Gaspar and NobleHelium - More Arguments About Buildings & Food.

[Mardoc]

Thought you were the pessimist of the game?

[Gaspar]

Thought you were the pessimist of the game?

Not even I can put a negative spin on your two rivals getting ready to hurt one another.

[Mardoc]

Not even I can put a negative spin on your two rivals getting ready to hurt one another.

Maybe you're not trying hard enough .

[Lewwyn]

ATTACK!

[NobleHelium]

So we've finally discovered the scope of The Pink Dot. Behold, Commodore's settling order:

[pindicator]

Actually, I'm pretty sure we just always build wealth. Also, collectively you two are more like ded-hecklers than than dedlurkers. Or more specifically, these guys:

STATLER: Boo!
WALDORF: Boooo!
S: That was the worst thing I’ve ever heard!
W: It was terrible!
S: Horrendous!
W: Well it wasn’t that bad.
S: Oh, yeah?
W: Well, there were parts of it I liked!
S: Well, I liked alot of it.
W: Yeah, it was GOOD actually.
S: It was great!
W: It was wonderful!
S: Yeah, bravo!
W: More!
S: More!
W: More!
S: More!

[Lewwyn]

MOAR!

[CFCJesterFool]

Mist attacking Commodore is good...unless you do nothing and watch Commodore's land become Mist's. What's the plan for minimizing Mist's gains? Surely, "Pink Dot" needs better management no?

[Gaspar]

Just a quick report - you already got the big news.

We did a map trade with Mistabod which gives us fairly decent view on the whole map. I'll do a full stitch later on. Spoiler: Our land does indeed still suck. Other than that, it was just an exercise in our favorite game. No, not just the tip. WE DON'T BUILD [STRIKE]WEALTH[/STRIKE] WEALTH AND RESEARCH ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN WE DO...



Beyond that, we added a few entries to the event log after the glorious first one:



As advertised, Harkuf and his useless camel bulbed Banking and all those wealth and research builds let us finish Economics in 1t and bring the presence of Sir Thomas Roe and his equally useless camel to Sanctuary.



We landed Marble from Mistabod for our Wine. We're trading both copies now - the other for Dye with Yuri in the interest of goodwill after we shredded his HA stack. No big, land isn't good enough to push happy cap anywhere pre-Biology or a food corp. Anyway, the onset of marble will cause Noble and I to spend the next few turns arguing Constitution vs. Aesthetics/Lit. I'd like Const first since we're going Mercantalism at the next revolt and Rep would pair nicely. Noble would like Lit so we can get NE down faster. Lewwyn, Pindicator, JesterFool - opinions?

Dave lost another city btw - we see the ruins here. Of course, given their gamelong NAP, Commodore is trading Dave his spare iron:

[pindicator]

I'd like Const first since we're going Mercantalism at the next revolt and Rep would pair nicely.

So the gains are National Epic / Heroic Epic vs. Representation. And the Aesthetics/Lit route is 25% the cost of Constitution. I gotta say it depends on if you actually plan on utilizing NE or HE. If you do then go the Lit route first. But if those are a "nice to have" rather than a main part of your upcoming strategy, then get the Rep bonus sooner.