OK, streamlining: The main problem with grabbing the southern city is getting the units down there. Due to that, I'm speeding up the settler in the capital so there is no overflow, at the cost of 2 turns of cottage growth over 2 cottages. That allows the axe whip to be brought forward 2 turns, and means that the axe and settler will move onto the hill on T82, found T83. There will be a road in place, and we have 2 chariots and a scout to look over this. We also benefit from doing this and skipping Sailing in a somewhat unusual way: if we can road straight into OH's front city, we can get trade routes with him without needing Sailing, and that will be more profitable than having to pay for a junk, distant island city for a short while.
T74
Original capital:
Capital producing eot75 settler
The worker MM has been altered to allow for the one turn faster city 8 settling. This is also good for city 4 which had to struggle to choose to work corn or fp cottage, now that decision is irrelevant. Everything in the previously mentioned micro is sped up a turn:
The capital builds axe T76, whips T77, and builds 2 archers T78 and T79. The horse is given up on T76, just the way it is. It will have to be given up on T80 or T81 but that doesn't matter, and it must steal the pigs T77. After this, it does not need to stagnate for all of the turns until it can regrow to size 6, so it can put more hammers into a library, or more likely, throw out an archer.
T77 give up pigs. Pick up Deer, T78 pick up pigs and give back the deer.
Giving up the deer hurts, but...double forest chop T76 to complete granary 60/60 with 10 food in the bank. T77 work farm and whatever junk tiles are available, T78 pick the deer back up, growth@3 eot80. I think I want to put a turn into a worker on T77 and will likely double whip it on T84, growth@4 eot83 just as the corn is hooked. Overflow is for military, or potentially to drop into another worker?
The question for is, do we chop the forest and single whip the granary? If we are delaying Sailing I think we should do. That would mean granary whip T81, leaving the city at size 1...which is why I'm considering the micro here: Do we want to keep the farm with JJ for a short while so the food box is half full when the granary get's whipped, or do we want the commerce from both furs? Or do we just change the micro again completely, build a worker at size 2 in BCR and whip that instead of getting that granary? I'm still thinking this one through.
Demographics before the change of plan:
And after:
T74
Original capital:
Capital producing eot75 settler
The worker MM has been altered to allow for the one turn faster city 8 settling. This is also good for city 4 which had to struggle to choose to work corn or fp cottage, now that decision is irrelevant. Everything in the previously mentioned micro is sped up a turn:
The capital builds axe T76, whips T77, and builds 2 archers T78 and T79. The horse is given up on T76, just the way it is. It will have to be given up on T80 or T81 but that doesn't matter, and it must steal the pigs T77. After this, it does not need to stagnate for all of the turns until it can regrow to size 6, so it can put more hammers into a library, or more likely, throw out an archer.
T77 give up pigs. Pick up Deer, T78 pick up pigs and give back the deer.
Giving up the deer hurts, but...double forest chop T76 to complete granary 60/60 with 10 food in the bank. T77 work farm and whatever junk tiles are available, T78 pick the deer back up, growth@3 eot80. I think I want to put a turn into a worker on T77 and will likely double whip it on T84, growth@4 eot83 just as the corn is hooked. Overflow is for military, or potentially to drop into another worker?
The question for is, do we chop the forest and single whip the granary? If we are delaying Sailing I think we should do. That would mean granary whip T81, leaving the city at size 1...which is why I'm considering the micro here: Do we want to keep the farm with JJ for a short while so the food box is half full when the granary get's whipped, or do we want the commerce from both furs? Or do we just change the micro again completely, build a worker at size 2 in BCR and whip that instead of getting that granary? I'm still thinking this one through.
Demographics before the change of plan:
And after: