i_imperator
Imperator
Has anybody thought about moving the warrior 1W and then settling 1S:
Spoiler :
You'll get two more calender resources in your BFC if you do.
Has anybody thought about moving the warrior 1W and then settling 1S:Spoiler :You'll get two more calender resources in your BFC if you do.
@Dalamb
Spoiler :In a recent game of mine I built GLH in isolation and after meeting the AI my science tripled. It is very powerful if you delay corporation and convince the AI to stay in free market rather than in Mercantilism.
Monarch/Normal
Played to 325BC, 102 Turns
Spoiler :
Settled in place, start a worker and beelined for BW. Warrior going south clockwise, then ventured into the snaky tundra to the west which turned out to be a dead end. Got 2 huts before Khan's scout stepped on them, a map and a little cash.
Settled SW of copper and researched to AH to work on the sheep first, then Pottery, then Sailing, then Writting, and Masonry by 1840BC. Then capital started to build the GLH by chopping down all trees left in the culture border, while the other city get another settler to the north for the Fish/Clam instead of the Ivory. Khan settled by the Ivory right after I settled.
Got the GLH by 1240BC, and set up the Marble just a couple of turns later so the Orcale was also in hand by 975BC, picked Monarchy for happiness cap and also because i was right about the researched CoL as well. Then I started the long and painful route to CS and got it at 350BC and switched over the Bureau right away.
After I got the GLH, I immediately started to settle the eastern land which turned out to be a tiny island. But it's an island anyway, I sent 2 settlers there. And also just pumped another one to get the cow right under Khan's city.
So, here I am just got Bureau, and academy in the capital but not much of the cottages yet. I'll need to improve my health cap, so compass is nice. However, Khan is get delicious to be taken. So, I decided to nap the construction first and cat/axe him before I researched south for compass. There isn't much land for expansion anyway. BTW, I have fully explored the water. I saw some greenish off the tip of our NE's continent, something like Monty or Saladin. But won't know until I settle a city there or after I got optics. So, consume Khan's land to add more to eco should be a good way to go.
I'm also torn between the ideas on how to settle the greenland faraway to the west off the tundra. If i settle one city there, the best choice is not to the the fish but to cottage up. or, I got 3 cities there? or not at all? eh....
Spoiler :Did you build the GLH and the Orable in your capital? If so, did you use the copper city to pump out your workers and settlers?
Just curious as to what your initial build orders were. Did you do alot of whipping?
In place or SE. Either way, worker first.
@yanner
Spoiler :
GLH and Oracle were built in the capital. And for the copper city, yes and no. I had 4 workers working for the initial 2 cities. When I started building GLH, i was actually more worried about Khan might go into war mode. So i get an axe or 2 out before building a settler to the north to grab the Marble.
To start, I mostly building a worker, then let the capital grow by building warrior and settler/worker depending on the availability of BW and the landing grabbing pressure.
For a hammer heavy cities like my initial cities, slavery doesn't outperform production wise vs max out your pop limit, not to mention the cash losses. I never switched into slavery in this game. Directly switched into HR/CS after Oracle is built and CoL is researched.
a few more screenshots from the autosaves and hope they can explain better than my words.
Spoiler :
Workers were just finishing chopping down the trees, now start mining.
Now the copper city has reached happy limit, about right time to start a settler.
GLH in, trees out.
Working on Oracle, note the Marble is ready.
This is one of my typical setup, too. A early GP farm to make sure the first GP is a GS. So GLH, Oracle had no pollution to it.
Hi!
I'd like to try this one on Prince, but before I start playing, I want to ask: is it worth cottage spamming on an archipelago map, even with a Financial leader? Or should I rather try to get an early Colossus and an earlier GLH and rely on specialists for the rest?
Or should I maybe cottage the capital for the Bureau civic and use specialists otherwise?