stormtrooper412
Peacemongering Turtlesaur
Wait, I thought marrying was free
(I never played Austria obviously)
(I never played Austria obviously)
Turn 100 might be too soon. Maybe go to war pillage a few cities (and units if honor) and then marry if conditions met (happy reserve, gold reserve, big army in good spot). Honor finisher leads to snowball (more units to kill/pillage more to buy even more units) - injecting a significant number of units at the right time might accelerate the process ..
Guess the dirtiest way to do it would be to sell crap captured cities and use the gold to marry .
Wait, I thought marrying was free
(I never played Austria obviously)
Spoiler :
Lowest I saw when scrolling over the option was 500 gold, keeping in mind you must be allies. Obviously early CS barb quests should be a focus. Assuming no El D, I wonder how early you can, reliably, marry...
That loses you the main benefit of the UA, getting the actual cityWhy not marry, sell to rich AI for lots more than 500 gold, rinse repeat?
That loses you the main benefit of the UA, getting the actual city
Sure, but the argument is that puppet cities are not worth much. Buy and sell at profit pretty much demonstrates that the UA is working for you. But I agree with you, because I think keeping the city is even more profitable!
Why not marry, sell to rich AI for lots more than 500 gold, rinse repeat?
Trying to conceptualise how the UA works.
Is it better to just focus on your capital and try and get early wonders - thus ignoring settlers and use gold to buy citystates later (say around turn 100 when they have all their terrain improved and a good army?).
No, as a rule, I think you want to set up a small Tradition trade network and use the first 100-150 turns building gold & alliances that you can purchase later.
If you have the happiness, I think you can buy one or two during the build up phase. But every map is different so you have to adjust accordingly.