[NO PLAYERS] Raskol's log

[Raskolnikov]

We built them!  

Switching in Rep/OR to start growing cities (I will hire scientists l8r, for now, the immediate benefit of the mids is the +3 happy). With calendar & markets, I should have size 14 cities soon enough  

We settled The Horcrux:

I decided to settle on the horse to get the additional hammer on the city tile and to keep the crabs for another fishing village, in the north. (galley moved 2 NE to explore the area) This way, we can also share The Evidence's clams.

Demos (it's been a while).

Looking good. Power is crap but I am not that far. I will improve this fast (another HA next turn, I will prolly get a rax in Cauldron and a trireme somewhere too. And some more axes/spears/archers to garison my soon to be settled (hopefully ) jungle cities. I am curious to see if these increases (see below) are meant to get barb cities (like I am planning) or if there is more to it.

Note TBW built the Moai already west of his cap (I should show you that in another post)... Seems like nonsense to me but maybe I am too used to SP. His ships could prove to be annoying, like the rest of his units. I will need superior prod & tech to take on him. I will plan my own build soon.

I should post a pic of his empire, he is settling cities even closer than I am, with a lot of overlap (good early on, and good when he will start whipping troops to take on me ). Also roading like crazy using X patterns (will be usefull to him when he attacks me but it feels overdone), and cottaging everything in sight (non riverside grasslands... meh). Anyway, I am curious to see the result (maybe I will take a good beating , should be a fun learning experience anyway)

SD's going crazy. I wonder if that's a build up. I hope not, or he will be worthless as tech partner.
Anyway, he seems to be greatly benefiting from OH's advices.


Overview:


Elevation is building science since it shaves one turn to currency. I will get a market here afterward. (no need for culture and the gold multiplier will be better than the lib multiplier now we are rexing and increasing troops number)
I think Quadratic Strat will make a decent Moai city (+9h iirc). It will be an awesome production city with some workshops. But it's not a priority for now. I am prolly whipping my next settlers here and in Cauldron (after CL's one I mean)

[Raskolnikov]

will edit this tmr.

Plenty of stuff to tell u.

Had a big chat with SD/MC. Tech plan is clear now. War plan too.
Razed Goth instead of capturing it to avoid war with TBW for a while. We have a settling agreement in the area.
If Gavagai and TBW don't double team me in the next 30 turns...

I feel we are in a good position regardless (top 2 in gnp/prod/food/pop). I just need to build more troops.

Plenty of pics and more details tmr. Gotta go.

Cheers

[Rusten]

Slowly returning from the dead as per PM.

I logged in for a quick look, but can't provide you with the whip you asked for from that alone. I will point out that there's no market built or queued in our shrine city though. Best I can do offhand! 

[Raskolnikov]

Hey! Welcome back!

Since you logged in, I will make a t100 report within the day. We are in the middle of the third expansion wave ( 2 settlers heading to the jungle, one more next turn and another whipped also next turn). HG in next turn.
Need one more settler, 5/6 workers to workshop, and a zillion troops (Gavagai is going crazy, spotted a stacks of HAs and a stack spear).

Tech plan is to go calendar, monarchy, construction. We will give calendar & monarchy to MrCairo, monarchy to SD (gave him MC already), and get machinery from SD and feudalism from Mr.Cairo. Hopefully The Evidence will give us a GE so we can builb engineering soon, then tech guild after construction

More comments later.

[Rusten]

Is there a wonder you haven't built?

But yeah, from the brief look I had it seemed like settlers/workers and units is all that should be built. Looking forward to your report.

[Raskolnikov]

Is there a wonder you haven't built?

But yeah, from the brief look I had it seemed like settlers/workers and units is all that should be built. Looking forward to your report.

Here it is.

The bad news first.

Here are Gavagai's stacks:

There is a stack of spear in the west too (saw it while moving). 8 spears iirc.

All clues lead me to think I am gonna be Gavagai's target. But I still can't make any sense out of it. I mean TBW attacks, fine. But Gavagai? If he is sucessfull and keep my cities, either TBW is longterm screwed, either Gavagai will be backstabbed by TBW. What's the logic?
Meh

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The jungle (soon to be settled and attacked lol)



the "x sign" are the three cities I plan to settle in the area (t102 for corn/banana/iron, t104 for spice/banana/corn and rice/dye/ivory). The settler from dyemont and the one "notstartedyet" will be shipped to the northern islands.

