

However, if I am Egyptian myself, I get slaughtered on Hard, and they are who I started playing in the first place.

It's pretty much a mauling, especially against the Egyptians. I can beat the computer on Hard using any of the Greek gods. Here are the reasons why they seem far stronger. I really tried to get good with the Egyptians but I have noticed that The Greeks seem more powerful. Also, apparently infanty upgrades have much more bang for the buck than armory upgrades, so it's best to persue those first if at all possible. Other than that I'm just trying to follow the advice I've seen posted elsewhere, which is to spend everything you get as soon as you get it unless you're saving for an upgrade, never let the town centers go idle, and use the market as much as you can to keep your resources balanced. It doesn't offer a ton of protection, but it's often enough to keep enemy villagers from making use of it themselves, since the tower will kill them off or destroy any structures they try to build before they can finish. I've also found that even if you're not ready or capable of exploiting a resource at the current time (such as a gold mine or an empty settlement), try to build a guard tower next to it if you can. All food sources (except for hunting) are now infinite, so once you pick a fishing spot it's yours and it'll never run out of food. If you can do it, fish like crazy to get food.
