New Let's Plays

[Browd]

If you watch enough MadDjinn LPs, you will notice that he always seems to "underinvest" (in the opinion of many viewers) in military units and yet always seems to conjure up enough units to repel an invasion (before he then slowly strangles the invader). He seems to be allergic to spending gold (or energy) maintenance on idle military.

 

[BrotherAriman]

So, simply killing stations gives you resources. Mad Djinn just got 40 energy credits and beakers for trashing a station.

That might have been part of the quest that he completed to destroy it.

 

[Alkyon]

That might have been part of the quest that he completed to destroy it.

No, he specifically said that was separate from the quest. Kicking over trade stations gives you resources no matter what.

He got another batch of rewards, including affinity experience, for having the quest to kick it over.

 

[gunnergoz]

That might have been part of the quest that he completed to destroy it.

That was the case I think.

 

[AriochIV]

From the german video:
Carriers indeed have only one upgrade, at affinity level 10. Around 3:15:40

The names of the Harmony, Purity and Supremacy carriers are Hydra, Bastion, and Shepherd, respectively. They give +1 Move, +26 Strength, and +1 aircraft capacity over the base Carrier, but I couldn't see any of the upgrade perks. Based on earlier previews, one of the Supremacy perks supposedly increases aircraft range, and one of the Harmony perks supposedly heals carried aircraft.

 

[OldEarthRelic]

If you watch enough MadDjinn LPs, you will notice that he always seems to "underinvest" (in the opinion of many viewers) in military units and yet always seems to conjure up enough units to repel an invasion (before he then slowly strangles the invader). He seems to be allergic to spending gold (or energy) maintenance on idle military.

It's because he only needs that much. I need much more, so I build more!

 

[aguliondew]

Hopefully their will be a replay of maddjinn livecast.

 

[Greybane]

Look like he needed a few more military units. One or two more planes would have really mitigated the damage he has suffered.

 

[gunnergoz]

Everything is a tradeoff so if you invest in military you will not be investing in something else that might have other payoffs down the road. If you are a great general and tactician, you can make up for lost ground by cranking out units, assuming you have the production and are not already overrun by enemies.

 

[rastak]

Maddjinn's stream recording is on his youtube channel now.

 

[MadDjinn]

He definitely spammed explorers more than I would have. It did work well for him since he was able to get a lot of resource pod bonuses and excavation bonuses. He also uncovered an impressive amount of the map which will allow him to easily place his future cities in the best spots. But I think it only worked because his neighbors were far enough away as to not present any military danger. He has got a very solid industrial foundation now with which to crank out a military pretty quickly (and he took some quests that will further boost military production). He will be able to catch up military pretty easily. But the strategy does seem risky because if the AI had been closer, he could have faced an invasion before he was ready to defend himself. In civ5, it happened to me a couple times (before I learned my lesson) that I would focus too much on infrastructure and neglect my military and get crushed as a result. So now, I am a little paranoid about it. So, I tend to build several military units early just to make sure I am not defenseless if the AI DoW's me early.

I would not normally crank out that many explorers, but in the situation, I had a lot of ground to cover and apparently a lot of exploration sites. Had I gained Supremacy 1, or Prosperity (+3) I would not have made so many.

What I ignored was my own advice to get Rocket Batteries in place, and a bit more military in time. So yeah, things happen, but I can recover.

Hopefully their will be a replay of maddjinn livecast.

Part 1 is on youtube already, part 2 is being processed. THey are the full length streams though, as I wanted to get them off twitch as fast as possible (twitch loves to eat my streams). Though, the 'hiccup' at the beginning when loading into the map caused twitch to cut off the first bit of the stream. The only thing important there was me letting people in chat decide what the build was going to be.

(PAC, culture, retro thrusters, Worker, Protean Map).
(part 1)
http://youtu.be/6awcB2qx0bY

Look like he needed a few more military units. One or two more planes would have really mitigated the damage he has suffered.

a few more yes, would have been nice. Ie, those 3 that I wandered away with and the 4th that was dealing with the nest.

 

[Karl0413]

Hey MadDjin, are you going to take requests for future LPs too?

 

[MadDjinn]

Hey MadDjin, are you going to take requests for future LPs too?

Probably. I'll likely want to ensure that each item gets some sort of coverage (worker-worker-worker -- doesn't show anything else), but otherwise yes.

It also depends on if I'm doing live streams or just recording. I can only get 1080p from uploads, rather than streams.

 

[rastak]

Thanks Mad!

 

[Karl0413]

Probably. I'll likely want to ensure that each item gets some sort of coverage (worker-worker-worker -- doesn't show anything else), but otherwise yes.

It also depends on if I'm doing live streams or just recording. I can only get 1080p from uploads, rather than streams.

Well, can you do a Franco-Iberia one? Most of the LPs we have seen tend to be ARC, Slavic Federation, Brasilia, African Union and Kavithan Protectorate. FI play-throughs are a little hard to come by.

 

[Gamewizard]

The only thing important there was me letting people in chat decide what the build was going to be.

(PAC, culture, Tectonic Scanners, Worker, Protean Map).

You mean retro thrusters, right?

 

[gunnergoz]

Nah, I think he had Tectonic Scanner because the strategic resources were already visible. I arrived after landing so I'm just deducing that.

 

[MadDjinn]

Nah, I think he had Tectonic Scanner because the strategic resources were already visible. I arrived after landing so I'm just deducing that.

You mean retro thrusters, right?

I think it actually was retro thrusters as I didn't see the Geothermal until researching it.

Well, can you do a Franco-Iberia one? Most of the LPs we have seen tend to be ARC, Slavic Federation, Brasilia, African Union and Kavithan Protectorate. FI play-throughs are a little hard to come by.

yeah, we can go there next. There's still a few hours of the PAC game to go.

 

[Gamewizard]

yeah, we can go there next. There's still a few hours of the PAC game to go.

If you can survive that long...LOL!

 

[gunnergoz]

So you must have researched the Petroleum revealing tech before I got there, which means I must have missed quite a lot by the time I showed up. Looks like I need to go look up your Youtube, MadDjinn, and see what else I missed from the early turns.