Up for an expansive game?
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RRRaskolnikov
Goldfish
Typical french, waving the white flag to surrender at the first possibility!
actually I was surprised you took so long, you can't resist the obvious... go hide yeah 
@pigswill: I qualify as "anyone", but be my guest (I didn't get your post at first glance) if you have a playing window before me. I can't play outside evening and it's too late for today.
Or just lurk, if you'd prefer. The situation looks fine to me, btw. Although I'm not so sure about those Pinch promos. 
pigswill
fly (one day)
Back to you Ras: managers delegate, leaders lead.
pomthom
Drive & Reverb
Can you guys stop criticizing my pinch promos?!
I'm sensing from the comments that it was a bad call (how many did I make?? 
), but I made those because top defenders were Pikes and I thought it was more valuable to get a higher chance of keeping the Cuir alive than lose it with a better promo... is a couple promos that important if it nets us more Cuirs? what am I missing? 
Probably that it nets us more Cuirs now but fewer later...
I'm sensing from the comments that it was a bad call
(how many did I make?? ), but I made those because top defenders were Pikes and I thought it was more valuable to get a higher chance of keeping the Cuir alive than lose it with a better promo... is a couple promos that important if it nets us more Cuirs? what am I missing? Probably that it nets us more Cuirs now but fewer later...Can you guys stop criticizing my pinch promos?!
I'm sensing from the comments that it was a bad call
I guess that makes sense if pinch give any bonuses against pikes.
pomthom
Drive & Reverb
It seems I may have misunderstood Pinch for Shock...
So yeah I have no idea why I put Pinch dudes in there
(vs Ragnar Cuirs maybe? don't remember)
pomthom
Drive & Reverb
No I think my reasoning was wrongThe reasoning was right but the execution was wrong. Once they get muskets we will be happy we got the pinch promotion.
(I didn't mistake one promo from the other when playing, I also promoted Shock to some dudes)I think I put some Pinch for Ragnar Cuirs and guessing we would indeed soon be facing Muskets.
No I think my reasoning was wrong
I think I put some Pinch for Ragnar Cuirs and guessing we would indeed soon be facing Muskets.
That would make sense if pinch gave any bonuses against Cuirs.
pomthom
Drive & Reverb
I told you my reasoning was wrong
(Note to self: Pinch. Does. Not. Give. Bonus. Vs. Cuirs.
)I thought Cuirs were gunpowder units...
(for my defense we do need gunpowder to get'em!)It's not really a big deal. Pinch is a good promotion once Grenadiers and Riflemen start coming in. Against Muskets, it just means that a Knight or Pike will be selected as the top defender, so it's not great there.
If I play, here is my PPP:
slider very soon. There's no chance of us getting Communism first, given that it needs 8 turns to research and we only have money for 3 (and several AI can research it already).
Is the city currently building the HE meant to finish it?
If I play, here is my PPP:
- Kill them all.
- Recapture Carib. Take HC.'s surrounded city. Then heal and see what Izzy does.
- Stop running the science slider until we...
- Get an Observatory in The Evidence.
- Whip some more Cuirassiers.
slider very soon. There's no chance of us getting Communism first, given that it needs 8 turns to research and we only have money for 3 (and several AI can research it already).Is the city currently building the HE meant to finish it?
pomthom
Drive & Reverb
I would have said yeah for lack of a better candidate
I think there's 1 turn of HE stocked in the Evidence for fail gold.
RRRaskolnikov
Goldfish
@pomthom: why did you get pinch promo already? (good job lobbying for combat promo 
post 445)
@pigswill: you are right... but, wait for it.... I am first and foremost your host 
seriously, I can't play tonight unfortunatly, so I am very pleased to let Doshin go since he seems up to the task and iirc (though memory could be failing me again here) he doesn't get any turns yet. We can then go back to the original roster (I play another short disastrous round after Doshin, then Rusten, then Folket...)
(good job lobbying for combat promo post 445)@pigswill: you are right...
but, wait for it.... I am first and foremost your host seriously, I can't play tonight unfortunatly, so I am very pleased to let Doshin go since he seems up to the task and iirc (though memory could be failing me again here) he doesn't get any turns yet. We can then go back to the original roster (I play another short disastrous round after Doshin, then Rusten, then Folket...)
RRRaskolnikov
Goldfish
@Doshin: I think like pomthom about HE: AMphibia remains our best location and it will contribute rather quickly.
communism: still good even without the free spy. Also, I confusly remember AIs don't priorise it too much, but I could wrong with this.
communism: still good even without the free spy. Also, I confusly remember AIs don't priorise it too much, but I could wrong with this.
pomthom
Drive & Reverb
Yeah, can't believe it, and to think that for some of these dudes the Amphibious promo was available!@pomthom: why did you get pinch promo already?
pigswill
fly (one day)
Take Cory before Carib, gets rid of Inca culture for faster movement. Maybe consider a short ceasefire to heal up our units and maybe upgrade a few cuirs (might be worth looking for a medic cuir to add to our GG).
Oh shoot. I played, and then walking back home I remembered that we have a no siege variant. Maybe researching Steel wasn't the brightest idea. And things were going so smoothly. 
Well, it's not the end of the world. It's good trade bait... right? And we need Drydocks! Yeah, Drydocks... OP building.
T170:
T171:
T173:
T174:
T176:
T177:
T179:
Overview:
Ragnar broke free from Izzy on T178. We can make peace with both. Neither will capitulate, but HC is afraid of Ragnar, so I expect that if we ceasefire with Ragnar then we can take HC as a vassal.
Personally, I think I'd continue to smack HC around and maybe vassal Ragnar. We'll need some time before we're in a position to take on Izzy.
Steel would need 4 turns to research. We have enough gold for 2. Nobody else has this yet. Izzy was willing to trade Communism, but now we'll need to wait for the Kremlin to be built.
We may need to wait for Fighters and Bombers to attack Izzy. I'm not sure. She has a stack of ~30 units, and Conquistadors are basically 2-movement Grenadiers. Cavalry get good odds versus these in the open field, but it will still be a grind.
Well, it's not the end of the world. It's good trade bait... right? And we need Drydocks! Yeah, Drydocks... OP building.
T170:
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T171:
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T173:
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T174:
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T176:
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T177:
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T179:
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I don't think that we lost any units, and Attacko squashed a Trebuchet. 
Overview:
Spoiler :
Ragnar broke free from Izzy on T178. We can make peace with both. Neither will capitulate, but HC is afraid of Ragnar, so I expect that if we ceasefire with Ragnar then we can take HC as a vassal.
Personally, I think I'd continue to smack HC around and maybe vassal Ragnar. We'll need some time before we're in a position to take on Izzy.
Steel would need 4 turns to research. We have enough gold for 2. Nobody else has this yet. Izzy was willing to trade Communism, but now we'll need to wait for the Kremlin to be built.
We may need to wait for Fighters and Bombers to attack Izzy. I'm not sure. She has a stack of ~30 units, and Conquistadors are basically 2-movement Grenadiers. Cavalry get good odds versus these in the open field, but it will still be a grind.
