madscientist
RPC Supergenius
BTW 12 + 2 + 4 = 18
BTW 12 + 2 + 4 = 18
Grrrr. Tried again, but failed. Zara ended up completing his space ship on another continent during the 1800s still, and that was even while he was busy fighting and launching nukes!
I had Justinian next to me, and despite I let him grab a lot more land than usual (so he could tech fast), he still was lagging behind.... just too slow.
I think this strat is extremely limited, but I'll try a few more shots.
The Spy Economy represented here is only kind of "Supplementary Espionage" - in a full blown EE, where i stop teching completely, i usually don't care about distance and such - can afford it.
I only play Monarch to Emperor however, so you might be right for higher levels.
Finally before discussing the nuts and bolts of the play, a few comment on what techs you need to prioritize. Understand that you should NOT be neglecting military, nor useful beaker producing techs especially education (you should optimally try to get one Great Scientist to bulb most of education).
Mad, are you suggesting this half-assed system because it may allow a shot at the liberalism race? Or other. I think if you are planning to not win the race, it would be much better to ignore any GPs other than Spies.
I think for a full blown Spy Econ, the only real pollution early should be something like from the Oracle, due to Oracle --> CoL.
My current game though I'm trying to keep as 100% g-spies. I did wake up early during the night so squeezed in a few more hours, but still there are probably a few more hours left to go.
The point of the article is to explore how to use settled great Spies to supplement a normal game. The Great Wall is a vital part of that unless there is some other way I don't know of to get a GSpy prior to Code of Laws.
Ziggurats :O
EDIT: Seriously though, ZIGGURATS.
This is all the MORE reason to build the wall. Since most people have weak EP all game, that one early great spy settled in the cap is usually enough for you to basically ignore ep the rest of the game...it will routinely allow you to see what the other civs are teching, which is pretty important imho.I would never bother to go for the greatwall early on if I didn't settle on stone. Most people have weak espionage all game so the early spy is completely pointless and will cut too much into your expansion and other builds.