pre-flight:
switch Bursa from sword to cat
Other than that I do small changes in MM to get two swords faster.
I think with 5 cats, our problems with Corinth will be solved.
I but science slider to 60%, as I learned it the hard way once that if you get any demands and give in, you can very quickly lose a building due to unability to pay maintenance! Now we have 0gpt
IBT:
Bursa: cat --> cat
975BC (turn 1):
nothing worth mentioning.
IBT:
Istanbul: sword --> cat
Edrine: sword--> cat
950BC (turn 2):
just for the fun, our cat bombards Corinth, and hits. But that hoplite still has 4hp.
IBT:
The Oracle has been completed in Athens.
Two greek archers appear next to our borders...
Iznik: curragh --> cat
925BC (turn 3):
found Uskudar --> cat
IBT:
Istanbul: cat --> settler
Bursa: cat --> cat
900BC (turn 4):
cat shoots at archer --> hit (2/3)
cat shoots at archer --> hit (2/3), wow 100% success
vSword defeats archer (1-0)
vSword defeats archer (2-0)
rArcher defeats archer (3-0)
IBT:
Edrine: cat --> cat
875BC (turn 5):
nothing special...
IBT:
Greek archer defeats a rSpear (3-1)
850BC (turn 6):
3 cats miss while bombarding Corinth
vSword defeats archer (4-1)
Sumeria has researched Phlosophy
IBT:
Istanbul: settler --> sword
825BC (turn 7):
2 of 3 cats hit Corinth, but there are 2 hoplites inside
vSword defeats archer (5-1)
I further reduce our science (50%), to get into positive gpt
IBT:
Sumeria demands 4gold. We give in...
Edrine: cat --> sword
Bursa: cat --> cat
Sumeria has built the Pyramids
800BC (turn 8):
Only 1 of 4 cats hit Corinth. No sense to attack...
IBT:
nothing...
775BC (turn 9):
vSword defeats archer (6-1)
2 out of 5 cats hit. No attack.
IBT:
New units approach our territory...
Iznik: cat --> cat
750BC (turn 10):
Again only two of five cats hit Corinth. No attack
Another cat bombs a roaming hoplite and
vSword defeats hoplite (7-1)
vSword defeats archer (8-1)