SGOTM 19 - Also Sprach Sid
- Thread starter AlanH
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It was heading to Asoka's city. I let three others survive.Have some mercy on missionary, it's good to let them spread.
I know religion enables a quicker border pop, but I am trying to tie Asoka's hammers up in anything but Archers.
Yes, it is looking that way. The Settler will be built on T57, regardless.
Okay.
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I sure hope the other teams had this trouble.
I'll resume in 30 minutes or so. I only wrote a PPP to T58, in any case.
On Sunday, I can play for a few more turns to the attack date. I think someone else will need to take over for TGL, though.
Actually, I guess I can play until we build TGL if people would prefer that, but others need to be ready to take over and progress for at least a month after that. I am falling behind on some RL projects.
As long as we can capture TGW, progress should be much easier. Especially if we meet the last AIs.
to another AI? It is all on Tokugawa at the moment.
I sincerely hope the Archers attack and die.Yeah...Wow, your luck is comparable to kossin,
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The other battle went better:
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I don't think the city is at risk. I ran 20 tests with the following:
20 wins, with the toughest one being:
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Rice Pudding can produce an Axe in 2 turns. I think that will have to do. We can stagnate growth for one turn to avoid growth. If the Archer pillages the road, it will become unhappy. There is not much we can do about that.
The Archer will presumably heal or pillage, in any case.
We need to runs some tests for Asoka too. The 9 unit stack is still possible, with just one Axeman hurt (4.5 with Combat I). This will leave Sheepish without a defender for one turn.
Asoka has 4 units in Constantinople, and a fifth nearby. Five defenders makes me nervous. Four should be doable. It would be nice if he'd move an Archer or two to Thessalonica.
Sheepish can slow build an Axe in two turns (work PH) or whip an Axe in two turns (work Grassland farm). The latter will produce enough OF for an Archer too.
Case Depart could also produce an Axe > Market, as was the original plan.
Spoiler :
20 wins, with the toughest one being:
Spoiler :
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Rice Pudding can produce an Axe in 2 turns. I think that will have to do. We can stagnate growth for one turn to avoid growth. If the Archer pillages the road, it will become unhappy. There is not much we can do about that.
The Archer will presumably heal or pillage, in any case.
We need to runs some tests for Asoka too. The 9 unit stack is still possible, with just one Axeman hurt (4.5 with Combat I). This will leave Sheepish without a defender for one turn.
Asoka has 4 units in Constantinople, and a fifth nearby. Five defenders makes me nervous. Four should be doable. It would be nice if he'd move an Archer or two to Thessalonica.
Sheepish can slow build an Axe in two turns (work PH) or whip an Axe in two turns (work Grassland farm). The latter will produce enough OF for an Archer too.
Case Depart could also produce an Axe > Market, as was the original plan.
Pretty tough situation.
The gold sand has to rely on that lonely archer to fight the axe, we can do nothing about it. Further, we need another axe for the loss in north.
On Asoka's side, I think it's quite risky to attack his capital with current forces. We could lure 1 archer out with the worker, but he could produce 1 more archer in any time, which makes his capital defended by 5+ archer when we are ready to attack.
The gold sand has to rely on that lonely archer to fight the axe, we can do nothing about it. Further, we need another axe for the loss in north.
On Asoka's side, I think it's quite risky to attack his capital with current forces. We could lure 1 archer out with the worker, but he could produce 1 more archer in any time, which makes his capital defended by 5+ archer when we are ready to attack.
Asoka built an Archer on T57, and the city did not grow in the interim. He will be building another Worker or a Settler.
In tests, he doesn't whip Archers when faced with a nine unit stack, even with just three defenders. OFC, things could be different in the actual game.
I wonder whether we should move the Worker on the Desert Hill 1SW, to lure the Attack script archer away. We'd need to test.
We could add at least one Axeman from Sheepish (delaying the attack to T64), and perhaps one from Case Depart (would lead to unhappy citizens/bad tiles). But the longer we wait, the more barbarian Axemen will target Sheepish.
It is not an easy situation, as you say.
Yes, we could try to see if we have chance, the archer 1N of the Ivory seems to reinforce his 2nd city, so the new worker could go back to let him keep going south.
We might be able to lure the archer around the gold mine out by our worker and settler
settler to 2E of the archer
Worker on GH mine to PH hill 2S of the Cow
Worker 1N of the Rice to 1W of the Cow
We might be able to lure the archer around the gold mine out by our worker and settler
settler to 2E of the archer
Worker on GH mine to PH hill 2S of the Cow
Worker 1N of the Rice to 1W of the Cow
This is a nice idea. I had thought about moving the Scout too, but I came to the conclusion that he is best left behind as a fogbuster.
I am resigned to the Archer pillaging the road that he is standing on. But if he moves back to pillage the Gold, that will be a huge sink for our Workers. This is something I am keen to avoid.
For Asoka, I will run some tests tomorrow. I'd like to check:
- Worker bait. How does this affect the AI?
- Woodman II Axe. I would like to know, if this threatens Asoka's second city, will he move out more troops?
- Odds against his current garrison. In the test file, his city has 50% odds and a CG I Archer. The real game has neither of these. (40% culture, two Combat I Archers, two without promotions).
This keeps our options open. The only downside is that the defenders in Sheepish will lose the accumulated fortify bonus, and the Shock Axe (4.5/5) cannot heal.
@all, I am taking my laptop in for repairs on Tuesday. Its touchpad is overly sensitive, and registers button presses without being clicked. For web-surfing this is annoying; for playing SGOTM I need to constantly pause, and save/reload after every move.
Someone will need to be ready to take over then and should keep up to date with the current micro and objectives. Perhaps Duckweed can continue to advise, as he has done during my set.
Someone will need to be ready to take over then and should keep up to date with the current micro and objectives. Perhaps Duckweed can continue to advise, as he has done during my set.
