blizzrd
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Enter worldbuilder and give yourself Calendar should do the trick.
Challenge: Earliest UHVs with the Final patch
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Enter worldbuilder and give yourself Calendar should do the trick.
alpaca
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No, I got aesthetics from the Oracle. I only researched literature, which was something like 15-20 turns. I do admit I had to reload cheat to beat you by a turn, I only got it on turn 97 and then thought "there must be a way to shave off another turn"
Did you build both wonders the hard way, then? Or did you get three Great Persons?
Danke für die Zeitleiste Leoreth
I built all the wonders and spawned two Great Artists. Aesthetics via Oracle and Literature bulbed. I considered the possibility of three great persons, but I ruled it out as too hard to accomplish. I only reloaded once to the start in order to set my great people affections to GA from GE. In the end I still thought that there is a way to improve (as there was) but as I already had the record I just let it pass. However, when I have time I might try your GE and GA (instead of my 2GA) strategy as it seems better.
alpaca
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Hmm interesting. So I guess you somehow got Bronze Working to get enough production to make your second city build the Lighthouse fast enough? The trouble is, you need to build one of the wonders while researching the other, so I thought it was a good idea to research Literature first, then trade for sailing in order to Engineer the Lighthouse. Another problem was that Carthage doesn't come around any earlier so you can't trade with anyone before turn 90 or so. I wonder if bulbing Literature isn't the better strategy, really.
Building towns on the otherwise unused flood plains helps boost your research which is why pottery was so crucial for me, by the way.
@alpaca:
Gern geschehen, but do you know how weird it is to switch languages all of a sudden? I didn't even notice it was German at first ... which is not really helpful because I often already use the wrong language on inappropriate occasions
Gern geschehen, but do you know how weird it is to switch languages all of a sudden? I didn't even notice it was German at first ... which is not really helpful because I often already use the wrong language on inappropriate occasions
alpaca
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@alpaca:
Gern geschehen, but do you know how weird it is to switch languages all of a sudden? I didn't even notice it was German at first ... which is not really helpful because I often already use the wrong language on inappropriate occasions
I know, I like to confuse people by doing it. Sometimes, when talking with friends who are good at German and English, I switch languages in the middle of a sentence and see how long it takes them to notice
(well to be honest, I only did that twice, but it was still fun)Does anyone have a link to the old challenge? I'm wondering how you can beat India in 90 turns (or rather, how you can get Divine Right so fast).
Jarlaxe Baenre
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I know, I like to confuse people by doing it. Sometimes, when talking with friends who are good at German and English, I switch languages in the middle of a sentence and see how long it takes them to notice
Does anyone have a link to the old challenge? I'm wondering how you can beat India in 90 turns (or rather, how you can get Divine Right so fast).
Prophets, prophets, huts and time travelling.
blizzrd
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alpaca
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Oh right there at the bottom. Sorry, I guessed it was just the list following.
Thanks blizzrd.
Standard spawn but with one Camel Archer.
I captured Constantinople first turn and lost 3 units. I sent a settler west immediately and saw that France was weak from war with the North and Arabia: Paris was taken by the Vikings and Bordeaux was independent.
I settled Kilia, Varna and Mosul with my 3 settlers.
After flipping the anatolian cities and gaining access to Iron and Horse, I upgraded 3 Trebuchets and a Catapult to Cannon and a few Horse Archers to Knights. This was enough power to vassalize France. I gifted all my resources to France, and sent a strong army through HRE to bring France back from the brinck of collapse. I liberated Paris to Eylat of France and occupied Bordeaux to use for whipping a Caravel.
I had born a Scientist 4 turns after Istanbul came out of disorder (1380AD, bulb Optics), and planned to go to America for the last 2 vassals. The Caravel was ready in 1405AD but in the IBT before that, Portugal and Netherlands both offered to become my vassals, probably because I augmented my army with lots of mercenaries. Victory!
After this I just cruised to victory with 5 vassals (I capitulated Aztec and Inca), all at Friendly relations.
Arabia remained quite powerful and advanced, but in the end Russia took all of North Africa and vassalized them (Never seen that before).
I captured Constantinople first turn and lost 3 units. I sent a settler west immediately and saw that France was weak from war with the North and Arabia: Paris was taken by the Vikings and Bordeaux was independent.
I settled Kilia, Varna and Mosul with my 3 settlers.
After flipping the anatolian cities and gaining access to Iron and Horse, I upgraded 3 Trebuchets and a Catapult to Cannon and a few Horse Archers to Knights. This was enough power to vassalize France. I gifted all my resources to France, and sent a strong army through HRE to bring France back from the brinck of collapse. I liberated Paris to Eylat of France and occupied Bordeaux to use for whipping a Caravel.
I had born a Scientist 4 turns after Istanbul came out of disorder (1380AD, bulb Optics), and planned to go to America for the last 2 vassals. The Caravel was ready in 1405AD but in the IBT before that, Portugal and Netherlands both offered to become my vassals, probably because I augmented my army with lots of mercenaries. Victory!
After this I just cruised to victory with 5 vassals (I capitulated Aztec and Inca), all at Friendly relations.
