(Spoilers) Superdeath's Mean Green Eating Machine

[superdeath]

Did not mean to dry whip this praet out of one of my best commerce cities.. i had Specifically waited to grow this city FINALLY to size 6 ( lots of whip anger ) and went to click automated tiles and a combo of my mouse, and my hand decided to dry 2pop whip this praet...

[superdeath]

Wellllll since i had to share that, ill give a snip-it of the plan.


First, im falling a bit behind in Food... but alot of that is Plemo's ungodly amount of shit.

2nd,
I sent this offer to Lazteuq. I hope its meant to be seen as "hey, pay me off and we can have friendly relations"  Mainly, i want to get to Catapults ASAP ( eta... less than 15t ) and i already have it planned out providing France DOESNT accept this deal, that i can capture 1 city on the 2nd turn of the war, and be plowing thru other cities not long after with Praet/cat stack. Goal would be to find his copper, because without Axes, i get VERY good odds. Not that pre-cat 30% odds vs a fortified axe on a hill city with 40% culture isnt bad... but i like better odds. Which is why im going to be making a couple chariots for potential snipes. Axes are great and all vs praets, but spears might as well be warriors.

[superdeath]

Well, France didnt accept which is fair. Trying to cause some trouble by copper/copper the Zulu and see if he responds back. I can more or less hit either of my neighbors and eventually take all their land thanks to my construction rush. Plus well, AGG praets. Im leaning France still, and i did something i told myself id never try and use.. I sent a cow/cow offer THEN a corn for fish offer to France to "try" and get a trade agreement going. I just really dont want anymore units on the border cities, and was slightly more hopeful ( drunk ) last turn when i sent that offer... Sigh.


Saving screenshots for next turn.. big T100 update will be coming Hope everyone is having a better day than i am.

[Suite]

Well, if you are building libraries, are you sure you can mass enough military to fight successfully? I mean, your neighbors had dozens of rounds preparing time and you still need quite a few turns until Construction...

[superdeath]

Well, if you are building libraries, are you sure you can mass enough military to fight successfully? I mean, your neighbors had dozens of rounds preparing time and you still need quite a few turns until Construction...

Im working i think... 2 mines and all cities that have libraries ( other than cottage city ) are running 2 scientists. And im only behind either Plemo or El Grillo in power. I have one city that pumps out a praet every 3t, im saving a ton of forests for a couple catapults for the capital/hold out cities.

I "could" win with just praets, but to be able to hold Mjmd off, or to at least even the odds vs my luck... i decided to go for construction. I have a GS popping roughly the same time which might give me the decision between an academy and bulbing Alphabet to run mass research builds to grab currency. Probably gonna need to think on that.

I hope to capture 2 cities from France on the 2nd turn of the war. IF not, i at least force him to think about reinforcing other cities than whatever city my current major stack will be attacking. 31% odds using my C1Shock praet vs his fully fortified axe on a hill city with 20% culture defense. Couple cats will make short work of him due to my production edge that ive shown off in earlier posts. Construction-Calendar-Currency i THINK is the tech path due to needing the extra happy. Depends on how much i need the commerce from Currency when i go to war.

If i can capture France i can put pressure on Plemo to slow his german ass down. Providing of course, that that is the right choice.


Due to happy issues, my food will look rather low. When im working all the food tiles i have/max food i easily push into the top 3. Not competing with Plemo of course, but not far from El Grillo and whomever else is leading in city count.


I have... 3-4 TOTAL pop points to grow between i think 2 cities right now. I need Frances land.


My southern border with Mjmd. Between the vast culture, and my scout/warrior in his lands... i can see a potential backstab from a mile away. He "should" know that im perfectly willing to tank both of our games if he backstabs. He should honestly tech up, and eat Vanrober who i believe has the fewest # of cities. I just settled that island city, and plan on whipping the monument into a chopped granary. The galley will check out that small island to the north to see if its worth building a settler for. I have, 2 true filler cities, and 1 " this is gonna cause tension " border city. The tension one is 1S of the spices near Chevy Corvette. Not great, which is why that wont be settled till after the defeat of my neighbors.


Well, that proves that France is the only one beating me in GNP ( without turning tech on ) I assume he is burning gold to tech either HBR, Construction, or maybe he is trying to get to longbows?? Dunno. I think its more likely to be HBR/Construction which is why im holding off on turning on tech. Maybe i can get some known tech bonus..


Throughout that entire graph^ i didnt work all the mines i have built. ( big error in playing which ive covered already ) I think my production edge will become apparent soon enough.


As you can see, my food is gonna be tanked a bit till i get more happy. France has gold hooked...  



If mjmd magically doesnt improve his power, and France does i COULD swing around and take him out instead.. but from the land i see, its not looking like a mega profit like France is looking.


When i have my stacks in place, i will draw up the battle plan including messy lines showing direction. But here is the run down.

1S of the iron i will have a road, 2 chariots and the plan to move forward onto the forested spice tile. They can reach the ex-barb city ( will be vulnerable to an attack by the likely axe that is there ) However, they can also potentially dive deep into his land to scout/raze something if he doesnt attack them but DOES have a decent garrison.

1NE of the cow basically the same thing. Except i will have the chariots go to the plains hill 1W of the wheat. Unless an archer/spear pops there i expect to grab that city. If i see reinforcements to close, ill raze it but id like to keep it. The main stack? That is currently on the cow and on t1 of the war ( where all the chariots move ) They will go to the tile 1W of Plymouth Cuda. From there depending on what happens with the chariots i can split up some of the stack to one side or the other, OR send it 1NW-1NE then NW to the sheep tile and threaten that new city before heading deeper into his territory. Goal is to find his single source of copper. I axe that, i can run him over without cats.



Any questions, concerns, mocking statements, please feel free to post.

[superdeath]

Last 2 turns of this over-the-top commerce crap. After that, its full speed to war. Dont worry my precious lurkers, your entertainment is just about ready.

[superdeath]

Getting construction EOT. Yay.

[Suite]

Good, but continue working the rice and the cow please. You need food for pop for whips.

[superdeath]

2turning currency thanks to bulbing alphabet. That'l keep the econ afloat while i eat one of my neighbors. Lets see here...


France is the most "strategic" target as ive already drawn plans up, and have 2 praets on a galley for funzies... However, he has catapults AND a growing power graph.

Mjmd can see my movement 2-3t in advance, however has a much lower power... doesnt have catapults yet... and will be a pain in my ass due to our long border. HMM.

Might toss a coin.

[superdeath]

Holding off, while i continue to recover from my economic slump... Quite indecisive.. i know. Just suffering from the "Superdeath ruins his game and X person's in another unsuccessful war" and im wanting to not repeat that. So Recover economy-use massive production advantage ( Higher than Plemo.. ) to eat a neighbor. Going to get to Calendar and then start buillding more units. Currency gave me SOME leeway on tech rate, but im still heavily reliant on research builds to make it. Might swap them to wealth builds now that i think about it... Ugg. i think that is the right move actually. UGG.


Gonna swap these research builds to wealth... because im partly retarded in my thinking..