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mayor: Well, I think Nickelback will be glad to hear that someone likes them.
There's always Lil Wayne & any of the Real Housewives that released singles to make fun of.
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Fresol: Before the end of your turn, check all your cities'.
Make sure they are all working the highest possible yields.
When a city grows and begins to work an unimproved tile,
switch that tile immediately to a specialist.
Also, don't clump your cities together and share tiles.
I hate how Rhye's seems to encourage that because it really hurts economy imo.
You're Blocking My View!
We have about 4-5 different stacks of 4-5 Privateers blockading much of Western Europe,
sapping A LOT of Commerce from France.
A mistake that I did was that I didn't send some north soon enough to start hurting
Germany.
But despite Germany teching faster than France, there were some other things that ended up hurting them more anyway.
We make our final civic switch to Parliamentarism.
Did you know that Happiness affects Stability?
The effect is quite marginal, but when we impose a "No Parliamentarism"
unhappiness on other civs who aren't running it,
every little bit helps.
So here you go, a world map.
Admittedly, Gruekiller hit the nail the hit concerning how I treat my conquests.
I only wiped the Aztecs & the Maya out because they were blocking my view of the Pacific.
England was merely conquered so I could have a parking space.
And strangling Portugal was just insurance so that I don't have to deal with a fat stack dropping on my mainland later on.
Seriously, I cannot stress how important it is to have a Pacific-Atlantic canal.
Do you realize how many turns I shave off moving Pirate fleets and reinforcements
going through that canal instead of the long way around?
Like 2-3 at the very least.
The important wars are going to be with France & Germany.
Dutch East Indiamen are a problem for the Privateer doctrine.
You'll need to bring 2 for every 1 East Indiaman they field, since they have equal strength.
We are luckier with the French though, I must have sunk about 20-30 Caravels + Triremes so far.
Check out Napoleon desperately building Caravels in all his cities to try and dislodge me.
Also, will you look at that? The Byzantines have collapsed, meaning we got Iran for free.
A look at my stability.