Some quick responses as the new turn isn't up yet:
Both dtay & BGN are surely having a great start so a high score is deserved although those factors that you mentioned are also real. I assume that you will be a bit happier as we get our Moai + Civil Service score bump during the inter-turn..
Sounds good to me, although we can discuss that "cancelling OBs" thing once it becomes relevant. We don't need pindicator's OBs for trade route gold at the moment.
Yeah, that's really high. Jewish shrine is a reasonable part of that gpt, that religion has spread like crazy..
Probably at least Cyneheard's graphs, other than that I'm pretty open to suggestions..
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Hmmm. As you said, Alfie does not currently have that useful infra to build so Medi+Priesthood is maybe not such a bad idea after all (so that it can build those monasteries soon and due to pre-req bonus thing grabbing those makes sense before Monarchy). If not, the above teching guideline is what I was thinking as well.
Yeah, 8 theaters is a lot and not something that we will rush in the near term. Eventually I'm sure that we have 8 cities that would like some extra culture..
IIRC Hazelnut already had some hammers in library, but I must check how many. I mostly want it for increased culture output as CH's capital will eventually pop borders for a 3rd time and start gaining control of our crabs..
I think there are also not that many hammers missing so completing the library probably makes sense. But barracks + units + couple of mines sounds otherwise decent. (Sorry for "overbuilding" libraries! Maybe I should have gone for military in couple of cities instead, but at the time those libraries were started HAs weren't yet an option).
I guess they are kind of hybrid weaklings.. They need granary+lighthouse for food, and then barracks+library+forge are probably basic pieces so that the commerce of those coastal tiles gets a slight boost and those coastal tiles can be whipped away into military efficiently.
(July 29th, 2014, 09:13)Old Harry Wrote: You know how I'm a bit too concerned with the scoreboard? I'm happy that we're bobbing along in the group around third place, but I wondered how Dtay and BGN have jumped ahead so far?
- Dtay is EXP/PRO and has a habit of starting fast anyway, he's got some good wonders and he could be gaining a little land using Stele's, but not much, so I don't think his score is totally false, but he's got to slow down after the landgrab phase.
- BGN is CRE/PHI, so he could be in a similar position to us but with CRE land points and the Philosophy bulb inflating his score. How well he spreads Taoism could dictate his tech rate later - something we failed at in PB13...
I feel a bit better about BGN's score now, so just need to worry about Dtay from here on out!
Both dtay & BGN are surely having a great start so a high score is deserved although those factors that you mentioned are also real. I assume that you will be a bit happier as we get our Moai + Civil Service score bump during the inter-turn..
Quote:On scouting - further west through Pindi's land, trying to end turn inside cities so he doesn't spot us? I'm surprised he's happy to just let us troll through his territory - we'll cancel OB's the second it looks like he wants to scout us, right?
Sounds good to me, although we can discuss that "cancelling OBs" thing once it becomes relevant. We don't need pindicator's OBs for trade route gold at the moment.
(July 29th, 2014, 13:02)Old Harry Wrote: - Dtay is making 280 gold - our best at 0% is 145
Yeah, that's really high. Jewish shrine is a reasonable part of that gpt, that religion has spread like crazy..
Quote:Once we have graphs on CH and a few SAs in place what do we do with our EPs? Cynheard's graphs, dtay's graphs, Pindicator's research?
Probably at least Cyneheard's graphs, other than that I'm pretty open to suggestions..
Quote:- We're going to come out of the golden age switching to OR and one of the religions we have, so during the GA it would make sense to build units, working out what infra we want on what timescale before Guilds comes in. I'll need to think about this a bit more.
I approve this logic
Quote:- We want to spread both Buddhism and Hinduism to Alfie for two monasteries
Tech path:
I think you explained your thoughts a while ago but I couldn't find them - is this what you were thinking
- t112 Saving cash on Poly - GA starts
- t113 Save cash
- t114 Save cash
- t115 get Polytheism
- t116 get monotheism
- t117 get monarchy - get Academy for Alfie for small boost
- t118 Revolt to HR/Bureau/Slavery/OR - GA ends
I don't think Med and Priesthood are useful to us yet, so lets not waste beakers on them. They could be handy for overflow beakers later on...
City builds:
- Alfie's next infra, while waiting for MC, could be an aqueduct (although Horse Archers are good too.)
Hmmm. As you said, Alfie does not currently have that useful infra to build so Medi+Priesthood is maybe not such a bad idea after all (so that it can build those monasteries soon and due to pre-req bonus thing grabbing those makes sense before Monarchy). If not, the above teching guideline is what I was thinking as well.
Quote:- Gertie wants the Globe, but I dunno where we would use 8 theaters? Vulnerable coastal cities? Market and HR will do for now...
Yeah, 8 theaters is a lot and not something that we will rush in the near term. Eventually I'm sure that we have 8 cities that would like some extra culture..
Quote:- Stable then HAs before the Library in Hazelnut?
IIRC Hazelnut already had some hammers in library, but I must check how many. I mostly want it for increased culture output as CH's capital will eventually pop borders for a 3rd time and start gaining control of our crabs..
Quote:- Jelly bean is halfway to that library, but given that Alfie will work all those cottages relatively soon I'd suggest building it some mines and getting a Barracks in place.
I think there are also not that many hammers missing so completing the library probably makes sense. But barracks + units + couple of mines sounds otherwise decent. (Sorry for "overbuilding" libraries! Maybe I should have gone for military in couple of cities instead, but at the time those libraries were started HAs weren't yet an option).
Quote:- Kirby needs a library after the SA for our next GS, I like your whipping-axe-into-infra technique here.
Quote:- I dunno what our new tundra cities will be for, so I'm not sure what Infra they'll want to build...
I guess they are kind of hybrid weaklings.. They need granary+lighthouse for food, and then barracks+library+forge are probably basic pieces so that the commerce of those coastal tiles gets a slight boost and those coastal tiles can be whipped away into military efficiently.