RBP2 Lurker Discussion Thread - No Players!

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Spullla have Marble, so costs 300 base (about 267 hammers with forge) for that, they will get border pops in all new cities without having to build culture because they are running Merc. It is much simpler than building culture (which is pretty simple in itself).

Because they aren't in caste? Otherwise you can just run artists, but I honestly don't know if they've stayed in slavery or not.

Air and naval power are alternative ways to bombard cities, it's relatively easier to flank away an attackers siege units, etc. Also, four defenders are enough that siege units can be spent to efficiently kill them.

Air and naval power were largely non-issues. We took perhaps one city using frigates to bombard defenses and used airships for maybe 5 total flights. You're correct about the second point.

From the onset SPulla was the odds on favorite to win this thing.

Ouch. Odds on from turn 1? Even if my team wasn't in the game, I'd have taken that bet in a heartbeat. Maybe not even after T50, but on T0 I can hardly imagine a team of odds-on favorites when diplo is allowed.