Here's the rest of my set. I MPP'ed with Mongolia, Declared war on Greece, and Mongolia declared war on Greece shortly after. I have burned New Athens, New Thermopylae, Mylitene, and Apolyton, killed a crapload of Greek units, and gotten an MGL, which I used to build a Tank army. I lost said Tank army very quickly.
I really hate the realtive uselessness of Artillery, Bombers, and Armies in PTW.
Egypt also didn't call a UN vote when they built it.
They still could call one at any time, though. Let's hope that the Mongols burn Thebes (they easily can, it's 3 tiles from their border).
On a last note of interest, Germany has been doomed, as Egypt MA'd Greece against them on turn 9.
Turn 3 (1826 AD), continued:
-I look and see if either the Mongols or Aztecs will sign an MPP. The Mongols will do it straight-up MPP, nothing more, nothing less. The Aztec diplomacy screen forbids me to even try any form of diplomatic agreement. Realizing we dont have an embassy in Tenochtitlan, I create one.
-I then go back and see that the Aztecs wont take an MPP straight up. Okay, Mongolia it is then. I dont want to wait and then sign a MA, because they will probably want something- and this is free. I therefore sign an MPP with Mongolia.
-Theres no point in declaring on Greece yet, the UN still has 3 turns left on it. I can wait 2 turns before this declaration.
IBT:
-Persepolis: Airport->Bomber
-Pasargadae: Airport->Bomber
-The people love me and expand my palace, Thanks, people!
Turn 4 (1828 AD):
(2 turns to UN Completion)
IBT:
-Pasargadae: Bomber->Bomber
-Antioch: Airport->Bomber
Turn 5 (1830 AD):
-Well, now its time. I send a messenger to Athens to tell the Greeks to prepare for war. Somehow, he ends up getting kicked into a pit at Sparta. But, the message has been sent.
-I pull all our workers away from the border. When doing so, I notice this:
Crap! There goes a bunch of workers, and our RoP reputation. Actually, the workers make it home safe in a couple of turns, but I don't think that fixes our reputation.
-Anyway, I go ahead and capture the two Greek workers just to the north, and, knowing I cant keep them, perform the well-known AI tactic of disbanding captured workers.
-I bomb the crap out of New Thermopylae, and then kill the MI and Inf in the city with Tanks. The city is burned, and I capture a settler. (2-0) I leave the new workers from that settler undefended to bait Greece into triggering the MPP.
-I hit enter and hope Greece attacks.
IBT:
-Greece attacks, and kills 2 Cavs and Inf, losing an MI in the process. (3-3) They also send a gazillion Tanks and MI towards Antioch.
-This triggers the MPP, and Mongolia declares war on Greece.
-Persepolis: Bomber->Bomber
-Pasargadae: Bomber->Bomber
-Susa: Airport->Bomber
-Arbela: Airport->Bomber
-Thebes completes the United Nations and
Egypt doesnt call a vote. Now I feel stupid.
Turn 6 (1832 AD):
-First order of business: We have the gold to safely steal a tech from Egypt. I do so, and steal Fission. I then sell Fission to the Aztecs for Computers, 1208 gold, and 16 gpt, I sell it to Germany for 712 gold, 79 gpt, a World Map, and Embargoes against Greece and Egypt, and then, just so the AI wont do it, I sell it to Mongolia for 16 gold, WM, Wines, and Furs. The new luxes allow me to set the lux tax to 0.
-I plant a spy in Athens.
-I bomb the crap out of the Greek invaders near Antioch.
-Kill 2 Greek MI with a Tank. (5-3)
-Kill 2 Greek Tanks, (7-3) and:
-I consider using him to hurry SETI, then notice I can build it in 10 turns in Pasargadae. I investigate the AI cities building SETI, Pergamon and Tlatelolco, to see if they can beat this. Tlatelolcos 22 turns away, and Pergamons 17 turns away. Hell, I can beat them both by building it in 12 turns in Persepolis! I therefore switch Persepolis to SETI, and tell Achaemenes to build an army. I fill it with 3 Tanks, and get back to work killing the Greeks:
-Kill 4 MI and 4 Tanks near Antioch with Tanks and Cavs. (13-3)
-Elsewhere, I kill 2 MI, 3 Tanks, 2 Inf, and destroy 2 radar towers, only losing one tank in the process, although our army is now 5/13 on HP. I'll send an Infantry to defend him. (20-4)
-Upgrade 14 Infantry to MIs.
