LK59-1150AD Short term goal, Nab us Hoovers and Suffrage. Continue to push research buildings. With our opponents in Fascism, they are unlikely to get any techs even though it is deity.
I have a hard time here choosing between LKendter's safe way, and T-Hawks optimized way. I will see how long it takes Russia/Sumeria to grab their techs, and what kind of cities they have before deciding if I want to sell them Electronics.
I am fairly certain sale price of Electronics would go down if Hoovers were actually built.
Lisbon is at 78 spt, and Emerita at 86. Lisbon get one extra turn to build Hoovers though, as Emerita will need to spend this turn finishing Suffrage.
Hoover dam is 800 shields, giving Lisbon 11 turns to finish, and Emerita 10, making finish date the same.
I can get two more shields base = 3 shields with factory if I nix growth, giving emerita 89 shields for a 9 turn Hoover. Thus Hoover goes to Emerita. ( Lisbon is only able to field 84 spt optimized. )
We will not be able to sustain research much longer. Treasury is 1300 and we do -340 gpt. Another reason to sell techs.
As to trade. The Cossacks seem to have broken the back of Sumeria, as they do nto have a single resource, and very few luxes as well. Kish their best city is 12 spt base at my best guess. NO wonders will be built here.
Moscow on the other hand looks really dangerous. Base shields around 30. Times Factory+Diety bonus, they could conceivably build Hoovers in about 10 turns. Faster if they have already built a hospital.
I tune down science tax a notch or two, and budget deficit is down to -190 gpt. MOve also a couple of cavs to rubber city to counter cultural pressure a bit.
IBT: A privateer I had decided to ignore sinks itself against one of our carracks. Luanda Completes courthouse and starts a library. Suffrage completes and I statr Hoovers. Coimbra completes Colloseum and starts a university.
1160 Mine emerita, and Hoover is due in nine. I start a 10% lux tax, and push EMerita to 105 spt, and Hoovers in 8.
( I do not need 100% science, so I think it justified. I do not have enough food in Emerita to be able to use specialists.)
Russia now has booth Steel and Refining. I think it justified to check on Moscow which seems to be the best city the AI has, even though this might push us below 1000 gold.
Looks like they are stuck in war-mode, so I do not think they are very likely to build anything worthwhile any time soon. Certainly not faster than 8 turns.
They lack hospital, and they lack factory. This was unexpected. Refining is worth more to Russia than Electronics.
Electronics is however worth STeel and 4222 gold to Russia. I will wait one turn and see if Russia research Electronics, before selling to her. ( And wait for Sumeria to get Refining before selling to him. )
IBT: Radio comes in, and I research Refining at a slow speed, building our treasury up. ( I hope Sumeria will get refining within the next ten turns. )
Leiria completes its courthouse, and I set it on Infantry. I would not want the bother of a Korean sneak attack, so a few more infantry in our border cities is probably a good investment as a prevention.
Alternative would be to run Wealth.
1170 Price for ELectronics just went down in Russia, so I sell it to her, betting she cannot build Hoovers in less than seven turns.
Sell Electronics to Russia for Steel and 3525 gold. ( Yup, waiting one turn to see if Russia researched Electronics cost us 700 gold. Thats was a bit steep I think. )
Radio is not enough to get Refining, so I will wait here. Russia hasn't even close to full price for Radio. I know it is likely she will research that, and if I discover she no longer will pay all she has for it, I will sell. For now, we are up Radio, and Russia is up Refining.
Sink a privateer outside our coast.
IBT: Maya and Russia sign peace. We complete Heroic Epic, and I start Military academy. Evora completes Colloseum, and starts University.Braga completes Cathedral, and starts on wealth. ( ALternative is stock excchange, but if we are going to push tech, I do not see us making lots of bucks. )
And things go mildly interesting as Russia starts Hoover in the city of Sumer, a pillaged size 5 city on the frontline.
1180 I fortify workers around Emerita as we start to get fully improved in our core.
I shave a couple of turns off of our corrupt cities by running full food and hiring engineers. Get down from 20 turns to 6 in Alcacer.
IBT: Leiria Infantry->Infantry, Rio Colloseum->Courthouse,
1190 Now it is our research that gives a hefty discount. I can get Refining from Russia for Radio now. I will research one more turn, to see if I can get all her gold and a lux as well. Nope, I renegotiate, and I sell Radio to Russia for Refining,Silks and 1133 gold.
Russia has not researched Combustion yet, so I set full speed ahead, and hope to prevent her from any chance of a science leader.
I also get Sumerias 2227 gold for Refining as well.
Nix lux taxes, and set science 100% for Combustion in eight. Thats not very likely to be before Russia, but it will be a good race.
We do have an oil.
