The Sianic Empire strikes Back

[Sian]

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[Sian]

currently thinking about picks ... they'll come up in a hour or so

[Sian]

not sure 'bout the ranking yet but

Arendel Pheadra - Ljosalfar (really want to get a good game out of them ... it was neither the pick or my own fault that XVI blew up in my face )
Calabim ... not sure if Decius (Org could be useful both for the maintainence drop from Emperor, and the cheap Governor Houses would be nice to have, with Hasted Raider Vampires having protential for nastiness) or Flauros since he have Creative which would help me quite a bit ... probably leaning towards Decius
Valledia the Even - Amurites ... Firebows interest me

[Ichabod]

Your start in spoilers below. Small things may change, like the "way" your start is facing. Nothing major in the BFC, though (maybe just a few hills/forests more or less). Any doubts, ask away.

[Sian]

off the bat i'm considering if it have enough forests for playing elves, so thats a somewhat important thing to get clarified before i decide ... No starting settler bonus on the settler with its improved visibility and movement?

lets see ...

Corn, Gems, 3 Farmable Grassland Forests, forested deer, forested PH, Cows and Incense ... latter two might not be improved for some time

7-9 decently good tiles ...

If not Elves it'll raise a bit (since improved Grasslands farms are quite reasonable) but will need some more beakers (not ignoring Calender for a while)

Leaning toward Arendel Pheadra starting with Argiculture -> Mystitism -> Hunting -> FoL ...

[Sian]

by the way ... an open question.

Would it, as Elves, be viable to start out with 2 workers, so they can keep up with city growth (given their slower work speed)

[Ichabod]

No starting settler bonus on the settler with its improved visibility and movement?

I may add it in the save, but since the surroundings of the capital will change a lot, I thought it'd be counterproductive to show it in the screenshot right now.

[Sian]

then you could just add a caveat that beyond the 5x5 box centered on the settler is less likely to stay as is.

If i choose Ljosalfar, would i then get the specific unit setup they uses (2 scouts)? or will it be averaged to Scout+Warrior for everyone?

[Ichabod]

then you could just add a caveat that beyond the 5x5 box centered on the settler is less likely to stay as is.

If i choose Ljosalfar, would i then get the specific unit setup they uses (2 scouts)? or will it be averaged to Scout+Warrior for everyone?

Unless stated otherwise, I'll give the original unit setup for each civ (ljos 2 scouts, khazad 2 warriors, etc.).

[Merovech]

then you could just add a caveat that beyond the 5x5 box centered on the settler is less likely to stay as is.

I disagree that this would be better since it is very easy for many people to become attached to tiles that they can see, even if they are told said tiles my not remain; although, I think that Ichabod should have mentioned something about the starting settler promotion.