The north:



2 nice fishing villages to whip stuff (workers/boats/troops)
DoW is building 3 archers to garision The Horcrux and the incoming island cities, but we might want to build more spears instead (I still can't believe Gavagai is gonna attack )
I saw your post, maybe include a 2 pop whip of market down the road. ... but we need troops! 

The south:



Not much to say. Cuba Libre is regrowing after its settler whip, Quadratic strat will be workshopped into a production city. (just been whipped for 2)


Midterm, Dow/Quadratic Strat/Caudron and the cap should pump units. We need to define that midterm though to avoid being razed off the map and keep on teching/developping.


Courtesy of PBSPY:

07/02/2020 19:02:49
101
Snork
score decreased to 485 (-14)
07/02/2020 18:59:36
101
Mr. Cairo
score increased to 538 (+5)
07/02/2020 18:59:36
101
thestick
score increased to 553 (+26)
07/02/2020 18:59:36
101
OH
score increased to 603 (+5)
07/02/2020 18:59:36
101
Rusten
score increased to 704 (+68)
07/02/2020 18:59:36
101
Snork
score increased to 499 (+15)
07/02/2020 18:59:36
101
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a new turn has begun. It is now 350 BC

We've got the HG

Let's get some spears now.

Civics:  we are in Rep/Slavery/OR.
Techs: so calendar (give away to MC), monarchy (give away to MC), construction (*goes into total war mode*). Get Machinery from SD. Hopefully bulb Engeneering. Get Feudalism from MC. Tech Guilds.

then WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR



Tell me if you need more info. I have plenty of pics/chats that I intended to post but didn't because of lack of time.
Still ideas are pretty clear rn. Either we get killed off in the next 15. Either we don't, and our opponents will suffer.

Gtg, I have to whip some spears

[Raskolnikov]

Tell me if you need more info. I have plenty of pics/chats that I intended to post but didn't because of lack of time.

This is true for all and any lurkers btw. Ask questions, apply the whip, post jokes, etc... everyone is welcome here.

[El Grillo]

All clues lead me to think I am gonna be Gavagai's target.

Could you expand on this?

[Rusten]

You started the thread praising CFC legend attacko, but you're playing more like Obsolete.

Gavagai has 8 spears? That was not a typo? Weird unit to mass for an attack. If you're truly worried then you need some catapults. Depending on paranoia you tech it before calendar and/or monarchy. Especially monarchy is no good, but I don't know if what kind of agreement you've made.

What's the requirement for war elephants in this mod?

I'd also like you to expand on why you think Gavagai will attack you.

[Raskolnikov]

All clues lead me to think I am gonna be Gavagai's target.

Could you expand on this?

Well it's mostly him roading toward the jungle area in the center of the map, and my paranoia (well, my tech buddy SD and MC are also worried since SD has a NAP with Gavagai for 30 turns iirc). I think some of my neighbours now see that I need to be dealt with with all the food/mids/shrine/cheap buildings thing.

That's extremely unlikely but maybe he didn't notice the barb city wasn't there anymore
Nah kidding

You started the thread praising CFC legend attacko, but you're playing more like Obsolete.

Gavagai has 8 spears? That was not a typo? Weird unit to mass for an attack. If you're truly worried then you need some catapults. Depending on paranoia you tech it before calendar and/or monarchy. Especially monarchy is no good, but I don't know if what kind of agreement you've made.

What's the requirement for war elephants in this mod?

I'd also like you to expand on why you think Gavagai will attack you.

Too bad we couldn't fit SH in the capital, and had to expand past 6 cities... that would have been a true Obsolete.

Not a typo. THe guy is going crazy. I think this stack has been designed to deal with the agressive/charismatic melee units of TBW (I had the same idea)... but somehow he made like 20 idling troops before having construction for cats. So maybe I am just wrong, or he is just crazy. Prolly the former.
Elephants need construction (archery, HBR, construction) iirc.