IBT: Russia wants an MPP, but I sell her a pair of world maps instead. Lagos Police station->HOspital. Sagres Police station->Wealth, Coimbra University->Police station.
1200 Merge a coupel of workers into cities. Waill wait for hospitals before merging the rest of the native workers.
IBT: Two privateers comes out of the fog and sinks one of our carracks, so I will go and put our ships into port. Leiria Inf->inf
1210 I can lower the slider on Combustion one step, and still get Combustion in six, but as I have a university coming up in two, I will keep it at 100% until then to see if that uni makes a difference.
In a touch of pity, I gift Replaceable parts to Scandinavia who is at war with most of the world. I hope he can last a bit longer now.
IBT: Rio completes courthouse, and I starts a preliminary artiller production. WIll have to check if I can get 35 spt when I clear the pollution.
1220 With the help of a policeman I can reach production goal, and still get the same amount of research. Switch to wealth as I discover Artillery is 80 shields, and not 70.
I put Sagres on Artillery instead. POlicemen do make a difference, and you can get more shields out of their use.
Russia just lost its science subsidy of 194 gpt we were paying her. I hope that increases our chances a bit of being tech leaders.
IBT: Sao Paolo completes factory, and goes for Aqueduct. I grew careless, and Luanda a rim city riots after undetected growth. Coimbra completes police station and starts on wealth. Leiria Inf->Inf. Pagama Hospital->Cathedral,Evora University->Policestation,Faro Factory->Hospital,
1230 OUr university didn't gain us a turn on Combustion, so I lower the slider a bit.
IBT: Scandinavia and SUmeria sign peace. We finish Mil Academy, and start an army. Alcacer completes courthouse, and starts policestation, Emerita complete Hoover dam
Start a Stock exchange. I realized it will pay for itself during the turns when research is not 100%.
1240 Clear pollution.
IBT: Sagres Artiller->Artillery, Leira Infantry->Stock. We lose our supply of silks.
1250 Trade steel to Mayans for their silks. ( I know they got a bargain for that, but I would rather keep my money, as it is not likely the Mayans will get any within the next twenty turns. )
Feel free to build a STock Exchange in Lisbon instead of Army. WIth us being at peace, armies could be lower priority.
I have not sold our old coal plants. I save them as a money reserve in case we really need the money for something.
Save is here, go get it.
Grimjack.
Ps, remember I cannot get it between this coming Sunday and the next sunday, due to me not knowing if I have any access or not.
I have a hard time here choosing between LKendter's safe way, and T-Hawks optimized way. I will see how long it takes Russia/Sumeria to grab their techs, and what kind of cities they have before deciding if I want to sell them Electronics.
I am fairly certain sale price of Electronics would go down if Hoovers were actually built.
Lisbon is at 78 spt, and Emerita at 86. Lisbon get one extra turn to build Hoovers though, as Emerita will need to spend this turn finishing Suffrage.
Hoover dam is 800 shields, giving Lisbon 11 turns to finish, and Emerita 10, making finish date the same.
I can get two more shields base = 3 shields with factory if I nix growth, giving emerita 89 shields for a 9 turn Hoover. Thus Hoover goes to Emerita. ( Lisbon is only able to field 84 spt optimized. )
We will not be able to sustain research much longer. Treasury is 1300 and we do -340 gpt. Another reason to sell techs.
As to trade. The Cossacks seem to have broken the back of Sumeria, as they do nto have a single resource, and very few luxes as well. Kish their best city is 12 spt base at my best guess. NO wonders will be built here.
Moscow on the other hand looks really dangerous. Base shields around 30. Times Factory+Diety bonus, they could conceivably build Hoovers in about 10 turns. Faster if they have already built a hospital.
I tune down science tax a notch or two, and budget deficit is down to -190 gpt. MOve also a couple of cavs to rubber city to counter cultural pressure a bit.
IBT: A privateer I had decided to ignore sinks itself against one of our carracks. Luanda Completes courthouse and starts a library. Suffrage completes and I statr Hoovers. Coimbra completes Colloseum and starts a university.
1160 Mine emerita, and Hoover is due in nine. I start a 10% lux tax, and push EMerita to 105 spt, and Hoovers in 8.
( I do not need 100% science, so I think it justified. I do not have enough food in Emerita to be able to use specialists.)
Russia now has booth Steel and Refining. I think it justified to check on Moscow which seems to be the best city the AI has, even though this might push us below 1000 gold.
Looks like they are stuck in war-mode, so I do not think they are very likely to build anything worthwhile any time soon. Certainly not faster than 8 turns.
They lack hospital, and they lack factory. This was unexpected. Refining is worth more to Russia than Electronics.
