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This Game - Confusion
I will play within the next day, but would like some constructive feedback. If you oppose this proposition, then please provide a sensible and better alternative.
... and like the others ... congratulations Remco!
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I'm also up for another succession game if you'll have me. While there's always pressing real life commitments (albeit not in the parental department!) I seem to somehow be able to make my way clear for Civ.
This Game - Confusion
I'm happy to take the game, but continue to be lost as to our plan.
We should help Mehmed to help Gandhi
I'm still advocating that we should encourage a Space Race in order to get Gandhi's mind back on the job. I don't know the inner workings of the AI, but I feel that this is our best course. We are in a poor position now to actually compete in this regard, but we might be able to help Mehmed along - for starters we can gift him Fibre Optics and improve his capacity with some gifted resources. Gifting Fibre Optics to Mehmed will make it cheaper for Gandhi to get it.
Mehmed will of course never finish an Ottoman Space Ship, because we can 'pull the trigger' when he's getting concerningly close. I'd also guess that he might focus less on military if we improve our relations with him.
We can also let Khoisan flip to him by moving our troops out of this 'revolting city'.
I guess my principal concern here is that Mehmed will build The Space Elevator - he has Robotics already, while Gandhi's still researching this tech. Would The Space Elevator be something that we would want Gandhi to build, or is it too big a distraction given the high cost?
Abandon Old Vikingland (Mongolia) completely
In the meantime, I would suggest that we clear out of Old Vikingland - there are still cities with lots of units. Our capital would actually be quite a task for India to capture.
Unsure about Old Carthage - can't raze cities that we've owned?
I'm re-putting the question I asked in #822 ... can we even implement a scortched earth policy in Old Carthage given that we've previously owned these cities? I don't think that we can raze them even if we wanted to.
Stop Gandhi's air pillaging
My view is that builds should be focussed on Jet Fighters (anti-air attack) and Battleships (knock out Carriers that are holding aircraft). Gandhi's relentless pillaging of our lands is achieving nothing for either empire.
Research Genetics
I think that this is a useful technology anyway because of the health bonus, and of course it is a SS technology that we can gift to Mehmed if we want.
Either kill off Brennus or set him free
Brennus is playing no constructive role in our game. We should either allow him to get back in the game by withdrawing from his original lands so he can free himself from Gandhi's vassalage, or we should just take him out of the equasion. I'd be inclined to kill him off, raze the cities and leave the lands bare.
We should help Mehmed to help Gandhi
I'm still advocating that we should encourage a Space Race in order to get Gandhi's mind back on the job. I don't know the inner workings of the AI, but I feel that this is our best course. We are in a poor position now to actually compete in this regard, but we might be able to help Mehmed along - for starters we can gift him Fibre Optics and improve his capacity with some gifted resources. Gifting Fibre Optics to Mehmed will make it cheaper for Gandhi to get it.
Mehmed will of course never finish an Ottoman Space Ship, because we can 'pull the trigger' when he's getting concerningly close. I'd also guess that he might focus less on military if we improve our relations with him.
We can also let Khoisan flip to him by moving our troops out of this 'revolting city'.
I guess my principal concern here is that Mehmed will build The Space Elevator - he has Robotics already, while Gandhi's still researching this tech. Would The Space Elevator be something that we would want Gandhi to build, or is it too big a distraction given the high cost?
Abandon Old Vikingland (Mongolia) completely
In the meantime, I would suggest that we clear out of Old Vikingland - there are still cities with lots of units. Our capital would actually be quite a task for India to capture.
Unsure about Old Carthage - can't raze cities that we've owned?
I'm re-putting the question I asked in #822 ... can we even implement a scortched earth policy in Old Carthage given that we've previously owned these cities? I don't think that we can raze them even if we wanted to.
Stop Gandhi's air pillaging
My view is that builds should be focussed on Jet Fighters (anti-air attack) and Battleships (knock out Carriers that are holding aircraft). Gandhi's relentless pillaging of our lands is achieving nothing for either empire.
Research Genetics
I think that this is a useful technology anyway because of the health bonus, and of course it is a SS technology that we can gift to Mehmed if we want.
Either kill off Brennus or set him free
Brennus is playing no constructive role in our game. We should either allow him to get back in the game by withdrawing from his original lands so he can free himself from Gandhi's vassalage, or we should just take him out of the equasion. I'd be inclined to kill him off, raze the cities and leave the lands bare.
I will play within the next day, but would like some constructive feedback. If you oppose this proposition, then please provide a sensible and better alternative.