[SPOILERS] Jowy & Stampy

[Jowy]

If you mean the large culture figure, don't forget that they double after x amount of turns (maybe 50? I can't recall off the top of my head).

I feel like I should have noticed this earlier than 7,5 years after release
Thanks Kyan!

EDIT: Googled it, the culture value is doubled after 1000 years, so the amount of turns it takes varies.

[Kyan]

If you mean the large culture figure, don't forget that they double after x amount of turns (maybe 50? I can't recall off the top of my head).

I feel like I should have noticed this earlier than 7,5 years after release
Thanks Kyan.

The beauty of civ is that there's always something more to learn.

Unless you're T-Hawk.

[Jowy]

That's exciting too!
How are these two in war at one moment, then teaming up the next?
Now I don't need to worry about my western front, awesome.

As you might have noticed in the pop-up, my spy got caught. It was before I could find Bigger's stack too!
I already have another entering the borders though, and two more in production.
I really need to know if I can kick back and relax, or if I need to keep building units (for now I am).



I took the deal. With our tech rate that's a bargain.
Also Cornflakes is the only who hasn't tried to brutally murder me, so I feel like I owe him some help when he needs it.
Now all I need is Guilds and Gunpowder for drafted muskets.
Slowly chipping away at those. With emphasis on the word "slowly".



It's hard to even look at those numbers.



I wanted to get 2M's graphs back before posting, but I can't.. even at max EP's against him, I'm always 2 EP short.
And no, I'm not going to use the espionage slider for a power graph!

[flugauto]

I'm back to dedlurk.
Still no religion

[Jowy]

Welcome back
You missed all the though!

I'm starting to feel secure. I should put full focus on economy now. If there will be an attack, it'll be later when they have stronger units.
I'm still going to poke around with my spies, but it does look like all my neighbors are busy with something else.
I have Open Borders with both 2M and Brick. I'll send some regular units their way.

Here are some 50T graphs for the lurkers now that I have them all visible:

[flugauto]

You still have forests to chop and still have not settled the lake corn site.

[Jowy]

Yep. I had one worker. Now I have two. Three cities I'm planning to settle are one in the middle, the lake corn, and ex-Noveria.
Workers will have to come first though, on top of chops I also need a lot more improvements. Everything was pretty much on hold for 50 turns or whatever.

[Jowy]

Good news, we found Bigger's stack. Figuratively.
He declared on Cornflakes, who's now facing a 1v3 situation.
Almost feels like a diplo game with this coalition of three going around dogpiling people.

[Jowy]

AT is adding catapults to his stack. It's not much though. What I fear more is what if it's a distraction?
He's keeping his previous stack right there visible for me. But he's had a lot of score decreases, they can't all be buildings being whipped.
I'm a bit concerned that he'll launch a naval attack since it worked out last time.
Let's see if my spy can find some ships.

Cornflakes is losing cities rapidly. Probably retreating to a more defensible position.
I was hoping for a long and bloody war..

[Jowy]

My core cities, slowly recovering. Eden Prime and Thessia are 1 pop from cap, Citadel is already capped.
They will rise a bit more, happiness I can cover with troops, health is a bit trickier but still possible.
We've raised our research up to 40%. Running four scientists too, two in Eden Prime and two in Citadel.
I'm creating a few chariots from Thessia to keep an eye on my neighbors. I have OB with everyone but AT.
I'm trying to make friends. If they think I'm on their side (or harmless) they are less likely to go for me next.



A neat little trick to easily see what has happened in the far-away war.
The newly captured cities leave a clear imprint.
There are other ways to know (event log, city list etc.) but I find this the best in this case.
Bigger has captured a whopping 9 cities from Cornflakes.
Brick has captured one, and 2M zero.
Might be because Cornflakes' army clashed with 2M a few turns back (power ratings dropped for both).

Cornflakes asked for horses. Sorry mate, I'm ready to help you by trading, but not for zero benefit.
I thought about sending a counter-offer to him, but I don't want to insult him with a bad offer.
I will rather wait for him to ask for it again. Even a small amount of gold back would help us.