MasterofDisasta
Prince
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2008
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Continued to 1190 AD
I did carry out my plan to attack Izzy. Unfortunately she was not the soft target I hoped for. While she held off Feudalism and longbows for a crazily long time she did have macemen, pikeman, and a few crucial castles which forced me to sue for peace after taking 2 cities. While catching up in tech I missed the chance to trade for Machinery by one turn and had to slowly tech up to engineering (for trebs) myself.
The war was slow and inefficient. I lack experience in Medieval wars - I usually opt for a peaceful recovery phase after a rush. I had the wrong ratio of seige : units and that cost me at least 5 turns of progress.
In the end I settled for taking 4 cities from Izzy and capping her once I had Madrid - home to a 22gpt Buddhorsehocky shrine + several wonders and settled great people. With Izzy added to the empire it is time to plot out how to finish capping the rest.
In the meantime I was able to lib chemistry. I would have held out for steel but Charly is now able to research lib and there is no reason to risk him taking it.
Tech situation:
Sitting Bull rushed Nationalism and will probably beat me to Taj. Both he and Julius dont want to trade with my any more due to WFYABTA. I think I can use Izzy to backfill a few techs since she will still trade with me. My next target is Steel which I should be able to get in ~15 turns (quicker if I can rustle up some gold from trades/conquest).
Charly and Suleiman have been in a fairly pointless war for the last 1,000 years. Suleiman has been taking the field but not making any progress.
His tech is crazy out of date because everyone hates his religion. He has only just grabbed Feudalism after 1100 AD!
Because of this I am using Asoka's old lands to whip out an army to capitulate him. Im hoping I can deal with him before cannons are online and then immediately pivot to Sitting Bull. Although SB is tech leader his army is fairly small and he only has 8 cities so I think he should fall quickly.
Spoiler :
I did carry out my plan to attack Izzy. Unfortunately she was not the soft target I hoped for. While she held off Feudalism and longbows for a crazily long time she did have macemen, pikeman, and a few crucial castles which forced me to sue for peace after taking 2 cities. While catching up in tech I missed the chance to trade for Machinery by one turn and had to slowly tech up to engineering (for trebs) myself.
The war was slow and inefficient. I lack experience in Medieval wars - I usually opt for a peaceful recovery phase after a rush. I had the wrong ratio of seige : units and that cost me at least 5 turns of progress.
In the end I settled for taking 4 cities from Izzy and capping her once I had Madrid - home to a 22gpt Buddhorsehocky shrine + several wonders and settled great people. With Izzy added to the empire it is time to plot out how to finish capping the rest.
In the meantime I was able to lib chemistry. I would have held out for steel but Charly is now able to research lib and there is no reason to risk him taking it.
Tech situation:
Sitting Bull rushed Nationalism and will probably beat me to Taj. Both he and Julius dont want to trade with my any more due to WFYABTA. I think I can use Izzy to backfill a few techs since she will still trade with me. My next target is Steel which I should be able to get in ~15 turns (quicker if I can rustle up some gold from trades/conquest).
Charly and Suleiman have been in a fairly pointless war for the last 1,000 years. Suleiman has been taking the field but not making any progress.
His tech is crazy out of date because everyone hates his religion. He has only just grabbed Feudalism after 1100 AD!
Because of this I am using Asoka's old lands to whip out an army to capitulate him. Im hoping I can deal with him before cannons are online and then immediately pivot to Sitting Bull. Although SB is tech leader his army is fairly small and he only has 8 cities so I think he should fall quickly.