Civ IV Succession Game? - Page 13

Falcynn

United States3597 Posts

February 24 2010 21:06 GMT

#241

On February 25 2010 00:17 prOxi.Beater wrote:
I don't have classes until monday, so I'll probably wait for at least a day before I decide to do anything.

Alright cool. Biochemist just told me that he's skipping, so I'm just waiting for duckett's answer.

duckett

United States589 Posts

February 26 2010 00:58 GMT

#242

bah skip me sry...thought i would have time after midterm last tuesday bc my next is on monday, but i have a paper due tomorrow

sorry =/

Thratur

Canada917 Posts

February 26 2010 03:25 GMT

#243

A lot of people are skipping. It's insane.

Manit0u

Poland17872 Posts

February 26 2010 15:42 GMT

#244

On February 26 2010 12:25 Thratur wrote:
A lot of people are skipping. It's insane.

Seems like a bad time for everyone. I have a crapload on my head irl now: wife in the hospital, exam session at university, 2 papers for monday, work, work, work, etc.

duckett

United States589 Posts

February 26 2010 16:00 GMT

#245

quick someone win the game

Biochemist

United States1008 Posts

February 26 2010 17:46 GMT

#246

Busiest quarter for me since I went back to school by far.

Falcynn

United States3597 Posts

February 26 2010 19:20 GMT

#247

So it seems a lot of people will be skipping a few rounds, so I was wondering, you guys want to post-pone this for like a week or two? Or just keep playing with however few people will be able to make it?

Poll: Postpone or keep playing?
(Vote): Postpone for a week
(Vote): Postpone for two weeks
(Vote): Keep playing with however many people we have

If we do the latter, then could you guys just all let me know if you'll continue playing or if you want to be dropped off the list (I'll add you back in whenever you tell me to), so we don't have to keep pausing to check if you guys think you can make it or not?

Also, just a quick note to all the lurkers reading this thread, if you want to join, you can still join. There was never a deadline for this, I have no problem adding people in whenever.

prOxi.Beater

Denmark626 Posts

February 26 2010 23:40 GMT

#248

Unless I get any objections I'm going to play this some time tomorrow

Thratur

Canada917 Posts

February 26 2010 23:48 GMT

#249

I will be playing as soon as it's my turn to play. I'm very busy but this game is more important than anything else.

Manit0u

Poland17872 Posts

February 26 2010 23:53 GMT

#250

Just keep playing. I should be back in business sometime next week.

koleen

Netherlands97 Posts

March 03 2010 15:19 GMT

#251

*bump for greater justice*

I wanna see the game end

narri

United States55 Posts

March 03 2010 15:52 GMT

#252

I guess I'll toss my hat into the Civilization ring then. Just tell me where I am in the roster.

duckett

United States589 Posts

March 03 2010 16:21 GMT

#253

drop me off the list, maybe i'll get in on the next game if there is one

Falcynn

United States3597 Posts

March 03 2010 20:33 GMT

#254

On March 04 2010 00:52 narri wrote:
I guess I'll toss my hat into the Civilization ring then. Just tell me where I am in the roster.

Alright added you in. Beater hasn't posted yet so I'm not sure if he's still working on his turn, or if he hasn't started yet. If he hasn't started then you can go before him, if he has, then you'll have to wait until the list makes it's way back down again.

Also duckett, I took you off. If you want to be added back in at a later time though, feel free to ask.

prOxi.Beater

Denmark626 Posts

March 04 2010 16:33 GMT

#255

So when I said that I didn't have anything to do until monday I didn't exactly factor in the possibility of me getting piss drunk every day. Hell, I even got 2nd in a beer drinking contest. I'll be playing my turn RIGHT NOW!

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For far too long silence had been over the American Continent, with their only other ever competitor, The netherlands, long gone the Native American people had been without another foe for centuries, but that was all going to change soon enough!

The very first thing I saw when I loaded up the game was this:

Not bad! But we can do a lot better, and we would have to do a lot better if we were ever to make much more than a small push on our enemy of choice, England. England is a big nation, and she even has a vassal in the Malinese, but while Mansa Musa is always very technologically advanced he never makes very many troops, so having to deal with him is hardly a complication.

The second thing that crossed my eye was that we had begun building cottages around mesa verde, thereby cutting off a lot of the irrigation. As you can see we have a few 2food farms in the city now. That's bad.

After moving a few units into our borders that wasn't fogbusting to minimize upkeep costs I hit enter (I left everything building as it was in the cities, I think) and Carthage drops by to propose a deal:

I turn him down since I don't want to risk him trading steel to England so that we will have to face cannons once we decide to invade.

Next Ethiopia comes begging for techs

My ass. Rejecting him doesn't change our relations.

