Acken
Deity
Did you have The Bomb?
It ended up taking a bit too long at -70% production due to supply limit xD
Did you have The Bomb?
Early wars seems not possible, the AI will put out artillery in the first turns and building military will just kill your science/production. Like the russia game, a tech advantage will kill an AI: Rocket artillery, bombers, battleship. But it still takes time to bring them down, and as soon as they start massing SAMs and get 130 strength cities it really really slows.
Nah. I took 1 cap last night with 2 arty, but being sloppy my rifles got pwned. I'm counting on at least 1 arty kill right away that's why I am advocating commerce/mobilization to buy men while I hammer out my production centers for the big build up. A Hanse and some trade routes will get the +30% in no time and maybe alliances.
The AI is pretty bad at focusing on victory. I don't know that the target is 75 turns, unless you're shooting for 1st place or something.
It's about shifting priorities IMHO:
Priority #1: Prevent AI victory
Priority #2: Secure your own victory
Sadly #1 is rarely relevant in BNW. I'm glad it IS for a change.
TSG87 IMMORTAL BISMARK MODERN START
Early strategising : Autocracy is obviously the superior choice among ideologies. Almost everything in there is worth taking. Compare that to freedom that only gives 6 units and a bit of production.
Tile-purchasing cost and CS bribe costs are not reduced, unlike most other costs, meaning that both of these are very bad uses of money, as are research agreements, IMHO. Given that many things are 70% discounted, paying full price for anything *es no bueno*.
With that path you are likely to be science leader from the very beginning, so, it is unclear what to do with the spies.. Quickly promote in the cap and rig some city states..? Maybe get that quick steal policy at some point and attempt to steal some tech's?