PBEM with a twist (another one)

[Beta]

Originally posted by Flandrien


20 gold gained on every horseman that you upgrade.
I would not call that bad.

And according to the manual, they zip through mountains.

(shows you how often I have played the mongols since I got PTW.)

[Beta]

Have you guys read this thread - quite good.

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73721

He ranks the civs in 5 tiers from best to worst. There are four civs in tier 5 - the worst - all are in our game. india is tier 4. The Mongols are tier 3.

So - you wanna give up now? Or do we really have to play this out???

[Dis]

OK I'll set this game up tonight.

[vondrack]

Originally posted by BetaHound
Have you guys read this thread - quite good.

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73721

He ranks the civs in 5 tiers from best to worst. There are four civs in tier 5 - the worst - all are in our game. india is tier 4. The Mongols are tier 3.

So - you wanna give up now? Or do we really have to play this out???

Yep, read it. The author is quite knowledgeable, I'd say. However, you must have noticed that he stated than in hands of a skilled player even low-ranked civs may be fine... just that in hands of a skilled player, higher-ranked civs will be even better...

Anyone here NOT feeling skilled?

I wouldn't say so, as otherwise we wouldn't have chosen all Tier 5 civs!

[Dis]

just a reminder for myself. I have to go to work. I will start the game when I get home. good luck.

Play Order:
Player 1: vondrack- Russia
Player 2: Hot_Enamel- Koreans
Player 3: Tiberius- England
Player 4: Flandrien- Indians
Player 5: CerberusIV- Spain
Player 6: BetaHound - Mongols

World Size: Standard
barbarians: roaming
Landmass: continents
Water Coverage: 70% water
Climate: random
Temperature: random
age: 4 billion
Difficulty: Regent

[Flandrien1]

Dissident, you also choose a name for the game ?

[CerberusIV]

Just in case anyone thinks Betahound paid me off to give him the Mongols I have tried them a couple of times in SP. Expansionist relies on identifying chokepoints before other civs and getting more goody huts. There are three expansionist civs in this game so it might give perhaps four extra goody huts. You might get a unit, a settler and two techs and be off to a great start or you might get 50 gold and a couple of maps and be nowhere, or even find youself on an island. Militaristic is good though.

Keshiks are the weakest knight based UU. Lowest defense value and not fast enough to ride around defenders (unlike Ansars). Personally I would be confident of doing serious damage to a horde of attacking Keshiks with nothing more than horsemen that cost half the shields to produce. (Don't hold me to this )

Actually I was running out of non-militaristic, non-industrious civs with poor UU's so I had reached the point of having to give something away. I nearly gave Betahound the Greeks but played them recently and found that Hoplites give quite a degree of invulnerability in the Ancient era.

Defensive? Me? No!

Anyway, it's done now.

[Hot_Enamel]

The Mongols are tier 3.

So - you wanna give up now? Or do we really have to play this out???

That just makes you everyones first target.
Keshiks wont help you if you are dead mid-way through the first age

[Beta]

Cerberus - any other advice you want to share. I have never played them. Guess I better scramble up a SP game and give them a try.

And dam. I really like the Greeks. Traits aren't wonderful, but I think Hoplites are great for anchoring your defense in the early game. Guarantees you a certain invincibility - or - makes you the first target.

Well, I have my Mongrels - er - I mean Mongols. I promise to play nice.

Any suggestions for Diss about the name of the game - How about - "Going to the Dogs."

If you agree, I will e-mail him to make sure he gets it.

[vondrack]

Originally posted by BetaHound
Any suggestions for Diss about the name of the game - How about - "Going to the Dogs."

If you agree, I will e-mail him to make sure he gets it.

I thought about...

The Lamers' Party
The Hight Society
Nothing To Envy
Suckers' Dream

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by vondrack

I thought about...

The Lamers' Party
The Hight Society
Nothing To Envy
Suckers' Dream

Great names

May I add:
Let the Worst Win

Off topic: I love this new quote layout.

[Flandrien1]

Originally posted by Tiberius
Let the Worst Win

In the same idea
Do your worst

[Dis]

name for the game?

how about: Misfits

lol, I actually hate the quote layouts. but maybe I'll get used to it.

[Dis]

OK game setup. Titled: Misfits of Society. Let me know if there are any mistakes. I will set up a turn sent thread title Misfits of Society.

[vondrack]

Dissident, thank you for setting things up for us!

I guess this will probably be the last post in this pre-game thread. Future discussions to be carried in the new thread.