[SPOILERS] Laconic plakonic

[plako]

Gotta say I relly like this format. I think this is at the moment the best format to play MP civ. I just hope others would free their minds and accept the natural unfairness built in to the format. Land is unfair, someone gets lucky with neighbors or trade deals, someone gets lucky with huts and someone else pops resources... This is all as it should be and I like how it is also pretty close to the setup you get when you roll a random SP game. Optimal path is not the same for everyone and at times you can do well without trying to max out every little benefit you've e.g. play turns fast, when you don't have time needed to think every detail. You often also need to gamble to do well.

In the other end of the spectrum we could have a game of only top notch players/teams making close to optimal desicions in the mirrored or very balanced setup. This will lead to mostly tedious and very labourous game. There really needs to be something special in a game like that to get me intrested. (There is some speculation about a game like this in Krill's PB15 thread)

[GreyWolf]

It's certainly the most interesting format to lurk, that's for sure.

[plako]

I decided to postpone Astronomy since Mack has hands full with other wars. I'll adopt Nationhood+Theocarcy last turn of my GA. I've Pretty good Drafted Muskets. They're also cost effective way to get rid of Dhalphir, if I decide so.

[Speaker]

The demos are starting to look a bit better. As the cities captured from Dhal come online and start to support themselves, you might be in a position to begin to catch up on technology, especially if Mack's war keeps dragging him down. Are there any other gains you could make, perhaps navally on some of the nearby island cities, to strengthen your borders?

[plako]

No food visible yet in the fur island. However there is some very late game hut there.

[Ceiliazul]

oooh! you could pop Astronomy! oh. you can't

[plako]

T180

Converted to Nationhood+Theocrarcy i.e. considerably cheaper civcs so let's see what that means to economic traits:
* ORG 88 gpt
* AGR 77 gpt
* FIN 111 cpt

Inflation is currently 30%.

Still no food visible in the fur Island. I might had to settle terrible city above one of those furs.

[plako]

[plako]

Soon 30 Lbows. I guess I could run a test to see what it would mean to attack now.

In foreign news. Pindicooter is soon taking the lead. I've already seen onver 1000gpt turns when they accumulate gold. I can do ~750gpt. I decided to offer MAckoti OB then. It seems he has been forced to invest very heavily on military.

Post GA demos

[plako]

After few tests it is not worth it. Knights+other stuff will get ~50% odds after 12 Siege units, meaning ~20-25 lost units to take it. I guess this means I need to postpone attack until I've cannons. I'll offer peace. Not expect it will be taken, but no harm offering.