Just thought I'd pass on this communication I had with Rusten.
So looks like Deckhand will take the next set.
As for exploration, imagine what we could miss out on if Mansa is nearby and all the other teams meet him before we do.... it is needed for Religious VC to have any chance... and it doesn't hurt Culture VC by more than the 2 turns for fishing. Could even help as it would speed up tech rates if I understand Xcal's comment correctly. Of course, if those two turns are the ones that cause us to miss another religion it hurts. Odds are we lose the religion before then since Mansa is going to be hogging them
Oh, btw... the AI that started with Theo and got Islam appeared to me to be the one with least land, (I think I recall making that conclusion but having the server eat my post about it and I forgot to mention it earlier. Now I can't remember the grounds on which I made that conclusion, but the data should still be there). That is why I'm feeling good about our chances of at least getting the AP despite giving them quite a head start... they will be trying to expand and get worker techs, most likely. Or spamming galleys. Who knows?
Re: SGOTM15
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Not forgotten about you, nor have I lost interest in the game, but unfortunately my home computer has crashed and I have yet to fix it. Means I have no access to the game and minimal internet access at the moment (mainly from university).
So looks like Deckhand will take the next set.
As for exploration, imagine what we could miss out on if Mansa is nearby and all the other teams meet him before we do.... it is needed for Religious VC to have any chance... and it doesn't hurt Culture VC by more than the 2 turns for fishing. Could even help as it would speed up tech rates if I understand Xcal's comment correctly. Of course, if those two turns are the ones that cause us to miss another religion it hurts. Odds are we lose the religion before then since Mansa is going to be hogging them
Oh, btw... the AI that started with Theo and got Islam appeared to me to be the one with least land, (I think I recall making that conclusion but having the server eat my post about it and I forgot to mention it earlier. Now I can't remember the grounds on which I made that conclusion, but the data should still be there). That is why I'm feeling good about our chances of at least getting the AP despite giving them quite a head start... they will be trying to expand and get worker techs, most likely. Or spamming galleys. Who knows?