(May 5th, 2015, 13:05)AdrienIer Wrote: I made a few changes, we were working an unimproved grassland river tile at the capital so I took an unused grassland hill mine from carillion. Also I changed a farm into a cottage in Oswego, we still grow in 3t. I put the slider back at 0%.
Good call on all three of those moves.
Nothing much new to report this turn. Each city is completing its respective build, but here is what I would like to see in the coming turns:
Salmon Falls
Queue: Settler in 4 (may 1-whip in 2 turns)> Spearman > FW
I may delay the Settler whip since our Galley will be pre-occupied to get an Archer and Spear over to NF. Gavagai, retep and Joey all have Horses now, so it's time to guard our perimeters with Spearmen. Building one will also give SF a chance to grow back to Size 7. FW is also needed since our capital is could use more Cottages (this one got away from me, honestly).
Duquesne
Queue: Spearman (1) > Galley > Settler > Work Boat
Spearman will go to Niagara Falls since retep is making his presence known. He is only 2 tiles from our borders, but we have an Axe and Chariot to counter him for now. Galley and Settler pairing will be nice to capture Deer/Clam city at North Pole, since it has two first ring food tiles.
Oswego
Queue: Axeman (2) > Barracks > Spearman
May be time to get Barracks up for culture purposes if anything. Would also like Walls here at some point to keep Joey looking elsewhere.
Carillion
Queue: Archer (7) > interrupt with Settler once at Size 6 (3 turns)
This is a city we'll need to look at every turn to make sure the best tiles are always utilized. We are starting to draw extra food and hammers from the ground now, so our rebounding plan will be even quicker as a result. Hoping to get 3 more Settlers using this method before we exhaust the map, and just build military during re-growth.
Frontenac
Queue: Barracks (3-4 via chop) > military or Walls
This city will be a slow grower until Calendar, so we may as well just let it grow and have military builds chopped from remaining forests as production gradually builds.
Niagara Falls
Queue: Granary (24) > ?
I'll have to look closer at this one after we have the Granary. Once this city hits Size 3, it should take off pretty quickly. I am thinking of not whipping anything here until it matures. Planning on two GL river Cottages after completing Cows, interspersed with 4 (iirc) chops once our borders pop in 4 turns. Then lots of mines! We'll need one of the chops to complete Granary before hitting size 2.5. Settlers (if still needed) and FWs a possibility here once NF matures.
Sainte-Foy
Queue: Granary (chop) > Work Boat (for Ivory site - chop) > Galley (Chop)
Already started chop for WB and will likely start on chop for Galley after we connect Horses. That gives this site a good food/hammer balance while giving us more naval options to secure the island while still being able to respond to any northern concerns with two other Galleys.
Other Thoughts
Wonders
The only question is how do we prioritize HG if we go for it? Duquesne is the best option (8-9 turns), but having that city to the north will help to foster our growth. On the other hand, each city we found is plummeting our GNP at a crucial time. The way I see it, the damage is already done re: Currency, so I think we may just need to stay the course in our settlement plan and see if HG is still available after our 10th settler.
Also, the Great Wall is still available. The barb factor of this wonder is practically eliminated at this point, but getting the 100% GG bonus can help us if we plan to be aggressive toward a neighbor or two seeing that if they fight back there would be consequences. I only ask on this one since we can have it in 4 turns if we want.
Great Lighthouse is another option once we have a lighthouse active in a preferred city.
Elkad
We had 5 (now 4) Chariots just waiting to pounce here but I have been hesitant. Mainly because Elkad will be able to see us coming, and I don't know what Rotterdam has guarding it. Taking out Rotterdam first would be the way to go, as it removes enough Dutch culture for us to advance more quickly on the Hague. But if we give him too much time to react, then we lose an opportunity.
We can also just go all in on Rotterdam to secure it, but then we would lose the Silver, Rice, Gold and Wines from the Hague.
FYI, Elkad has just built two new cities in successive turns so now may be the time.
Settlement Order
It seems pretty apparent that the Ivory site should be founded next by the SF Settler, but I think we should wait on the Fish site across the channel. We don't know anything about the rest of the land (I am assuming there will be 1-2 more resources) and there is no immediate risk of losing it to retep just yet.
So where to send the Carrilion Settler? I still think that the landbridge build would be the best (3 food, 2 first ring), followed by the Wine drop west of Niagara Falls. Either of these are aggressive drops and I am not sure how retep will react to them. Tactically, the landbrige drop would be safer though it would be easy for retep to choke the area if he has the resources (and Sailing). However, that would take away from what he could send against us as we challenge for the two remaining New World sites near NF.
I think we could weather the landbridge drop though, and the fast food will help our new colony to establish self-reliance more quickly.
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As always, let me know what you think.
). I'd rather limit the number of targets we have against him though.
