oopps sorry for confusion. I had to remove that cows NW now. Since that was the reason I originally placed the Corn Like I did. It will move somewhere in the fog. Sorry again. I'll update the screenshot yet again.
Can anybody enlighten me - settler is the one that is 1E of the fish?
In that case, SIP looks good, but moving 1E for 2 hammer capitol also looks tempting.
How does it work with the inland lakes - does anybody know if we will be able to build a lighthouse if we stay in place? I cannot figure it out, sometimes I can do it for inland lakes, sometimes not - what is the rule?
It will be an important factor to weight decision whether move settler 1E, imho.
(August 12th, 2013, 10:11)plako Wrote: oopps sorry for confusion. I had to remove that cows NW now. Since that was the reason I originally placed the Corn Like I did. It will move somewhere in the fog. Sorry again. I'll update the screenshot yet again.
Pity . Capital 1 NE of the fish would be really cool .
(August 12th, 2013, 10:12)Maga_R Wrote: Can anybody enlighten me - settler is the one that is 1E of the fish?
In that case, SIP looks good, but moving 1E for 2 hammer capitol also looks tempting.
How does it work with the inland lakes - does anybody know if we will be able to build a lighthouse if we stay in place? I cannot figure it out, sometimes I can do it for inland lakes, sometimes not - what is the rule?
It will be an important factor to weight decision whether move settler 1E, imho.
Ah, but if we move a capitol 1E, not connecting fish anytime soon .
So looks like SIP to me atm. Best techs will be Agri + Fishing? Fishing will probably not that useful on that map outside of the capitol, but what I love about it is that it allows to build a workboat and grow a capitol at the same time .
The only agri+fishing civs are America, Dutch and Native Americans. Neither too appealing, but Dutch looks the best among them (dike , and "UU is a ship lol" does not look too shabby, either ).
Jovan Wrote:Probably the best location is to settle in place. Our exp/fin leader Pacal will gain +25% bonus for building worker (1 hammer from city center+3 from nearby forestplainshill=4; 1.25x4=5hammers), so it will take 12 instead 15 turns. We'll need agri, AH and fishing. Especially we need civ starting with agri, because it leads to both AH and pottery. Mining, hunting, mysticism and BW wouldn't be that important.
One can only build a lighthouse when next to at least one tile of saltwater.
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. Capital 1 NE of the fish would be really cool 
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, and "UU is a ship lol" does not look too shabby, either 
