Immortal University 79 - Augustus Caesar

Greetings, Immortals and would-be Immortals (and indeed any other players of any level), and welcome to the Immortal University.

Here is our Leader:



Here's the opening scene:



The following settings were used to create this map



Before we start, here's the copy & paste bit where I get to pretend that I'm TMIT:

To play, just extract the WB save file into your worldbuilder saves directory, then play it. Use custom scenario if you want some extra settings to tickle your fancy. This series was designed for people learning immortal, so most people here will be at that level or trying to attain it, although deity players are welcome also. Hell, if you want to play this on NOBLE. The intention of this and any other game thread I post is to get better. Play whatever level you need in order to improve.

If you are aspiring IMM+, try to remember to add archery back to the barbs in WB. Every time you don't, a deity AI will kill a kitten, although there are a lot of kittens so it's not the end of the world if you prefer easymode barbs .

I do request people to list their difficulty and speed. In terms of updates, well nobody follows that anyway. Post in the manner you feel comfortable. Typical comparison dates are 1 AD, liberalism, and victory/defeat, as well as any major events. If in doubt, go with that.

We also have an initial Immortal/Normal autosave which is much more convenient since you can avoid all the worldbuilder shenanigans. It comes with my personal seal of approval (not least as my worldbuilder edits may contain hideous game-destroying errors that could cause your computer to explode ).

Day early since i had abit of free time while cooking

Yay! Gogo rome, Bit torn on this start though, The marble is nice later on for GL and even if we wanted to do some sort of oracle gambit with rome, but the food is meh. I suppose we could move the warrior 1SW to see if there is anything below the cap or 1NEon the hill for maximum visibility. SIP unless something good comes up. Gonna try this one for sure, havent played rome in awhile.

God this start looks like it could be really awkward or real nice.

Remember barbs can show up till much later than normal on Inland Sea as not all land gets spawn busted by AI settling due to map edges

Hoping it will be a nice start for everyone

I gave the game a try but

I can't tell if it's better to move the Warrior onto the PH or go S with him. I might consider moving onto the Elephants, the Cow can be used by a city to the west and the FPs should give me enough food, but if there's food on the unforested tile SSW I don't want to lose it.

I guess I'd go to the PH to see what I'd be gaining, and if it's desert or other junk then SIP.

I like moving the warrior south, because if there isn't food there you can settle on the plains hill knowing you won't lose food.

I hate to have no fresh water though. 2 can be hard to come by early on.

If you want an oracle gambit, settling ON the marble removes the need to build roads to get it.

Warrior souteast, then if nothing good show up, climb the FPH hoping for an oasis, after that deside...or settle on elephant on T0.

With an Oasis FPH would be great, otherwise it is going to be one sick, literally, site. Likely find 5 fp tiles.

EDIT: Actually hovering over the FPH will tell if there is fresh water access. So ?

EDIT: Actually hovering over the FPH will tell if there is fresh water access. So ?

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No fresh water for the PH. I moved the Warrior S and

I had about half hour last night to play so instead of messing up my Pacal BOTM in a hurry, I thought I would play this.

So i settled and played and did a boneheaded things and got a conquest loss. This is not spoilarish. But I will put a spoiler out of respect. Feel free to read it.



So don't place an easy target for the barbs to come and get it when there is no one protecting the city.

As for my game

What I plan to do (not a spoiler):

soundjata said:

What I plan to do (not a spoiler):

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That is some sick spot dude.

I am liking the elephant spot. Go bronze, grow to size 3, chop and then work two green riverside mines and get two settler out up and down river pretty fast. See what the scout finds though. Its always a race to spam settlers on inland sea so imperialistic will be handy.

What do people think about a mixed preatorian/elepult attack? Attack date should be quite a bit earlier than a regular elepult because you can start building preatorians just before construction arrives, and then whip elephants in cities with and catapults in cities without stables. Then you use elephants on the cities with axes but no spears in them, and city raider preatorians on everything else (more hammer-cost effective). Haven't played the map yet so don't know if there's iron available to us.

TiglathPileser said:

What do people think about a mixed preatorian/elepult attack? Attack date should be quite a bit earlier than a regular elepult because you can start building preatorians just before construction arrives, and then whip elephants in cities with and catapults in cities without stables You would be better off with cats and Preats and that will be even earlier so. Then you use elephants on the cities with axes but no spears in them, and city raider preatorians on everything else (more hammer-cost effective). Haven't played the map yet so don't know if there's iron available to us.

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Well if there is no Iron, then it is good old cataphant war to annex iron. Then add Preats to the mix.

Just finished, 1555 Domination, ~285k.



The weirdest thing that happened to me was taking a barb city to the south. There was an opposing Archer just hanging around the city, and when I took it, that civ immediately DOW'd me. I'm not sure if he was plotting beforehand, but that Archer sat in one of my forests and waited, and that was the only troop I ever saw. Must have really wanted that city

Overall a really fun map, I'd never played Inland Sea before, the land was awesome.

Too lazy to play this out. Fun game though.

Emperor, 1510

the save..................