Civilization V advice please?

[barcelonic]

Not new to the game but always played on Chieftain which is so easy you are never actually challenged by AI.

So im moving on to warlord which i faild big time last time i tried [lol ages ago now, im hoping i can do better this time]

But obviously gold and production comes in abundance in easy so i guess the advice im really looking for is:

Early game build order ideas? I usually start with a monument then a worker then a warrior then a ssettler then a granary.

No tech advice needed as is really dependent on my resources and how i wish to win the game.

I nearly always use Fractal map type - any other suggestions?

Should i add OR remove Civs from the game set-up screen to make it more/less crowded, meaning more conflict.

Also will the AI send more than a few units to attack me? Will i ever see an embarked enemy attacker? And will they stop declaring war on Civs the other side of the world to whom they cannot reach if they tried, lol?

Any advice for moving up a level would be appreciated, thanks

[bmh16]

Sorry to hijack this but wanted to ask someone who had the game what it was like. Heard atrocious reviews of it on amazon but really like IV.

[barcelonic]

Originally Posted by bmh16

Sorry to hijack this but wanted to ask someone who had the game what it was like. Heard atrocious reviews of it on amazon but really like IV.

hijack = free bump

My response to you:

Spoiler

Its the kind of game that will devour your day and make your clock speed up crazy fast lol - if you have 12 hours to spare to play half of a game on the quickest game speed then it truly is incredible.

You should know I never played any Civ game before this one but i love it. I never revisit games but this one's different - I first heard awesome reviews on gamespot and other places [amazon not the best place for reviews tbh, try a youtube video review maybe] so pirated it but then ended up playing something else, then bought it later on Steam and got hooked for ages and then stopped and just started playing again now after months. I really want all the extra civ DLC but cant afford until next week and LA Noire will be out by then [gutted lol]

Personally i rarely finish a game, i dont play to win. I just play to build and expand and create fictional empires [by renaming Civ, leader and states]

There are also so many mods which can be accessed, downloaded and installed from the game itself without need for a browser or extraction. So you can add new Civs, tweak UI and much more to keep things fresh. There are five victory types - Time [score], domination, Cultural, Science and Diplomatic and in the later stages you can buy nukes.

I play at 1920x1080 with high detail and only experience glitches and occasional crashes on the largest map size only. Only reason I mention this is because the game looks amazing visually. Depends on your system i suppose but the animation and graphics have been praised in various reviews - just another thing to consider.

So any tips anyone?

[barcelonic]

BUMP PLUS UPDATE=

So i played on Prince difficulty and it wasn't difficult to survive as long as i kept my military up to midlevel size and befriended those with the most might [infoaddict mod is sooo helpgul with all that lol]

But on Prince i have now discovered that making money and happiness is sooo hard so any tips regarding this one? Especially happiness.

On Cheiftain units seem to cost 1 each to maintain and on Warlord its 2 and on Prince it seems to be 4. Am i right about that?

On prince difficulty how many TPs should i set up because i rarely set many up i always go for farms instead and on Prince difficulty it was hard to get my populace growing because of unhappiness.

Thanks all