azzaman333
meh
Do you people not get it? A misclick can very easily be a big deal. We just had a reload because of a seriously bad misclick. Don't take the turns if you're going to be careless.
Anyway, what exactly is our aim at the moment? Settle the copper, then what? It seems like we're just drifting with no real plan.
Well, my suggestion is to REX and aggressively settle all the best spots on Bode before Mavericks get to them. Build workers, settlers, and axes and spears to protect the Bode settlements.
I thought the plan was to ally with Amazons a primary ally with CDZ and Quatrona as secondary. Leaving Merlot and Mavericks as targets. Once those two are gone I believe we will be looking to the CDZ and Quatrona. I think Domination may be an option.
I'm much more interested in why are we REXing. What are we trying to achieve from this? Because we don't seem to have any real plan to win.
Why are we REXing? We have two cities. Both are on an island isolated from foreign trade and military invasion until Astronomy. Our opponents are in similar situations. Also, our island lacks strategic military resources. We have located both copper and horses on the adjacent landmass. It is to our long term strategic advantage to build as many cities as feasible while territory remains up for grabs.
REXing allows us to secure those resources and deny them to our opponents, as well as increasing our production capabilities (Bode) and facilitating commerce through cottage cities (Andromeda, or whatever we are calling it now) or foreign trade.
Since no invasion of opponent home islands is possible before Astronomy, we've developed a strong research base and entered into trade alliances to boost our research output to get us to Astronomy/Gunpowder/Steel more quickly.
Given the current state of the game, these seem like reasonable goals.
I understand your point, but I'm not sure how we are supposed to decide exactly how we are going to win at this point. In chess, for example, every move has a purpose as well. Usually, from the first move you are trying to control the center because this will provide you with better control of the board and more opportunities to trap your opponent and find mate. I am saying we are at the "control the center" phase.
In the more long term we have two opponents outside our alliance as possible first targets. It would behoove us to make sure we can secure as much of their territory as possible so that in the next conflict, within our trading alliance (but not with AMAZON, with whom we have a NAP) we are in a stronger position. That is the long term strategy as far as I understand it.
Where is your contribution to the strategy then?You're missing my point. How does REXing directly help us achieve our victory? Not that I oppose REXing, I'm just aiming to highlight the complete lack of strategic insight into what we're doing. Every single move we make has to have a purpose. Right now, it seems like we're REXing because we have nothing better to do.