Hello Everyone,
This thread was inspired by the "least favourite civic" thread. I felt the need to post a love post about the civic Slavery. I love Slavery. There's no other way to say it. It is easily my favourite civic, and sometimes I will play the entire game using Slavery.
However, I do not go mindlessly whipping. I have a few rules about when I will and will not whip.
Old Slavery Rule #1 I will not whip my citizens when they are 1 or 2 turns away from growing.
New Slavery Rule #1 I will whip my cities when they reach optimum food levels for whipping. (See below.)
Slavery Rule #2 I will not whip my citizens if I am only taking away 1 population.
Slavery Rule #3 I will not whip my citizens down below a city size of 2.
Slavery Rule #4 I will not whip my citizens down to a point where they cannot work on tiles with resources.
Of course the exceptions come into play all the time, but I've found that using these few rules, I can keep my cities to a moderate size, keeping my commerce at a moderate level, while continuing to whip out an army to take over the world.
Do you use Slavery? If so, what are your rules for when to whip and when not to whip?
This thread was inspired by the "least favourite civic" thread. I felt the need to post a love post about the civic Slavery. I love Slavery. There's no other way to say it. It is easily my favourite civic, and sometimes I will play the entire game using Slavery.
However, I do not go mindlessly whipping. I have a few rules about when I will and will not whip.
Old Slavery Rule #1 I will not whip my citizens when they are 1 or 2 turns away from growing.
New Slavery Rule #1 I will whip my cities when they reach optimum food levels for whipping. (See below.)
Slavery Rule #2 I will not whip my citizens if I am only taking away 1 population.
Slavery Rule #3 I will not whip my citizens down below a city size of 2.
Slavery Rule #4 I will not whip my citizens down to a point where they cannot work on tiles with resources.
Of course the exceptions come into play all the time, but I've found that using these few rules, I can keep my cities to a moderate size, keeping my commerce at a moderate level, while continuing to whip out an army to take over the world.
Do you use Slavery? If so, what are your rules for when to whip and when not to whip?