R & T T2 D4 - Acquiring Republic

RegentMan

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• Apr 12, 2005

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The people have decided to become a republic. How do we want to go about getting it? Our Director of Commerce has made a trade proposal to acquire code of laws. The gateway to the republic would be open, should we choose to research it now. Some possible poll options are:

*Research code of laws, then the republic, min sci
*Research code of laws, then the republic, max sci
*Do the trade, then research the republic, min sci
*Do the trade, then research the republic, max sci
*Do the trade, then wait for another civ to research it, then trade for it

I'll repeat the question: How do we want to go about getting the republic researched?

 

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• Apr 12, 2005

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Trade for CoL. Research a Middle Ages tech at Min science. Trade for Republic when its cheap enough.

 

mad-bax

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• Apr 12, 2005

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MOTH said:

Trade for CoL. Research a Middle Ages tech at Min science. Trade for Republic when its cheap enough.

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Wise words indeed.
Here are a few more....

"I didn't get where I am today by researching optional techs"
CJ from "The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin" paraph.

 

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• Apr 12, 2005

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Researching against the AI when you're clearly going to be first, or at least have a chance, is a good idea. In this case, everyone who already has CoL is likely to be researching Republic and have a huge lead on us, so spending anything on our own research for this tech is likely to be a waste at best and our undoing if we're far enough behind.

We'll need that gold to upgrade spears to pikes, at least on the border towns, and if we are going to build any horse based units to upgrade to knights better get going on that too. We can do well from this hole we're in, but only if we accept we're in a hole and play it that way.

 

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• Apr 12, 2005

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@MOTH: ditto

@m-b: ditto

@DaveShack: ditto

 

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• Apr 12, 2005

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Monotheism @ minimum research. This is the tech the AI is least likely to get. It at hopefully monopoly price should be enough to get Republic, as the AIs always go after government techs and trade them around, so yes to what everyone here has said.

Bertie: ditto to DaveShack's ditto to m-b's ditto to MOTH's words.

 

Octavian X

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• Apr 12, 2005

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Ditto what MOTH said.

 

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Octavian X said:

Ditto what MOTH said.

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Ditto.. I like that word

 

RegentMan

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• Apr 12, 2005

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I might need to sneak in another, more popular poll option: Research monotheism with lone scientist. Or perhaps if I just put "ditto" you all will know what I'm talking about.

 

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• Apr 12, 2005

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Uh... Ditto the dittoing.
Word up?

 

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• Apr 13, 2005

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Agree with majority ...ehh ditto, I mean.

I don't believe we can finish the minscience run in time before the other civs research the first tier of the MA, so we should pick monotheism for that (the least useful of the MA starting techs).