COTM 05 Pre-Game Discussion

[A'AbarachAmadan]

Things I can't decide:
Scout NE,N or E,E?
Do I build a ChScout first or go straight for the granery?
If ChScout, do I start Alphabet at max or another tech at zero hoping for a trade or GH find? (should be about a 20 turn max research)
Domination stategy - more conservative than Conquest? If so, Temples or more cities to cover territory?
Stop w/ Horsemen/Swordsmen or go for Knights?

 

[Jove]

Arrrr, I am back after a year's break, I hope that's OK with everyone. It is good to see that 'Fanatics' is still not a misnomer around here, and also good to see that SirPleb is still the final object of all civ-kudos. I tried to return with a spaceship victory in cotm4, but I only had a week to play. This regent game should move faster...

 

[Dianthus]

Hey Jove, good to see you back. We've missed your "Arrr"s (be careful how you say that ).

 

[Jove]

Arrrr, thanks, Dianthus. And I will be careful.

 

[SirPleb]

Hey Jove, good to see you back. We've missed your "Arrr"s (be careful how you say that ).

Not to mention "Originally Posted by Jove." It makes me want to put a comma after "posted"

 

[smackster]

CRpSuite 2.7.4 : CRpMapStat now shows resource/lux trades, turns till last deal expires and when towns grow/shrink.

Wow, I'd better upgrade, your tool just keeps getting better.

Thanks

smackster

 

[LeSphinx]

Yesterday, I try to play INCA with : Wet and Temperate with 3 billion Years Old....
Ouille, ouille, there were a lot of mountains, a ton of mountains... and it was not mountains, it was jungle! I try 4 or 5 new game with these parameters and it was very difficult to found goods spot to settle with enough space to build more than 1 cities!
Hope ainwood will manage for us a very nice spot very lot of ressource, luxuries and river and space to expand!

LeSphinx

 

[Roland Ehnström]

Just before I went to sleep tonight, I had a vision. It was horrible. It said that all those warriors we get from our lovely 4-turn Warrior+Settler factory, are going to be utterly worthless! Why? Because there is no iron on our side of the world, except under our closest neightbor's capital: Rome...

Actually, something like that could make this Regent game really interesting. Especially if there are no horses around either...

-- Roland

 

[AlanH]

Have you been lurking our SGOTM4 thread? That way lies insanity

 

[ainwood]

Just before I went to sleep tonight, I had a vision. It was horrible. It said that all those warriors we get from our lovely 4-turn Warrior+Settler factory, are going to be utterly worthless! Why? Because there is no iron on our side of the world, except under our closest neightbor's capital: Rome...

Actually, something like that could make this Regent game really interesting. Especially if there are no horses around either...

-- Roland

Rome?

 

[bradleyfeanor]

Just before I went to sleep tonight, I had a vision. It was horrible. It said that all those warriors we get from our lovely 4-turn Warrior+Settler factory, are going to be utterly worthless! Why? Because there is no iron on our side of the world, except under our closest neightbor's capital: Rome...

Actually, something like that could make this Regent game really interesting. Especially if there are no horses around either...

-- Roland

Given your "dream" and Ainwood's response, if Rome appears anywhere near us, I'm going all-out to take it before legions arrive!

If that isn't possible, my cities (other than the capitol) will go straight to building catapults rather than building a barracks first. My mighty warriors shall waltz in over the legions' overinflated egos and crushed skulls! Roman shields shall become the bassinet du jour of fashionable Incan mothers. Mwa ha ha!

 

[WackenOpenAir]

Just before I went to sleep tonight, I had a vision. It was horrible. It said that all those warriors we get from our lovely 4-turn Warrior+Settler factory, are going to be utterly worthless! Why? Because there is no iron on our side of the world, except under our closest neightbor's capital: Rome...

Actually, something like that could make this Regent game really interesting. Especially if there are no horses around either...

-- Roland

No spoiler info please

 

[solenoozerec]

I think it is probably time we should get information about bonuses and penalties of conquest/predator classes. I hope Ainwood did not decide to eliminate predator (please, ). I also hope that he will remove expansionist trait for predator . This is not a bonus for AI, so nobody should complain about possible rewards, right?

 

[ainwood]

Edit - Ignore previous silly comment.

Conquest class: Start with a second scout (normal, not chasqui). They also get an extra 50 gold.

Predator class: AI Unit support increased to Monarch level, All AI Start with 4 defensive units and 2 offensive ones.

Edit: Changed free support for predator from Emperor to Monarch.

 

[Dianthus]

NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo.... (please )

Surely a penalty for the human rather than a bonus for the AI would work?

[Edit: Thanks ainwood. I guess my silly comment worked ]

 

[ainwood]

NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo.... (please )

Surely a penalty for the human rather than a bonus for the AI would work?

Yes - silly comment

The predator details are posted above, and I'll update the first post in the thread.

 

[solenoozerec]

Yes - silly comment

The predator details are posted above, and I'll update the first post in the thread.

Ok, I will play Open then :sigh: Maybe I will try

in COTM6.

 

[grs]

@ainwood: Just a personal opinion, but I think this month you did set us up perfect for a pre-game discussion. This regards not only to the ammount of information given, but also to the timing of giving it

 

[Mistfit]

I agree with grs! perfect!

 

[AlanH]

... and it shows in the post count