1.18 India (Help!!!)

[a pen-dragon]

Frankly, I do not think that going for Delhi early is that good of an idea. Obviously if it flips then keep it, but else it probably is best to not invest too many resources on it.

There are two main reasons for this. First the independents will take care of some of the barbs, maybe even preventing some from spawning?

Second and way more important either the city will flip to Kushan on their spawn or they will declare immediately, I do not remember which. Having the city as idependents will slow them down, allowing you a bit more time to build up to fight back. Thus I would conquer it from them, and the fancy ideas are therefore not considered.

Btw I think that indie Delhi generates culture most of the time due to religion, making flipping it way more difficult.

 

[WhiteEyes]

Frankly, I do not think that going for Delhi early is that good of an idea. Obviously if it flips then keep it, but else it probably is best to not invest too many resources on it.

There are two main reasons for this. First the independents will take care of some of the barbs, maybe even preventing some from spawning?

Second and way more important either the city will flip to Kushan on their spawn or they will declare immediately, I do not remember which. Having the city as idependents will slow them down, allowing you a bit more time to build up to fight back. Thus I would conquer it from them, and the fancy ideas are therefore not considered.

Btw I think that indie Delhi generates culture most of the time due to religion, making flipping it way more difficult.

Thanks, I always try to settle Delhi before my 2 other core cities and this strategy seems to work favorably for me so far. Barbarians aren't any problem as long as they spawn in the West.
For Kushans they always attack with 7 Asvaka (used to be 4), so placing 7 Spearmen and few Swordsmen on the river works all the time.


btw you know what, I tried restarting India 5 times today and now India always flips Delhi from Harappa at the start!

 

[Apple111111]

TIL we can flip Delhi on the first turn if AI Harappa survives.
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On a related note, do you guys think India can flip independent Delhi using culture brute force alone like Chengdu? Or were the only regular ways to get Delhi is by settling / using Swordsmen?

It’s ultimately mostly up to luck. Some attempts I’ve been able to flip Delhi almost instantly, sometimes it takes a long time, and conquering it is just preferable.

 

[Fresol]

If you grow all cities to their limits it's possible to get 20% of world population. And spam a few cities in the end if you fall short by just 1-2 percent.

 

[Dracosolon]

Yeah with optimal civics and city placement you don't really need to expand beyond India.

 

[HighFunctioningAlcoholic]

If you grow all cities to their limits it's possible to get 20% of world population. And spam a few cities in the end if you fall short by just 1-2 percent.

He's/she's alive!

 

[Fresol]

He's/she's alive!

Hello friend!

 

[WhiteEyes]

If you grow all cities to their limits it's possible to get 20% of world population. And spam a few cities in the end if you fall short by just 1-2 percent.

Suddenly the third UHV doesn't feel hard at all after seeing this advice, or maybe i'm just lucky lol