No Rubber on Stormia

[Cort Haus]

GoW has 4, ND 2, even bloody Vox have better resources than Stormia, as they have 1 too. Can't see Legos, but they'll be OK in there for sure.

Just as well we're allying with GoW.

[Cort Haus]

I commented back in the lacking-SP days how resources go in horizontal bands.

Well, the northern rubber band is basically GoWs's territory, and that's where Vox's is too. The central band accounts for ND's pair, and I would expect Lego would find their rubber in the Dye Fields - Forkmouth - Kloreep 'triangle'.

This might be worth bearing in mind when considering the assault.

Also, GoW won't have any oil. If we don't have any around Sandstorm then then we either recruit ND or bust.

[Cort Haus]

Final thought for now - it's expensive but some city espionage to open the map might be handy. We might even see their rubber.

Lego have Rep Parts, so GoW will be able to confirm that Lego has rubber.

[DeepO]

euh, CH, how do you know we don't have rubber? has GoW told you, or has the new save arrived? I was thinking on one thing (but didn't had time to check it): we could be better off without RP for a while. Lego will undoubtedly go for the tech, and we don't need it soon. So, while not devaluating, we can build rifles instead of infs, and upgrade these.

I didn't analyse this thoroughly, it's more of an idea. I don't really have time to check it to the numbers in the Smith's thread...

Oh, and of course, we without rubber is not a good thing. Not good at all.

DeepO

[DeepO]

Oh, city espionage: we will need that later on, right now there is not much point. I would like to have a smalal amount set aside to check their coastal cities before invading so we know that we either can take 1 or 2 cities from the start.

DeepO

[Cort Haus]

Yes, we have the save. Rep Parts will speed our workers in the remaining RR and foresting, and Lego have it anyway.

Are we giving Sci Meth to GoW for Rep Parts?

[DeepO]

if Lego has it, there is no point in not accepting it, certainly not if we don't have rubber.

and as to Sci Met: I was more or less under the assumption that we already promised that to them, and that RP was a trade for Corp. However, we should tell then that while SM is theirs, we prefer to keep it for as long as possible, to keep Lego from gaining any advantage.

DeepO

[asleepathewheel]

crap

I hpoe this doesn't change the GS/GoW dynamic.....

arty's or bust I fear.

[Arrian]

Blah.

-Arrian

[vmxa1]

Another fine mess.

[Cort Haus]

It's bleak, guys - especially long-term, but not unexpected. If we have oil, then as long as we're allied to Glory of Rubber we're OK.

If we'd had rubber but no coal - we'd have been dead meat. Better this way round, we live a bit longer at still get the chance to take a swing at Lego.

[Theseus]

Jesu christo...

Good attitude, CH. This says to me: At home, dependent less on Rifles as defenders, and more on naval pickets. On Lego, depend on... Tanks. Lots o' Tanks.

[notyoueither]

No SP. No rubber. Two civs start on land mass.

What were we thinking by going with a random map and not recruiting someone to balance it?

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by notyoueither
No SP. No rubber. Two civs start on land mass.

What were we thinking by going with a random map and not recruiting someone to balance it?

This was the first Civ 3 MPDG so no one thought to do so.

Plus the game was started prematurely and without everything getting sorted out.

[DeepO]

I wouldn't be terribly surprised if we didn't have any oil either. But we'll find out in a few turns.

DeepO