[Freeciv] Re: Technology

[Mike Kaufman <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 07:46:47AM +0200, soeren.d.schulze@xxxxxx wrote:
> When I start a game, I build settlers in every city as described in every
> tutorial. I use them to build cities that do not overlap. When my island is
> full of them, I build buildings and some wonders and discover the sea with the
> ships I can build. But my AI opponent always builds wonders before because I
> discover technology too slow. I do everything for my technology, but the AI is
> always faster. So sometime the AI comes and attacks my cities that have very
> old units succesfully. What can I do to discover technology faster?

a simple answer would be to build cities that overlap with each other. You
can easily build size 4 cities even when they're quite close together. More
cities --> more tech (and all sorts of other advantages)

you can also attempt to get research Republic as soon as possible.

-mike