November 1st, 2015, 06:28
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Two new cities !
Both going granary->barracks unless I get a religion spread (only got 1 so far). Also notice Krill's settler, if he settles on spot it will be perfect (I'll just move my "5" spot 1W for the 2h plant) but if he goes even 1NW my whole dotmap is screwed. Unless I plant on the jungled gems. Can I even do that before IW ?
My only complaint with the map is that Molach and AT both have two of their precious metal happiness resource (two silvers for AT, two golds for Molach) while I only have one gems available until IW. AT wanted to trade one of his silvers for my gems but that trade isn't fair at all. Especially since he has like a thousand cities that would have one more happiness while I get nothing. But my land seems pretty green compared to AT's so I guess I can't complain.
November 1st, 2015, 07:05
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Wow Molach just conquered an AT city, I felt like it was a hot war but that's more than I expected.
November 2nd, 2015, 11:08
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Well I complained last turn about getting only one hinduism spread. It seems that complaining about something is a good way to make it better, because my new city with most of its resources second ring just got a spread.
November 4th, 2015, 13:27
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It doesn't feel good to be last in score in a 23 player game, but at least the demos aren't dreadful.
November 7th, 2015, 11:05
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Still last in score. Getting 3 new cities in the near future.
The demos are still somewhat acceptable.
With alphabet coming next turn I'll probably leave the last spot, hopefully forever. Next step is getting OB with AT and Barteq, as I have no interest in expanding in their direction soon. Molach on the other hand has annoying cre borders and city spots that fit in well with my dotmap. But he has gallic warriors so it will have to wait.
November 8th, 2015, 08:03
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With alphabet in Krill offered OB
I decided to accept, Barteq and AT were just at war I don't want to try to buddy with both. So I offered to Barteq, and that should fill my TRs for the near future.
Edit : I know that I won't get TRs with Krill right away, but I just whipped a settler that will seal the frontier with Krill and also allow us to trade.
November 9th, 2015, 04:12
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The very definition of middle-of-the-pack
My traits are starting to have actual effects now, and so are FW. I don't think it made a huge difference in the very early game but it is helping me hang on to those with early game traits.
Being Agg is a good deterent for early wars, and so is having alphabet. Barteq and Krill will be interested in keeping good relations in the near future, so I can concentrate troops in the north. Not that I have troops to concentrate anywhere, I'm keeping an axeman/spearman pair in every border city and that's all the military I have.
November 11th, 2015, 14:48
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I don't remember, are arcane offers allowed in this game ? I didn't receive or send any, it's just so I don't make a mistake later (and to bring the lurkers here).
BTW I settled two cities in the past two turns, and a third one is coming next turn. And my economy didn't crash thanks to my traits. Most of the others have as many, or fewer cities than me and are probably facing more maintenance problems. I'm still above 50% breakeven.
November 11th, 2015, 15:13
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Yeah, you can offer or ask for anything you can put in the trade window in this game. Your opponent can accept/decline or divine meaning as he wants.
Do you have any mid-term plans to improve your civ?
November 11th, 2015, 15:49
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Thanks.
I want to grow to 15 cities quickly (not tanking my eco thanks to agg/org) and use the FW to do a lot of work on my new cities like chopping more trees. That should give me a production advantage on my neighbors, for more infrastructure. Tech-wise I want to get IW and MC earlier than I originally planned, for iron, two jungle gems (to trade them for more happiness) and workshops, then try to get to knights early and knight rush someone. It delays CoL but courthouses are pointless for now.
My preferred war target is Molach, but it may not be possible due to meta : Barteq and AT are at peace for now but Barteq's power graphs are really high so I expect them to be at war again soon. I have OB with Barteq and our border is very thin, so he can't be targeting me, and if he attacks AT I can't have an ally against Molach. Which means I would have to fight him 1v1, and I doubt I can (mostly due to the fact that his GNP is huge thanks to being fin/cre and having currency : he'll get to knights before me). Here is the land I really want from him :
All the resources you see are hooked except for the signed fish.
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