(October 24th, 2013, 10:18)TheHumanHydra Wrote: Thanks for the overview. I think we need more cottages. That's my only remark.
And we agree with you
From our core cities Cannae & Gallipoli will be dedicated commerce cities, BoP will help too.. Thanks to those silver pops I think we will also run bureaucracy at some point (not nearly as good as e.g. in PBEM45 we played) and we are probably going to cottage grassland tiles at Agincourt (or should we wait for workshops? I think not?) . Also our island sites and of course "the river valley" will have commerce production duties once those cities start growing. Improving various jungle dyes tiles will also help..
Btw, expansion in this game has been a huge challenge since that endless jungle makes our land extremely worker-intensive and at the same time we want to secure us a competitive amount of land, which requires settlers and military.. Case suttree is of course the best example so far:
Stretching to east this early, engaging early conflict that requires military builds, going barracks first in Hastings and even whipping it immediately after the city reached size 2.. They are all poor plays when we consider our short-term economy. But currently it looks likes that due to these actions we just took control of a very attractive area, which has room for 4 cities working ~20 riverside tiles. Well, time tells whether it turns out good or if we burn due to our greediness..
