Pacal of the Indians: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Fast Worker

[Cyneheard]

What exactly does the 50% or 60% cap mean then?

Depends on the unit strength of the defender. Not sure exactly how it works.

[WarriorKnight]

Hey Shoot, could you end my turn for me? All that's left is moving my units at the front.

[oledavy]

[SIZE="7"]Operation Armageddon - Turns 186 & 187[/SIZE]



t186

Moved 1NW, Lewwyn leaves a token garrison in Macau.

t187

Lewwyn leaves 2 maces, a pike and a musket in Macau, which he renamed "Y U No Like Meh." We kill the units and raze the city at the expense of a knight, two unpromoted cannon, and a CR2 Cannon. Taking the city causes the horse tile to come back under our control, allowing us to move 2 cannon, 2 machine guns, and a 1 rifle up to 1 tile southeast of the main stack. The rifle and cannons will be able to hit city on t191. Furthermore, next turn we can move up another follow-up ministack of 5 rifles and 1 machine gun. The knights that made the first three attacks to kill the defenders were able to move with the main stack. The last one is with the support stack, but will still be able to hit Beijing on t190.

So, while not the best exhange, I'm still happy overall with how this went. We lost four units, but killed four of theirs, gained some capture gold, and got 3 more units (that are not MGs) in range to hit the city on t191. If the siege goes on to t192, we'll have five more rifles and a MG on the field as well.

So, for those keeping score, our stack that can hit Beijing on t190 now consists of:

41 Rifles
29 Musketeers
10 Muskets
41 Cannon
5 Catapults
22 Machine Guns
8 Knights
1 Horse Archer
2 Maces
2 Praetorians
5 Pikes
6 Longbows
1 Supermedic Explorer

[SIZE="3"]173 Units Total [/SIZE]

Break-down by type:

46 Collateral Hitters
22 Machine Guns
104 Hitters

We an additional 2 machine guns, 2 cannon and a rifle onto the staging tile on t190, and a final 5 rifles and machine gun onto the tile on t191.

[Shoot the Moon]

Small correction for the t187 report: I used two unpromoted and one CR1 cannon--I saved all the two promo ones for the real assault. Other than that, what Dave said.

[oledavy]

[SIZE="7"]Operation Armageddon - Turn 188[/SIZE]

After the razing of Macau, this was a pretty quiet turn - well, if you don't count the sixty Indian unit that arrived in Beijing



Moving forward revealed the Chinese city of Nanjing, staffed by a couple units. Also spotted another CKN headed into Beijing. Nothing too significant. At any rate, next turn is the big one, the turn we move 1N onto the flatland.

Suffice it to say I'm ready for this fight. After preparing for this for the last two months, I'm ready for blood. No matter how this all ends, it's going to be epic.

[Kylearan]

No matter how this all ends, it's going to be epic.

Indeed, this will be a game to be remembered!

Don't forget to take screenshots while attacking! At least if the turn timer allows it...how long will it take to plan and execute such an epic battle...?

[oledavy]

Don't forget to take screenshots while attacking! At least if the turn timer allows it...how long will it take to plan and execute such an epic battle...?

I really don't know yet. We may end up asking for a pause so we can all play together.

Btw, is there anything specific I need to be reporting for the benefit of the lurkers? Earlier, in the MoSW, Ceil said he was going to place a bet on total number of dead units in the Lurker Thread, so I was planning on keeping careful track of that figure. Is there anything else I need to cover?

[T-hawk]

Don't forget to take screenshots while attacking!

Heck, we should get the entire thing on video. You might not want to use a recording program in case it upsets Civ's connectivity or timing (misclicks), but just point a digital camera at the screen if you've got one.

[oledavy]

Heck, we should get the entire thing on video. You might not want to use a recording program in case it upsets Civ's connectivity or timing (misclicks), but just point a digital camera at the screen if you've got one.

Point me at a good recording program and I'll do so

[Krill]

http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html

This maybe? Plus the obligatory youtube account. I couldn't find the software I used to record the PBEM4 videos I made, but tbh that was mostly trash software anyway.