Arghis vs Moff - following

[Arghis]

So, now it's 650 BC, and i have my first Ancient Cav.

i'm late compares to Moff. 250 / 298.

The reasons i see for this are :

building Statue of Zeus in my capital (so no settler for a good time)
building a granary in Lyons (idem)
sinking of my only galley in it's early exploration phase (i just found Inca, south of Dutch - so nearly no trading during a long time)
researching Litterature and Map Making instead of focusing on Republic (which is +/- 10 turns away now)

Strangely, i was at Gracious relation state with Dutch for a long time, and suddenly, it becomes just Polite. I still have a RoP and have done nothing special towards Dutch, so i believe the IA see as an embarrasment the fact that now i produce Swordsmen and Ancient Cav. Am i right ?

[Arghis]

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[Arghis]

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i've researched Lit and Map because i was fearing another player to build Statue of Zeus, as i've only one Ivory

now, i'm producing many settlers ...

the area you see here, i let it, for now, to the dutch. i still have plenty of space to the north, east and west, and i don't want the dutch disctracting my economy. He took me a horse ressource, but i have another one just above my capital.



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[Arghis]

well, i also have no roads towards dutch, but soon this will be corrected.

i'm expecting building FP near the dutch, to add some cultural pression on him.

after this screenshot, i built 1 town on the toundra NE of the horse ressources (as i do not wan't this town to be a nuisance for my capital future)

Another town will soon be built, NW of Paris, near the 3rd silk ressources

i have 2 barbs camp in the W, so i send my new troops in holidays there


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[Arghis]

so here it is

considering i'm not from the optimizer kind and that i expect this game to be a long game, i'm rather happy.

My match with Markus, who storms me, show me that this way of playing is risky (i've not choosen monarchy this time :-) )

i fear that i will soon be obliged to explain to dutch that we are not friend anymore, but i have before to strenghten a bit my army (addind some war chariot for instance). also, Republic Government should change things a lot.

Well you're comments are welcome

[Grille]

I suggest to build a barracks in Paris ASAP. Maybe pop-rush it after 1 turn of construction time or just the remaining 20 shields, so that your next ancient cav is a veteran unit. A 5-HP ancient cav is an awesome killer! You've got better chances to win a battle and it's only one promo needed to reach the elite status. The Dutch should be piece of cake once you've piled up some of these chaps.


And how about building new galleys to gain some contacts and map info?

[Arghis]

For Paris, i'm actually building temple / library. But you're right, Veteran Cav would be an advantage.

Dutch has just switch to Monarchy, and inca is probably doing the same (anarchy currently). i'm still +/- 5 turns away from Republic.

I'm continuing my settler production (2 at the same time), and i've finally build a town near the 3rd incense to secure it. Dutch are still polite.

Now i'm facing 4 barbs camp attacking me (containing à priori 1 warrior - 4 horses - 7 horses - 1 warrior & 2 horses).
The 4 horses stack is dead, and my ancient cav is now elit.
The RoP with Dutch makes him sending quickly some warriors to "protect" me. That is fun and useful.

Galleys, yes, i should, but i think i won't. I think we're on 2 continent, and that i've already discovered the essential on my continent.

[Arghis]

2 bars camp are now ruins :-) one thx to the dutch, another thx to my proud elite war chariot. The only loss i had to suffer was from pillaging. a secondary road with irrigation was destroyed.
My ancient cavs are still eliminating some resisting horsemen.

I'm slowly regaining points from the dutch / inca monarchy. I've exchanged them Republic Tech against the last 4 tech i was missing for changing era.
Now i'm shifting to republic. (still 3 turns to wait). If i'm not wrong i shall have better possibilities of action either against my neighbors, or just for tech devellopment.
i still have plenty of space to build cities and have 2-3 town which can be commited to settler production.
Also, i will began building some fortress in case Moff would like to come directly to me.
Military advisor tells me that compares to my 2 neighbor, we're strong.
Considering that the dutch will soon have Swissmen, i might wait having some artillery before attacking them. Ancient cav are good, but to this point ... ? And i've only three for now ...
The inca seems too far away for an attack.
Still no news of the other continent, and Moff continue his progression. He build his great wonder just some turns ago.

Here is a demographics screenshot. That's a rather fun one i think. And one of the more equilibrate i've seen.


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[Grille]

MFG looks a bit poor during anarchy.
Might repost the demograph once you're in republic.

I wouldn't rely on catapults at this point, since you'd need quite a number of them.

[Arghis]

ji all

here is the situation now.

i've switched to Republic, attacked the dutch, build A FP (thx to a great leader) and stopped the Chinese ascencion (gaining more and more points every turn, comparing to me - he still have a good advance).

Chinese is under Monarchy, and at war with one of his neighbor. he acieve to send a galley to my continent


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