[SPOILERS - PBEM15] Ioan XIV of Byzantium

[Ioan76]

As a small update : completed to research both Literature & Sailing - and now HBR is next.

In order to counter TT cultural influence I started to build Partheon on my bronze-city ( 3 turns to complete it - probably I'll whip it next turn for 2-population ). Also, for obvious reason, I started Great Library on my capital.

I may suck ( badly ) at city-number but seems that I have a decent science/dicovery rate ...

[Ioan76]

Received and played the save - finally ...

I'm not sure - but seems that, thanks to a chop, Great Library was completed at EoT in my capital.

[Ioan76]

Founded my sixth ( only ) city - near fur & cows. 3 workers are nearby to improve the land nearby asap.

Great Library completed in capital - let's see which will be its "bulbing-potential".

[Nicolae Carpathia]

Gah this game is so slow compared to our other game.

[Ioan76]

Gah this game is so slow compared to our other game.

Right.
And due to this I'm almost unable to figure out any effective diplomacy ... and I also played veeery peacefuly this game ... quite boring, no ?

[Ioan76]

As a short update :

- I just built a new settler for a new city ( just the 6th ).
- Get a Great Scientist - I'll probably use it for a GA, but after I'll settle the new city.
- Need to think a little bit about research ... Guilds is for sure a priority but could I try to grab Liberalism somehow ... ?
- even if I just started to build catapults & HA ... I'm the first in power !!

[Sian]

No offense Ioan, but after seeing the save, one phase of word come to mind ... "trainwreck in slow-motion"

TI is beating you/us up five ways from sunday and you're dead last anything that counts (or as good as) ... getting to the UU asap is a wise idea yeah, since thats the only thing that might be able to save us, so a peace asap is preferred ... i'm trading off Aurita for it because otherwise i can't see how i would be able to stop him gobbling up the whole empire (given fairly continous supply of units)

After that there is several things that should be done

1. Just by quickly looking over i've found 3 decent sites for citys so they should get settlers asap (north of Elena getting crab and iron, directly south of cap getting crab and on the egde from Mariesti ... a city on the island to the west sharing seafood with Mariesti and Portul Mic wouldn't be half bad either to be honest)
2. spead hinduism to all your cities so you get most bang for your buck in AP
3. get more workers, land is horriably underimproved
4. get forges everywhere
5. stop building things half ... sadly they don't give half their full bonus when built half

... this game is not a fight for winning (simply not possible given the current status)... its a fight for not dying hard

[Ioan76]

No offense Ioan, but after seeing the save, one phase of word come to mind ... "trainwreck in slow-motion"

Thanks - any suggestion for improvement is wellcomed !

TI is beating you/us up five ways from sunday and you're dead last anything that counts (or as good as) ...{...}

What ? Did he declare war upon us/you ?
Damn ... I was playing this game really horrible !

[Ioan76]

Any news ?