At this point catapults feel too slow. Knights should clear up AI. Unit cost of 13 and supply of 2.
I think leave railroad to mines and key roads. Focus worker turns on items that add value to your network.
Size of cities helps your trade routes too. Note Madrid at size 18 giving another city 4c a turn due to pop. Having a huge island city will also help. The bonus starts to kick in above size 12, 14, 16 and 18. Also helps if the other city is also about size 10,12,14,16 and 18. Merchant trade missions are also helped by size of Ai cities. Size really does matter for trade routes and trade missions.
Is it worth settling the other continent or will this kill you with colonial maintenance?
So communism vs corps? On SGOTM many teams prefer corps if you have a hge empire and have claimed loads of sea resources. Another reason to consider settling across the sea. You would need to check costs.Size 25-26+ cities would totally boss trade routes. Perhaps you should of turned off domination victory.
Not sure how much benefit giving AI astronomy will help here. Very few cities left. I wonder if it was a mistake to have no Ai across the ocean as this would of been useful for trade routes and gold. Plus trading resources.Hmmmm. Cram map full with 18 Ai!!
I think leave railroad to mines and key roads. Focus worker turns on items that add value to your network.
Size of cities helps your trade routes too. Note Madrid at size 18 giving another city 4c a turn due to pop. Having a huge island city will also help. The bonus starts to kick in above size 12, 14, 16 and 18. Also helps if the other city is also about size 10,12,14,16 and 18. Merchant trade missions are also helped by size of Ai cities. Size really does matter for trade routes and trade missions.
Is it worth settling the other continent or will this kill you with colonial maintenance?
So communism vs corps? On SGOTM many teams prefer corps if you have a hge empire and have claimed loads of sea resources. Another reason to consider settling across the sea. You would need to check costs.Size 25-26+ cities would totally boss trade routes. Perhaps you should of turned off domination victory.
Not sure how much benefit giving AI astronomy will help here. Very few cities left. I wonder if it was a mistake to have no Ai across the ocean as this would of been useful for trade routes and gold. Plus trading resources.Hmmmm. Cram map full with 18 Ai!!