Petiscator
King
Hey guys!
So, I've been playing this Swedish/Continents/Immortal/Standard game today, and am facing the currently situation:
Start of the game:
My Continent: Sweden (me), France, Ottomans, Spain and Arabia
Continent 2: Greece, Russia, Carthage
By now (turn 276): Sweden, Ottomans (left them with the crappy city of Bursa), Arabia (conquered Mecca + Damascus)
Other Continent: Russia (conquered Yaroslavl', Vladivostok, Moscow, St. Petersburg, liberated Rio de Janeiro), Greece and Carthage.
Before the war with Russia, they had the tech lead, tied with Carthage. I was 4% worse than them, and this situation stands. Greece is close to me (techwise) aswell, and I'm planning to either go Diplomatic or Domination (I have a nice gpt and an alliance with all city-states, my spt is aroung 675, got full Tradition, full Patronage, Order opener, Rationalism opener, in that order; highest population is 19, Sigtuna, my capital is at 14). Overally nice start location, most cities are better in food than my capital, but Stockholm is great at production. Founded Stockholm, Sigtuna, Helsinki, Birka and Uppsala.
So, I see myself in a weird situation: as I conquer St. Petersburg, I see a quite big greek army (they have the biggest wallet of the world aswell), including AA guns, Machine guns and WWI Infantry. In that continent, my army is composed of 6 artilleries, 3 WWI infantry, 4 Ironclads, 5 Frigates, 2 Privateers (got eletronics right now, saved and quit before upgrading, got the money for it). My problem is, mostly the Machine guns. How is this dealt with? I got some problems when Russia had 2 of them, took me a lot of artillery bombing to take those out... What do you guys think is the best way to kill the Machine guns? I didn't get Biology yet.... Yeah, dumb thing to do, I know, but I needed to beeline Dynamite.
Should I go Diplo or Domination? Athens is 9 hexes from St. Petersburg, though on the other coast, I'm allied with all CS close to Alex and his cities doesn't have a huuuge defense (my artilleries can take that down easily). The other continent is thin, but I also have a nice water acess to Carthage (they are ~20 tiles south Vladivostok, on the same coast). If I go Dom, I'd have to face greece's army (which is composed of 290.000 soldiers, last time I checked, and mine is of 200.000, I think) and Carthage's tech lead. Any tips? Arabia and the Ottomans aren't problems, Russia is left with tundra cities by now.
One more thing: I bribed Greece to war against Russia, as I wanted to weaken both, so his army is currently marching north, not west, where my ex-Russian cities are. Carthage and Russia are in Atomic Era, I'm a few techs to get there. Greece conquered Almaty, which is not far from Athens, and Carthage conquered Geneva. I liberated Rio de Janeiro from Russia, and could liberate Geneva easily, Almaty would take some time. BTW, Swedish UA is AWESOME. I would cry if I weren't them, after seeing such a huge and CS allied Greece. With Nobel Prize, I was able to insta-buy-back my CS after the frequent coups. Capitals left alive: Stockholm, Carthage, Athens.
Thanks for the help!
So, I've been playing this Swedish/Continents/Immortal/Standard game today, and am facing the currently situation:
Start of the game:
My Continent: Sweden (me), France, Ottomans, Spain and Arabia
Continent 2: Greece, Russia, Carthage
By now (turn 276): Sweden, Ottomans (left them with the crappy city of Bursa), Arabia (conquered Mecca + Damascus)
Other Continent: Russia (conquered Yaroslavl', Vladivostok, Moscow, St. Petersburg, liberated Rio de Janeiro), Greece and Carthage.
Before the war with Russia, they had the tech lead, tied with Carthage. I was 4% worse than them, and this situation stands. Greece is close to me (techwise) aswell, and I'm planning to either go Diplomatic or Domination (I have a nice gpt and an alliance with all city-states, my spt is aroung 675, got full Tradition, full Patronage, Order opener, Rationalism opener, in that order; highest population is 19, Sigtuna, my capital is at 14). Overally nice start location, most cities are better in food than my capital, but Stockholm is great at production. Founded Stockholm, Sigtuna, Helsinki, Birka and Uppsala.
So, I see myself in a weird situation: as I conquer St. Petersburg, I see a quite big greek army (they have the biggest wallet of the world aswell), including AA guns, Machine guns and WWI Infantry. In that continent, my army is composed of 6 artilleries, 3 WWI infantry, 4 Ironclads, 5 Frigates, 2 Privateers (got eletronics right now, saved and quit before upgrading, got the money for it). My problem is, mostly the Machine guns. How is this dealt with? I got some problems when Russia had 2 of them, took me a lot of artillery bombing to take those out... What do you guys think is the best way to kill the Machine guns? I didn't get Biology yet.... Yeah, dumb thing to do, I know, but I needed to beeline Dynamite.
Should I go Diplo or Domination? Athens is 9 hexes from St. Petersburg, though on the other coast, I'm allied with all CS close to Alex and his cities doesn't have a huuuge defense (my artilleries can take that down easily). The other continent is thin, but I also have a nice water acess to Carthage (they are ~20 tiles south Vladivostok, on the same coast). If I go Dom, I'd have to face greece's army (which is composed of 290.000 soldiers, last time I checked, and mine is of 200.000, I think) and Carthage's tech lead. Any tips? Arabia and the Ottomans aren't problems, Russia is left with tundra cities by now.
One more thing: I bribed Greece to war against Russia, as I wanted to weaken both, so his army is currently marching north, not west, where my ex-Russian cities are. Carthage and Russia are in Atomic Era, I'm a few techs to get there. Greece conquered Almaty, which is not far from Athens, and Carthage conquered Geneva. I liberated Rio de Janeiro from Russia, and could liberate Geneva easily, Almaty would take some time. BTW, Swedish UA is AWESOME. I would cry if I weren't them, after seeing such a huge and CS allied Greece. With Nobel Prize, I was able to insta-buy-back my CS after the frequent coups. Capitals left alive: Stockholm, Carthage, Athens.
Thanks for the help!