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dot said:Food surplus and civics:
With all these food resources and the possibility to change civis to caste system and pacifism why not build a whole bunch of great persons and either catch up with them techwise or trigger one or the other golden age. ?
Interesting. Unfortunately, Pacifism would not help our cities out in the islands (unless we send over a caravel with a missionary, which will take quite some time.) However, we could get some Great Scientists in a hurry, and it would improve our tech rate in the short term. This hadn't occurred to me at all, I see some really nice things with it. What does everyone else think?
dot said:Science and Taxes:
I'd try to get some money. This could be used for upgrading units later. But still go for science with a slight "+" gpt-wise.
I don't see any real need for this... if we want to upgrade troops later, we can drop to 0% research. I'd rather have the tech earlier.
dot said:Military:
I'd also go for the military build up on the Osaka continent. I'd say take care of some defence in the islands....
I think those numbers are a bit high. I was thinking more along the lines of... 6 frigates, no new land troops.

dot said:Techs:
Sure, try to go chemistry and steel. That is a must since we need to conquer. But astronomy would be the ultimate must if we decide to move our troops from the continent. Maybe we can use one or the other GP on it - I know I repeat myself.![]()
Well, if we switch to Caste System our army must be built and transported over from the Spanish continent, as we will no longer have access to slavery.
One possible solution is to switch to wait to switch to Caste System until Globe is finished and we've whipped about 10 samurai (ideally CR2) that we can then upgrade to Grens. Or, we can switch to Caste System now and switch back to Slavery once we get Chemistry.
dot said:Now, whom to attack?
I don't know. I don't think that it really matters. They'll bite us anyways.But we might want to try and keep Mansa and especially Biz happy with us for some more time.
Mao seems to be the most isolated in terms of relations, and he is the lowest hanging fruit...
Final thoughts from me:
1. No one has Astronomy yet. If we could get that first, we could trade it around for a lot of techs and maybe, just maybe, a war declaration or two. That would make our job a lot easier. We can trade Astronomy for Guilds & Engineering. If we could also wait a turn and get Gunpowder out of the deal, we could then lightbulb half of Chemistry and have Grens within 30 turns

2. I think the Caste System/Pacifism switch might be a good idea. However, timing it will be important, I think. I don't know if it's better to switch instantly, or later, or not at all. Pacifism (on it's own) or Theocracy could also be useful, as relations with the other civs aren't that important if we have Astronomy. What do y'all think?