[spoilers] wetbandit Goes 5150 in PBEM 51

[Ceiliazul]

[wetbandit]

Perhaps you'll get better luck if u reported better :P

Untrue, rolling a ~30% odds GE for Machinery is all the luck I need.

[wetbandit]

Protip: Actually works better if you can build lighthouses.

[NobleHelium]

Is that 933 fps?

[wetbandit]

It is according to the teamspeak app.

[wetbandit]

Inspired by the new statute of their rock god, a very tardy and far-too-small band of cho-ko-nus embark on a most noble quest...




the PYFT crusade!

[spacetyrantxenu]

I think your units get a +50% combat bonus when involved in a PYFT crusade. Happy hunting!

[wetbandit]

Brief update, showing the probable zenith of my PBEM51 empire:




Healing a turn and heading to Turfan next. Beshabalik has enough forces that I will need to commit all of my available CKNs to even have a chance at the city. Moreover, retep has 2 cats and an axe plus an archer in the vicinity of Turfan. I can capture Turfan and move back towards Beshabalik. That chariot was moved back to safety after this picture.




5 turn build for Great Lighthouse. I am settling an island city in two turns, which will give me 5 coastal cities for an immediate 10 commerce. Moreover, I am refraining from whipping until Courthouses which are badly needed. Changed COL to finish in 2 turns @ 60% research.




I am making an effort to hit Azza here next turn to clean up his Ancient Era units here. I have 2 workers which can road the grassland tile and enable CKNs to strike. Unpromoted CKNs get 73% on a fully fortified archer and 78% on an axe. I have 2 10xp CKNs which can promote to cover, if necessary, as Azza has feudalism and hence LBs. Edit: One of which is obviously already promoted to C1, Cover, Morale.

[wetbandit]

Now is the probable zenith. Waiting to get rolled by Khmer Elephants, but must appropriately bestow new cities with Van Halen goodness.

[wetbandit]

Threads are getting updated here? The slow turn pace has really made this a passive affair. Recently, that's changed (the passivity part ). Azza and possibly Oxy are double-teaming yuris. This is good for me, because:

Azza is finishing up a golden age. He's the only one close to me in GNP. Tech wise, I have a decent advantage:





I've been running low on military since absorbing retep. That GNP looks real nice, but it's heavily saturated with culture. I'm running a monk economy, only missing the Sistine Chapel and Spiral Minaret, and have been wonder whoring it up something fierce. I should get the Econ GM after next turn and then head to Rifling to feel a bit better about protecting myself.

I'm finishing up a round of military builds in Theo and will revolt in two turns back to OR for University construction. I've got a high enough GNP though, that it's possibly a better option to keep building military to ensure I don't get surprised.

Turning point after absorbing retep was constructing the FP in his lands which led a ~55gpt savings. Printing Press was another nice boost as there are cottages everywhere. It was worth about ~35 base commerce at the time and is in the low 40s now.

Land shots:

Lots of unimproved tiles on the border with Oxy, not interested in trading worker guarding parties for smaller raiding parties while at a numbers disadvantage. Plus, I know he's got a stack of knights somewhere, I'd rather keep a large force in Beshabalik (the FP city) with the fortify bonus.

No wheat and no corn on this map has made health a disaster.