dazed, i was referring to barbs, not other players 
even if those warriors aren't needed against barbs, it would be useful to get one down SE and poke around france's lands. not to mention our scouting N/NE is still hampered and given what we know of the map, someone is definitely out there.
our current understanding is civs are kind of arranged in staggered rows, i.e. instead of 4 immediate neighbours you have 6 (E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW). france gave away where they are (SE), we know who's W (ottomans), we thnk carthage is (SW) but we're missing everything else.
i think hernan showed off the power of scouting pretty well, meeting the ottomans early so we could get a head start on building relations and then following that up by finding india.
with the net result we're 95% of the way towards having a secure border and we're in an early 3-team agreement with the 2 teams that have pulled off power plays so far (india wiped out korea, india chopped out the henge).
we're of course not going for power plays, we're deliberately flying under the radar in the early game. still, if i had to guess i'd bet we're doing at least as well as anyone else in terms of map info + early contacts (a minor power play itself), and we're still in the part of the game where scouting can pay dividends. let's not forget, we've only met 4/15 civs out there.
so i'd be inclined to get more units out there scouting. the upside is going down that path we're also teching at a fair clip by working that gold tile.
the good news is in a 3-man team the vote's always going to have a clear result it stands 1-1 now, ilios the deciding vote's yours this time
even if those warriors aren't needed against barbs, it would be useful to get one down SE and poke around france's lands. not to mention our scouting N/NE is still hampered and given what we know of the map, someone is definitely out there.our current understanding is civs are kind of arranged in staggered rows, i.e. instead of 4 immediate neighbours you have 6 (E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW). france gave away where they are (SE), we know who's W (ottomans), we thnk carthage is (SW) but we're missing everything else.
i think hernan showed off the power of scouting pretty well, meeting the ottomans early so we could get a head start on building relations and then following that up by finding india.
with the net result we're 95% of the way towards having a secure border and we're in an early 3-team agreement with the 2 teams that have pulled off power plays so far (india wiped out korea, india chopped out the henge).
we're of course not going for power plays, we're deliberately flying under the radar in the early game. still, if i had to guess i'd bet we're doing at least as well as anyone else in terms of map info + early contacts (a minor power play itself), and we're still in the part of the game where scouting can pay dividends. let's not forget, we've only met 4/15 civs out there.
so i'd be inclined to get more units out there scouting. the upside is going down that path we're also teching at a fair clip by working that gold tile.
the good news is in a 3-man team the vote's always going to have a clear result
it stands 1-1 now, ilios the deciding vote's yours this time