GOTW Mountains and Indians 01.04.2012

[Kadera]

This week we are the Mountains OK - the Indians This map is crazy, many many mountains, too much, no problem with production city (even without HGB and courthouse 64h, with HGB and court. 198 h / turn).

Others civs are:
-English (close E, walk in)
-Romans (close N)
-Arabs (E)
-Aztecs (NNE)
Artifacts:
-SoC (4N 5E from Tenochtitlan)
-AW (3N 5W from Rome)
-Atlantis (somewhere).

Lack of time, so i started 1 day later and today i posted on Deity:
-100 BC cult - few mistakes, no GB, bad GPs (3GA etc), Steam P with in 2 turns
-400 BC Cultural V. - almost perfect, very good GPs (GB,GS etc.), with 1 more GB 500 BC is possible, i tried for 500 BC but i had 300g for Trade F, so i needed 1 more turn.
This week: Republic 2800 (but start expanding at 2700 BC), ~42 cities. As for Dom 1900 BC is easy (walk out) but it's possible far earlier (before AA in Tenochtitlan).

[johnfeddersen]

1800BC Dom PS3 LB. Not so easy to get to Tenoch before AA... Needed GG and Rel from Arabs to take with LAs (22.5LA vs 24AA).

Romans have 2 AAs by 1600BC walkout. Can't wait...

Az will not walkout when LAs approach...

Artifacts useless for early Dom...

[Kadera]

Needed GG and Rel from Arabs to take with LAs (22.5LA vs 24AA).

Me too but also spy used so 22.5 vs 21 - i won, then 22.5 vs 0 (also 2LA - wounded - not needed). I posted 2400 BC - 1st try (for Tenochtitlan).

[johnfeddersen]

I sold the spys for 100g settlers... Settled on top of Oak, built roads and sent 3LAs all with Inf to Tec... 1900BC... lost first and second attack, won with GGLA

[Woolgatherer]

Took awhile to find, but Atlantis is 1S, 11E of Techno...

[johnfeddersen]

Cash_76,

I promise I will only gloat once! Thanks for letting me best you for the first time!


Wool,

Do you play at the Diety level?


General Question:

The Artifacts change location according to which play levels,

and is Atlantis the exception and is always included?

[Kadera]

General Question: The Artifacts change location according to which play levels

Artifacts are the same (the same places) from Warlord to Deity. Only Chieftain is different. The same with villages.

Weekly spoiler (for Deity):
3500 BC Legion takes London
2900 BC Rome + CoL
2800 BC Republic
2700 BC Tripoli + Religion, 100g settlers, real start of expanding
1500 BC Democracy, Ind from hut, GS for Corp
later GB for Internet, ~42 cities (few for 40g)
500 BC production city 198 hammers / 1 turn

[johnfeddersen]

Kadera,

I guess you chose the Civ that you can best isolate to do the non dom vics?

And why are you not posting on PS3 much?

[Kadera]

I guess you chose the Civ that you can best isolate to do the non dom vics?

No. It's about speed. I need to take AI capitals as fast as possible. But sometimes later is better, some capitals are better for expanding (especial when some capital is very far, without it expanding will be slow and very expensive).

This week Tenochtitlan is far better than Tripoli (worth 1 or 2 turns) but i can't take Tenochtitlan fast enough (Tripoli 2700 BC, Tenoch. 2000 BC, finally Tripoli is better).

And why are you not posting on PS3 much?

I have no motivation. I play more Forza4 (multiplayer online).

[Woolgatherer]

Cash_76,


Wool,

Do you play at the Diety level?


General Question:

The Artifacts change location according to which play levels,

and is Atlantis the exception and is always included?

Yep, play deity also, just do chieftain for gotw when I don't have the time or patience to work out deity(Takes me a lot of tries, unlike the pros here). My gotw scores for chieftain are all 1st or 2nd tries, rarely more.

Artifact locations have all been within a couple of spaces from where they are on other difficulties, have you seen different Kadera?