Turn 99, 425BC

[Hot Mustard]

Turn 99, 425BC

Units

Warriors
Spinebreaker: 2.0/2 9/10 Exp (W2). Move 1-1
Thug: 1.0/2, 0/2 Exp. Fort (EotS)

Skirmishers
Cantona: 4/4 0/2 Exp. Fort
Schumacher: 4/4 0/2 Exp. Fort
Toronto FC: Fort (Wines)
Nash: Fort (Taz)
Neville: Fort (EotS)
Liverpool: Fort (Hub)

Axemen

Stack I - Fort
Brashear:
Domi:
Stevens:
Redick:

Laraque: Fort
McTavish: Fort
Pronger: Fort

Catapults
Pfeiffer: Move 3
Halle: Move 3
Newmar: Move 3

Spearmen
Spear I: Move 3

Scouts
Clarke: Fort

Workers
Worker I: Move 3, Road
Worker II: Cottage-Cancel

Science
Increase rate to 80%

Current (45/turn +?): Monarchy complete, started Code of Laws (9 turns)


Cities

Eye of the Storm (Size 5)
WF: 1, 44, 74, 7, 78 (same)
Growth (-/turn): 14/30 (- turns)
Production (9/turn + 2): Worker (56/60) (1 turn)

Winestrom (Size 5) (poprush - 13 turns)
WF: 2, 1, 4, 7 (same)
Growth (5/turn): 18/30 (3 turn)
Production (3/turn): Catapult (3/40) (13 turns)
In Queue: Spearman (3/35), Obelisk (4/30), Library (3/90)

Taz City (Size 5) (poprush - 18 turns)
WF: 3, 2, 1, 14 (growth)
Growth (7/turn): 15/28 (2 turns)
Production (1/turn): Catapult (1/40) (39 turns)
In Queue: Spearman (1/35)

[Arrian]

I assume we're switching to Hed Rule? There is a slight downside of upkeep, but increasing the happy cap is typically worth it...

Next tech... gosh, I dunno. Head for Metal Casting for forges?

-Arrian

[Hot Mustard]

I've edit the orders above - they're pretty much set, except for next Tech, which I'd like more than one voice on. I think it's important enough to hold the turn - please chime in!

Still 8 Archers in the Voice, barb moved to unimproved square so Neville can continue to heal, and SB hasn't run into any Vox units.

[Blake]

Hmmm next.

I don't see... any huge utility in Metal Casting.

How about Code of Laws, in the interest of getting Civil Service? We want that ASAP because it will bring us so much freaking income... make it easier to grab other techs. Is conf still available? Anyway since we are spi, having Caste System will be nice. I bet we can micro some nice use of it, maybe popping some borders.

CoL looks good to me and it's where I put my vote.

[Arrian]

Heh. I've no objection to CoL. I like MC because forges increase hammers and also would provide us with happy from our silver and (soon) gold. But CoL is fine.

-Arrian

[Hot Mustard]

Turn 99, 425BC

Units

Warriors
Spinebreaker: 2.0/2 9/10 Exp (W2). Move 1-1
Thug: 1.0/2, 0/2 Exp. Fort (EotS)

Skirmishers
Cantona: 4/4 0/2 Exp. Fort
Schumacher: 4/4 0/2 Exp. Fort
Toronto FC: Fort (Wines)
Nash: Fort (Taz)
Neville: Fort (EotS)
Liverpool: Fort (Hub)

Axemen

Stack I - Fort
Brashear:
Domi:
Stevens:
Redick:

Laraque: Fort
McTavish: Fort
Pronger: Fort

Catapults
Pfeiffer: Move 3
Halle: Move 3
Newmar: Move 3

Spearmen
Spear I: Move 3

Scouts
Clarke: Fort

Workers
Worker I: Move 3, Road
Worker II: Cottage-Cancel

Science
Increase rate to 80%

Current (45/turn +?): Monarchy complete, started Code of Laws (9 turns)


Cities

Eye of the Storm (Size 5)
WF: 1, 44, 74, 7, 78 (same)
Growth (-/turn): 14/30 (- turns)
Production (9/turn + 2): Worker (56/60) (1 turn)

Winestrom (Size 5) (poprush - 13 turns)
WF: 2, 1, 4, 7 (same)
Growth (5/turn): 18/30 (3 turn)
Production (3/turn): Catapult (3/40) (13 turns)
In Queue: Spearman (3/35), Obelisk (4/30), Library (3/90)

Taz City (Size 5) (poprush - 18 turns)
WF: 3, 2, 1, 14 (growth)
Growth (7/turn): 15/28 (2 turns)
Production (1/turn): Catapult (1/40) (39 turns)
In Queue: Spearman (1/35)

[Blake]

Originally posted by Arrian
Heh. I've no objection to CoL. I like MC because forges increase hammers and also would provide us with happy from our silver and (soon) gold. But CoL is fine.

-Arrian

Forges are rather expensive, and we are more health-limited than happy-limited. We have ivory, fur, silver, gold, wine and HRule - that's +6 automatic happy right there.

BTW Wine's terrain allocation is suboptimal - it should be working the grasslands in favor of the plains river. GROW GROW GROW, we have lots of happiness potential, we can whip as quickly as we can grow the pop. We really want to claim Ivory ASAP too and we should get Furs founded. The best way to get settlers is 6 pop cities, and Wines is our best city for that. I'm even tempted to say we should farm the grasslands there, because the city only has +3 food. It's easy to utilize up to about +5 food. So farming at least one of those grassland rivers would be ftw.

[Arrian]

Yeah, I hadn't thought much about health v. happiness. Good point.

-Arrian

[Dominae]

Just looking at the bottom screenshot:

1. Why is Winestrom working 8 instead of 41? Usually +1 Hammer is better than +1 Commerce.
2. Why are we building a Road on the Horses in Vox territory? We're not going to be able to use it until after their cap falls.

[Hot Mustard]

Originally posted by Dominae
Just looking at the bottom screenshot:

1. Why is Winestrom working 8 instead of 41? Usually +1 Hammer is better than +1 Commerce.
2. Why are we building a Road on the Horses in Vox territory? We're not going to be able to use it until after their cap falls.

1. Wines moved that WF to the grassland on turn 100 after someone said food was top priority.

2. To get our 2nd wave there faster - more spears/cats desired. Someone had suggested the first road segment, and I just continued. Open to recommendations.