Thanks for reading my thread and commenting on it.
In hindsight, it's easy to look at my decisions and scrutinizing them. I had obviously misjudged the power that England would have with two/three Great Admirals and what devastation frigates can cause to coastal cities.
Unfortunately, in order to pack districts tightly, I had to build all the coastal cities in the north. The proved to be a big mistake. Looking back, what I should have done was:
1. Attack England instead of Norway. I overestimated Japper's capability to raid my coasts. Norway's cities were pretty much garbage without a single district by the time I conquered them. The only thing they added, was population and a few amenities. I am sure, England had much better developed cities and would have been a better target. A conquest of England would have left a buffer zone (Norway) between me and oledavy too. Of course, the conquest of England would have been a lot tougher than Norway, but with sufficient production and willpower, I might have succeeded and be in a much better position. The way it ended, everyone saw me as the biggest contender for a win when I had merely conquered junk cities.
2. How to counter England? In my mind, it has to attacked early to prevent all the harbors from generating GA points and the massive gpt. The problem is that coastal cities have very poor production. England can counter that by building lots of cheap galleys and quadriremes and upgrade them later. Not too sure how to counter that.
3. Open diplomacy did not do me any favors in the game, I think as everyone bar Jester dogpiled me. With AI diplo I might have been able to form an alliance with either England or Japan earlier on.
In hindsight, it's easy to look at my decisions and scrutinizing them. I had obviously misjudged the power that England would have with two/three Great Admirals and what devastation frigates can cause to coastal cities.
Unfortunately, in order to pack districts tightly, I had to build all the coastal cities in the north. The proved to be a big mistake. Looking back, what I should have done was:
1. Attack England instead of Norway. I overestimated Japper's capability to raid my coasts. Norway's cities were pretty much garbage without a single district by the time I conquered them. The only thing they added, was population and a few amenities. I am sure, England had much better developed cities and would have been a better target. A conquest of England would have left a buffer zone (Norway) between me and oledavy too. Of course, the conquest of England would have been a lot tougher than Norway, but with sufficient production and willpower, I might have succeeded and be in a much better position. The way it ended, everyone saw me as the biggest contender for a win when I had merely conquered junk cities.
2. How to counter England? In my mind, it has to attacked early to prevent all the harbors from generating GA points and the massive gpt. The problem is that coastal cities have very poor production. England can counter that by building lots of cheap galleys and quadriremes and upgrade them later. Not too sure how to counter that.
3. Open diplomacy did not do me any favors in the game, I think as everyone bar Jester dogpiled me. With AI diplo I might have been able to form an alliance with either England or Japan earlier on.
; played in Civ VI PBEM 4, 5, 15; DL suboptimal Civ VI PBEM 17