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Unless Grimace has currency it will have to wait a turn, as we're only getting currency at the end of turn
August 17th, 2015, 15:09
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Oops, yeah, and I was hurrying ng to get that post out in time 
August 17th, 2015, 15:15
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My computer has been doing random shutdowns for the past 35mn and I have no idea if and when it will get better. It sucks.
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I think it's got something to do with civ 4 because 3 out of 4 times it happened in the game
August 18th, 2015, 14:32
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So Grimace did something I didn't completely expect, which was attack the stack from Thu that I sent after him. He wiped the stack at the cost of leaving most of his units wounded and vulnerable. Needless to say his troops in my territory are now only two unpromoted vultures and two spearmen (one of them at 3/4 strength).
I still decided to send him a peace offer for 50 gold.
Also not shown in these pictures : a GG has spawned in Pythagoras, and I put him in the new phalanxe I just made. I'm not sure if it should be a medic or a super unit with shock and stuff.
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What's the balance of our losses to his? And what is the garrison left in Thucydides?
I strongly recommend a medic, although afaik chariots are considered better medics because higher flexibility, but as I got it you already put the gg on the phalanx? Maybe we can win three 99% battles with him to get him to medic 3/ morale later on
Good thing we got currency, have you got a number how out improved or economy? Also, who else got it before us (I currently have no civ access, hence stupid questions)? And so you care enough to set up a plan to have chops and a whip scheduled with MC finishing? (How many turns to go, assuming Grimace accepts the deal?)
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We lost our former Thucydides stack, so 5 phalanxes and a chariot for 9 vultures. Thucydides is currently defended by a guerrilla longbow on a hill city and a phalanxe, against 2 unpromoted vultures a c1 spear and a 3/4 strength spear. The city will hold.
I put morale on the GG phalanxe. I had to to make sure it arrived to the battlefield early, and it will be useful if we put him in our knights stack (as a mace I hope). If it is indeed a mace it will destroy any pike who would want to kill the knight stack.
Currency improved our economy by precisely 1 commerce per city. Which means 7c. But building wealth will be a big deal.
MC is in 5 or 6t depending on how the economy grows. Chops will be ready (I already have some at 2/3 turns on a roaded tile), and I'll try to get the city big enough to whip the forge just a few turns after MC arrives, overflow into the Colossus and chop away the rest of it.
Retep and Sian already had currency, but Grimace didn't.
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That's good news then  , although I had expected our phalanxes on a hill to defend better, but whatever...
So the morale phalanxes already took combat promotions, or could it still get medic 3 with 25xp? Else a mobile pole defender sure will be helpful as well.
I expected the new TR to give 1 commerce per city: p, the question was more hour it affected our break even?
I had forgotten about the forge requirement for. Colossus, sorry. We still can time a high overflow whip writhe the turn MC finishes
Does retep have MC already? I really hope those two guys will be going for MoM and mids and leave us our bronze guy....
If we get the military situation a little relaxed, 2-3 new settlers should be top priority. At least one city towards retep, island, and probably it's also good to get a foothold on the northern land (plus, as long as nobody gives us OB we need a second offshore city anyways)
Aaaand we should think about how to finally get a GP
Now you go figure out how to fit together all those things to do 
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GG is c1 morale currently. I'll give him the healing promos this turn.
I have no idea if Retep has MC, I could try some demo reading to find out (I think I can handle that kind of dark magic).
Pyth was at the happy cap so I put it on a settler for the island.
There's a GP coming from the oracle and Pyth spent some time on a scientist lately we'll see what we need most.
August 19th, 2015, 02:38
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Can't we see retep's research due to him having alphabet? Or is that paper in rtr?
I think medic is only worth it if you can get him to medic 3, which needs 25xp. Does he have that, or do you think it's farmable somehow (by my account he should have 2xp from vassalage, 20 from gg, +1-3 from last turn's combat?)
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