Post Mortem
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Short version -- I had more cities than everybody else.
Unique Unit: The Hwacha was, as expected, not super. It's only better than the base catapult when it's attacking melee units, which it hardly ever is. I think the city defenders were melee units maybe two or three times. The catapult is already very good, so the unique unit isn't really a super benefit. It's a shame, because the War Wagon, the Korean unique unit in Age of Empires, is super.
Unique Building: Excellent, if applicable. I made it applicable by going for space, which gave the Seowon many turns to be better than the university it replaces. But this particular game could have been over at engineering in which case the Seowon would have been irrelevant.
Traits: Protective actually turned out to be pretty useful. I really was able to not worry at all about border cities. And backstabbing was never a concern, but had it been, quick walls and longbows mean than it's really hard to lose cities. Financial is a one trick pony. But it's a pony that's useful in every game. This game was no exception and I build enough cottages to take advantage of it.
Wang Kon: Overall a very middling leader. He never really got in my way, but he was hardly game changing.
Short version -- I had more cities than everybody else.
Unique Unit: The Hwacha was, as expected, not super. It's only better than the base catapult when it's attacking melee units, which it hardly ever is. I think the city defenders were melee units maybe two or three times. The catapult is already very good, so the unique unit isn't really a super benefit. It's a shame, because the War Wagon, the Korean unique unit in Age of Empires, is super.
Unique Building: Excellent, if applicable. I made it applicable by going for space, which gave the Seowon many turns to be better than the university it replaces. But this particular game could have been over at engineering in which case the Seowon would have been irrelevant.
Traits: Protective actually turned out to be pretty useful. I really was able to not worry at all about border cities. And backstabbing was never a concern, but had it been, quick walls and longbows mean than it's really hard to lose cities. Financial is a one trick pony. But it's a pony that's useful in every game. This game was no exception and I build enough cottages to take advantage of it.
Wang Kon: Overall a very middling leader. He never really got in my way, but he was hardly game changing.