One of those situations where tile sharing shines. Helper cities can take over cottages during the 9 turns it takes to get the GS out.General question about math bulb. I heard it discussed sometimes and seen Lain do it once. But I can never get the timing quite right. On this map I also want to work cottages in my capital so don't love the idea of 2 specialists. Thoughts from the experts?
One of the ideas behind math bulb can be to avoid chopping forests before it and have a good worker force ready to chop everything at the right time.General question about math bulb. I heard it discussed sometimes and seen Lain do it once. But I can never get the timing quite right. On this map I also want to work cottages in my capital so don't love the idea of 2 specialists. Thoughts from the experts?
I think you connected the dots yourself but I'm not quite sure. I apologize if this is heavy handed but I will spell it out.I successfully took 2 Maya cities, had to raze one which ruined a seafood and didn't have any food resources. French had been angry and plotting after making peace with Pacal, even though I switched into their (and Monty's) religion. They demanded HBR, I refused, and then of course they attacked, dragging China in. They have a big stack on my northern border while my stack is tied down south in Maya land. Don't think this is winnable. Could reload to their demand and give into it but not sure if that would solve the problem. The Maya are stronger than I had realized. Should have scouted them out beforehand.
I feel like my nerves clouded my judgment and I went in head first in an all or nothing attack. With the barbs pillaging my stuff and the aggressive neighbors it was a lot to handle. Not sure I could have taken Mutal with that army.I think you connected the dots yourself but I'm not quite sure. I apologize if this is heavy handed but I will spell it out.
It's a huge blow to have to raze a hill city that you conquered second. So, scouting, yes.
That capture didn't weaken him because this isn't a place where he could produce from. You also probably suffered casualties and woundeds and that has an impact when it comes to capturing the 3rd city.
From your later screenshot, you had to go for Mutal instead. That capture cripples Pacal and is a worthy addtion to your Empire.
So, the city you razed, actually, was the city you should have left him when you sued for peace against techs.
Maybe it wouldn't turn the tide entirely but, then, with Mutal and your standing army, perhaps you could resist the French.
I'm not bragging. I played like 30 turns on this map and ditched it because I thought there wasn't enough room for expansion
Anyway : yes to scouting.
And cut the head, arms and legs, first, instead of the toes.
Just a random thought : seeing how volatile the diplo is,
It is a possibility that Pacal was not the right target. It's pretty tempting to hit the softer target but then that war has to be quick. I'm not sure how feasible it would be to hit the top dog first but perhaps it should be a consideration.
It is useful, on some occasions, probably more so in isolation, yes. Press a number on your keyboard which will load up the queue stored up to that number. It's empty by default of course.How do you "produce nothing" in your cities? That might be useful for isolation games, no?
Say what? Can you elaborate on this?It is useful, on some occasions, probably more so in isolation, yes. Press a number on your keyboard which will load up the queue stored up to that number. It's empty by default of course.
And you pull this off by pressing a random number when inside the city screen?Not much.So after you have alpha/currency it is moot - then you can do the same by building
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. The point is to simply save overflow or chops.You build nothing, so you lose all the
you produce (1
per turn most often) but you are able to store
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Deity T89
Spoiler :Keepin the capitol, best visible tile.
Reach size 3 (t29)
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Get 5 cities and 5 workers (t63)
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City 2 near pigs! (best tile in the Ottoman empire so far)
Beeline construction (t89)
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Notice empty production bars for maximum overflow hacking
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Everybody wants war, it might be dangerous![]()