Ok let's switch the discussion to trying to get this game on track, rather than dwelling on the past.
Jack mentioned moving the settler to white dot instead of black to get the wines. I'm not so sure about this so I'll try to analyze that. The settler is 1 tile from black dot and 4 tiles from white dot. There's also a barb camp next to black dot that could be dispersed with the settler, but then the warrior would have to fend off the barb or it would get ransacked. If we settle black dot next we probably wouldn't be able to do white dot right after, because we'd have to put priority on red dot and claiming the silks before the Koreans. So that would delay wine hookup for 2 more cities.
With our really weak military I think we need to put priority on dispersing that barb camp, we'd also get 25g for that. So I suggest founding black dot, then going for red dot. I'm also unsure why we have 2 warriors fortified in Shanghai. One of them should head back down to Beijing for mp/protection.
Techs -We can't research any techs the AI doesn't already have, so a min science gambit would be pointless right now. So our options are either turning science off and trying to buy techs, or researching at max and hoping to get to a tech that the AI doesn't have. If we chose the second choice I'd suggest mysticism-poly. Putting science up to 70% gives mysticism in 19, while alphabet is 27. That's why I go for poly over math. If we went with the first choice we could buy mysticism or alphabet and then turn research on for math or poly. Of course either of these strategies could be blown if the AI already has math or poly.
edit: Crap I forgot about the barb threatening Beijing. We have a couple options of dealing with him as well. 1) We can send our warrior back to defend Beijing (we'd have to move the worker and settler back too). There's a chance the barb would kill our warrior. The other option is to let the barb ransack Beijing. It could kill citizens, take money, or sabotage production on our spearman. I think our best option is to just let him ransack Beijing.
About escorts, I'm changing my mind. We can build 2 warriors for the price of an archer. I think I'd rather have 2 warriors than a single archer. On the other hand, a city that produces 7-9 spt would build an archer every 3, but a warrior every 2. So I guess it depends on the city whether to build archers or warriors.
Jack mentioned moving the settler to white dot instead of black to get the wines. I'm not so sure about this so I'll try to analyze that. The settler is 1 tile from black dot and 4 tiles from white dot. There's also a barb camp next to black dot that could be dispersed with the settler, but then the warrior would have to fend off the barb or it would get ransacked. If we settle black dot next we probably wouldn't be able to do white dot right after, because we'd have to put priority on red dot and claiming the silks before the Koreans. So that would delay wine hookup for 2 more cities.
With our really weak military I think we need to put priority on dispersing that barb camp, we'd also get 25g for that. So I suggest founding black dot, then going for red dot. I'm also unsure why we have 2 warriors fortified in Shanghai. One of them should head back down to Beijing for mp/protection.
Techs -We can't research any techs the AI doesn't already have, so a min science gambit would be pointless right now. So our options are either turning science off and trying to buy techs, or researching at max and hoping to get to a tech that the AI doesn't have. If we chose the second choice I'd suggest mysticism-poly. Putting science up to 70% gives mysticism in 19, while alphabet is 27. That's why I go for poly over math. If we went with the first choice we could buy mysticism or alphabet and then turn research on for math or poly. Of course either of these strategies could be blown if the AI already has math or poly.
edit: Crap I forgot about the barb threatening Beijing. We have a couple options of dealing with him as well. 1) We can send our warrior back to defend Beijing (we'd have to move the worker and settler back too). There's a chance the barb would kill our warrior. The other option is to let the barb ransack Beijing. It could kill citizens, take money, or sabotage production on our spearman. I think our best option is to just let him ransack Beijing.
About escorts, I'm changing my mind. We can build 2 warriors for the price of an archer. I think I'd rather have 2 warriors than a single archer. On the other hand, a city that produces 7-9 spt would build an archer every 3, but a warrior every 2. So I guess it depends on the city whether to build archers or warriors.
I don't have much to say, I'm gonna check out the save now...
