ravensfire
Member of the Opposition
The line was so good in the turn chat - I had to bring it back!
Yes, it's a wonder-ful time, a Great time in fact! Fanaticans have seen the benefits of the Forbidden Palace of Groton. Cities that were formerly corrupt are now production powerhouses. Our largest cities now have well developed infrastructures, and are producing at or neat 20 shields per turn!
In case you didn't guess from the title, I'd like to start building wonders. Being a greedy American capitalist, I'd like to start work in two different sites - Duex Rivières and Groton.
DR is currently size 12, producing 24 shields (net of waste) per turn. Infrastructure wise, it lacks a Cathedral and a University. It is producing three additional food, so can increase it's shield production a little bit. This will require clearing of jungle to happen.
Groton is currently size 7. Ignore the numbers in the save and the summary - Groton needs some slight MM. It should be producing about 15 shields, minimum, per turn, with about 2 food per turn stored. Infrastructure-wise, it is building a marketplace, and lacks a Library and Colosseum.
DR can build Sun Tzu's in 24 turns. Groton (at 15 spt) can build Sun Tzu's in 39 turns. The Sistine Chapel is available as a backup plan for both.
I am proposing the following:
DR completes the Knight it is currently working on. It then starts Sun Tzu's Academy. A worker gang is dispatched to clear the Jungle around DR to maximize shield output.
Groton completes the Marketplace and starts the Sistine Chapel. We use several cities with high food to produce enough workers to bring Groton up to size 12.
There are other high shield (10+) cities to help with any war effort. Vandelay is at 13 spt, with Bootsville and Montpellier both at 9, and still smallish in size (6 and 7).
Finally, as we continue to research, other, backup wonders will be available for us, just in case. Groton also has the Palace available if needed.
While the needs of the military are important, we need to think long term, and start the contruction of these wonders. Sun Tzu's will give us Barracks in all our cities on the main continent. This will dramatically help the war effort. The Sistine Chapel doubles the effect of Cathedrals. We are currently at a 20% luxury rate. The SC will help to lower that as our larger cities, most likely to have cathedrals, will be happier with fewer luxuries or entertainers.
The start of Term 4 is nearly upon us. Let's start it with the initiation of 2 Great Wonders of the Middles Ages, and demonstate to all other Civs that the French are a power and a culture to be reckoned with!
-- Ravensfire, Minister of Internal Affairs
Yes, it's a wonder-ful time, a Great time in fact! Fanaticans have seen the benefits of the Forbidden Palace of Groton. Cities that were formerly corrupt are now production powerhouses. Our largest cities now have well developed infrastructures, and are producing at or neat 20 shields per turn!
In case you didn't guess from the title, I'd like to start building wonders. Being a greedy American capitalist, I'd like to start work in two different sites - Duex Rivières and Groton.
DR is currently size 12, producing 24 shields (net of waste) per turn. Infrastructure wise, it lacks a Cathedral and a University. It is producing three additional food, so can increase it's shield production a little bit. This will require clearing of jungle to happen.
Groton is currently size 7. Ignore the numbers in the save and the summary - Groton needs some slight MM. It should be producing about 15 shields, minimum, per turn, with about 2 food per turn stored. Infrastructure-wise, it is building a marketplace, and lacks a Library and Colosseum.
DR can build Sun Tzu's in 24 turns. Groton (at 15 spt) can build Sun Tzu's in 39 turns. The Sistine Chapel is available as a backup plan for both.
I am proposing the following:
DR completes the Knight it is currently working on. It then starts Sun Tzu's Academy. A worker gang is dispatched to clear the Jungle around DR to maximize shield output.
Groton completes the Marketplace and starts the Sistine Chapel. We use several cities with high food to produce enough workers to bring Groton up to size 12.
There are other high shield (10+) cities to help with any war effort. Vandelay is at 13 spt, with Bootsville and Montpellier both at 9, and still smallish in size (6 and 7).
Finally, as we continue to research, other, backup wonders will be available for us, just in case. Groton also has the Palace available if needed.
While the needs of the military are important, we need to think long term, and start the contruction of these wonders. Sun Tzu's will give us Barracks in all our cities on the main continent. This will dramatically help the war effort. The Sistine Chapel doubles the effect of Cathedrals. We are currently at a 20% luxury rate. The SC will help to lower that as our larger cities, most likely to have cathedrals, will be happier with fewer luxuries or entertainers.
The start of Term 4 is nearly upon us. Let's start it with the initiation of 2 Great Wonders of the Middles Ages, and demonstate to all other Civs that the French are a power and a culture to be reckoned with!
-- Ravensfire, Minister of Internal Affairs
