Team Game - Isolated Pacal (Deity)

[Pedro78]

Nice work Fippy. Not playing much Civ right now, but may I suggest nukes? I've never used those in a real game and here with 2 vassals we could reach them in a timely fashion. Not that we need them, but we're not going for optimal win date & submarine action is fun. Maybe try something with paratroopers aswell, never used those either, but I'm sure they'd allow us to do some fun tricks
And imho, a clean ending with nukes + few units looks much nicer than a 200-tanks-stack finish (nuke-haters will certainly disagree with that).

 

[Fippy]

If we use Nukes, Lain might slap us around
It's not really spectacular tbh, i remember using them years ago and was bored.

Paratroopers are fun, but need bomber support or something like that.
24 strength but no specials, weaker than Infs 1vs1..and cannot attack after jumping.

Could use Marines and Battleships, deadly coastal attacks

Not too late for playing a bit, Lymo

 

[Pedro78]

If we use Nukes, Lain might slap us around

Yup that's what I was thinking aswell, but now that he's gotten to a stage where he basically wins every game, maybe he'll stop hating nukes so much?

I was talking about paratroopers+nukes. On their own they're worthless of course, especially as they keep getting shot down. Marines+Battleships would need some kind of Artillery/Air support, so there's not a huge value in amphibious attacks (unless ofc you bring some galleys+caravels+WEs lol)

Btw I find Fighters/Bombers really unimpressive. Not really cost-effective at all -- I'd much rather spend these hammers on more ships + Artillery to take coastal cities super-fast. Losing 5+ planes per city while doing max 50% collateral damage really sucks.

Yeah Lymond you could play some turns! The map itself isn't particularly interesting, it's all about the people playing it & participating in the discussion

 

[Lain]

Looking nice can we try begging 1 gold from Gilgamesh to buy time now?

I see we can have 23 more turns of golden age, so teching to Tanks / building Factories+Coal Plants looks good to me.

Can also trade Electricity for Artillery with Asoki, could help if Gilga attacks.

Nukes? Nooo. Well, don't really mind, but not my favorite option. Could just take Gilga+Bully and go space if we feel lazy though. Other continent looks really easy to take however. With Tanks/Artillery or something.

 

[Pedro78]

can we try begging 1 gold from Gilgamesh to buy time now?

I don't have the save under the eyes right now, but given the begging formula we should be able to beg around 100 gold right now. Success rate doesn't depend on the amount so there's no point in begging 1 gold

Who plays next?

 

[Fippy]

I could play, but would be cooler if we get somebody besides us 4 (nice that you played some turns, dutchfire)

Agree with Pedro, not looking for perfection here..team / forum game lives from peoples joining the fun.
Breaking the ice, for our next game which i am sure we should do

 

[Pedro78]

Breaking the ice, for our next game which i am sure we should do

I have some really fun ideas for the next SG

 

[dutchfire]

Using the whip overflow into Globe theater while those units act as military police trick in my own games now!

 

[Fippy]

Looks like no new interest, any of us feel like finishing this one?

 

[Fippy]

Okay so i will finish sometime this week,
any special wishes on what unit combos we want to see?

 

[Pedro78]

Whatever you enjoy the most. It's already great that you're keeping this thread alive

 

[Fippy]

I wanted to be further already, maybe somebody wants to take over?
Empire stuff mostly done and building Tanks & Battleships (had no better idea, sorry Pedro ).

 

[Fippy]

And finally (sorry not playing much when it's hot outside ) mighty Giggles:

Spoiler :

 

[Pedro78]

Nice work Fippy!

 

[Fippy]

The End

Spoiler :

 

[Fippy]

Final score (not boosted by farm building )

Spoiler :

Players

Dutchfire


Lain


Pedro (no avatar currently)


Micro Junkie


Thread posters: Izuul, Gasp, Rusten, Unas876, Anysense, Snowbird, Pangaea, elementoffear, Olafeson, Sampsa, Tyler.Durden, Lymond, Gramm87, Gaash2, Obsolete + Jumbos, ManUnited4Ever

 

[Fish Man]

Now @Fippy's done, I decided to give this one a shot. It's only my 5th deity game so far but let's see if we can keep this winstreak going.

Turn 74 GLH; a risky gamble but it paid off (had to reload to whip because some stupid AI beat me by 1 turn...cheap of me I know but I wasn't about to throw this game away just for this). Fogbusted entire island. One thing to note: I built the absolute minimum # of units. In such a tight economic situation unit upkeep for even 1 or 2 extras can really cripple you.

This is the only map EVER where I've seen mysticism as actually quite useful for a starting tech. Monuments from the go mean I don't have to wait til writing for a border pop. Sure, I could research it, but...normally, would you really have? With the lack of commerce and much more important things (hunting, AH, BW, fishing, IW) to go after?

I see stone and mids haven't gone yet...should I go for it? Seems absolutely crazy but failgold is good and so is happiness (especially with a paltry 2 luxes) so it's a win-win honestly. Also if I build that (and colossus too! assuming nobody oracle'd MC) I might be able to pull off a completely cottage-less economy. Riverside fin windmills are no laughing matter either.

Actually, assuming I get mids and/or colossus, new challenge: win without building a single cottage.

Do you think I can do it?

Tech-wise: IW or writing? Gems are good but GS are even better, and I don't wanna pop a GM. Though...settling a GM might not be a bad idea.

 

[Fish Man]

At 1000 AD I seem to be 6 techs and a stack of cannons behind. But it finally seems like the GLH + Mids economy is paying dividends. Hopefully won't even need slavery anymore with 1f4h workshops on the way soon. Sucks that I got astro 1000 AD but at least the GM that spawned gave me some nice gold. Nobody has rifling yet but Willem cramped as he is seems to be the runaway this time...

 

[Pedro78]

Awesome Fippy, thanks for giving this game the finish it deserved!

Not much more to say as I don't play civ anymore (I'll hopefully get back to it someday), but yeah, was a fun game

 

[Fippy]

Merci,
Undefeatable i think you should get a golden age GP from Mutal in 5t.

With Rep specialists are also nice for + beakers, during GA you can then get 2 more GS from Lak & CI.
Even if you can bulb just Scimeth with them, that could give you some valuable trades still later
And you need your golden age fast now, to catch up.