Thanks for the feedback. 
I suppose I was thinking of reducing unit maintenance, esp. in light of the possibility of Pacifism (which I think will be cheaper than running Organised Religion anyway if I read the advisers' information correctly). We are undoubtedly just micro-ing to get a marginally better finish date of 'like' maybe one whole turn.
All of this fluffing around with trying to pop certain types of Great People is quite prone to backfiring too, I admit, and could very well cost us a turn or two in lost productivity as opposed to saving us a turn or two with another Golden Age. It might make the finish slightly more interesting however.
Yes - I was thinking similarly that a Golden Age in a few turns could work well. I'm not sure if it actually matters too much as to when we get this underway, but I'd be inclined to hang off until we've either; got The Space Elevator up if we get another Great Engineer for faster builds on Casings and Thrusters, or to hurry along the 'natural' production of The Space Elevator after we burn Cai Lun toward it if Berlin's upcoming Great Person isn't a Great Engineer.
I'm not panicking about health either I must admit. At the moment I'm inclined to stick to 'Plan A' and chase Fusion before Genetics, but I felt that it was at least an option for consideration.
Again, in my view it's the timing of The Space Elevator that will determine this. I'll keep on building wealth and building research if we have to get up The Space Elevator with natural production, and when its done switch over. I'm hoping Beijing isn't too far south on the globe to build it, as it has a good level of production. On the other hand, if we pop another Great Engineer, we'll rush it in Berlin (maybe?) for those whopping +2
points and get straight on to SS parts. I'll keep a couple of our best cities in reserve for the big bits like the SS Engine and the last bits like the SS Life Support. I'll review the cities so I can get a building program together.
Well, I hope so. Tokugawa's just too technologically backward to pose any real threat, and Catherine looks as though she's going to take on Roosevelt if anyone. A swap to Free Religion for us should get her back up to 'Pleased', and we could sign a defensive pact with her to seal the deal. I really can't see Roosevelt attacking us. As vranasm notes, we can buy an army/navy if we want.
As noted earlier, with its improved programming, if this was 'Beyond the Sword' I'd be mildly more wary of an AI response to our pending SS victory. We'll see.
I suppose I was thinking of reducing unit maintenance, esp. in light of the possibility of Pacifism (which I think will be cheaper than running Organised Religion anyway if I read the advisers' information correctly). We are undoubtedly just micro-ing to get a marginally better finish date of 'like' maybe one whole turn.
All of this fluffing around with trying to pop certain types of Great People is quite prone to backfiring too, I admit, and could very well cost us a turn or two in lost productivity as opposed to saving us a turn or two with another Golden Age. It might make the finish slightly more interesting however.
I am really surprised FR didn't start the GA
Yes - I was thinking similarly that a Golden Age in a few turns could work well. I'm not sure if it actually matters too much as to when we get this underway, but I'd be inclined to hang off until we've either; got The Space Elevator up if we get another Great Engineer for faster builds on Casings and Thrusters, or to hurry along the 'natural' production of The Space Elevator after we burn Cai Lun toward it if Berlin's upcoming Great Person isn't a Great Engineer.
I'm not panicking about health either I must admit. At the moment I'm inclined to stick to 'Plan A' and chase Fusion before Genetics, but I felt that it was at least an option for consideration.
Again, in my view it's the timing of The Space Elevator that will determine this. I'll keep on building wealth and building research if we have to get up The Space Elevator with natural production, and when its done switch over. I'm hoping Beijing isn't too far south on the globe to build it, as it has a good level of production. On the other hand, if we pop another Great Engineer, we'll rush it in Berlin (maybe?) for those whopping +2
points and get straight on to SS parts. I'll keep a couple of our best cities in reserve for the big bits like the SS Engine and the last bits like the SS Life Support. I'll review the cities so I can get a building program together.As far as I can tell, this guy is pretty much in the bag. Everything you pointed out is fine. From here on out, it *should* be plain sailing
Well, I hope so. Tokugawa's just too technologically backward to pose any real threat, and Catherine looks as though she's going to take on Roosevelt if anyone. A swap to Free Religion for us should get her back up to 'Pleased', and we could sign a defensive pact with her to seal the deal. I really can't see Roosevelt attacking us. As vranasm notes, we can buy an army/navy if we want.
As noted earlier, with its improved programming, if this was 'Beyond the Sword' I'd be mildly more wary of an AI response to our pending SS victory. We'll see.
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