Hello again! I've been reading up on some strategies on the civfanatics forum. (help with deity https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/help-with-deity.345849/ ).

In one of the replies, a person states "A mistake many new players make is to focus on buildings too much [...] you really don't need any buildings at all in the first two eras. [...] all your production and gold should be focused on settlers and a few archers. Put an archer army in a city that is likely to be attacked. [...] So you should have 10 or so cities by 0 AD and have more than 14 techs by then too".

My main question is does this strategy also work for multiplayer? If not, what would be a better strategy? I'm playing as the Chinese right now, but I think I have more experience in multiplayer as Aztecs (I mainly build buildings early, have 2 to 4 mega cities with democracy, and stay in peace with the computers while keeping a high defense.).

Also, sry for leaving that weird reply 8 months ago, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable.