Well Jokes on me.
Serdoa's Rock:
(SabotageCost * (TheirEP + 100)) / (3 * InvestigateCost) = Hammers
(2609*102) / (338*3) = 262.4
So Serdoa is killing the mids right now and has been for a while. I think he will finish them in 3 turns if he doesn't have any chops going in. Looking back he got IW many turns before me and prioritized it much more highly. I'm not sure that I could even have competed with him for them because if I had beelined IW as early as he did I would not have been able to expand and certainly wouldn't have been able to get my settlers out. IMP was key for him because it allowed him to get out a few settler quicker and immediately start on the mids whereas I didn't want to start them until I had at least gotten 3 settlers out.
So my outlook changes. I still have 2 of the 3 early religions and have so denied my opponents in that regard. I'm positive someone else is gunning for the Oracle. So let's think about what I do have. I have FIN and SPI which are both late game traits, play it right and I'll rise to the top. I think I will expand as quickly as possible I will spread my religion and use OR to get quick libraries up. I'll try to out expand these IMP players and perhaps try to build the Hanging Gardens. Build 2 temples and work 2 priests for a GPriest Shrine. Get early Currency+Market. Steal Confu? Get Caste. Expand. Tech. Crush Serdoa.
Serdoa's Rock:
(SabotageCost * (TheirEP + 100)) / (3 * InvestigateCost) = Hammers
(2609*102) / (338*3) = 262.4
So Serdoa is killing the mids right now and has been for a while. I think he will finish them in 3 turns if he doesn't have any chops going in. Looking back he got IW many turns before me and prioritized it much more highly. I'm not sure that I could even have competed with him for them because if I had beelined IW as early as he did I would not have been able to expand and certainly wouldn't have been able to get my settlers out. IMP was key for him because it allowed him to get out a few settler quicker and immediately start on the mids whereas I didn't want to start them until I had at least gotten 3 settlers out.
So my outlook changes. I still have 2 of the 3 early religions and have so denied my opponents in that regard. I'm positive someone else is gunning for the Oracle. So let's think about what I do have. I have FIN and SPI which are both late game traits, play it right and I'll rise to the top. I think I will expand as quickly as possible I will spread my religion and use OR to get quick libraries up. I'll try to out expand these IMP players and perhaps try to build the Hanging Gardens. Build 2 temples and work 2 priests for a GPriest Shrine. Get early Currency+Market. Steal Confu? Get Caste. Expand. Tech. Crush Serdoa.
“The wind went mute and the trees in the forest stood still. It was time for the last tale.”