I think we should turn research off when we get Chivalry. We will have awesome riders we can use, and won't need anything else until the AI gets rifles, propably. If they ever do. We will hopefully get Gunpowder via the GLib... that would b the thing we need. More isn't needed, hopefully. Let's trust the speed of the riders.
Well, let's start.
850AD [Preturn]: Check to see where we are going.. We could get some 50gpt if research was off. Not bad. 4 turns and we will have Chivalry... and then it's goodbye to the AI. 3 moves and strategic roads will be awesome.
All looks good... press enter.
860AD [1]: I think a courthouserush with the leader in Canton would be worth it. The corruption there is bad, and if a court takes it down it will pay back the price it costs per turn.
Hurry court in Canton with General Tso.
Bombard some Legions and Indian swords near Hyderabad.
Elite sword loses to 2-hp legion redlining the enemy.
Elite horse finishes it off.
Vet MID kills 2-hp legion and promotes.
Vet MID kills Indian settler pair, we get 2 slaves.
IBT: Vet MID fends off an Indian reg sword and promotes, but a 2-hp sword kills it.
Canton court > horse. We got 3gpt more with it.
870AD [2]: Bede's Blade is redlined but kills an 1-hp Legion.
Vet MID kills 1-hp sword.
Sci down to 50%, Chivalry still in 2.
IBT: Lose an elite MID to a Roman vet MID.
Elite horse retreats.
Beijing MID > MID.
Shanghai MID > MID.
880AD [3]: Catapults bombard some Mongol and Roman MID's... army loses ~half of it's hp when killing a 3-hp one on flat land...
IBT: The Romans and Mongols could have propably easily killed our army with the MID's they had, and gotten some 10 or so catapults, but they're idiots and don't attack.
We research Chivalry!

Start on invention at 0% science, lonely scientist in Canton. Over 50gpt. Cool.
890AD [4]: Bombard with the catapults..
Mace Wielders kills a 2-hp MID.
Vet MID loses to 1-hp MID.

Vet MID kills a 1-hp MID and promotes.
Elite MID kills 2-hp MID.
IBT: The Army gets down to 1hp when a Roman MID attacks, but wins.
900AD [5]: Bombard the Mongol MID's to 1hp.
Elite MID kills a redlined one.
So does Reckless the Warrior.
And Bede's Horse.
IBT: a MID of ours dies flawlessly to a Mongol one.
910AD [6]: Bombard the incoming MID's..
Vet MID kills reg spear in Hyderabad and get a promotion.
Bede's horse (5-hp) dies when attacking a redlined MID. Sorry Bede.
IBT: All enemy troops in sight flee from our forces.
We build our first Rider in Beijing!
920AD [7]: Lose 2 MID's when attacking 2 reg spears in Hyderabad.
IBT: Lose an MID to a Roman one.
Shanghai rider > rider.
930AD [8]: Bombard a lot... Hyderabad isn't damaged enough to attack. Or the troops in it, actually.
Our first rider kills a MID.
IBT: The army kills off one MID, but a second one kills it.

Well, now we can build one for riders when we get a leader..
Canton rider > rider.
940AD [9]: Upgrade a horse to a rider. All but one cat miss at Hyderabad.
Rider kills 2-hp MID.
Elite horse kills 4-hp MID.
Bede's Blades kill 2-hp MID.
Upgrade another horse at Shanghai.
And a third one at Beijing.
IBT: A vet spear in the Fortress NW of Shanghai kills off 2 MID's and promotes.
Lose Bede's Blades to an attacking Roman MID.
Lose a vet MID to a Roman one.
A rider retreats.
950AD [10]: Some cats hit at Hyderabad. Still not enough, though.
Vet rider kills Roman legion that landed just south of Beiing.
Lose an elite horse to a MID.
The turns were awful. The kill ratio was propably like 1-50. The only good things are that our budjet is good and we have several riders almost at the front. They are fast and awesome. They will save us, hopefully. We have been lacking a better defence unit at the front, one or two pikes would have done miracles when defending, but we had none.
Next better player.
Sir Bugsy - UP!
SesnOfWthr - on deck
Bede
Cuivienen - MIA?
Ankka
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