That keeps happening to me too. We're getting the 3rd from Econ.
Well, our spy could do it at 100% on t115 or about 105 eps, which 30% ep slider for 1t. That's a chunk beakers.
Note that Gandhi has some workers just beyond Bombay that we want to capture next turn, if possible. Also, our two workers with knight should move to Bombay-sw so they can road next turn. Or Bombay-w and hope any workers on the sugar hide in Bombay?
Bottom line to me, though, is that the trade mission gold is definitely there for research if needed, so that factors in to the planning. The basic questions I think are: 1) capture plan for multiple fronts, 2) units needed and city MM, 3) how many upgrades do we need and where? That all should feed into your research planning. Also, if we can't finish till T125 or T126, that eases our warring a bit.
My first plan had 5 galleys up north, but that didn't go after Coventry, which should be island and easy T116 pickins'.
Churchill Data
1. York is at 88@2cpt = 40% on T117
, next best is Hastings at 38.
2. Coastal tiles wherever our galleys want to go.
3. We need a plusmod to get Churchill to Pleased by T116 to revolt him to Castes. = Resource trades. 50 trade-turns per plusmod, don't know how many we've accumulated, but we have 6 resources we can trade immediately (ONE AT A TIME!!!) plus 2 ongoing. That will give us another 40 trade-turns.
4. If Churchill's defenses remain as they are, I think I'd go for T116 capture Hastings+Canterbury amphibiously, T117 capture York by land, while bombarding London's defenses. The point being to grab 3 island cities asap for our economy.
5. DUmp the chariot at Nottingham at Canterbury asap to keep tabs on military build up and get the galley back to pick up units for T116 DoW.
6. Plan to use T115/116 Paper to scout Churchill's tundra city.
Hastings: 2 galleys (build 1 galley in SQ?) with 2 CII amphib knights + 2 knights/HAs
Canterbury: 1 galley with 1 CII amphib knight + 1 knight (can help with York if not used, if no culture on Cant-nw after capture)
York: 1 galley with 2 knights
London: 1 galley with 1 knight + 1 accuracy cat(chop in Paris?)
That's assuming, of course, the other fronts can spare the 3 knights from the Berlin queue. If not, then capture in some other pattern. In any case, I don't really see a problem wiping Churchill out pretty fast. At the very least the last Berlin knights can attack Churchill amphibiously.
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Can anyone foggaze whether Churchill's far northern tundra city is on a hill or not?
to be continued
Churchill Data
1. York is at 88
2. Coastal tiles wherever our galleys want to go.
3. We need a plusmod to get Churchill to Pleased by T116 to revolt him to Castes. = Resource trades. 50 trade-turns per plusmod, don't know how many we've accumulated, but we have 6 resources we can trade immediately (ONE AT A TIME!!!) plus 2 ongoing. That will give us another 40 trade-turns.
4. If Churchill's defenses remain as they are, I think I'd go for T116 capture Hastings+Canterbury amphibiously, T117 capture York by land, while bombarding London's defenses. The point being to grab 3 island cities asap for our economy.
5. DUmp the chariot at Nottingham at Canterbury asap to keep tabs on military build up and get the galley back to pick up units for T116 DoW.
6. Plan to use T115/116 Paper to scout Churchill's tundra city.
Hastings: 2 galleys (build 1 galley in SQ?) with 2 CII amphib knights + 2 knights/HAs
Canterbury: 1 galley with 1 CII amphib knight + 1 knight (can help with York if not used, if no culture on Cant-nw after capture)
York: 1 galley with 2 knights
London: 1 galley with 1 knight + 1 accuracy cat(chop in Paris?)
That's assuming, of course, the other fronts can spare the 3 knights from the Berlin queue. If not, then capture in some other pattern. In any case, I don't really see a problem wiping Churchill out pretty fast. At the very least the last Berlin knights can attack Churchill amphibiously.
Now that we can't attack Churchill till T117
