Last post in here from me. I thought it would be worth posting an update. I have had negative happiness the whole game. My scout just got promoted on T53 and can see a natural wonder, and the +2 happiness has put me at zero happiness hehe.
No growth in the captured cities, but I will at some point have +8 happiness from LIsbon, and I am sending a general down there to pick up the marble and horse pasture to the north. The general is on his way. No point in sending generals with the horses, so I am using them all for city expansions.
In Attila's court I built 5 HAs, a scout and a ram (just) .. 2 warriors were upgraded to rams.
I am about to take Rome, easily, but he will retake just as easily until I kill his siege weapon. That's the plan, horse archers to kill units then city capture. I am 1 HA short..
so , build plan, HA (send east), ram (west) then horse archers while they can still reach the front.
I know more or less where Genghis and Dido are, so thats the plan. I have 2 armies and those 2 are next. 3 more capitals after those 2, I will reinforce when I can have optics online soon. Then mathematics.
When my cities kick in, I should be ok, my other cities are defending barbs with only city defences. But gaining culture points while doing so. I do have double experience now and most my HA are around accuracy 3, so logistics soon.
I am doing barb and CS missions in the time I have while my rams slowly trundle across the map.. I aim to meet the troops up again before the next assault.
I bought the horse tile next to Lisbon for the production, and hope to have a couple of work boats soon, maybe I can buy one after taking Rome. I will do CS quest while my rams are on the way to Dido that should give me faith points. Its just a barb camps and barbs.
Easy game so far, juggling the unhappiness and I only tipped -10 briefly, but running at -75% production all game, and no food growth.
I expect to win, dont know the map yet. I think I will have Rome in 3 turns and then Genghis (6 turns?) , who I have been attacking all game, so a walk in, then dido.. 15 turns?
I would hope for a sub 100 turn finish depending on the map. maybe around T90?
I will be back to unhappiness when I take Rome.