[Spoiler] Desperados: The Black Sword & Agent

[The Black Sword]

How is it going?

I've been trying out some micro plans tonight. This is the best I can really get, so I thought I'd lay it out. I had a couple of ideas to improve it, but none worked out:

-Improve cow first, still leaves 2b short of getting Wheel earlier
-finish the first warrior earlier: either shift everything back a turn or gives some really inefficient worker turns
-Grow to size 3 before worker: Only really makes sense if we put a mine up. But that already puts us a chop behind. Doesn't really improve the settler build, which is mostly with chops, just slows growth for more hammers into warriors.

-Getting a third worker before the settler might be an idea, haven't tried it. Doesn't really feel suited to Imp but it might work.

Anyway:



Improve pig first, switch to worker build at size 2, don't complete the warrior.



Finish worker, then warrior. Put a chop into the settler.




Grow, put another chop in to complete the settler.



Grow for a turn, complete Wheel. Free worker puts a turn into a useless farm. Then revolt to slavery, chop into worker, put a turn into a road.



32 hammers into the capital worker, that can be 1 whipped after growth. 2 workers to improve wheat, trade network then cow at new city.

[agent427]

Aye aye.

Worker complete, growing on a Warrior build.



Not a peninsula but will settle the already appealing PH to form a canal.

[agent427]

In this step:

In moving the worker off the pigs, should I move it 1S, Hit Farm/Cancel to sink 1 turn in, then move and start pasturing the next turn to avoid any waste?

[Krill]

Yes.

[GermanJoey]

yeah, and its a good idea to put a sign on the tile too so you don't forget your earlier micro. for example, I'll put "1tr" on a tile that has 1 worker-turn spent on a road, "1tf" for 1 turn spent a farm, "3tf" for 3 turns on a farm, "2tc" for 2 turns on a cottage, etc. some people like to do it the other way around, where they'll mark how many turns remain on the improvement. Up to you, really.

[The Black Sword]

Yeah, I really doubt we'll want to farm that tile, but there's no downside.

Do you get the triangles everytime you log in? That would probably drive me crazy.

[agent427]

Yeah.. my graphics card may be dying, but I need to find a way to test it fully before rushing out and spending cash on a new one.

[agent427]

I don't think I should explore much further, my scout is already having to dance around a bear and I'm going to need it to clear a path for my first settler..

[The Black Sword]

If you can't get around the bear, then yeah, might as well turn back. Perhaps after the settler is out we should aim to have 3 units exploring along our expansion paths; East, West and South?

[agent427]

That's part of what I love about Impis, they are such amazing early scouts.

Anyway, Capital is at Pop 2; switched to Worker. Worker in field pasturing cows.

This weekend I'll plug what we've got to date into Worldbuilder and try to sim out another few dozen turns.