-I sink an Egyptian Ironclad with a destroyer. (21-4)
IBT:
-And
Bad interturn. We lose 2 Tanks, 4 Infs, 3 Cavs, 3 Workers, and Acahemenes Army, compared to the Greek loss of 1 MI. (22-16)
-Greece also unloads 3 MI and a settler to rebuild New Thermopylae.
-They also bombed the crap out of the improvements near Antioch, cutting off our Ivory supply.
-Our people want to build Heroic Epic and Military Academy.
-The lack of Ivory causes all our cities but Arbela to riot. And yet, the people expand my palace again.
Our palace is now fully expanded.
Turn 7 (1834 AD):
-I up lux back to 10% to stop the riots. Ill put it back down after re-connecting Ivory.
-Bomb, Bomb, Bomb the Greeks.
-Kill 5 Tanks and 8 MI and capture a settler, 0 losses. (35-16)
-I shell the crap out of New Athens. Its defenders are not hurt very much, but I have 20+ Tanks available to attack and some units trapped in Greek territory that would be untrapped if New Athens wasnt there. So, I am going to use said tanks. I lose 5 Tanks in the process, but kill the 2 MI defending the city, as well as 2 Bombers and an MGL that I assume they got from the battle. New Athens burns. (39-21)
-I also kill a Tank to the north of the city. (40-21)
-Rebuild a bunch of bombed Railroads, and send our MI back to the front to defend the border and our workers.
IBT:
-The Greek bombers in Troy, Gortyn, Mylitene, and Apolyton continue to bomb us. We also lose 3 Tanks- Greece loses one. (41-24)
-Arbela: Bomber->Tank
-Order restored in all our cities, but WW is about to hit.
Turn 8 (1836 AD):
-I reconnect the Ivory and up lux to 20%.
-Kill a wounded Greek Tank. (42-24)
-Bombard and kill an MI and capture a settler, but lose an Elite Infantry in the process. (41-25)
-Kill an MI and destroy a Radar Tower. (44-25)
-8 Artillery fail to even injure the defenders of the newly rebuilt New Athens.
-Attempt to bomb the crap out of Mylitene. Our Bombers are incredibly bad at this.
-Lose a Tank, but kill 2 MI and 2 Bombers, and destroy Mylitene. (48-26)
IBT:
-The bombers do much more poorly this turn, and 2 of them are shot down by our Jet Fighters.
-Pasargadae: Bomber->Bomber
-Susa: Bomber->Tank
Turn 9 (1838 AD):
-I shell New Athens again, and only 3 of our 18 amazing artillery hit. The city has 4 defenders, so Im not going to attack it.
-I now bomb Apolyton. The bombers do well- against the citys infrastructure!!!
IBT:
-Greece and Egypt MA against Germany, Greece declares War on Germany. Well, it was nice knowing the Germans. Just a little bit later, Greece captures Nuremburg, one of Germanys two cities.
-Greece asks for Peace, straight up. Not a chance.
-I then watch happily as Greece loses a Tank and 2 MI attempting to kill an MI.
-Arbela: Tank->Tank
-Antioch: Tank->Bomber
Turn 10 (1840 AD):
-I once again shell New Athens without success.
-I bomb the crap out of Apolyton, with success, and destroy a radar tower to the North of the city. I then kill 3 MIs and the city burns. (51-26)
-Make 2 Ivory colonies now that the area is clear.
Screenie:
Notes:
-As you no doubt saw in the pic, there are 23 Tanks to the Northeast of Antioch that are unused. Feel free to do something with them.
-As I have already put considerable effort to building SETI, we have a giant surplus, and the AI isn't researching much, perhaps we should consider self-researching some techs.
-Watch the resource deals I have with Mongolia. Don't let our cities riot just because the deal ended.
-We absolutely MUST get Coal before our deal with Mongolia expires. The easiest way to do this: Burn New Athens, Apollonia, Halicarnassus, and Syracuse, and build a colony on the Coal up there.
-The Bombers in Antioch are no longer capable of hitting Greek cities (they have less range in PTW). Build some Airfields.
-If we do research techs, prioritize any with space ship parts,
especially Space Flight and Synthetic Fibers.
-If anyone gets either of these two techs, steal it as quickly as you have enough gold for a safe steal, especially if said civ is Greece.
