Turn 133
OH has finished the GL last turn in his capital, which is his route to Astro. Which somewhat helps me, really. OTOH, there was a GA born in a foreign land a while ago, so I reckon another person got the Music Artist. Superjm? I haven't seen it, but it could have been OT4E.
You can see that the overflow from priesthood completes CoL. Next turn I have to make the decision to go for CS or not. I'm still not 100% sure if it is the right move or not, because I don't know how aggressive Superjm's actions are. he is putting 16EP onto us a turn, aim has to be to get tech visibility which is not an immediate threat, but we will not get graphs back on him until we finish court houses, or I spend a turn of 10% EP slider on him.
Cairo has Fued, which is interesting as well, as is the revolt to Slavery. Yes he has Aztecs, but this essentially means he has to use his GP for the next golden age, and he can't bulb Astro until he gets the second GA, pumps out two GS and then grabs it. So he is a threat to Gavagai (unlikely) or OH. Which weirds me out a little, I don't know what we should do if OH gets attacked and fairs badly. What I'm thinking is that CS is becoming a better and better option, if only because it opens up Paper for Privateers and will give Maces with Machinery. And Machinery has to be the next big tech: Required for Optics (Carracks and Privatters with Paper), Guilds, Engineering to be more able to defend multiple fronts and trade route Castles (without stone which feels like bullshit, as everyone else seems to have it), plus those watermills and windmills we want, and Xbows to counter Praetorians. The downside is that we are opening up a window of opportunity for the golden to get absolutely wrecked if superjm is about to invade. But if he is invading, and worst case he has the Music artist, I don't think CS is what makes the difference to how badly we could defend: being in Caste is what would break us then.
Picture because it is pretty, in a rather fugly sort of way.
Right now, breakeven is about 10% tech. To put this into context though, there is one more island city to settle and then we're finished. A size 6 city has a Number of Cities maintenance of 5.98, so once that final city is settled, that component will be totally maxed out at size 6 cities, and all cities will have a happy cap of 9, plus 1 with a forge, plus 2 with a market. The aim of the golden age has to be, to get down every court house that it is possible to get, because it will be worth a minimum of 5 gold per turn saved, ramping up to 8 gold per turn in outlying cities.
I do not know what the tech situation is going to be like in the golden age. We should have around 120 population, but I'm ballparking the figure at a max bpt of 550 base bpt. I'll be looking at that after OT4E finishes his turn (he is playing now).
Once these costs are stabilised, these will look better. Both copies of the HE and NE are under construction as well, and will be finished in the first part of the GA. Then both cities can throw out one turn HA until the GA is over and I will feel a bit safer.
OH has finished the GL last turn in his capital, which is his route to Astro. Which somewhat helps me, really. OTOH, there was a GA born in a foreign land a while ago, so I reckon another person got the Music Artist. Superjm? I haven't seen it, but it could have been OT4E.
You can see that the overflow from priesthood completes CoL. Next turn I have to make the decision to go for CS or not. I'm still not 100% sure if it is the right move or not, because I don't know how aggressive Superjm's actions are. he is putting 16EP onto us a turn, aim has to be to get tech visibility which is not an immediate threat, but we will not get graphs back on him until we finish court houses, or I spend a turn of 10% EP slider on him.
Cairo has Fued, which is interesting as well, as is the revolt to Slavery. Yes he has Aztecs, but this essentially means he has to use his GP for the next golden age, and he can't bulb Astro until he gets the second GA, pumps out two GS and then grabs it. So he is a threat to Gavagai (unlikely) or OH. Which weirds me out a little, I don't know what we should do if OH gets attacked and fairs badly. What I'm thinking is that CS is becoming a better and better option, if only because it opens up Paper for Privateers and will give Maces with Machinery. And Machinery has to be the next big tech: Required for Optics (Carracks and Privatters with Paper), Guilds, Engineering to be more able to defend multiple fronts and trade route Castles (without stone which feels like bullshit, as everyone else seems to have it), plus those watermills and windmills we want, and Xbows to counter Praetorians. The downside is that we are opening up a window of opportunity for the golden to get absolutely wrecked if superjm is about to invade. But if he is invading, and worst case he has the Music artist, I don't think CS is what makes the difference to how badly we could defend: being in Caste is what would break us then.
Picture because it is pretty, in a rather fugly sort of way.
Right now, breakeven is about 10% tech. To put this into context though, there is one more island city to settle and then we're finished. A size 6 city has a Number of Cities maintenance of 5.98, so once that final city is settled, that component will be totally maxed out at size 6 cities, and all cities will have a happy cap of 9, plus 1 with a forge, plus 2 with a market. The aim of the golden age has to be, to get down every court house that it is possible to get, because it will be worth a minimum of 5 gold per turn saved, ramping up to 8 gold per turn in outlying cities.
I do not know what the tech situation is going to be like in the golden age. We should have around 120 population, but I'm ballparking the figure at a max bpt of 550 base bpt. I'll be looking at that after OT4E finishes his turn (he is playing now).
Once these costs are stabilised, these will look better. Both copies of the HE and NE are under construction as well, and will be finished in the first part of the GA. Then both cities can throw out one turn HA until the GA is over and I will feel a bit safer.