Yellow scare, African capitalism crashing through

[Sian]

no clue what i'm doing

at all

[Sian]

Lets see what the Morgans have to offer



+100% from foreign trade routes, while the opponent gets +50%
+50% domistic trade routes
1-per-city buildings giving bonuses
cashrushing buildings is cheaper
+1g from Merchant

What i get from that is the idea that i should try grow horisontally (many cities) early on, to milk traderoutes (people would probably like to trade with me given the bonus), and they later on would be able to specialize with the corpoperations (more later), futhermore cash is a viable resource (well ... more viable) given the fact that cashrushing is cheaper ... true it won't be relevant till later (except for my special buildings) since you'd need Nanites (techlevel 8 which also gives Kremlin), but it'll be a reasonable target for later research.

Buildings:

First is my Children's Creche (Granery) which beyond what everyone gets (storing 25% food after growth, 1 happiness), gives +1health, a Merchant slot and ability to cashrush it before Nanites ... First building everywhere, and likely to be cash rushed asap ... if nothing else then the merchant slot will pay for it. Comes with a tech everyone starts with to boot.

Second is a Entertainment Center, which beyond what it gives everyone (cheap Psych Chaplain slot and 1 happiness) gives me another happiness and again the ability to cashrush it before Nanites ... 2 happiness for 26h? sure, sign me up ... but won't be built before i'd need it anyhows.

Last, the Governors Office which is a special building all cities are born with, per default (if you get it in the first place ... as far as i can see not everyone does, of our opponents only Conciousness does) it would store 10% food, give +50% defense vs Espionage and help thwarting enemy spies ... My Governors office on the other hand gives another +33% on Foreign trade routes ... i need to get out quick and meet people to get them ...

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As mentioned earlier Morgans can pick one of five special buildings in each city which would make it better.

Speaks for itself really ... specializing cities, and they're roughly same strength as midgame wonders (which is also when they come around) ... only faction getting better is Conciousness, but they only get 2 in total, which is a couple of these mashed together.

[Sian]

Noo ... misclicked and killed the post i had ... sigh ...



going to move 7 with the Infantry and 22 with the Rover to discover most land before i settle.



okay ... counting ... i got a Nutrient bonus (highland flat rainy) to the 7 of my Colony pod cluster, Granade fruits to the 6 (Flat rainy) and Gold (Highland rocky Rainy) 23 ... no reason not to SIP from what i can see ... theres enough food to go around early on and a ton of hilllands for hammers. 1 Supply pod becomes a Former, the other becomes a Unity Rover (exploration and later worm defense) ... starting former goes 7 and starts a windmill and the supply pod former goes 6 to create a field lab ... city starts out with building a Childrens Creche


Rare Rainy DNA (rocky rainy, riverside) and a Monolith (Fungus, flat arid, coast) to the southwest ... i think i know where my second colony pod is going ... 111 of capital looks decent good atm.

On research, i've decided on getting Algaculture first ... for 2 reasons ... Trading on water and denial of the extra sea colony pod to the pirates ... other contenders are Superconductor (gives Open Borders, Free Market and forbidden palace, but i won't need that till later)

[spellman]

theres enough food to go around early on and a ton of hilllands for hammers

Unless I'm mistaken, hills/ridges don't provide bonus hammers/mineral, fyi. PF's tile yields are completely dependent on the terrain type (arid, rainy, rocky, etc) and next to rivers, not elevation. They do however provide bonuses for windmills and solar collectors built on them later, and completely mess with movement.

It just to happens most higher ground is rocky giving it bonus hammer/mineral.

[Sian]

i refer to my first post ... i have no clue what i'm doing

[spellman]

i refer to my first post ... i have no clue what i'm doing

Heh, that particular element didn't really hit me until I was editing the map. Hard to deprogram Civ4 habits.

[Sian]

oh well ... strong commence city then ... still good

Might build Solarflex for massive Cash there later on, abusing Solar Collectors

[Sian]

anyways ... anyone remember where (in planet pbem1) i've seen a sheet for bulbing paths? ...

[Merovech]

Mist's thread has Doctor bulbing, I'm sure. I'm dedlurking him there, but I think I also heard something about Sarlen having a bulb list in PBEM 1.

[Brian Shanahan]

anyways ... anyone remember where (in planet pbem1) i've seen a sheet for bulbing paths? ...

Somewhere in Mist's laconic thread.