Gavagai climbs the chaos ladder

[Gavagai]

We have international developments - Donovan declared on the Egypt team right when they got Rifles. I really don't understand what Donovan has been doing for the past... for this entire game, actually. But still, the twists and turns of his recent foreign policy are on another level, it is like the guy is trying to find the most entertaining way of killing himself.

[Gavagai]

According to civstats SD razed Lahore. If it was enough to delay Piccy's Rifling, I will forgive everything to SD and name him the best ally ever. I am a bit at a loss, though, what he even wants to gain from this war now.

[Mjmd]

I've been meaning to ask since we so rarely get to see them used, how are financial stock exchanges?

[Gavagai]

I've been meaning to ask since we so rarely get to see them used, how are financial stock exchanges?

Very powerful. Next time I am in-game, I'll grab my financial advisor screen to show how much they make me.

[Gavagai]

In other news, not much happening in my war with Piccadilly, that's why I don't report. I was thinking about picking up Varanasi but I ran some simulations and CG3 Rifles are pretty much invulnerable: without cannons, I will make horrendous trades I cannot afford. I offered Piccadilly a white peace, he proposed peace with me giving him his three cities back in return. So, it will be just a very long and slow war. Steel in five turns, until then I am just waiting.

[Gavagai]

Oh, one more thing. Superdeath razed Lahore, then turned his giant army back and just ran away. Well, I guess the way to put a positive spin on this performance would be to say that he still exceeded my expectations.

[klops]

maybe he saw one of those invulnerable CG3 rifles and wasn't happy about odds

If finance is strong, it's probably not too bad with this extended fight.

[Mjmd]

I've been meaning to ask since we so rarely get to see them used, how are financial stock exchanges?

Very powerful. Next time I am in-game, I'll grab my financial advisor screen to show how much they make me.

I'M WAITING!

[Gavagai]

From the previous turn. I generally think Banks are a bit better in multiplayer than in single-player because in multiplayer you typically run lower slider on average. With financial build-speed bonus and additional 15 percent bonus that's a lot of value per hammer.

[Gavagai]

Don't like the direction in which the game is going. Commodore is somehow incredibly safe both short-term and long-term. Tarkeel is too weak to challenge him and Pindicator is now forever entangled in the affairs of another continent. Plemo razed Commodore's city recently and demonstrated he can be a nuisance but without land border he can be nothing more than that. My ability to project power into Southern ocean is limited by my production capabilities on the South-Eastern coastline which is currently feeble. It looks like Commodore is going to get away with all the bullshit he has done, like settling colonies everywhere and going down SciMethod path. I, on the other hand, was unable to do enough damage to Piccadilly in my initial strike and now this war is putting considerable strain on my empire. There is no way to extricate myself from this situation without defeating Piccadilly utterly and this is not going to happen anytime soon.
I fear that Commodore's fleet can appear at my shores at any moment because he does not have much else to do with his time and I can do shit about that. At least, Commodore is not going for Rifling for now and does not have a land unit that can seriously challenge me. Still, I will have to allocate at least some redcoats to the south-eastern theater and it is not easy for me to find some to spare. This strange feeling when you have the strongest military in the world by far and yet feel like you don't have enough units.