(May 17th, 2014, 15:53)Old Harry Wrote: Hmm, I'm not really as sold on 3 as I seem to have made out, I just prefer it to 2 if we are settling up on Azza
Ha! Well, soon we need to decide which border city we choose (if any)!
Quote:Suttree is a good call here THH, is settling up on Azza going to make him give up the game and turtle? We want him to fold when (if) we attack, if we let him settle the city does he concentrate on infrastructure, if we poach the site perhaps he'll focus on units instead? If we do claim it we can hit his copper city pretty fast and perhaps prevent a reaction. Probably important to find out if he has any other metal lying around.
Yeah, somehow I feel that if we pressure Azza, both revenge mentality and passive co-existence are real options. I really can't decide how to assess him..
Quote:Azza is on four cities already, so he hasn't screwed up his start. He has metal, so we're going to need Catapults, Knights or an overwhelming force to make headway, what about going back to our original plan, boating Cheater Hater's capital? Might even be intercontinental trade routes in it for us...
You totally made me check, but Azza "only" has 3 cities. I'm still confident that we can gain an edge towards him in the expansion phase, but you are probably correct that he is unlikely to be so weak that he just folds for a small 2-mover stack..
Quote:Anyway in more useful thoughts can you bring the western scout up Azza's border to see if he's got a coastal city yet or any other Copper available? Cheers!
Yeah, let's rotate towards Azza, his capital might be coastal, but I'm not especially good in reading river graphics.