Basic build orders and strategies

[Nakamura]

Have any attempts at creating optimized build orders in order to achieve an optimal start into certain strategies been made?

I`d love to read and learn them in order to dive into competitive multiplayer, seeing as the game is a bit overwhelming with the complexity in the first few hours of gameplay. Civ doesn`t matter to me in this topic, if there are any you know of, please share.

[Lion.Kanzen]

I see, you are Starcraft player, try to use garrison defenses and double arrow techs to improve the attacks if you have few workers you can use towers( even outpost ) to defend your settlement, you can use houses or palisades to protec CIvic Center, the AI try to destroy the houses and storehouses at first.

[Nakamura]

Yep I`ve been doing that since I read thei given descriptions.

I seem to enjoy playing the celtic civs more thanks to their natural aggressive nature, but I have to give the persians and carthage a go yet. Greek and roman was too boom-centrical for my liking.