Nobles' Club 302: Louis XIV of France

[BornInCantaloup]

What is going on ?!

Spoiler :

We are practicing spying on the Spy Lord himself.

At the moment it costs (3 for 1)

Inconceivable ! This is a terrible rate !
Oh, ah ! Ha ! Ho !
Little did I realize that 2500 was not the cost of stealing Rifling, the cheapest tech of His Spying Highness, He The Eye Above All Things.
Since he also has Theology on you. So that was the cost of Theology, ain't that right ?

I am sorry to have tricked you into such a terrible plan, Soundjata, honest mistake.
Good going otherwise, despite my best efforts !

 

[soundjata]

What is going on ?!

Spoiler :

Inconceivable ! This is a terrible rate !
Oh, ah ! Ha ! Ho !
Little did I realize that 2500 was not the cost of stealing Rifling, the cheapest tech of His Spying Highness, He The Eye Above All Things.
Since he also has Theology on you. So that was the cost of Theology, ain't that right ?

I am sorry to have tricked you into such a terrible plan, Soundjata, honest mistake.
Good going otherwise, despite my best efforts !

Spoiler :

Yay, espionage can certainly be used for style points (poison SB waters would be nice )

 

[soundjata]

Update T261

Spoiler :

Avignon is a fine little city originaly designated to aquire a wine resource...

Last turn our sentry HA notices a heavily escorted settler approching from the sea...
Right when the settler was about to complete in Hamburg.
We railroad the path and settle in someone's face.
Again

Dudes, did you come for the whales?


Summary of the situation:
- 40 workers are busy terraforming the continent.
- Mining inc has been fully spread (including Avignon ^^)
- We have just started our 3 GP golden age (and we are hoping for the quadruple)
- Three Gorges Dam just about to complete in Tolosa (power)
- Berlin will be our next capitol (and will build Rock & Roll)
- Eiffel Tower in Paris

Power will provide an extra 1500 / per turn!
Also "Spy one day, spy everyday" (security bureaus)

I think we are lucky no one went for radio while we were researching plastic.


Sitting Bull completed the Apolo Program 13 turns ago
No part built yet

Research path
Any reason to not beeline Rocketry at this point ? (steal Artillery first)

I have highlighted other techs that seem relevant like Mass Media (UN / Hollywood) ; Refrigeration (supermarkets) and Superconductors (laboratories)

Civics unchanged : Bureau / Caste / Mercantilism / Pacifism.
What could be better?

It cost 1000 to switch the Bull from Emancipation to Caste and he did not switch back so far.

 

[soundjata]

Spoiler :

Not going to lie but I kinda want to see a space race just to see Sitting Bull be competitive in a Space Race. Don't see that every day .

Here you go! Place your bets

Spoiler :

Sitting Bull will need some powerful shamanry to get hammers out of that
I guess he built all pollution buildings and can't handle it...

And I did'nt even poison his waters
Yet

 

[5tephen]

Nice going @soundjata
Perhaps computers for 'the internet' would be worthwhile? As far as I can work out this would give you rocketry for free?

 

[soundjata]

^ Need 2 known civilizations having the tech so maybe not

 

[Fish Man]

Here you go! Place your bets

Spoiler :

Sitting Bull will need some powerful shamanry to get hammers out of that
I guess he built all pollution buildings and can't handle it...

And I did'nt even poison his waters
Yet

Spoiler :

So...you going space?

 

[soundjata]

Spoiler :

So...you going space?

Anything, really

 

[soundjata]

Update T271

Spoiler :

Progressing slowly towards space. We are rather committed at this point @Fish Man

We were a little bit unlucky with great people : 3 great merchants in a row
- One goes for a mission (2900 gold in Iconium = Islamic sanctuary). Took 2 turns to spend all of it
- Another one founds Cereal Inc (+7)

Last turn we ended our golden age while switching from pacifism into OR. Emancipation is not a problem.

Golden age is over and research slows down. We hope for another golden age at Fusion. RNG please!

Vertical growth is fascinating


Production


Paris

Overflow will be 116 = base production.
We'll switch to farms again in order not to lose population then to workshops again in order to 2 turn the Stasis Chamber or something.

Tours (HQ & Shrine)


Athens (National Epic):

Needs to unassign the merc specialist in order to let Munich be first for the 2400 great person.

Als we are in OR, we could infect Nani Waiya and have a better rate on spying (Fission for 5k)

Sub T300 launch seems plausible

We might be a slightly overcalibrated towards hammers though...

How are we going to 1 turn Fusion / Genetics / Ecology?

Maybe we can use STRIKE to research faster

 

[konata_LS]

Spoiler :

Paris

Overflow will be 116 = base production.
We'll switch to farms again in order not to lose population then to workshops again in order to 2 turn the Stasis Chamber or something.

So, you still built the Public Transportation for Paris to deal with from factory . +2 is nice after all. The Ariane space ship of Loulou empire will soon be launched from the space centre in Guyane <--

500+ per turn from Tours is cool .

It's quite rare to see people have fun with Corporations on Deity under Normal speed, but you seem to make it work .

 

[soundjata]

@konata_LS

Spoiler :

Yes, I haven't ended that turn but certainly have too many useless buildings in the queue (Including parts! It's too soon for that.)

Public transportation in Paris is but I know you know

I have been focusing on hammers and overflow in order to 1, 2, 3 turn the last parts (support / chamber / engines) but it is not realistic because research is lagging atm

So Paris can either research for 232 or ReR for +2 and +8 (base) overflow.
I chose the latter (a priori) for hammer greed

Seems like the best strategy at this point is to forgo the concept of commerce completely: =0
- STRIKE
- Accept units disbanding (push the slider high because =0)
- All cities transform into until the final countdown (parts buildup)

Spoiler :

Edit: This is where I learned to have fun with corps / mass GP generation and logistics.