DGIT # 3 - The Emperor Level Strikes Back

[SpikeIt]

Alerum, re culture flipping. Since we aren't planning on attacking the Ottomans anytime soon, the investment in a temple will help with culture flips for the forseeable future. Granted, not in the first 10 turns. But since those cities are much closer to the Ottoman capital than to our own, and they are likely bordered on two side with Ottoman holdings, anything to help protect our incense seems a wise investment. Then again, I just hate seeing those flip possiblities pop up in MapStat.

Sorry Oblivion. I think you are just going to have to drop out now. You are obviously not a DGIT anymore! Seriously, great job. You've been playing a ton lately and with some rather decent folks as well. Obviously that has payed off. Ready for demi-god AW yet?

 

[-0blivion-]

Thanks SpikeIt
I think i will give the epic game a break for a while. Maybe i will try diety in a month or so. I think DGIT has really helped me get there. But i couldn't stand it if i wasn't still sitting there in the roster at the end when one of us posts a screenshot of our demigod win

 

[-0blivion-]

Inherited Turn: 450 AD

I rush a settler in Copan for 108 gold. There is a nice gap nearby. Everything else is fine.

Turn 1: 460 AD

A few library builds finish. Resistance ends in most places in former Mayaland.
I hurry the temple in Dacca for 88 gold.

Turn 2: 470 AD

Found Indus in Mayaland. Ottomans ask for a ROP. No thanks Osman.

Turn 3: 480 AD

Not much. Just troop movements, worker tasks and build orders. Our 'suicide' galley is still going, even though there is nothing to look for. Shift science a bit forward and get education next turn instead of in 2.

Turn 4: 490 AD

Education comes in. Banking in 5. Switch a few muskets over to universities.
Suicide galley is finally gone. We have huge stack of war elephants with nothing to do. So i declare on the Iro. Don't worry, this isn't gonna disturb my building at home. No cities are back to War elephant production.

Archer and MDI are slaughtered for no losses.

Turn 5: 500 AD

Nice counter India. One longbow!

Battle of St. Regis:

Elite archer against spear, win, no leader.
War elephant against spear and we take it.

Battle of Akewasane:

Elite Elephant against pike, wins, no leader.
Elite Elephant against spear, wins, no leader. We capture the city and a trebuchet.
Kill Longbow near city.

Battle of Cattaraugus:

Elephant retreats against pike.
Elephant beats pike flawlessly.
Elephant dies to pike.
Elephant beats pike.
Elephant beats pike.
Elephant beats pike.
Elephant dies to pike.
Elephant dies to 1 hp pike.
Elephant kills pike, and we have the city with Collosus.
Clean up a sword and MDI near the city.

Turn 6: 510 AD

Battle of Salamanca (Capital):

Elephant defeats pike.
Elite Elephant kills pike, no leader.
Elite Elephant kills archer by city, no leader.
Lose Elephant to pike.
Elephant kills pike.
Elephant kills pike.
Elephant kills pike.
Elephant kills pike, and we have Salamanca with SoZ.

I use a yellow lined elite to hit an MDI outside Cattaraugus aaaannd...leader.

Chandragupta comes to the fold. I have never had an elephant army and there is nothing else to use him for. He forms an army. Army takes out and MDI. Build Heroic Epic in Delhi or Madras once they finish universities.

Turn 7: 520 AD

SoZ produces an AC.
Elite Elephant kills an archer, no leader. Try again with another elite, no leader. Try again on another archer, no leader. AC kills archer.

Turn 8: 530 AD

We complete Sun Tzu's.

Battle of Niagara Falls:

Elephant kills pike.
Elephant kills spear. It falls. Bit of an anti-climax there i must say.

In other news, elite elephant kills spear, no luck. Elite elephant kills sword, no luck.

Turn 9: 540 AD

Niagara Falls had silks, so a load of our cities hit WLTKD.
Banking comes in. Astronomy in 5. Ottomans pick up Chemistry, but education is insulting to them.
Rush 2 temples in Mayaland.

Prelimnary skirmishing elephants kill 2 pikes at Allegheny. Main force will strike
next turn.

Turn 10: 550 AD

Niagara Falls flips, with our one elephant inside.
Start Heroic Epic in Madras. Our GA will end next turn.

Elephant Army gets Niagara falls back.

Battle of Allegheny:

Elite Elephant takes out pike, no leader.
Elephant kills pike, and we take the city.

Osman picked up Education. I trade him Banking and 700 gp (don't want a 20 turn deal) for Chemistry.

