Research paper
2xbulb Edu
Then we come to a large crossroad. We have a pile of cash. The AIs are severely falling behind. If it does not start a war with Sury I would not make a trade. We want Hatty to declare on Sury hopefully since Sury is more likely to declare on us. Plus side is he does not appear to be able to field maces too soon.
I'd say after Education research Fuedalsim ourselves and then just keep massing gold while we whip in universities. I'd try to refrain from whipping London. Trade Routes + London is our economy. Just work the hills. Any other city not whipping unis should build/whip archers. Get fuedalism and if we are attacked using our gold to mass upgrade to protective longbows and perhaps a wall or two will hold against almost anything. Thankfully other than Taj Mahal losing marble would hurt a lot less now. In fact we just lose fur really. Not good, but a far cry from a major defeat.
As far as courthouses I'd say universities are a more important whip at this point. We have a huge GNP pool compared to everyone else and are not really being held back by our maintenance fees. If we want rifling from Lib then we want Oxford and therefore universities. If we somehow stay peaceful with Hatty she may even trade us Stone for a few turns to speed up Oxford.
No need to take Lib anytime soon. We won't be running any of the civics so unless we are unexpectedly press we should aim to use it on something juicey. Longbows are relatively cheap and the best defense we have for a long time.
100% agree on a worker for GLH and spreading Judaism. Ideally we'd want to do this prior to whipping any buildings from here on out. If you feel we need to heavily whip then also feel free to farm Covenry and/or Canterbury. At this point cottages will be a neutral tile at best for the near future and may not pay off until after emancipation.
2xbulb Edu
Then we come to a large crossroad. We have a pile of cash. The AIs are severely falling behind. If it does not start a war with Sury I would not make a trade. We want Hatty to declare on Sury hopefully since Sury is more likely to declare on us. Plus side is he does not appear to be able to field maces too soon.
I'd say after Education research Fuedalsim ourselves and then just keep massing gold while we whip in universities. I'd try to refrain from whipping London. Trade Routes + London is our economy. Just work the hills. Any other city not whipping unis should build/whip archers. Get fuedalism and if we are attacked using our gold to mass upgrade to protective longbows and perhaps a wall or two will hold against almost anything. Thankfully other than Taj Mahal losing marble would hurt a lot less now. In fact we just lose fur really. Not good, but a far cry from a major defeat.
As far as courthouses I'd say universities are a more important whip at this point. We have a huge GNP pool compared to everyone else and are not really being held back by our maintenance fees. If we want rifling from Lib then we want Oxford and therefore universities. If we somehow stay peaceful with Hatty she may even trade us Stone for a few turns to speed up Oxford.
No need to take Lib anytime soon. We won't be running any of the civics so unless we are unexpectedly press we should aim to use it on something juicey. Longbows are relatively cheap and the best defense we have for a long time.
100% agree on a worker for GLH and spreading Judaism. Ideally we'd want to do this prior to whipping any buildings from here on out. If you feel we need to heavily whip then also feel free to farm Covenry and/or Canterbury. At this point cottages will be a neutral tile at best for the near future and may not pay off until after emancipation.
Hah, it was Surry declaring on Hatty.
