Diamondeye
So Happy I Could Die
Yup. There you have it. After a solid conquest victory at noble with Brennus, I am going to take on prince. Standard map size and speed, random rivals, shuffle maptype. And I myself will be playing Suyavarman II of the Khmer (the reason is partly due to the fact that I have been racking down Exp trait in the forum):
I start out on some sort of continent with HC and ZY. I'm in a lot of jungle, but I secure some food, aswell as gold, gems and Ivory (!) for my UU. I discover IW while my worker is building a mine on a plains hill near my capital, and guess what pops underneath? Anyway, I decide that deserves some sort of rush, so I gather some axes and two chariots (for pillaging ZY's iron, which is only 2 tiles from border). I DoW and he manages to get one iron unit out before I cut his supply. He chooses a spearman, and guards his north city, which I quickly take with axes and get an archer in. Meanwhile he has settled south, so I send my main stack down there while I wait for some catties to get down his capitals walls, but I leave a couple of units, some axes and a chariot, behind. Shows out to be a wise move as his archers make a desperate pull for the iron, which I crush. Soon his southern city falls and my catapults makes dust of his walls before being sent in first to collateral. One or two of the three catties die, but all axes and even chariots succeed against the archers, and Ethiopia is eradicated. So, my current situation is this:
My economy is not too good, but I'll get done with Calendar and then go for CoL. I might expand a bit overseas to the north later, maybe settle the two dots I've marked aswell. Now, I want your help with some stuff:
Huayna What to do with him? War later on with my UU and trebs and maces, or maybe try to befriend him? I can convert to his religion (he has founded conf), and try to cultivate him for a permanent alliance (which is enabled)?
Expanding Once I get my economy back on track with courthouses - the two dots would be suitable, and I think I'll send a couple of chariots up to keep a lookout.
My Stack I have 10 axes or so and a couple of cats and chariots left after the war. I don't think I am above my units max, but I am not sure. Should I send them to war with HC (and ruin my chances of PA) or maybe try to see if there are other AIs out there I can vassalize?
Tech path I haven't though farther than "get CoL asap" and then maybe aim for optics? Knowing what AIs I am facing would be a great help. When "most advanced nations" popped early on, I was 2nd (ZY was 4 and HC 6):
Anyway, any feedback and ideas are welcome! Shoot, people! Shoot!
I start out on some sort of continent with HC and ZY. I'm in a lot of jungle, but I secure some food, aswell as gold, gems and Ivory (!) for my UU. I discover IW while my worker is building a mine on a plains hill near my capital, and guess what pops underneath? Anyway, I decide that deserves some sort of rush, so I gather some axes and two chariots (for pillaging ZY's iron, which is only 2 tiles from border). I DoW and he manages to get one iron unit out before I cut his supply. He chooses a spearman, and guards his north city, which I quickly take with axes and get an archer in. Meanwhile he has settled south, so I send my main stack down there while I wait for some catties to get down his capitals walls, but I leave a couple of units, some axes and a chariot, behind. Shows out to be a wise move as his archers make a desperate pull for the iron, which I crush. Soon his southern city falls and my catapults makes dust of his walls before being sent in first to collateral. One or two of the three catties die, but all axes and even chariots succeed against the archers, and Ethiopia is eradicated. So, my current situation is this:
My economy is not too good, but I'll get done with Calendar and then go for CoL. I might expand a bit overseas to the north later, maybe settle the two dots I've marked aswell. Now, I want your help with some stuff:
Huayna What to do with him? War later on with my UU and trebs and maces, or maybe try to befriend him? I can convert to his religion (he has founded conf), and try to cultivate him for a permanent alliance (which is enabled)?
Expanding Once I get my economy back on track with courthouses - the two dots would be suitable, and I think I'll send a couple of chariots up to keep a lookout.
My Stack I have 10 axes or so and a couple of cats and chariots left after the war. I don't think I am above my units max, but I am not sure. Should I send them to war with HC (and ruin my chances of PA) or maybe try to see if there are other AIs out there I can vassalize?
Tech path I haven't though farther than "get CoL asap" and then maybe aim for optics? Knowing what AIs I am facing would be a great help. When "most advanced nations" popped early on, I was 2nd (ZY was 4 and HC 6):
Spoiler :
Anyway, any feedback and ideas are welcome! Shoot, people! Shoot!
