Quick comments here, I will play the actual T88 in the evening (although I logged in quickly and checked that everything looked ok):
1. Thanks OH for the analysis, pindicator is the one with Iron Working, but I wonder who are the ones with HBR. Pindi, Cyneheard and Barry? :P Nobody indeed has Currency yet (based on diplo screens)
2. Thanks for the stitch! Azza currently has 7 cities, I think the remaining two cities were settled towards Mardoc, one possibly replaced the city that was razed earlier (name is the same)..
Mardoc is at 6 cities, I have no real idea of where those cities are, but I guess it's safe to assume that there is not much empty space between Azza & Mardoc anymore.
3. I think you asked earlier about Azzas power. No spikes visible, we are currently 5th in soldier points and (clearly, well at least a bit) ahead of him
4. I hope that retep's read on Azza is correct. That is certainly possible. In PBEM45 & PBEM46 where me, OH & THH have played against Azza the pattern was a bit different, so let's not celebrate too early..
5. How do we utilize our UB (Sacrificial Altar)? Basically by getting CoL fairly early, build SAs everywhere and whip like madmen...
I guess the key things are:
- realizing that SA reduces the whip cooldown of existing whips so you can whip a bit more already before the building is actually completed
- Doing a lot more 1-pop whips than you would otherwise do
- Playing around with overflow, "amount-of-pop-needed-to-whip-limits" and queues --> One needs to combine more expensive and cheaper builds so that you get everything into 1/2-pop whipping range and maximize your production in food-rich cities.
1. Thanks OH for the analysis, pindicator is the one with Iron Working, but I wonder who are the ones with HBR. Pindi, Cyneheard and Barry? :P Nobody indeed has Currency yet (based on diplo screens)
2. Thanks for the stitch! Azza currently has 7 cities, I think the remaining two cities were settled towards Mardoc, one possibly replaced the city that was razed earlier (name is the same)..
Mardoc is at 6 cities, I have no real idea of where those cities are, but I guess it's safe to assume that there is not much empty space between Azza & Mardoc anymore.3. I think you asked earlier about Azzas power. No spikes visible, we are currently 5th in soldier points and (clearly, well at least a bit) ahead of him
4. I hope that retep's read on Azza is correct. That is certainly possible. In PBEM45 & PBEM46 where me, OH & THH have played against Azza the pattern was a bit different, so let's not celebrate too early..
5. How do we utilize our UB (Sacrificial Altar)? Basically by getting CoL fairly early, build SAs everywhere and whip like madmen...
I guess the key things are:- realizing that SA reduces the whip cooldown of existing whips so you can whip a bit more already before the building is actually completed
- Doing a lot more 1-pop whips than you would otherwise do
- Playing around with overflow, "amount-of-pop-needed-to-whip-limits" and queues --> One needs to combine more expensive and cheaper builds so that you get everything into 1/2-pop whipping range and maximize your production in food-rich cities.