sniklefritz5: I love turn based strategy games. The Civ games are some of my favorites and i practically spent the 7 hours after i bought Alpha Centauri playing it. I also really like RTS games like Age of Empires and Star Wars Empire at War. But it seems that when it comes to the multitasking of real time strategy games I'm lacking in skill :/ I'm always spending time watching the battles instead of gathering resources or creating buildings. Any tips?
Switch the gamespeed to the lowest setting (at least when things get too hectic for your taste), and save often. That always works for me, everything else comes kinda automatically.
If you were talking about multiplayer matches, then I have no idea. Maybe train your mouse-clicking speed and dexterity by practicing it eight hours every day, with real live mice! If you are not quick enough, they will bite you!
You can return the favor by teaching me how to get better with Civ-type of games. Whenever I try to play some Civ-clone or Master of Orion/Magic or somesuch, I get overwhelmed by it all, not really understanding if I am supposed to watch those statistics screens regularly, and what exactly I am supposed to do at which point.