AnotherPacifist
Oct 21, 2007, 11:24 PM
So I started replaying France (in Monarch mode, since I won easily in Viceroy before) last night. Could not for the love of God get Germany to not declare war on me. Then it dawned on me that it's all because of Mainz which is stealing all productivity from me and being dangerously close to my border, and the automatic flipping to Germany when they spawn, no matter what I call the city. So I figured that, thankfully I spawn earlier than the Germans, and I have enough troops to raze Morgunticum/Mayence/Mainz (with the loss of 1 swordsman) and found a city west of the Rhine which will not flip to the Netherlands when they spawn (which Aix-la-Chapelle did). Constance (which is the city on the stone) is perfect:
1. it's just in Switzerland, so Germany can't flip it, and it's south enough to avoid the Dutch.
2. it has access to the iron and even the pig 2 tiles east (which is perfect for growth and productivity). Plus another stone doesn't hurt building the Notre Dame.
3. it's farther away from Paris than Aix-la-Chapelle so that they don't overlap, and yet their combined culture (with the help of the Sistine Chapel) is enough to push the Netherlands' cultural border just 1 tile south of Amsterdam.
4. it helped me flip Milan culturally early, which opens the way for Rome (i.e. closes the gap where Germany can pass through and conquer Rome).
It's 1550 and I have not had a single war with Germany (who's pleased with me despite a -5 border). At the cost of 1 measly swordsman I've avoided 800 years of war with Germany. I'm prepared though for anything they can throw at me (with all that iron and stone)...
Should I paste the above into the French wiki for others to read?
1. it's just in Switzerland, so Germany can't flip it, and it's south enough to avoid the Dutch.
2. it has access to the iron and even the pig 2 tiles east (which is perfect for growth and productivity). Plus another stone doesn't hurt building the Notre Dame.
3. it's farther away from Paris than Aix-la-Chapelle so that they don't overlap, and yet their combined culture (with the help of the Sistine Chapel) is enough to push the Netherlands' cultural border just 1 tile south of Amsterdam.
4. it helped me flip Milan culturally early, which opens the way for Rome (i.e. closes the gap where Germany can pass through and conquer Rome).
It's 1550 and I have not had a single war with Germany (who's pleased with me despite a -5 border). At the cost of 1 measly swordsman I've avoided 800 years of war with Germany. I'm prepared though for anything they can throw at me (with all that iron and stone)...
Should I paste the above into the French wiki for others to read?