The Disciple
Chieftain
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- Jan 29, 2016
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I'm not sure if this is good advice. Perhaps those more experienced players could comment on this strategy. But, I like to cherry pick between all of the first 3 polices. Tradition, Liberty, and Honour.
I usually go Tradition, and get free monuments with policies 1 and 2. Then I unlock Honour for the +6 culture vs. Barbarians; but I don't take any of the policies in Honour. Then I get the +10% wonder construction in Tradition - and build Stonehenge. Open Liberty, and take the left side of Liberty for the fast settlers and extra production. Compensating for the slow workers with Great Pyramid wonder, and leaving the Golden Age for later. The happiness policy in Liberty isn't useful until I have roads. After getting the left side of Liberty, I switch back to Tradition and get the two growth bonuses - saving Oligarchy for when I have more military.
I usually don't go very far into Honour, but this depends on how aggressive my neighbours are, or how aggressive I need to be. Usually, I will take the right side of Honour for the extra happiness, culture, and gold. Often, with a big army and lots of cities, the right side of Honour has good synergy with Oligarchy in the Tradition branch.
With this opener I find the policy acquisition is really fast. Especially, when I open with a monument, delay free monuments, and get +10% wonders instead for Stonehenge. But my production starts to go a little flat at about turn 30 or 40.
So, if this is true. How do you recognise that 5-10% of openings where Liberty is the best opener?
I usually go Tradition, and get free monuments with policies 1 and 2. Then I unlock Honour for the +6 culture vs. Barbarians; but I don't take any of the policies in Honour. Then I get the +10% wonder construction in Tradition - and build Stonehenge. Open Liberty, and take the left side of Liberty for the fast settlers and extra production. Compensating for the slow workers with Great Pyramid wonder, and leaving the Golden Age for later. The happiness policy in Liberty isn't useful until I have roads. After getting the left side of Liberty, I switch back to Tradition and get the two growth bonuses - saving Oligarchy for when I have more military.
I usually don't go very far into Honour, but this depends on how aggressive my neighbours are, or how aggressive I need to be. Usually, I will take the right side of Honour for the extra happiness, culture, and gold. Often, with a big army and lots of cities, the right side of Honour has good synergy with Oligarchy in the Tradition branch.
With this opener I find the policy acquisition is really fast. Especially, when I open with a monument, delay free monuments, and get +10% wonders instead for Stonehenge. But my production starts to go a little flat at about turn 30 or 40.
Tradition is the best option 90-95% of the time. Liberty is the best option 5-10% of the time. If you chose Liberty when you should have chosen Tradition you're screwed. If you chose Tradition when you should have chosen Liberty you're actually going to do okay. I tend to default Tradition and play that. If you're playing with NQMod this is not as clear-cut.
So, if this is true. How do you recognise that 5-10% of openings where Liberty is the best opener?