped me get the Oracle. Popping the Great General for Honor -> Warrior Code (which eventually leads you to Military Tradition) is nice for accessing the Oracle early. Being able to keep tabs on the other civs with the Oracle was really nice (wish this was a wonder in the standard game). In fact, I was able to build all the wonders but the two technology ones (but I was actually pretty close to getting those). Thanks to the settled Marble, I actually did manage to beat the Persians to the Oracle. Also rerolled until there was Marble on that spot (to give me the instant 15% Wonder bonus). In order to address the lack of production, I settled east on the hills near the coast. I did a lot of rerolling to get the perfect start. One of the nice things about Egypt in this scenario is that you are distant enough from the other AI's that they can't realistically attack you, plus since you are so far from them you have better diplomatic relations with them. I played Egypt on Deity in order to unlock the achievement (based on difficulty level).
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