12-03-2005, 15:36 | #1 |
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Spoiler - vs Akots - Map by Rik
This is 1vs1, no AI, tiny continents (i think), raging barbs. I do not expect to win this as akots is a far superior player. however, i will enjoy it if i can just make it very difficult for him
Also, I am honored to be able to play Rik's first pbem map! We started this game with NoAIpatrol=0, as that is my default setting. However, I failed to inform Akots from the very beginning and he let me know that he prefers it set to 1 for pbem's, so we changed it. here's the starting position. couldn't see the second cow from the starting tile (and the worker moved to the SW cow), and i didn't want to waste a turn moving to the gold. by my calcs, i'd be able to work both at size 5 anyways and still do a 4T settler pump (4.5 to 6.5). 44.25*KB |
12-03-2005, 15:40 | #2 |
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We've had a single power session last Saturday so we are already up to turn 35.
Tech rate: Pottery: turn 12 (granery turn 16) WC: turn 21 Alpha: turn 29 wheel: turn 36 (1T till done) I'm not going for philosophy as I know Akots will beat me to it. Instead, I went for WC for archers in case the barbs become a hassle and alpha for dingy's to map the coastline. After wheel, i'll probably go for IW so I know where the iron is located, then beeline for Monarchy. I chopped the forest looking for a BG. If it was there, then I would have been able to do 10spt & 5fpt @ size 5, so I would have setup a nice settler/unit pump. however, it's not to be so all i get is a settler 1T earlier. I believe I need to keep the pop up so I can work both gold hills, so I'm going to have to build a unit next(curragh maybe?) in Persepolis. |
12-03-2005, 16:06 | #3 |
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Ugh, with some bad luck that volcano can really mess up your day I suppose, or is Pas located on a dyes as well?
Hmm, come to think of it, "Pas"...? Didn't like the full 2nd city name then, I presume?
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12-03-2005, 17:10 | #4 |
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yep, too many letters for my log
but, i agree, that volcano could make things ugly, especially as i expand N. |
11-04-2005, 02:34 | #5 |
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we are at turn 72. I have not researched Philo yet, but do have MM and Lit (and a Library in Pas thanks to a temple prebuild). Another Lib due in 2 in Persepolis.
Barbs are annoying but we are playing without the fix, so they don't do much but get killed. I have a couple immortals running around, clearing paths for the settler. Up till a couple of turns ago, I was running the settler pump out of Persepolis. I stressed 1 more settler out in 3 turns and now will focus of a Lib, Temple, the GLight (hopefully). Pas will now get a temple and then will spit out the odd settler here or there between galleys. 1 have sent 1 suicide curragh of my East coast but it sank. However, it did reveal coast, 4 tiles from my coast. It also revealed that sea tiles are only 1 ocean tile apart, so whoever gets GLight 1st can start picking on the other guy and get him into a defensive posture. Akots has let his capitol grow and is now building the Colossus. If he goes for the Colossus, then I have a chance @ GLight, but if he switches, then the game is completely different. I think. Sitrep |
20-04-2005, 15:55 | #6 |
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turn 92 and i am seriously screwed. Akots beat me by 7T to GLight. I switched Pers to Colossus and then revolted, drawing a revolting 7T anarchy! On the IBT, Akots captured 3 workers on the Mountain West of Gordium with a vet Legion.
This is going to get ugly real fast, and will be a tough lesson. In 1 or 2T, I expect he'll land Legions on the gold hills near Persepolis, which will be devastating. However, I do have 2 Immortals in Pers, so I will try to take those spots, which will leave my iron exposed. Another Immortal is in Arbela which will go to Gordium to help the local archer. I should be able to get a spear in Gordium as well by switching a gally build, but not sure. I also have 3 Immortals in the South on a wild goose-chase for gems. I will bring those back N, but it will take 3T till they reach the iron. I also have 2 Immortals in Pas and 2 more in the North, taking out barb camps. 1 galley is in the North (searching for a 2nd possible transfer site) so I will bring him S to try to pick off a galley. Probably without luck but I gotta try. I have around 8 to 10 immortals, so, if I can hang on thru the anarchy without losing a core city, I will be lucky and should be able to make a game of it. However, with bad RNG luck, this one could be over in 2 to 4 turns. |
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That's fucking awful; an invasion on the IBT you revolt... I did design rhe map to be hard to stop invasions. I didn't think there would be invasions this early.
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hey, I survived!
here's the exchange last night for the most tense turns Quote:
Question: Since I'm on the defensive, would KT make sense for me? I probably need to beeline for Chivalry anyways. |
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we have settled down into a bit of a race. I am trying to get to astronomy as fast as possible (thus negating his GLight advantage), while he is trying to build-up a force to squash me.
It's turn 143 and it's not pretty. Akots leads me in everything except research. His lead is probably due to superior FP placement, which he rushed via an MGL. I handbuilt my in Pas, 4T from the capitol. Not ideal, but is was the 2nd best town and the only one that could handbuild it in time due to the corruption of a small map. I'm 5T from Astro, Sun's prebuild is for Copernicus (screwed myself out of 100s on that one ). Plan on running up the lower side of the tech tree once astronomy is done, so I can get some muskets for a landing of my own. I have 14 units + 1 defender around Sardis, which is the town he is currently threatening (7 galleys in range). I'm not using a coastal block down here, as it would be to my advantage if he landed so far from the core. If not, then I have 2 galleys to pick off his galley pack and can sprint 2 knights and 7 immortals back to my core. I have a total of 34 immortals 3 pikes, 10 galleys, and 3 knights for defense of the homeland. |