Arabia remained quite powerful and advanced, but in the end Russia took all of North Africa and vassalized them (Never seen that before).
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Wessel V1
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What is your 4th Black Sea coastal city?
AnotherPacifist
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Looks like it's 1NE of the horse on the Black Sea coast (Kilia?)
Wessel V1
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Kilia might be it, but I was curious because I couldn't see a lot of cultural expansion on the minimap.
Founded Siwa as the capital and popped Pottery from hut, but instead of building a worker and a granary (as in my preivous 97 turn win), I built two workers. I also got a second warrior from the southernmost hut, which was promoted two CRII on his way home.
After scouts came home, I took Aarru Hetup with three warriors (two CRII and one SII), (it only had one archer). Because I didn't have to build another settler, I managed to squeeze in the Parthenon, which helped me to spawn one GE and GA (which was used to culture bomb Aarru Hetup) with decent odds. Wonder building order Pyramids, Oracle, Parthenon, Stonehenge, Great Library. Naturally the GE hurried the Great Lighthouse in Aarru Hetup.
Anyways I was still couple turns short from Sailing, but gladly the Carthaginians agreed to trade it to me, so managed to complete all the required wonders by turn 95.
After scouts came home, I took Aarru Hetup with three warriors (two CRII and one SII), (it only had one archer). Because I didn't have to build another settler, I managed to squeeze in the Parthenon, which helped me to spawn one GE and GA (which was used to culture bomb Aarru Hetup) with decent odds. Wonder building order Pyramids, Oracle, Parthenon, Stonehenge, Great Library. Naturally the GE hurried the Great Lighthouse in Aarru Hetup.
Anyways I was still couple turns short from Sailing, but gladly the Carthaginians agreed to trade it to me, so managed to complete all the required wonders by turn 95.
Spoiler :
krieger546
Chieftain
I know, I know... Germany on monarch is hardly a challenge. 
Nevertheless, maybe people from the future will find the advice useful. You can find my emperor level strategy guide here.
Quick overview:
Stole Engineering from Dutch and whipped out around 10 trebuchets. Conquered Greece just before Turk spawn. Took Athen before Konstantinopel (more money and no annoying Indy culture).
This time I decided to take out the Russians first. Because I stole Guilds by the time my infantry was healing in Greece. They looked weak and I figured they are the only civ in Europe who become substantially more time-consuming to conquer if left alone early. Somehow they managed to build Magnitogorsk in the Urals and use a Great Artist on it. I capitulated them with that as their only remaining city, for protection against barbarian horsemen wandering in Siberia. I covered most of their core area with my culture and still they didn't collapse until 1700s!
The Vikings collapsed while I was conquering Russia. So I sent knights to capture Scandinavian cities and infantry to capture Rome. By 1500AD I had Greece, Rome, Russia, Scandinavia. Then I turned my attention west and had expanded all the way to Portugal by 1600AD. Then I had to slow down conquering because stability was becoming a problem. I spammed some settlers and gifted a bunch of cities to Inca. I finished conquering England in 1675AD, marking the end of my conquests in Europe.
I took 4 vassals: Inca (capitulate by conquerors), Mali & Khmer (voluntary), America (capitulate after spawn). I spammed settlers and made each of them span a whole continent. Then I changed my cottage economy to a hybrid economy with the help of corporations. Meaning lots of cottages AND lots of specialists. I hit 1B people in 1870AD, the same year I finished the tech tree.
Now I have to decide what to do with the remaining 70 years.
Nevertheless, maybe people from the future will find the advice useful. You can find my emperor level strategy guide here.
Quick overview:
Stole Engineering from Dutch and whipped out around 10 trebuchets. Conquered Greece just before Turk spawn. Took Athen before Konstantinopel (more money and no annoying Indy culture).
This time I decided to take out the Russians first. Because I stole Guilds by the time my infantry was healing in Greece. They looked weak and I figured they are the only civ in Europe who become substantially more time-consuming to conquer if left alone early. Somehow they managed to build Magnitogorsk in the Urals and use a Great Artist on it. I capitulated them with that as their only remaining city, for protection against barbarian horsemen wandering in Siberia. I covered most of their core area with my culture and still they didn't collapse until 1700s!
The Vikings collapsed while I was conquering Russia. So I sent knights to capture Scandinavian cities and infantry to capture Rome. By 1500AD I had Greece, Rome, Russia, Scandinavia. Then I turned my attention west and had expanded all the way to Portugal by 1600AD. Then I had to slow down conquering because stability was becoming a problem. I spammed some settlers and gifted a bunch of cities to Inca. I finished conquering England in 1675AD, marking the end of my conquests in Europe.
Spoiler :
I took 4 vassals: Inca (capitulate by conquerors), Mali & Khmer (voluntary), America (capitulate after spawn). I spammed settlers and made each of them span a whole continent. Then I changed my cottage economy to a hybrid economy with the help of corporations. Meaning lots of cottages AND lots of specialists. I hit 1B people in 1870AD, the same year I finished the tech tree.
Spoiler :
Now I have to decide what to do with the remaining 70 years.
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El Bogus
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That is absolutely AWESOME! Did you get +133 expansion stability by spamming settlers and free cities?
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