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The Deity Challenge Lineup - Game #10 - Polynesia
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adcarrymaokai
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Do you do LP's by any chance? Your wins are pretty impressive.t254 Domination
Bombers, Paratroopers, and Nukes at the end times.
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No plans to, nope. I don't think I have much new to add. Games like this are based off an early game economic build - something Acken or tommynt do extremely well. This one transitions into a late game Domination attempt. Moriarte had that covered in his first LP - in fact this game is very similar in approach to that Denmark game.
There are a variety of newer LPs by excellent players that I haven't caught up with as well: Grendeldef and nickytootricky amoung them.
Edit: besides I like those screenshots
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I think your benchmarks are as good as Acken's, if not better. And I think your result on this map is the best in the entire thread, considering you settled right in between Shaka and Monte.
This map is harder than the Rome map imo, mainly due to the bad start, but still quicker than my slow CV on that map, due to powerful UI. The key is that they can be built on almost anything coastal, and even outside the 3 tile radius to boost other moai.
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I am giving this map a go, as I think it might be my best hope from the DCLs for a peaceful CV. I will be using all the map knowledge and spoilers that I can! Is there a good rule of thumb for how many cities Liberty play can expect to keep happy? Or does one just see how it goes, since happy so variable?
I think I will need ten to tie up the continents as I would like, but that is two cities more than I have managed with Liberty previously. And this map one will not have the road connections to the cap. Harbors are so much later, but do they work for Meritocracy?
I think I will need ten to tie up the continents as I would like, but that is two cities more than I have managed with Liberty previously. And this map one will not have the road connections to the cap. Harbors are so much later, but do they work for Meritocracy?
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According to Acken's guide it's number of unique luxes +1 - 1
If you can get a religion with Ceremonial Burial and some happiness follower belief, you can go with a few more. Commerce will get you plenty of happiness while waiting for ideology.
If you can get a religion with Ceremonial Burial and some happiness follower belief, you can go with a few more. Commerce will get you plenty of happiness while waiting for ideology.
Thanks Bob for the reminder to check against Acken’s guide. I am a bit off the chart though as that is really tuned for Pangaea where you can keep your territory coherent. Terra just makes that harder! I could not decide between Ceremonial Burial and World Church -- so I went with Tithe. 
Instead of Commerce, I plan to get some happy from Exploration. All my cities will be coastal.
It is not unlikely that my wide attempt falls apart completely. From reading through the this thread again, four city Tradition should be okay for CV as well. I have OWN and I think I can plant next to four NW (could have been five had I been more aggressive), but none of those are really great locations for the Moai. So I am hoping to get away with being really greedy!
Instead of Commerce, I plan to get some happy from Exploration. All my cities will be coastal.
It is not unlikely that my wide attempt falls apart completely. From reading through the this thread again, four city Tradition should be okay for CV as well. I have OWN and I think I can plant next to four NW (could have been five had I been more aggressive), but none of those are really great locations for the Moai. So I am hoping to get away with being really greedy!
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Or you could sail to the new world and settle your Pangaea there (didn't try this on that map thought, just know it's something Polynesia can do on terra maps)
But of course i typed it wrong as the guide says you need number of cities -1 luxes so number of cities is unique luxes +1, not -1
(didn't try this on that map thought, just know it's something Polynesia can do on terra maps)But of course i typed it wrong as the guide says you need number of cities -1 luxes so number of cities is unique luxes +1, not -1
Thanks Bob for the reminder to check against Acken’s guide. I am a bit off the chart though as that is really tuned for Pangaea where you can keep your territory coherent. Terra just makes that harder! I could not decide between Ceremonial Burial and World Church -- so I went with Tithe.
Instead of Commerce, I plan to get some happy from Exploration. All my cities will be coastal.
It is not unlikely that my wide attempt falls apart completely. From reading through the this thread again, four city Tradition should be okay for CV as well. I have OWN and I think I can plant next to four NW (could have been five had I been more aggressive), but none of those are really great locations for the Moai. So I am hoping to get away with being really greedy!
Good luck with this map, it is one of the most difficult map along with Rome. Hint is to prepare to get attacked eventually.
With the civs involved, that is pretty predictable. When I get DOWd, I will be reloading to turn before and see I can bribe my way out of it. This is mostly an experiment.
I am pleased to have gotten my first Deity peaceful CV from this map. It took 450 turns, so surprising to have that long, but the AIs were teching just as slow as me! It took ~1400 tourism per turn and then 7 GMu (3 faith purchased, 4 late spawned). I went wide for the RP, settling into the early 200’s, 12 cities total, only one location was a compromise.
I liberally reloaded, but still I was third to Freedom and then had to switch to Autocracy and lost two tenets.
After I get through CDG 4 Spain, I will try a peaceful 4 city Tradition peaceful CV run. I am guess that game to finish ~T350.
I liberally reloaded, but still I was third to Freedom and then had to switch to Autocracy and lost two tenets.
After I get through CDG 4 Spain, I will try a peaceful 4 city Tradition peaceful CV run. I am guess that game to finish ~T350.
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I was DOW’d early, a lone archer was able to hold things together until neighbor accepted peace. Other than that, I was constantly bribing the trouble makers to war with each other. I built 4x of the early UU too, so that helped a bit I am sure.
I reloaded a couple times when I was not paying enough attention. At the end I had a dozen XCOM and 4x nuke missiles, but it was not really until the end that I had a military at all.
I reloaded a couple times when I was not paying enough attention. At the end I had a dozen XCOM and 4x nuke missiles, but it was not really until the end that I had a military at all.
