Gosha190
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Does anyone has a good finish with only a SE economy (zero cottages) ?
What finish date will be GOOD for you?

I was second in the table... now I am third...
I did not build cottages at all.
Does anyone has a good finish with only a SE economy (zero cottages) ?
Yes, it's possible.Does anyone has a good finish with only a SE economy (zero cottages) ?
What finish date will be GOOD for you?![]()
I was second in the table... now I am third...
I did not build cottages at all.
I've played several leaders (Mansa, Lizzy, Gandhi, HC) on a highlands map, butWhat finish date will be GOOD for you?
Where do you see the table? I look under the current G-Minor tab on the HOF page and it shows "In Progress" and a table about 40 rows long, but I see no data in the table.
EDIT: Ok, once logged in I see myself in the table but all other fields are blank. I had to scroll down pretty far to see mine which may be why I was missing it. Somehow placing #27 of 48 though with a 1705 win o_O
yeah...last I looked, I was 16th out of 48 with a 1575AD finish...I'm happy with it anyway, I've never finished a space race before 1800AD before![]()
I've played several leaders (Mansa, Lizzy, Gandhi, HC) on a highlands map, but
with Peter (no cottages) I had the best result, 1545 AD.
Well I'm new to CFC and the HoF but have learned a lot from reading the posts and articles and want to share what I have learned so far playing this Gauntlet. I'm currently in 9th with a 1415 Vanilla finish date but will be trying to improve while this one lasts.
I have seen in previous posts questions about whether to lightbulb or settle the scientists. I've also seen at least one poster note they like to use Oracle for CS since it "saves" more turns than if used a later technology. While this is appears true I think it is in fact not accurate.
My basis is the point made previously that the key to this Gauntlet is how fast you can tech. And how fast you tech is how fast you accumulate the total number of beakers needed to get all the techs you need. So you want to use GS, Oracle and Lib so that they get the most beakers, NOT so they save the most turns at that particular point in the game. It may be 12 turns or something for CS, but it's much less beakers than if you save Oracle for later, even if you factor in the +50% for those "saved" turns.
For this reason, I have been using Lib for late space techs and settling most GS in capital unless I get one at Computers or FO and can get more total beakers from lightbulbing than settling.
There is one exception though - if you can use one of them to get a tech that will let you overall tech faster. For this reason I use Oracle not for CS (+50% cap) but to get Edu for Uni and Oxford (+125% cap and +25% other cities) and someone playing Peter/Warlords might use them for a beeline towards Computers.
Be curious if anyone else is using same logic/strategy.
All that matters is turns, not beakers.My basis is the point made previously that the key to this Gauntlet is how fast you can tech. And how fast you tech is how fast you accumulate the total number of beakers needed to get all the techs you need. So you want to use GS, Oracle and Lib so that they get the most beakers, NOT so they save the most turns at that particular point in the game. It may be 12 turns or something for CS, but it's much less beakers than if you save Oracle for later, even if you factor in the +50% for those "saved" turns.
All that matters is turns, not beakers.
I agree.However, don't forget, by taking CS you also get 20 extra turns with +50% hammers on top of equal tech pace. So it's really no contest. CS is the way to go unless you can't get the Oracle built in time.
However in the games as Peter I found that getting Education is more beneficial, since I typically don't have much commerce in the capital, and I typically can finish GL way before Education.
That's true, but 1) you don't build the Oracle in the Capital, and 2) if you simply build a Library in the capital, and assign 2 scientists right away, it'll overwhelm the GPPs from the Oracle.Another reason to delay the Oracle is if you want 100% chance of getting a GS and the Oracle would interfere with that. That's a good reason to hold off until Education. I don't like to gamble on that.