After 15 disastrous turns (from T50 stonehenge loss to peace with Toku, and from no.1 in demos to weaker half of the pack) we have now had a bunch of more productive turns. In addition to slowing down OT4E we reach this turn 9 cities and 5 granaries, which on paper is somewhat competitive. But I guess the demos tell the real story.
I can see us improving our position somewhat in the coming turns if our neighbors don’t force another whipping spree, but I think a decent gap will remain between us and relevancy. At this point I’m semi-confident that despite the pretty straightforward 2v1 setting we could win a 3-player micro PBEM here with Toku and OT4E…
…But of course this is a 25-player Pitboss. And in that context we are slowly approaching mid-game with broken economy and limited tools: IMP helped us to a T50 lead, but that is gone. IND will give us cheap forges, but we are probably too much behind to compete for the better wonders. Our neighbors are not doing too well, but I think they both still have top 5 power in this game and should have their eyes open. As Toku and OT4E did not manage to hurt us enough and we did not become an easy conquest, similarly, OT4E did not turn into easy conquest despite our successful raid (for a brief moment when I thought that we might get to burn his capital, it felt promising).
In PB18 we played pretty much our sandbox for the first 100 turns, then ate a neighbor, then the next, and the next. In the big picture the snowball kept rolling for the whole game. If in this game someone gets to play a similarly clean game, catching up will probably be impossible. So here’s the hoping that everyone in the fog gets into trouble! Rival power jumped quite a bit this turn.. Let’s hope this means a mutually destructive slug between contenders and not an easy snack for someone.
My personal attitude in these games is always that there will only be one winner and the rest are losers. Therefore it has actually been quite surprising how fun the last few turns have been and I feel that our team is at the moment very motivated. We just wan’t to keep making plays, try to outplay our neighbors and improve our position turn by turn and see how far it gets us.
I can see us improving our position somewhat in the coming turns if our neighbors don’t force another whipping spree, but I think a decent gap will remain between us and relevancy. At this point I’m semi-confident that despite the pretty straightforward 2v1 setting we could win a 3-player micro PBEM here with Toku and OT4E…
…But of course this is a 25-player Pitboss. And in that context we are slowly approaching mid-game with broken economy and limited tools: IMP helped us to a T50 lead, but that is gone. IND will give us cheap forges, but we are probably too much behind to compete for the better wonders. Our neighbors are not doing too well, but I think they both still have top 5 power in this game and should have their eyes open. As Toku and OT4E did not manage to hurt us enough and we did not become an easy conquest, similarly, OT4E did not turn into easy conquest despite our successful raid (for a brief moment when I thought that we might get to burn his capital, it felt promising).
In PB18 we played pretty much our sandbox for the first 100 turns, then ate a neighbor, then the next, and the next. In the big picture the snowball kept rolling for the whole game. If in this game someone gets to play a similarly clean game, catching up will probably be impossible. So here’s the hoping that everyone in the fog gets into trouble! Rival power jumped quite a bit this turn.. Let’s hope this means a mutually destructive slug between contenders and not an easy snack for someone.
My personal attitude in these games is always that there will only be one winner and the rest are losers. Therefore it has actually been quite surprising how fun the last few turns have been and I feel that our team is at the moment very motivated. We just wan’t to keep making plays, try to outplay our neighbors and improve our position turn by turn and see how far it gets us.