The turn normally flips in the middle of the day for me, so the evenings are near the start of the turn. Rome usually waits until the middle of the night my time to play, so that means that I have to play in the morning to stay behind them.
This turn, there were only three hours left on the clock, Rome hadn't played, and I was leaving the house. So I had to play in front of them. The turn flipped while I was gone and I'd really like to go ahead and play the next turn now, or else I'll need to play tomorrow morning before work again.
What would be ideal for me is to get the first part of the turn timer, meaning it would be me, then Rome, then my allies EggHeads and Dinos. I can almost always play within the first 6-8 hours of the new turn. But I think that might give my alliance an advantage since we'd be playing both before and after Rome. So then my second most convenient timing would be to keep playing before Rome for now, let them DOW Dinos after I play on whichever turn they finally decide to do so, then let them peacefully double-move me the next turn before I DOW them and enter the second half of the timer with my allies. What is least convenient is continuing to try to squeeze my turns in after Rome plays like I have been doing. Part of the problem is that Rome usually plays with only 5-6 hours left on the clock. The few times that they play themselves in the first 6 hours are great for me, because then I can play after them during my preferred time.
Edit: I guess another thing I could try to do is convince my allies to just stick to the first half of the timer. Both teams log in and out a half dozen times each turn, so it should be simple enough for them to maintain the first half of the timer split. I think they just want to keep the second half for strategic purposes.
This turn, there were only three hours left on the clock, Rome hadn't played, and I was leaving the house. So I had to play in front of them. The turn flipped while I was gone and I'd really like to go ahead and play the next turn now, or else I'll need to play tomorrow morning before work again.
What would be ideal for me is to get the first part of the turn timer, meaning it would be me, then Rome, then my allies EggHeads and Dinos. I can almost always play within the first 6-8 hours of the new turn. But I think that might give my alliance an advantage since we'd be playing both before and after Rome. So then my second most convenient timing would be to keep playing before Rome for now, let them DOW Dinos after I play on whichever turn they finally decide to do so, then let them peacefully double-move me the next turn before I DOW them and enter the second half of the timer with my allies. What is least convenient is continuing to try to squeeze my turns in after Rome plays like I have been doing. Part of the problem is that Rome usually plays with only 5-6 hours left on the clock. The few times that they play themselves in the first 6 hours are great for me, because then I can play after them during my preferred time.
Edit: I guess another thing I could try to do is convince my allies to just stick to the first half of the timer. Both teams log in and out a half dozen times each turn, so it should be simple enough for them to maintain the first half of the timer split. I think they just want to keep the second half for strategic purposes.