Secret Societies

[Zeuxis]

Hi Everyone.

Has anyone had a chance to check out the new secret societies yet? Which ones are best for each victory type?

 

[monikernemo]

If you are playing a faith-based game void singers are very strong with very high faith generation. was netting 300 - 400 science per turn with only 3 campus with suzerainity of La Venta as Ethiopia. Culture victory on turn 160-170-ish.

 

[Zeuxis]

That’s what I thought. I started my game as Ethiopia and walked into a goody hut after about 8 turns and joined the Void Singers. I was surprised to encounter two others within 25 more turns, hence the question

 

[Furycrab]

Not sure if 100% or really high chance, but you get all 4 of them from finding a Natural Wonder, Killing a barb camp, Taking a goodie hut, and finding City states.

Trying to figure out how to use the extra 4 governor titles. You definitely want to do Scout first on this game mode, maybe even 2. I'm just debating on what titles you get. You can get Magnus Free settler pop before even your first settler, or Liang before you want a builder, or a reaaaaaally early Pingala. There's almost certainly some cheesy rushes you can do with getting Amani, really early and Levying a nearby CS.

Definitely some interesting decision. Really cool how they can amplify a strategy.

 

[RealHuhn]

Not sure if 100% or really high chance, but you get all 4 of them from finding a Natural Wonder, Killing a barb camp, Taking a goodie hut, and finding City states.

Trying to figure out how to use the extra 4 governor titles. You definitely want to do Scout first on this game mode, maybe even 2. I'm just debating on what titles you get. You can get Magnus Free settler pop before even your first settler, or Liang before you want a builder, or a reaaaaaally early Pingala. There's almost certainly some cheesy rushes you can do with getting Amani, really early and Levying a nearby CS.

Definitely some interesting decision. Really cool how they can amplify a strategy.

You can also rush 4x Moksha and buy districts with faith pretty much immediately. This early into the game, they only cost ~90 - 130 faith.

 

[playshogi]

You can also rush 4x Moksha and buy districts with faith pretty much immediately. This early into the game, they only cost ~90 - 130 faith.

That's an idea I never would have thought of. Especially since you ultimately get 4 governor promotions "for free" with secret society invitations.

 

[tetley]

I like Dark Ages, so I think I would tend toward just being old-fashioned and getting a governor for each city, with Magnus and Liang being top priority as always. Get the free settler and wait for the 50% bonus card to hard-build the next one. I like the idea of using Victor to get me through some Deity situations, and picking up Embrasure and some free promotions for my early units. It's AFTER I get past that initial hump when I would start looking into more bizarre strategies, like a 4x Reyna with the Owls. The first 4 promos may come earlier, but that means so do the second 4. What can I do differently knowing that I can get the EIGHTH promotion sooner?

 

[ISuckAtCiv]

You can also rush 4x Moksha and buy districts with faith pretty much immediately. This early into the game, they only cost ~90 - 130 faith.

Oooh, this sounds like an interesting idea for the new GotM.

 

[hhhhhh]

I also believe void singers work best for Ethiopia. But in my Ethiopia game I took 6-7 tribal villages without finding initiation of void singers. It was an 8 civ game and two civs already took void singers. What are the chances of me finding it if I got a new tribal village, does anyone know?