regeneration64
Warlord
Thanks for the posts guys. I've responded to your posts further below.
I'm such an idiot - I built harbours in my other cities but didn't have one in London! No wonder my gpt was so low. I've got my economy under control now. Currently +12 which sounds low but all will be explained...
Its now 1824 (turn 282). Russia backed off and I've just taken her capital (and wiped out her navy) with plenty of SotLs and Ironclads. I though I'd play to Liz's strengths. I'm spending almost 100gpt on units so that is why gold is a little lower than it could be. Russia had to go, she was too much of a threat.
I've improved on - it's currently +390. Moscow is currently in resistance and I'm beelining for Research Labs so that should increase. However, I am still behind three other civs annoyingly. Rome is the runaway in this game now. The Netherlands only have a few cities but they are large with numerous wonders. And then there's Greece... They are now on the warpath (not with me yet but it's only a matter of time before the backstab).
My immediate plan is to use my navy to take Amsterdam as that city has a lot of wonders in and is close to Rome so is a good launching pad for later.
My primary concern is that Rome will win the game before I have had chance to attain a victory condition. I was thinking culture but that has taken a hit after building all those ships. It makes sense to go for domination, especially as the other civs capitals are all on the coast. However, there is a caveat to that - I know that some of them have armies that would wipe me off the planet from sheer numbers and the tech advantage.
Hopefully taking Amsterdam is the right move and then onto Rome before it's too late. I'm hoping Alexander will probably be too busy pumping out units to go for a victory condition. The research Labs should give me that boost through the remainder of the tech tree but I'm concerned that I am still behind in tech (4th place) even though I have the universities and public schools in place. Only Rome wants/can afford to sign Research Agreements.
Hopefully that is a good plan.
@The Pilgrim, there was one other Swedish city near the wine you referred to. It was early days when happiness was a problem - I was after the real prize, their capital. I guess I could settle there now but everyone has wine and I have a habit of primarily settling on new luxury resources The only reason I eliminated Sweden was because I had not yet met any other civs. They were none the wiser whn I did meet them.
@black_kitten, I suppose the reason why I haven't settled in some of the locations you mentioned is because I like to settle on new resources, be that luxury or strategic, to maximise the gain from a city, build those cities up and then take cities from the AI to expand my empire (just the way I play). The truffles weren't an option as Monty had them - that was just off the screenshot. Thanks anyway. I settled Nottingham because of the citrus and its strategic location near the Russian and Greek capitals. I took your advice concerning the navy - those SotL really helped wipe out Russia's Caravels, Ironclads and Privateers
@RedRover57, I think beelining to Navigation is something I need to do more often. I always get sidetracked with something though and sometimes even miss the window of opportunity to use those SotLs. I've gone Liberty - Commerce - Order as I enjoy playing as a peaceful builder with a wide empire, focused on gold (in the late game).
Thanks all again for your help.
I'm such an idiot - I built harbours in my other cities but didn't have one in London! No wonder my gpt was so low. I've got my economy under control now. Currently +12 which sounds low but all will be explained...
Its now 1824 (turn 282). Russia backed off and I've just taken her capital (and wiped out her navy) with plenty of SotLs and Ironclads. I though I'd play to Liz's strengths. I'm spending almost 100gpt on units so that is why gold is a little lower than it could be. Russia had to go, she was too much of a threat.
I've improved on - it's currently +390. Moscow is currently in resistance and I'm beelining for Research Labs so that should increase. However, I am still behind three other civs annoyingly. Rome is the runaway in this game now. The Netherlands only have a few cities but they are large with numerous wonders. And then there's Greece... They are now on the warpath (not with me yet but it's only a matter of time before the backstab).
My immediate plan is to use my navy to take Amsterdam as that city has a lot of wonders in and is close to Rome so is a good launching pad for later.
My primary concern is that Rome will win the game before I have had chance to attain a victory condition. I was thinking culture but that has taken a hit after building all those ships. It makes sense to go for domination, especially as the other civs capitals are all on the coast. However, there is a caveat to that - I know that some of them have armies that would wipe me off the planet from sheer numbers and the tech advantage.
Hopefully taking Amsterdam is the right move and then onto Rome before it's too late. I'm hoping Alexander will probably be too busy pumping out units to go for a victory condition. The research Labs should give me that boost through the remainder of the tech tree but I'm concerned that I am still behind in tech (4th place) even though I have the universities and public schools in place. Only Rome wants/can afford to sign Research Agreements.
Hopefully that is a good plan.
@The Pilgrim, there was one other Swedish city near the wine you referred to. It was early days when happiness was a problem - I was after the real prize, their capital. I guess I could settle there now but everyone has wine and I have a habit of primarily settling on new luxury resources The only reason I eliminated Sweden was because I had not yet met any other civs. They were none the wiser whn I did meet them.
@black_kitten, I suppose the reason why I haven't settled in some of the locations you mentioned is because I like to settle on new resources, be that luxury or strategic, to maximise the gain from a city, build those cities up and then take cities from the AI to expand my empire (just the way I play). The truffles weren't an option as Monty had them - that was just off the screenshot. Thanks anyway. I settled Nottingham because of the citrus and its strategic location near the Russian and Greek capitals. I took your advice concerning the navy - those SotL really helped wipe out Russia's Caravels, Ironclads and Privateers
@RedRover57, I think beelining to Navigation is something I need to do more often. I always get sidetracked with something though and sometimes even miss the window of opportunity to use those SotLs. I've gone Liberty - Commerce - Order as I enjoy playing as a peaceful builder with a wide empire, focused on gold (in the late game).
Thanks all again for your help.