NEWB1: Initial Expansion

[Single Malt]

Wouls a specialist count as a citizen working an improved tile, even if there is only say three improved tiles in the BFC?

 

[VoiceOfUnreason]

Wouls a specialist count as a citizen working an improved tile, even if there is only say three improved tiles in the BFC?

Good question. No.

 

[cabert]

man, I'm going crazy.
second attempt turn 84.
on the other hand, I'm leading in tech

 

[Crusher1]

1st attempt was 63 but I think I was trying to grow too much lol. I had 3 of my cities at size 5 with like 22 improvements total.

2nd attempt I focused more on the actual challenge and got it at Turn 61. I'm sure someone can still do better - I tried 1 more time after and got 61 again. So, at least it's not too embarrassing.


Edit: Added turn 61 screen shot

Spoiler :

 

[huerfanista]

Turn 61 (1560BC) - settled on the plains hill, numerous tech pops (myst, AH, pottery). First attempts were in the low 70's, but after numerous tries this was my best.

Spoiler :

EDIT: Oops, looks like you changed the requirements to 4 tile improvements per city. Guess I'm not there yet.

 

[Crusher1]

@ Huerfanista

I only count 8 improvements? Each city needs to be working 4 improvements. Saves work nicely ^^.

 

[Monsterzuma]

Turn 60 (1600 BC).

 

[Jet]

Good question.

No it's not. "at least four tile improvements (per city)" specifies the number of improvements, not where they are.

Each city needs to be working 4 improvements.

No; the rules don't constrain what the population is doing.

Anyway, turn 59.

 

[dirtyparrot]

A good exercise. I had a somewhat similar idea from this topic about one very good player playing up to 1AD, displaying each turn the screenshots and detailing what he's done and why, so that newer players can get a better idea of the optimal timing. The idea would be to get them to vastly improve their openings, which is the toughest point. I might give this a shot tomorrow.

 

[Crusher1]

Try number 3 is turn 58 (no reloads as before).

Spoiler :

However, my try number 4 is better and I'm saving it for when the time is right.

@ Jet

Common courtesy would be to "work" the tiles so people can "verify". Your save was a pain in the butt to figure out

 

[nanomage]

1 got it in 72 turns for the first try. i was late with my last city and my pasture got eaten by
locusts! will try to improve though

 

[Soirana]

Try number 3 is turn 58 (no reloads as before).

never thought worker steal is worth it on noble....

 

[oyzar]

I didn't have any time to chop them because I had to get 4 improvements per city.

Maybe you didn't build enough workers?

 

[Jet]

Your save was a pain in the butt to figure out

I don't understand why it would be.

 

[cripp7]

1st try went 86 turns, 2nd try went 74. good exercise on getting cities out fast. once capital hit size 4 I went settler, settler, worker, worker, settler and then just warriors. When the other city to size 2 I built workers.. How do you get it down to the 60s?

 

[Soirana]

Ask crusher... He seems to be good.

As said i built worker... Go size two, three more woprkers, setller.... Two more settlers. Two more workers. Chopped granaries in cities two-four... I also spread cities a bit further so lost turns on travelling...

Key for me was to chop like maniac...

 

[Diamondeye]

I'll try this once my french exam is done

 

[Jet]

How do you get it down to the 60s?

My zip files have an autosave for every turn. You can see exactly what I did to get 59. Crusher1's 58 has a worker steal, which you can see in the statistics tab of F9 (4 workers, 3 built.) (In theory he could have gotten it from a hut - I think that's possible on Noble - but you can infer from the DOW on Stalin that it was probably a steal. ... also from the fact that it's not labeled by BUG like the other workers.)

 

[Monsterzuma]

Turn 57.

Waiting for Crusher1 to blow everyone's mind with his deus ex machina save.

 

[cabert]

I managed a turn 68 finish which is still ridiculous but a huge improvement for me