I am funneling this discussion to this thread since it deals with stuff that is potentially many turns into the future.
Moai Statues
A 3 pop whip is available in Atyrau for the Moai Statues. Moai finishes naturally in 6 turns. I would let Moai finish naturally, because whipping Moai will result in a net loss of 35
and 21
and a net loss of 3 turns (in terms of getting back everything we would have if we don't whip).
We currently have 27 of 32
needed to grow. If we 3 pop whip now, Atyrau will grow to size 4 in 1 turn (26 needed for pop 4, we have 27 already) with 1
overflow, so with the Granary, there will be 14
, + 7 surplus (see the next paragraph).
At pop 3 (for 1 turn) we will make 13, at max food production, and consume 6 so there would be a surplus of 7 food. So 21
towards the 28 needed for pop 5, with a 7
surplus. That means Atyrau would grow again in 1 turn with 0 overflow and 14 stored from Granary.
When we grow to size 4 the surplus will remain the same @ 7 (15
produced, 8used), because we can only add 2
from the tiles available (each pop increase also consumes 2
).
It take 30 food to grow to pop6, and we will start with 14
(from Granary) so @ surplus per turn, it will take another 3 turns, to grow. So in total, it will take 5 turns to grow back to pop6 if we whip now. To get to pop7 (32
), where we would have been if we let Moai finish naturally, with the 6
overflow and 7 surplus, it will take another 4 turns. So it will take 9 turns total to get back everything that we would have had if we did not whip.
Keep in mind, that to max out
we cant work the Iron or Fur so no Iron
and no Fur
. That is a loss of 6
and 5
per turn, so we lose 54
, and 45
.
However, on the 2nd turn (of 5) with Moais, we will get an aditional 3
from one additional water tile and 3
from all the water tiles that we would not have worked without Moai whip. Then 6
and 4
for 3 turns from the Moai enhanced tiles (that we wouldnt have been working without the Moai whip). At pop 6 we would add another Moai tile for 4 turns so that means another 4:hammers and 12
. So that's 19
and 33
total.
Not to mention that Atyrau is 2 turns away from growing again and would probably work a water tile, making 9
in 3 turns. So we net a loss of 35
and 21
by whipping Moai.
Finallly, our last 3 pop whip put us behind MS in score so we are 2nd to last now. Before the 3 pop whip, we were gaining on SANCTA and had moved within 300 points IIRC. We are now almost 500 points behind SANCTA.
B
ased on this, I would let Moai go ahead and finish naturally. It is only a few more turns.
