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Hi, I don't talk much. Been hardly playing 4 since it came out. Fan since 1. Hopefully the screenies post, I don't know how to do that yet.
(Warlords), BtS 3.13, Bhruic
So, I'm playing some Mayan dude. Settings are in a pic (Tectonics Large, Noble, Normal). I'll post pic of overview, with cityplans and resources.
I got off to a bad start: my second settler was bushwhacked. It's only noble though (which I rarely beat), so I played on and am so far excited. I have a good chunk of land to myself. Barbs have been harassing me down south, but I sent my horsey down there, and I guess there's no barb city (yet). I think things are okay; I'm guessing I've caught up to the other civs, but I haven't met anyone.
1) In the west mountains, I founded a city in that very secure pocket (Techtonics rocks!) If I read my graph right, theres only 10 plots available. They are 2 Lakes, 2 Forest/Plains (1 with silk), 2 plains, 4 Hill/Plain (1 city and 1 stone). It's cool that all 10 have fresh water. I was going to ask if this would be a better production city or science/commerce city, but it seems I figured it out while typing. It has to be production, because there are not enough plots to significantly contribute to commerce, right?
2) As obvious by the city name, I had planned on making the current east coast city my GP farm (um, I've never had a GP farm yet -- I either forget about it or only have room for 3 cities; I like crowded). Then I realized my capital is a much better canidate since it's not coastal. Then I realized I don't know what I'm talking about.
3) Miscellaneous questions, I suppose. Despite my early delay because I always choose to gamble and send my settler off alone and use 2 warriors for scouts, I think my starts are finally progressing well. But maybe not, it's already 150 B.C. and I only have all but 3 of the ancient techs. I have 5 cities, plan to have 8 or 9 on this continent, am producing 2 settlers, and have... crap, I only have 4 workers. (It's okay; don't worry.) I have only built one building so far, a wall, but I'm building a second. I now see that should have been a worker. Any how, I think that's good, I normally have have a bad habit of building barracks. I founded 2 religions (only tried to found one). I thought I was producing a good number of troops, but I just realized the game lets us cheat with demographics. I'm 6th in power, and a bit low for everything else, except I'm 1st in land, and nobody's gonna stop me from doubling that. (Well, at least I sound confident.)
I know I don't have good plans yet, except for city locations. ATM I'm trying to figure out how to specialize my cities, and honestly that is the only reason I haven't built a barracks or a wonder yet. So far, I've been in doubt, and Snoopy says "when in doubt, build a unit." So I did.
All in all, I am playing for score, which sounds like a conquest victory, which isn't my strong suit, but that's okay. I often win space race when conquest doesn't progress fast enough. Oh, this is only my 4th BtS game, and I only won a couple time in stock 4 on Noble, so I don't think I'm playing below my level. But the champs are flexible, and I need contingencies if conquest doesn't come easily. Considering the apparent land lead, perhaps I should spam missionaries and beeline the spiral minaret? Or what do you think you might do? I do think my method of guessing which techs to research is a very weak aspect of my game. Also, I usually win by culture and spacerace, and after accounting for a few conquest victories, I don't think I've experienced any other types of win.
Where do we go from here?
I'll try to upload the save -- at least this isle was sweetly generated. Any advice is welcomed, but please refrain from loading up the save and saying "Dude, you are so dead in like 26 turns!"
[Edit: linked screenshot. Thanks Snoopboss.]
(Warlords), BtS 3.13, Bhruic
So, I'm playing some Mayan dude. Settings are in a pic (Tectonics Large, Noble, Normal). I'll post pic of overview, with cityplans and resources.
I got off to a bad start: my second settler was bushwhacked. It's only noble though (which I rarely beat), so I played on and am so far excited. I have a good chunk of land to myself. Barbs have been harassing me down south, but I sent my horsey down there, and I guess there's no barb city (yet). I think things are okay; I'm guessing I've caught up to the other civs, but I haven't met anyone.
1) In the west mountains, I founded a city in that very secure pocket (Techtonics rocks!) If I read my graph right, theres only 10 plots available. They are 2 Lakes, 2 Forest/Plains (1 with silk), 2 plains, 4 Hill/Plain (1 city and 1 stone). It's cool that all 10 have fresh water. I was going to ask if this would be a better production city or science/commerce city, but it seems I figured it out while typing. It has to be production, because there are not enough plots to significantly contribute to commerce, right?
2) As obvious by the city name, I had planned on making the current east coast city my GP farm (um, I've never had a GP farm yet -- I either forget about it or only have room for 3 cities; I like crowded). Then I realized my capital is a much better canidate since it's not coastal. Then I realized I don't know what I'm talking about.
3) Miscellaneous questions, I suppose. Despite my early delay because I always choose to gamble and send my settler off alone and use 2 warriors for scouts, I think my starts are finally progressing well. But maybe not, it's already 150 B.C. and I only have all but 3 of the ancient techs. I have 5 cities, plan to have 8 or 9 on this continent, am producing 2 settlers, and have... crap, I only have 4 workers. (It's okay; don't worry.) I have only built one building so far, a wall, but I'm building a second. I now see that should have been a worker. Any how, I think that's good, I normally have have a bad habit of building barracks. I founded 2 religions (only tried to found one). I thought I was producing a good number of troops, but I just realized the game lets us cheat with demographics. I'm 6th in power, and a bit low for everything else, except I'm 1st in land, and nobody's gonna stop me from doubling that. (Well, at least I sound confident.)
I know I don't have good plans yet, except for city locations. ATM I'm trying to figure out how to specialize my cities, and honestly that is the only reason I haven't built a barracks or a wonder yet. So far, I've been in doubt, and Snoopy says "when in doubt, build a unit." So I did.
All in all, I am playing for score, which sounds like a conquest victory, which isn't my strong suit, but that's okay. I often win space race when conquest doesn't progress fast enough. Oh, this is only my 4th BtS game, and I only won a couple time in stock 4 on Noble, so I don't think I'm playing below my level. But the champs are flexible, and I need contingencies if conquest doesn't come easily. Considering the apparent land lead, perhaps I should spam missionaries and beeline the spiral minaret? Or what do you think you might do? I do think my method of guessing which techs to research is a very weak aspect of my game. Also, I usually win by culture and spacerace, and after accounting for a few conquest victories, I don't think I've experienced any other types of win.
Where do we go from here?
I'll try to upload the save -- at least this isle was sweetly generated. Any advice is welcomed, but please refrain from loading up the save and saying "Dude, you are so dead in like 26 turns!"
[Edit: linked screenshot. Thanks Snoopboss.]
Great Spy birth rate)
And what an elegant reply -- did you cut and paste that from somewhere that I haven't found yet?
Guess I can still listen to fani and get compass for trade.
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