Recent content by Rafaelito

So I just finished 2 campaigns, one at Monarch/Normal and another at Monarch/Marathon for comparison, using this strategy here. My run on normal speed went as expected, I was able to settle all islands by 710 AD and halfway to Moai Statues. Here on the screenshots, we can see that the cities...

Currently, Epic and Marathon speeds are broken for The Polynesians, even at easier difficulties. I've found a strategy to beat the game on paragon/normal that doesn't work when playing on Epic or Marathon on Monarch. Reason being the cities won't expand their cultural borders to the next...

Edit - New record: 980 AD This time, I settled in Papa New Guinea very early in the game, giving me early access to trade networks, boosting my trade routes, cash from exportation and tech divergence discounts.

The Polynesians used to be quite manageable on Paragon level, but recent updates made things trickier. Culture now grows more slowly on ocean tiles, and both the Maal (UB) and Moai Statues require extra tech. Still, after many failed attempts, I found a consistent way to win at normal speed...

My bad, just now I realised that one of the initial settlers start inside the Waka haha

Suggestion for the Polynesians: Put at least one settler inside the initial waka, as currently we are forced to move the initial 2 settlers to the southern islands and with the recent updates it makes way more sense to build your capital in the northern island so you can boost their culture...

Noticed that the Incan's UA is gone after you reach Renaissance era

Well I reorganised my strategy and got to the 2nd UHV on Emperor/Normal, until around 900AD when suddenly the Western Roman empire discovered America...

The Mayans urgently needs a buff, they are unplayable even at Regent level at normal/epic speed. Tried Monarch at Marathon and was able to research calendar only because I've got an event boosting my research.

It might be worth on a 3000bc run but if you start on 600AD all you have is 2 crossbownmen, which I find more challenging

Iceland and perhaps Greenland should have trade connection with the continent, it's odd to have to research optics to establish trade between these posts

Farm is probably better since you don't have enough food at Scandinavia but you have to switch to manorialism after you captured enough workers.

Playing Monarch/Epic, 600 AD scenario. Start working on culture in your capital to reach the fish quicker. Begin building a settler and send it to Iceland. Once you settle Reykjavik, build a trading post and a harbor there. Build trading posts in the other two cities as it helps with culture as...

I've managed to win by 1130 AD on emperor/marathon yesterday with a strategy that might be difficult to pull out on normal/epic. Founded my capital 1N1W, grew it to 4 pop and built a settler heading to Linzi. Researched writing for UB, then slowly grew my empire. Kept an eye on chengdu and once...

Here it is, you can see in this game that I have already or am about to complete the UHV without triggering the achievement.