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[binTravkin]

Opened the turn, events:
- Vox attacked us with 2 chariots and a horse archer and killed our Home Guard (Combat II + Shock)
- Barb axe near Mhasa has destroyed the road - what a wise move! Here Blake's AI shows some flaws - it could've moved unto pasture and razed it.


Things needing to be decided:
- where to move our southern scout? I suggest along the route - SE into a forest encroached by a river - it should be safe there.
- what promotions if any to give our chucks that are in foresr near Moscow? I suggest they both have Combat I, so if one is wounded, they'll switch posts.
- what to build in Beijing next? (list on the last turn's post)
- what to build in Mhasa next? I suggest worker since it has only missionaries, barracks, mil units settlers and workers to build. We're also running short of workers as our empire grows in territory and population.

Midturn attached.

[binTravkin]

Finished it up as per turnchat:
- Beijing set to workboat (will do some exploration while not needed)
- Mhasa set for worker (we're running short of these)
- Forward chucks both have Combat I, so if it's not an instant kill (extremely unlikely), they'll switch as defenders.

[Maniac]

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Originally posted by binTravkin
- Barb axe near Mhasa has destroyed the road

I think we should build more Chu Ko Nu city/border garrisons.

[PJayTycy]

pfft, turnaround times are too fast for me to keep up...

sorry about that

[-SafaN-]

well vox is out the game soon (3 turns), and it appears horde won't be long in either

[binTravkin]

I wouldn't bet on Horde - if they're indeed allied with Sarantium as posted in public forum, I think they will hold.

As much as you can guess from public postings is that Mercs are on the defensive and kicking Sara's and Horde's ass.

Turnaround times are cool.
Vox should be done by Xmas - even faster turnaround times afterwards.

[-SafaN-]

have we already asked GS if they want moscow?

[N35t0r]

on worker. we need a couple extra tons of these.

[PJayTycy]

Originally posted by -SafaN-
have we already asked GS if they want moscow?

ah yes, this needs resolving soon

[Kataphraktoi]

Been away and will be away....

I wouldn't bet on Horde - if they're indeed allied with Sarantium as posted in public forum, I think they will hold.

Yeah, who could have imagined that happening?


The loss of that chuk sucks


I cant see a space race working peacefully, if we dont find and kill the others they will find us. Its not like this is SP?

[-SafaN-]

well thats the hard part of mp:

- diplomatic victory: no chance unless we already won with domination
- domination: when we are nearing the treshold, all other teams will allie to get us down
- culture: same as domination
- space race: will take ages and can be stopped by taking out one city
- conquest: well i think this is the easiest

btw: i don't want to suggest anything but their order of attack is rather, illogical:

they attack chuck with 2.5/4 chariot and do no damage
they attack chuck with 4/4 chariot and do no damage
they attack chuck with 6/6 horse archer and kill it

in this order ...

[Mart]

Originally posted by -SafaN-
...
- domination: when we are nearing the treshold, all other teams will allie to get us down
...

Our score is so much higher than the second team. also we have a lot of wonders. I wouldn't be surprised, if GS and the civs on the other continent ally against us sooner or later. Let's take that into strategic planning.

[binTravkin]

If we fear it, we should strike at GS before they meet anyone else.
We'll have advantage in knowing the other continent.

[N35t0r]

the other continent will likely be at war, so we'll be able to befriend at least a team there.

[Mart]

Originally posted by binTravkin
If we fear it, we should strike at GS before they meet anyone else.
We'll have advantage in knowing the other continent.

We were discussing advantage of having a neighbour and trading techs. I recently played BTS a bit and have quite few observations, that pertain to vanila also, i think.
Expanding too early kills research, and I have seen how even a single city too many can doom a civ. We are over that period now, but still several cities too many can slow research and economy to a point that other will gain advantage.

I think of measures like:
- knowing what other civs are doing. We do not have good espionage options here, but we may plan whatever we can. Exploration will definitely help.
Foreign Intelligence Datalinks by PJayTycy is an excellent stuff.

- Fast reaction forces. Mounted units. We would have some in the middle of the country, so not many needed. If there are numerous pikemen, they will not help much, but still in a turn of need they may decrease our losses later. It may happen, that we will have a war when horses will be obsolete, but let us think about it.

- Any scenarios of possible events in the future. When for a short time it seemed GS campaign against Vox failed, we considered hitting GS, thus keeping GS and Vox at conflict so they cannot grow - such scenarios is useful stuff, as it may show us some possibilities we wouldn't think of otherwise.

- any other ideas...