Turn 103
Commodore offered it again this turn, possibly thinking I missed it or forgot to re-offer. With 3 turns until peace expires, I hesitantly accepted. This lets me take a quick look at what he's got prepped for a few turns from now. Canceling OB with Cornflakes had very little impact on my bottom line (I only had 4 routes with him), so it was no big deal at all. I've got enough large island cities that I'm not very reliant on foreign routes.
Cornflakes did offer me a fish for corn trade a turn or so ago. I wasn't sure if this was a serious health trade (pretty sure no) or a fish for fish type deal. I meant to reject, but I accidentally accepted it. Anyway, I offered him a fish for fish after closing borders. Hopefully he gets the idea that I closed because I was concerned he was mapping me out as a possible target, which is partly true, but having the visibility was better. That said, I don't really trust Commodore, so we're going to watch what he does. A quick look at the border.
Really hate Vancouver because it threatens my interior lake in an uncomfortable way. If he doesn't back down elsewhere, I'll set up a plan to burn it. I pulled a couple Knights back out of Stevie Wonder as a hint for him to do the same. Stevie Wonder is pretty uncomfortable because it only comes out of revolt the turn before peace expires, so there's not much time. At least I can dry whip walls. Roswell and Vancouver are both pretty tenuous for a few turns, so it behooves us to not fight here, because I imagine we could both be successful burning cities if we wanted to.
Out west, it's obvious he was prepping to attack again. I flashed a mini stack of Knights that he hadn't seen yet just above Bielefeld, but I didn't move them all the way down. We'll see if he lightens his defenses.
Current empire. Back on military builds in most places after getting the most important Banks and Libraries in place. I need a few more, but I can't afford it right now. Also setting up a Galley chain that may or may not be needed, we'll see.
Thank you, Banking, very cool! This is at break-even. It was a non-trivial cost to detour to Banking, but the payback is pretty decent on it overall if I can avoid death. Plus, I have my eyes on Economics longer term anyway, so it wasn't a skippable tech here. I've increased my break-even slider from like 25% to 40% thanks to Banks, so that's been nice. Break-even tech rate is up 70% since the war with AT ended. I turned science off, though. I'm going to save up some gold before determining which tech goodie to pursue next, because I want to see what great person I pop before I make a firm decision. Also, I'm behind the leaders on this front, so I have to be a bit responsive to their choices. Also, the extra bankroll will allow me to make some unit upgrades if they prove necessary.
Precarious times. Time to see if Commodore is going to honor what I think was an offer or not.
Commodore offered it again this turn, possibly thinking I missed it or forgot to re-offer. With 3 turns until peace expires, I hesitantly accepted. This lets me take a quick look at what he's got prepped for a few turns from now. Canceling OB with Cornflakes had very little impact on my bottom line (I only had 4 routes with him), so it was no big deal at all. I've got enough large island cities that I'm not very reliant on foreign routes.
Cornflakes did offer me a fish for corn trade a turn or so ago. I wasn't sure if this was a serious health trade (pretty sure no) or a fish for fish type deal. I meant to reject, but I accidentally accepted it. Anyway, I offered him a fish for fish after closing borders. Hopefully he gets the idea that I closed because I was concerned he was mapping me out as a possible target, which is partly true, but having the visibility was better. That said, I don't really trust Commodore, so we're going to watch what he does. A quick look at the border.
Really hate Vancouver because it threatens my interior lake in an uncomfortable way. If he doesn't back down elsewhere, I'll set up a plan to burn it. I pulled a couple Knights back out of Stevie Wonder as a hint for him to do the same. Stevie Wonder is pretty uncomfortable because it only comes out of revolt the turn before peace expires, so there's not much time. At least I can dry whip walls. Roswell and Vancouver are both pretty tenuous for a few turns, so it behooves us to not fight here, because I imagine we could both be successful burning cities if we wanted to.
Out west, it's obvious he was prepping to attack again. I flashed a mini stack of Knights that he hadn't seen yet just above Bielefeld, but I didn't move them all the way down. We'll see if he lightens his defenses.
Current empire. Back on military builds in most places after getting the most important Banks and Libraries in place. I need a few more, but I can't afford it right now. Also setting up a Galley chain that may or may not be needed, we'll see.
Thank you, Banking, very cool! This is at break-even. It was a non-trivial cost to detour to Banking, but the payback is pretty decent on it overall if I can avoid death. Plus, I have my eyes on Economics longer term anyway, so it wasn't a skippable tech here. I've increased my break-even slider from like 25% to 40% thanks to Banks, so that's been nice. Break-even tech rate is up 70% since the war with AT ended. I turned science off, though. I'm going to save up some gold before determining which tech goodie to pursue next, because I want to see what great person I pop before I make a firm decision. Also, I'm behind the leaders on this front, so I have to be a bit responsive to their choices. Also, the extra bankroll will allow me to make some unit upgrades if they prove necessary.
Precarious times. Time to see if Commodore is going to honor what I think was an offer or not.
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In this game that's going to help us because he's going to go to the negotiating table with twitchy eyes and slightly too wide a grin and terrify the neighbors into favorable border agreements, one-sided tech deals and staggered NAPs."
