Pop the hut?

[donsig]

So should we use our worker to pop the hut?

 

[DaveShack]

Donsig, thanks for getting this started.

My preference is to leave the hut for expansion. Haven't loaded up the save yet so don't know what our shields / food per turn will be for sure, but let's aim to complete a warrior the same turn as expansion, in case we get barbs.

 

[zorven]

I believe if we pop it before we have a military unit there will be no barbs. Therefore it may be advantagous to pop it with our worker.

 

[BCLG100]

i think we should just wait till we have a warrior and culture expands just incase.

 

[amirsan]

POP THE HUT. No barbs pop out if we have no military. I heard it somewhere, I forgot where. It might have what you want Donsig... POTTERY. Whatever we get it should be good.

 

[amirsan]

oops, found out that we are not in immediate reach of goodie hut. Sorry, I guess you can ignore the above post. About this issue. Find out where we settle and then we find out when to pop it.

 

[Bootstoots]

Let's pop it with our worker, or else pop it by settling our city on the hill next to it (if we choose to do that).

 

[Inter4]

Without military I got a barb from a hut..so I lost the worker and gold....
So say wait till we have a military..

 

[Plexus]

I agree, if we pop the hut and get a barb, we're screwed.

 

[Cyc]

Only use expansion to pop a hut in this situation. A friendly pop w/expansion will ensure the safety of our bank, as we will have a warrior by then. Let's do it the easy way.

 

[Vander]

Let's hope for a settler. Make sure to not have settlers being built when it is popped.

 

[Rik Meleet]

Use the worker to irrigate, that's what he is for. The hut will be popped by cultural expansion. If we have no military I suppose there won't be barbs and if we have no settlers we can get them from the hut.

But with my luck it'll be maps ...

 

[donsig]

I think we should use the worker to pop the hut. The longer we wait to do it the less we'll get from it. I ain't 'fraid of no barbs!

 

[naervod]

It would be easier if we knew exactly what the level of barbarians was, but since it's random it could be a risk or not. I think we should wait 'till we expand or have a military to pop the hut as it could be a risk that would set us back alot if we got the wrong outcome.

 

[Bill_in_PDX]

If we pop and lose, we set ourselves back significantly in the early game. I think that outweighs the benefit of a cheap tech. Now if we got a settler, then that is a different issue, but the risks are still way too high in my opinion.

 

[amirsan]

Well lets straight it out first...

We are playing Monarch.

We are popping it peacefully.

Do you think a tribe will attack a bunch of workers?

I dont think so, so lets take the risk. Its the first turn, what could happen so bad. Whats wrong with a challenge. That is IF we pop barbs, which I think we wont.

 

[BCLG100]

Yes but i think that the problems which we could get from this hut outweigh what we might get.

 

[Bootstoots]

Inter, was that hut popped after you'd already had a military unit, but didn't have it at the time? I think that if a civ has never had a military unit before, the civ has no chance of getting barbs from a hut; though I could be wrong, I'm fairly sure of that (otherwise, barbs could conceivably pop out of a hut before a city is built and kill your first settler).

 

[ybbor]

really there's no point in poping the hut now, any adavantage now will be just as advantagous in a few turns, however the risks will be less in a few turns, i see no motivation to pop it without expansion

 

[wlievens]

I agree with Cyc and the President, let it pop by Cultural Expansion. It'll happen anyway, why waste worker time on it??