[BTS] Early rush possible?

[krikav]

Is there even any point going to the new world?

 

[Anysense]

Is there even any point going to the new world?

Free Astronomy and cities with multiple forests, there won't be much time to develop new cities on the other continent, but with ~10 forests even size 1 city may be able to build a casing or thruster. It also contains a fair few mining resources, usually you don't have even to claim them all to get Mining inc to 40-45.

 

[Tonny]

Once you have Biology and SP/Corps any land is good. Usually, the sooner you conquer everybody the better. As its Terra, you may claim all the mainland without winning domination, just leave one AI alive with 1 city. Since it is Tiny/Immortal, making vassals is rather pointless, they will be no use to you.

Thanks for the info. I already spotted a very nice crap city.

Spoiler :

Isabella is a terrible trading partner anyhow and WvO sits on land I want anyway.
Keeping Mansa could give me a few techs though.
Going to the new world is indeed for picking up Astro and a few cities for spaceship parts.

Going for SP or Mining Inc isn't clear yet. I think on this map SP is best.

 

[AcaMetis]

SP should be better on a standard speed/tiny size map. Too few resources/turns to make corps worth the investment, I think.

 

[Anysense]

SP should be better on a standard speed/tiny size map. Too few resources/turns to make corps worth the investment, I think.

They seem to be on par on normal speed. I achieved better results with corporations, but when I used SP I made a whole lot of mistakes in early game, otherwise I think SP games would result in pre-1400 AD landings, just like the one where I used corps.