Electronics is however worth STeel and 4222 gold to Russia. I will wait one turn and see if Russia research Electronics, before selling to her. ( And wait for Sumeria to get Refining before selling to him. )
IBT: Radio comes in, and I research Refining at a slow speed, building our treasury up. ( I hope Sumeria will get refining within the next ten turns. )
Leiria completes its courthouse, and I set it on Infantry. I would not want the bother of a Korean sneak attack, so a few more infantry in our border cities is probably a good investment as a prevention.
Alternative would be to run Wealth.
1170 Price for ELectronics just went down in Russia, so I sell it to her, betting she cannot build Hoovers in less than seven turns.
Sell Electronics to Russia for Steel and 3525 gold. ( Yup, waiting one turn to see if Russia researched Electronics cost us 700 gold. Thats was a bit steep I think. )
Radio is not enough to get Refining, so I will wait here. Russia hasn't even close to full price for Radio. I know it is likely she will research that, and if I discover she no longer will pay all she has for it, I will sell. For now, we are up Radio, and Russia is up Refining.
Sink a privateer outside our coast.
IBT: Maya and Russia sign peace. We complete Heroic Epic, and I start Military academy. Evora completes Colloseum, and starts University.Braga completes Cathedral, and starts on wealth. ( ALternative is stock excchange, but if we are going to push tech, I do not see us making lots of bucks. )
And things go mildly interesting as Russia starts Hoover in the city of Sumer, a pillaged size 5 city on the frontline.
1180 I fortify workers around Emerita as we start to get fully improved in our core.
I shave a couple of turns off of our corrupt cities by running full food and hiring engineers. Get down from 20 turns to 6 in Alcacer.
IBT: Leiria Infantry->Infantry, Rio Colloseum->Courthouse,
1190 Now it is our research that gives a hefty discount. I can get Refining from Russia for Radio now. I will research one more turn, to see if I can get all her gold and a lux as well. Nope, I renegotiate, and I sell Radio to Russia for Refining,Silks and 1133 gold.
Russia has not researched Combustion yet, so I set full speed ahead, and hope to prevent her from any chance of a science leader.
I also get Sumerias 2227 gold for Refining as well.
Nix lux taxes, and set science 100% for Combustion in eight. Thats not very likely to be before Russia, but it will be a good race.
We do have an oil.
IBT: Russia wants an MPP, but I sell her a pair of world maps instead. Lagos Police station->HOspital. Sagres Police station->Wealth, Coimbra University->Police station.
1200 Merge a coupel of workers into cities. Waill wait for hospitals before merging the rest of the native workers.
IBT: Two privateers comes out of the fog and sinks one of our carracks, so I will go and put our ships into port. Leiria Inf->inf
1210 I can lower the slider on Combustion one step, and still get Combustion in six, but as I have a university coming up in two, I will keep it at 100% until then to see if that uni makes a difference.
In a touch of pity, I gift Replaceable parts to Scandinavia who is at war with most of the world. I hope he can last a bit longer now.
IBT: Rio completes courthouse, and I starts a preliminary artiller production. WIll have to check if I can get 35 spt when I clear the pollution.
1220 With the help of a policeman I can reach production goal, and still get the same amount of research. Switch to wealth as I discover Artillery is 80 shields, and not 70.
I put Sagres on Artillery instead. POlicemen do make a difference, and you can get more shields out of their use.
Russia just lost its science subsidy of 194 gpt we were paying her. I hope that increases our chances a bit of being tech leaders.
IBT: Sao Paolo completes factory, and goes for Aqueduct. I grew careless, and Luanda a rim city riots after undetected growth. Coimbra completes police station and starts on wealth. Leiria Inf->Inf. Pagama Hospital->Cathedral,Evora University->Policestation,Faro Factory->Hospital,
1230 OUr university didn't gain us a turn on Combustion, so I lower the slider a bit.
IBT: Scandinavia and SUmeria sign peace. We finish Mil Academy, and start an army. Alcacer completes courthouse, and starts policestation, Emerita complete Hoover dam
Start a Stock exchange. I realized it will pay for itself during the turns when research is not 100%.1240 Clear pollution.
IBT: Sagres Artiller->Artillery, Leira Infantry->Stock. We lose our supply of silks.
1250 Trade steel to Mayans for their silks. ( I know they got a bargain for that, but I would rather keep my money, as it is not likely the Mayans will get any within the next twenty turns. )
Feel free to build a STock Exchange in Lisbon instead of Army. WIth us being at peace, armies could be lower priority.
I have not sold our old coal plants. I save them as a money reserve in case we really need the money for something.
Save is here, go get it.
Grimjack.
Ps, remember I cannot get it between this coming Sunday and the next sunday, due to me not knowing if I have any access or not.
They may have bought it from Sumeria though. Temple rushed in Castelbranco after it finished the harbor. Furs hooked up, luxury to 0%. Our loss is -219 gpt.
Russia discover Amphibious Warfare. This should make it possible to get Fission at first.
