[SPOILER] Asoka of Aztec - Ioan(76)

[Ioan76]

Hi to all lurkers !

I played the save really quick this morning and left to office so I didn't have time for any screenshot.

But, as a general consideration : Asoka of Aztec ??? WTF ???
First of all ... the leader's traits seems to have a very low synergy with nation's specific ( just the halved cost of Altars are somehow a compensation ). And - as an addition to this - the area seems to clearly favor AH as first tech to be reasearched !!

[Ioan76]

It may sound completely insane ( especially for Quick speed ) ... but I'll settle my city just next turn.

I'll post a screenshot after settling and I'll explain why I decided to do this way.

[Ioan76]

Played my move in hurry yesterday evening - no time for detalied screenshot.

The main ideea is that I delayed settling so much because :

- I will have 3 food resources in its BFC ( and a calendar-resource also ... but this important more as a no-brainer chop-target );
- now my capital is on a hill;
- I will not be tempted to research Fishing in first 3-4 techs.

Considering that 2 food-resources will need pastures - AH is almost a mandatory first-tech so I set the research to it.

Other than this ... quite a typical-expansionist opening : worker first, after this I'll train a warrior to let the city growth, more likely another worker and we will see what will happening later.

[Ioan76]

Anyway - this games seems to progress really slow ... I was out-of-Civ for few days right in the begining, me and Nicolae are somehow on "wrong-hours" ( received the save twice from him in the morning when I was already at the office ) and now the save is "untouched" for almost 10 hours ...

[Ioan76]

No pictures yet ( played at really wierd-hours ... ) just some random ideas :

- the main dilemma for the next 20-25 turns will be to choose between :
a. "peaceful/leader path" : religion + Priesthood + defensive tech ( either Archery or The Wheel of Horses will be revealed from AH close to existing city ).
b. "warmonger/civilization path" : Mining ( ~4 turns ) + BW ( ~ 6-7 turns ) + IW ( ~12 turns )... and try an early Jaguar-rush. This will works especially if there is any other civ in 10-15 squares from my capital and/or there is some jungle/forests between us.

As long as I should admit that Ashoka of Aztecs is a pretty unexpected/wierd choice for me ... I'll give a try to the second approach. At least let's have some fun trying something new.

For the moment I didn't found any neighbour ... but my initial scout will continue to head W and NW ( after he already climbed and explored 2 hills in that direction ) and, after the "safety warrior", the production order was changed and another scout will be trained to explore the East-jungle ( mmm ... quite nice to travel for a potential army of Woodsman 2 Jaguars ).

I'll already received the next save from Nicolae - I'll play it and screenshots will be added to this thread too.

[Serdoa]

I demand a screenshot of where you started and to where you moved!

[Ioan76]

I demand a screenshot of where you started and to where you moved!

Your wish is my command !

[Ioan76]

Received the save, played it and sent to next guy.

Not too much to say about this turn ... AH will be completed next turn and Mining ( 5 turns indicated for completion ) is next. Interesting - even if I settled after 2 turns there is a player which ( judging from the score ) didn't finished yet the first research !

[Ioan76]

Just a short update - with a screenshot.

Worker was finished and started to pasture the sheeps ( not the pig first because I like/need more the +1 gold ). I decided to take another risk and to build a second scout instead of a protection warrior ( but I could have in 2 turns if somebody will appears near my borders ... let's hope that this will not happen ).

[Ioan76]

We managed to have a really nice synch this morning - as long as I received the save from Nicolae just few minutes before leaving from home - and there is a short update ( but without picture(s) ... my wife hurried me this morning to arrive at the office ) :

- worker finished the sheep-pasture => 5 food + 1 commerce tile. That's nice.
- second scout started to explore the east-jungle. Considering that I could have Woodsman 2 Jags it will be nice to find another player there ...
- first scout spot a golden-hill in the north. For sure he need to climb it next turn to investigate if it is possible to include it in the future settling-plans.
- horses was located in the East - out of my BFC, exactely 1 E of deers but with another cultural-expansion I could be able to use them even without a dedicated city for them. I'll see/calculate later how to proceed with them.

That's all for the moment - any opinion is wellcomed !