I like settling in place unless the Warrior finds something useful. Having flood plains for early food in addition to luxuries and 5 adjacent forests is exactly what I would want for our capital
The question of policies is interesting. We obviously need Piety at some point, as Reformation is required to buy Industrial and later era units with faith. We can start with Piety for improved Shrines and Temples (opener gives +100% to their production, the first policy gives +1 faith). Or we can rely on our UA for faith production, and go for a more traditional Tradition (sorry) opening. Remember that Piety gives no economic benefits, no bonuses to commerce nor to happiness, so Tradition is a better set of policies for the early game. I think I prefer starting with Tradition, but can be convinced otherwise
For the tech, pretty sure it has to be Pottery first. Military techs in Archery and Animal Husbandry are useless this early, we don't really want Mining for forest chopping, and Pottery leads to Calendar we need for our luxuries as well as to Shrines
First build should be Monument if we go Piety as the first policy, Worker if Tradition (another reason for opening Tradition - we can skip Monument)
For turn sequence, I think it should be either 20-15-15-10-10-10-.. or 25-15-10-10-10-...
The question of policies is interesting. We obviously need Piety at some point, as Reformation is required to buy Industrial and later era units with faith. We can start with Piety for improved Shrines and Temples (opener gives +100% to their production, the first policy gives +1 faith). Or we can rely on our UA for faith production, and go for a more traditional Tradition (sorry) opening. Remember that Piety gives no economic benefits, no bonuses to commerce nor to happiness, so Tradition is a better set of policies for the early game. I think I prefer starting with Tradition, but can be convinced otherwise
For the tech, pretty sure it has to be Pottery first. Military techs in Archery and Animal Husbandry are useless this early, we don't really want Mining for forest chopping, and Pottery leads to Calendar we need for our luxuries as well as to Shrines
First build should be Monument if we go Piety as the first policy, Worker if Tradition (another reason for opening Tradition - we can skip Monument)
For turn sequence, I think it should be either 20-15-15-10-10-10-.. or 25-15-10-10-10-...