I'll dig this out to illustrate Fintourist's post. I need to make another one with all the recent changes now though.
I'm no good at evaluating micro potential at different locations, but from a strategic point of view I agree with Krill's setup-thread comments about how much better toroidal wrap is.
On traits I think the new economic version of AGG is performing very well - allowing Ichabod, dtay, plako and us to expand faster and further than we would otherwise. SPI is just generally great if you know you'll get through the early game, so while I'd have loved to start with FIN or PRO I'm still pretty happy with our chances for the future. I think we rank about 8th after:
- Nakor - FIN/PRO
- pindicooter - FIN/ORG
- plako - AGG/FIN
- Dhalphir - FIN/SPI
- Suttree - IND/FIN
- Commodore - FIN/IMP
- Mostly_harmless - IND/PRO
It's a free for all, so anything can happen, but if YM don't come for us next turn (in a rare bout of optimism Fintourist assures me they won't) then we've got a good chance to build our way to a strong mid-to-late game. I can see dtay going after TBSJ while plako is thinking about Dhalphir and Ichabod eats Slow and perhaps goes after William. So theoretically we're just up against Yurimack, which is never going to be easy, but might be fun!
I'm no good at evaluating micro potential at different locations, but from a strategic point of view I agree with Krill's setup-thread comments about how much better toroidal wrap is.
On traits I think the new economic version of AGG is performing very well - allowing Ichabod, dtay, plako and us to expand faster and further than we would otherwise. SPI is just generally great if you know you'll get through the early game, so while I'd have loved to start with FIN or PRO I'm still pretty happy with our chances for the future. I think we rank about 8th after:
- Nakor - FIN/PRO
- pindicooter - FIN/ORG
- plako - AGG/FIN
- Dhalphir - FIN/SPI
- Suttree - IND/FIN
- Commodore - FIN/IMP
- Mostly_harmless - IND/PRO
It's a free for all, so anything can happen, but if YM don't come for us next turn (in a rare bout of optimism Fintourist assures me they won't) then we've got a good chance to build our way to a strong mid-to-late game. I can see dtay going after TBSJ while plako is thinking about Dhalphir and Ichabod eats Slow and perhaps goes after William. So theoretically we're just up against Yurimack, which is never going to be easy, but might be fun!
Completed: RB Demogame - Gillette, PBEM46, Pitboss 13, Pitboss 18, Pitboss 30, Pitboss 31, Pitboss 38, Pitboss 42, Pitboss 46, Pitboss 52 (Pindicator's game), Pitboss 57
In progress: Rimworld
In progress: Rimworld