Emperor continents space victory - my hardest win yet
Fish Man
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With factories, power plants and +10% from communism, a (non riverside) grassland workshop building research gives you +8.4/turn. A town boosted by Printing Press would need library+uni+observatory to compete with that. Chances are that by the time you have Communism and build your factories, there won't be many cities with all those research buildings and a bunch of developed towns. If a city has only a library, any towns should be bulldozed without remorse. If you have an Academy or even Oxford, then you should of course leave the cottages.
A workshop takes 6 worker turns. To prebuild them, group 5 workers together and every turn you move them->build workshop->cancel. This way the micro isn't that bad.
Here's a random city in a random lategame save from your .zip:
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Here is the same city after I worldbuildered it 4 pop smaller and changed some improvements around it:
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In the later image you will notice there is no unhappiness, it is far from unhealthy, it makes 11.60 more/turn. And this is without Caste System. With Caste the difference would be much greater. So, I ask you: why is it so important for you to have your cities at pop 20 or above? (And I didn't even notice you weren't working the oasis... Should definitely be worked in that situation.)
How on earth did that city produce 11.60 more beakers/turn right off the bat? I see no discernible changes in science buildings or commerce...
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elitetroops
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Changed your mines to windmills (switch 1
for 1
3
).Which now reminded me, it seems you hadn't even railroaded your mines. That should be your first priority when you reach railroad. Railroad gives +1
to all your mines. Most hills should be windmills by then, but whatever hills you are keeping as mines need that extra hammer.
Fish Man
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Which now reminded me, it seems you hadn't even railroaded your mines. That should be your first priority when you reach railroad. Railroad gives +1
WHAT.
Huh, today I learned. Yesterday it was the "power automatically equals 2 unhealthy no matter what." What's next, Tokugawa is actually the best leader because drill + combat + city garrison gunpowder units get a super secret 100% combat bonus for being well-rounded
? Actually...that might bring Toku to not-trash tier for once.
pigswill
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Fish Man
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She did for me. I saw a single sword in her cap with a scouting immortal and was like "nope." And thus my "rush" was delayed by 50 turns.
elitetroops
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I'm not gonna play this map but tried a bit from the beginning. Liz is indeed the perfect worker farm. There's a resource in her BFC that forces her to go around the bay right next to your lands. As the AI always uses "road to" while moving to an improvable resource, she'll be sending workers right next to your borders. I got 2 very early, then cease fire, then 2 more not long after that. She'll keep sending workers that way forever, as long as your borders don't block the passage.
diegobueno
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churchil´s red coat are the best drafts imoDrafted Tokugawa Rifleman propably can be "best unit per population point" possible
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Toku Rifle's start with 3 free promos plus ability to take pinch if you want to for same effect. Basically like a second UU. Plus, Redcoat bonus does not carry forward, i.e., not a free promo. I've always thought of them as rather overrated.
diegobueno
Chieftain
yes, but we are talking about raw drafts, also you can promo red coats to pinch to get 50% bonus thnx to curchils trait;
im a monarch player btw so dont mind me, im trying to learn how to blink and breath at the same time
pigswill
fly (one day)
1765. Domination.
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Unrestricted leaders can be fun 
