Alone with Space, No Luxuries

[Blaupanzer]

The slider works nicely to keep all the little scientists happy and theater +1 at each 10% and coliseum 1 plus 1 more at each 20%. No opponentis going to disrupt my choices until the down-belows have optics. Nonetheless my worry is now science. No happiy tiles (luxury) meant I had to use the games available building to support my SE economy. This one is the purest SE I've ever run, with no onesies or twosies of cottages in each SE city to boost money a bit when my guys are in enemy territory or the enemy temporarily disrupts one of my CE cities. We'll see.

[Thoth]

What? Being able to grow to work half a dozen more cottages (or prod/farm/specialists if going that route) is "doing something for better science development" in my book.

There's a price tag for that, though. Happy for 6 cottages (or whatever) under HR costs 6 military, say @ 35 = about 200 hammers. Meanwhile, Rep provides 15 happy (more than 6).

To match the 15 happy HR would have to build 15 units, @ 35 = 535, which is more than Pyramids!!

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Your hammer and happy comparision is a little off. Rep gives you +3 happy in 5 cities, true. But if we're comparing Rep to Monarchy, each of those cities is going to have one unit stationed in it already, so the gain for Rep is only +2 per city for a total of +10 happys. To match that happy, HR would need to build only 10 units, and those can be 15 hammer warriors (if hunting hasn't been researched) or 25 hammer archers (if archery has been researched). This is both cheaper and more flexible than the fixed bonus for Rep. Monarchy is far better if you have a lot of cities and/or a couple of cities that have the ability to grow very large.

My usual rule of thumb is if the land is good, work it. If the land is mediocre or crap, run specialists.

[Ming]

The real problem is when your land is really crappy, and it's tough to run specialists.

[Theben]

Even really crappy land tends to have food specials. Just make sure you have 2 per city.

[wodan11]

Monarchy is far better if you have a lot of cities and/or a couple of cities that have the ability to grow very large.

Except when you're running a slider SE and thus happiness isn't driving your civic choice.

[Sarco]

There are way to many abbreviations in this thread. Is it really so hard to type the whole word out so that some of us can figure out what the **** you're saying?

They give you massive knowledge which you should be thankful for rather than whine about not understanding the abbreviations when you can easily look them up or figure them out yourself.
-edit- This might sound rough but tbh you're asking -or requesting- other people to conform to your wishes rather than the other way around and I simply find that quite rude. Perhaps it's just a cultural misunderstanding, I'm not American.

Here are some though:

SE / CE - already covered
HR - Hereditary rule
UB - unique building
UU - unique unit
COL - here Colossus in some posts, otherwise CoL is code of laws
CS - Civil service
REP - representation
ENG - engineering
ND - Notre Dame
IND - industrious
WFYABTA - We fear you are becoming too advanced
GL - often Great Library, sometimes Great Lighthouse
TGL and GLH - The Great Lighthouse
AP - Apostolic Palace
GW - Great Wall
GP - Great person/people
REX - Rapid expansion
BFC - big fat cross (workable terrain around city)
WHEOOHRN (developed into weehorn) - we have enough on our hands right now (diplo message)

most are quite obvious if you put them in context. If you are discussing pyramids and someone mentions REP or GE, you might deduce that they mean representation since pyramids give you access to civics, and great engineer since pyramids give you GE GPP (great people points).

[Ming]

They give you massive knowledge which you should be thankful for rather than whine about not understanding the abbreviations when you can easily look them up or figure them out yourself.

No need to get personal

But he is right... sometime the discussion breaks down into a massive use of abbreviations. For people who are new or have been away from the forums for a while, we can make it difficult for them. Thanks for providing a list.

[Theben]

Im still trying to figure out WEEHORN or whatever it is... I know it's when the AI DoWs you, but not what it stands for.

[Sarco]

We have enough on our hands right now.

When you want them to go to war with someone and they answer that, they have decided to go to war with someone as I understand it, it's not necessarily you but often enough . If they aren't already at war of course, then the answer is a bit more obvious.

[snoopy369]

First off, I think it's a huge mistake to ignore the power 'slider', EVEN on an island; thus, the mil units that give you happiness also give you power slider points, which is useful.

That said, I'm on the side of rep here, IFF you are running a SE. If you're not, then don't bother, and just do your thing regardless; but if you're running a SE, then you clearly need to run rep, for the science AND the happiness.

[wodan11]

Power chart is important, but hardly more important than other considerations. Especially on an island continent. That said, I have to agree that "it's a huge mistake to ignore" it.

[Blaupanzer]

The wheeoh Horn ia what sailors call the dive horn on subs. In the movies someone always shouts "Dive! Dive!" as the horn sounds. In RL, the horn is your only warning to get below and seal the hatches. Gets everyon's attention in a way the peace horn does not.

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