Notes:

Despite the slightly warlike appearance of the turnlog, i only built a few muskets on my watch. Lots of libraries, markets, courthouses, etc. Banks and universities now as well.

I feel slightly guilty spawning our only leader on my 'builder' turns. But i really
can't resist going to war with a 30+ elephant stack...stop tempting me Alerum

This game is as good as won people. Told you emperor wasn't hard

 

[Blasphemous]

So I'm finally up, eh?
I'll play my turns tomorrow (it's 3:00 am here at the moment so I'm afraid it's gonna have to wait a bit).

 

[SpikeIt]

Nice builder turns there, Oblivion.

Oooh. An elephant army. How cool! Now if the Ottomans just decided to attack our core while we were out stomping are other foes... that would be a little exciting.

 

[alerum68]

See, I knew you couldn't resist the temption! And did we really need to steal the Iro's only luxury? We don't need any luxury tax as it is now.

Now that our GA is done, we should switch everything over to WE's and just start finishing off the AI. I don't want to play this game again gentleman, so y'all better finish it off! Mongols and French can be removed from the earth in 20 turns, if not less. The Ottomans may take a bit longer. Note on mongols: DOn't forget their Island city. We need 2 galleys for it.

 

[-0blivion-]

So, are we going for conquest and domination. If domination, we will win it after taking out French and Mongols, and maybe a few Ottoman cities.

I think the lux tax is still on to keep some cities in WLTKD. But they aren't our core cities, they are second ring, so you can pull back lux next player.

I attacked because we might as well make the most of the age of the elephant. Whats the point of them sitting around while Iroqouis and France get muskets? Mongols picked up gunpowder on my turns BTW.

Who's up?

 

[SpikeIt]

Blas is up. He called got it a few posts back...

1)alerum68 <-- Bye Bye Maya
2)-Oblivion- away Aug 26 - Sep 2 <-- Decided to use builder turns to wipe out the Iroquois
3)Blasphemous < -- Up - the Mongols await
4)SolarKnight < -- Up Next - can play this weekend
5)SandrockLQ
6)SpikeIt
7)Smellincoffee <-- Skip for now

 

[SpikeIt]

So we started this SG July 1? Wow. We may finish this in the first week of September! We buzzed through emperor... Maybe we were a bit lucky too - at least on restart. Might as well start the talk. Demi-god next?

 

[alerum68]

I think we should at least try a DG game. If that doesn't go well then we'll go back to Emperor, if it works, then we'll just have to change our name to DIT.

 

[Blasphemous]

Bleh, please re-upload that latest save in a zip... I don't trust sav downloads anymroe after what happened in BLA1. =S

 

[alerum68]

Why Blas? Don't want to have incense tiles with 26 shields per turn?

 

[Blasphemous]

Why Blas? Don't want to have incense tiles with 26 shields per turn?

Well, umm...

 

[Sandrock LQ]

Holy crap we're doing well. I never thought we would be this far along in difficulty by the third game. Hopefuly, I'll get a chance to use those elephants.

 

[alerum68]

Blas, I don't think we're going ot get the save reuploaded. Can you just go ahead and play this one, in the interest of speed?

 

[Blasphemous]

Blas, I don't think we're going ot get the save reuploaded. Can you just go ahead and play this one, in the interest of speed?

Hmm... Okay, but I may not be able to do it till tomorrow...
The israeli WCG preliminary tournament is being hosted by the site I volunteer at today, and I may be going to the event.
I'll let you guys know.

 

[Blasphemous]

Gotta head out for the event now, skip me if you don't wanna wait about 36-48 hours before I can play. =\

(I will want to reclaim my turn out of turn anyway, so don't spare me.)

 

[SpikeIt]

Since SK can't play until the weekend anyway, we might as well hold up for your turns Blas. No problems. Have fun at the event and get ready to knock some Mongolian butt upon your return.

BTW, I wouldn't worry too much about the sav files. I think what happened in your game was more of a fluke than anything else. Many of the SG's seem to be uploading .sav files and not having any problems at all. Granted, I prefer .zip files as well, but only because it saves a bit on the upload size (then again, I don't care so much anymore now that I have a high speed connection ). I find it a bit hard to believe that the save file in that game became corrupted because of the format, and in such a way that it loaded and played perfectly fine except for the affected stats of one luxury item.

 

[alerum68]

I think we need to skip Blas and let SK take it. If Blas replies, let him play, otherwise we can just swap around so blas plays after SK. SK, can you claim it, and play today? These are easy turns, and we're within winning range. Just another 2 sets.

 

[Blasphemous]

Bleh, I'll play tomorrow around noon... Totally forgot about this, sorry. ><