Only reason it was lower on my list is due to the fact that it's much easier to finish off the game not going down that path unless you are hated by every other Civilization in the game. In cases like those then Domination has no ramifications attached to it - otherwise you're asking for a whole lot of trouble in most instances. Additionally, Babylon has primarily defensive units compared to offensive.

Really appreciate checking out the guide and commenting!

Great and interesting guide - only thing I would dispute is domination victories as Babylon - another great point about their science abilities is that it gives them an extremely modern military, sometimes a whole era or more ahead of the competition - thus I found it rather easy to use infantry to dominate evry civ around me while they still had crossbowmen ;). Also, if you are playing on a large map with many other civs, often you must take cities to expand, and thus increase your science genration. IMO Babylon is very good at this, and it worked well for me.

very helpful guide, only thing that I find helpful when playing as Babylon is rushing to get to the Renaissance period so that I can get Rationalism and when I am about half-way there saving all of my culture and then when i do unlock Rationalism I can instantly max it out... just a thought, it has worked really well for me in the past

I like your guides, even though they are "basic" as you put it, they contain useful information for hardcore civ players such as myself. It always helps to get another perspecive or hear what other thinks of the game. civ has many finer adjustments and mechanics that it take some time to get used to. Even so if you play with buddies, the level of diplomacy and cloak and dagger politics is just so amazing.
we come up with all kinda thinngs all the time to twerk the game. for instance we don't play with AI Civs anymore. for even on Emperor they are too easy to manipulate. Your buddy stole tech from you? no problem I pay of the Aztecs to declare war on him. than sit back and look inocently...bahaha

@kvitulvhammer

I totally agree with you on the Tradition idea on higher difficulties, and I usually tend to stick to that even when playing another Civilization outside of Babylon as well considering it's easier to maintain an empire.

Although, if you are starting out, or have been around the bend a few times and just want to get a little bit of a refresher then I'd recommend what I had put up. Otherwise if you're looking for a challenge and ramping up the difficulty to the harder ones Liberty can be challenging to maintain and do well with.

Appreciate you checking out the guide and adding in some tips!

forgot to mention that the excellent mode "unlimited xp barbarians" you can easily train your units to level 8 or 9 even. I highly reccomend the mode when playing with raging barbarians. good guide

I would reccomend Tradition when playing Babylon on higher difficulties such as emperor, immortal or deity. The reason: don't expect to get more than a few cities up at most, since the AI wil Spawn settlers til every land is taken, and it will do so in great speed (unless of course your neighboor is Venice). there are only two strategies to get som landmasses for yourself.

1) blocking of landmases: a good strategy that works well in early game, remember to buy tiles or the AI will build if possible. "building" arms or tentacles can prevent this.

2) Raging Barbarians: it's a doubleedged sword, but can be quite useful for detering the AI to build too many cities over short time, as the AI often send their settlers unprotected, and if you happen to free one of their settles, you either have a free worker or the civ's gratitude for rescuing them

Hahaha, I'll never get it. Ever. But I could try dying.

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Indeed, Babylon is very technological powerful. One of the best Civilizations out there for it!