Hi! I'm returning to Civ5 again after a few months. I just wanted to know which openings are currently state of the art?
I used the national college beeline quite often in the past, and it still works rather well, especially since noone recognizes you as threat if you delay expansion. Fact is, it makes the early game rather boring and you're really vulnerable once you have the wonder and have to rush-expand to catch up.
I've also read a lot about the "tradition 4 city opening" but the inventor himself admits it doesn't work well on King difficulty and below, even more so since the fall patch that stops the AI from hording huge sums of gold.
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So, any ideas for other openers?
I used the national college beeline quite often in the past, and it still works rather well, especially since noone recognizes you as threat if you delay expansion. Fact is, it makes the early game rather boring and you're really vulnerable once you have the wonder and have to rush-expand to catch up.
I've also read a lot about the "tradition 4 city opening" but the inventor himself admits it doesn't work well on King difficulty and below, even more so since the fall patch that stops the AI from hording huge sums of gold.
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So, any ideas for other openers?