BLubmuz
HoF Quattromaster
For what i actually know by reading many of Jesusin's reports of his cultural victories (for the few which do not know him, he's a deity player particularly strong in culture, probably the best ever), i've learnt that a cultural victory actually begins when you're researching Education, thus in the mid game.
Until then, it's a game like any other: REX, improve the land, if needed or useful some early war... nothing special.
So sure, if the WOZ is a VERY modern unit (MA or MI) we need at least rifles, better infantry and in good numbers to kill it (him?). I doubt it will be a modern naval unit, it will cause too much trouble to the human and the AIs, all at the Stone Age.
Do you remember Stalin in SG 12? He's got nukes and grens from the start, but he was so isolated that he was never able to use them.
The same i think for the WOZ: it can be a modern unit isolated on a 1-tile-island, reachable only after Astro. Thus on top of everything, you will also need to attack it amphibious. Probably we can discover it with caravels. Depending on how strong it will be, we can go for culture and pull a decent date, while keeping research until AL or around there.
The real problem is if that unit is reachable only by Paratroopers: we can need a city close enough to launch them (me and UT are real experts on the use of Paratroopers, see SG09). This would bring the game further deep in techs, with the risk that any AI can roll us with tanks.
Enough speculation? yes. Live and see.
Ohhh and the marble is needed only for certain cathedrals. Cathedral resources are Stone, copper and marble. marble is needed for Islamic and Hindu cathedrals. Confu and Tao wont Copper, like Buddha and stone is needed for Christ. and Jew. But this is just a problem of production, they just double the base hammers.
Now, a thought comes in my mind: what if we try to found Judaism? With the super-safe date i managed, it can be worth to have another religion of our own. We need masonry and the BtS AI will hardly trade it. Mono can fit with Meow proposal to settle a NYC before the library.
Some testing? comments?
Until then, it's a game like any other: REX, improve the land, if needed or useful some early war... nothing special.
So sure, if the WOZ is a VERY modern unit (MA or MI) we need at least rifles, better infantry and in good numbers to kill it (him?). I doubt it will be a modern naval unit, it will cause too much trouble to the human and the AIs, all at the Stone Age.
Do you remember Stalin in SG 12? He's got nukes and grens from the start, but he was so isolated that he was never able to use them.
The same i think for the WOZ: it can be a modern unit isolated on a 1-tile-island, reachable only after Astro. Thus on top of everything, you will also need to attack it amphibious. Probably we can discover it with caravels. Depending on how strong it will be, we can go for culture and pull a decent date, while keeping research until AL or around there.
The real problem is if that unit is reachable only by Paratroopers: we can need a city close enough to launch them (me and UT are real experts on the use of Paratroopers, see SG09). This would bring the game further deep in techs, with the risk that any AI can roll us with tanks.
Enough speculation? yes. Live and see.
Ohhh and the marble is needed only for certain cathedrals. Cathedral resources are Stone, copper and marble. marble is needed for Islamic and Hindu cathedrals. Confu and Tao wont Copper, like Buddha and stone is needed for Christ. and Jew. But this is just a problem of production, they just double the base hammers.
Now, a thought comes in my mind: what if we try to found Judaism? With the super-safe date i managed, it can be worth to have another religion of our own. We need masonry and the BtS AI will hardly trade it. Mono can fit with Meow proposal to settle a NYC before the library.
Some testing? comments?