As you can see in this picture I set our ressearch slider to 0%. What you can't see is me highlighting the upgrade cost of all those riflemen into infantry. It costs about 3400 minerals and will take us around 3 turns to accumulate. I've also begun producing cannons all across the empire, with a few galleons thrown in there for good measure.

In 1756 a vote is held to determine the religious leader of the world. It's nothing to worry about

In 1760 Carthage asks us to break relations with England:

Sure, why don't we kill them while we're at it? I also trade Replaceable parts to Divine Right, world map and 140 gold. Both are pretty bad techs at this point and getting the map could be handy in our coming invasion of England.

In 1762 I finally feel ready to get the war plans going. Here's our initial strike force:

I'll be producing units like crazy as well as conscripting a bunch while the boats make their way across the world, so that they will be able to pick up another mighty force once they return

This is my initial plan of attack. The small force is being loaded into two straggler boats and consists of two cannons and 4 infantry. They might not be enough to take on Oxford on their own, but I can always boat over a few infantry from the main attack squad, which I have no doubt will be able to Coventry without too much trouble. In 1768 our boats reach the English shore and war is declared.

Hello easy target!

Next turn Mansa Musa reminds me that I'm an idiot as I forgot to leave any warships at home. That harrassment ended up costing us 2 fishing boats and a lot of time:

Next turn Coventry falls with the loss of a single cannon. It has a couthouse and a jail in it, which is nice for reducing maintenance costs and war penalties:

Our small straggler force was easily able to take out Oxford which was only guarded by 2 logbows. Oxford has a courthouse and jail in it aswell, which is super awesome. I also run into our first english unit stack. If this is a sign of things to come we're in for an extremely easy invasion!

While in the process of poinding England we get a nice little random event:

This could mean that we would be able to sneak in an extra city up there to get ahold of those ressources. Also notice I'm completely ignoring Gaul, because of how bad that city is. Sooner or later we need to take it, but for now it would just be a waste of effort and money.

By attacking Coventry first and then moving inland to Warwick we'll be cutting off England's supply of Iron and horses, which is nice but not necessary. On my march towards Warwick I finally run into a English army that's actually not a complete walk over:

I decide to fight the army right then and there, which might slow down our attack on Warwick but I felt that taking down their main army would be priority number one. Here's the result of the ensuing battle:

I didn't have enough units there to finish it off, but I severely crippled it without losing a single infantry so it was probably worth it. I lost all but two cannons in the attack which might mean that we won't be able to take Warwick straight away, but I have a bucketload of cannons coming over so it will fall eventually. Next turn I moved my stack closer to Warwick anyway, and was delighted to see it defended only by 4 garbage units. I took it the turn after that without a single loss, abusing the sheer strength of infantry.

More courthouses and jails. Sweet.

So if not to Warwick, where did that big army retreat to? Don't ask me how or why, but this is where I found it:

Elisabeth doesn't have an open borders agreement with hannibal so I have no idea how those units ended up there. Either it's a stack from an earlier attack (that looks alot like the one I just demolished) or also it simply teleported up there. I had vision of the town earlier and didn't notice the army there. Despite the army not having any way of leaving the city I still shift a few troops over into Oxford. You never know where that army will teleport to next.

In 1874 I spot another (the same?) English army outside of Warwick. I send the newly shipped over army to meet it in the field:

And that's where I left off. The army from the mainland consists almost purely of cannons, so you may want to not really engage the English army, but that'll be up to you. The next city target should be London, since its culture is absolutely choking everything. We also receive a Great General, which I sent to Cahokia for us to settle as a specialist. The decision is up to the next person though. Research wise we have finished Physics and railroads and are running the science slider at 70% with a -30 mineral deficit, we still have around 1000 mins left from the 0% days. Combustion will finish in 4 turns. I didn't touch the technology path during my turn since I figured there was a plan with what we were researching.
Whoever takes over is going to have a lot of really FUN fighting to do against England.

Save: http://www.2shared.com/file/11846693/4bd9646f/Rune_Martinussen_AD-1784.html

Thratur

Canada917 Posts

March 04 2010 22:47 GMT

#256

Looks like Fen is going to have fun. I hope there will still be some pieces remaining for me.

Can't wait for Fen to play.

prOxi.Beater

Denmark626 Posts

March 07 2010 21:48 GMT

#257

Bump and some more small tidbits to keep in mind for the next person.

I've largely stopped military production and have begun producing infastructure since it seems to me like England is all but defeated anyway. She has two large stacks but the units are so terrible that they would struggle just to take out 4 infantry.

Somehow I managed to lose our only medic unit, so everything is regenerating painfully slow. I'm an idiot.

I meant to use espionage in my invasion, but i completely forgot about that until hours after I did my writeup. lol..

I didn't conscript too much, and I don't think we should do it any longer either. We have happiness issues aswell, so we might want to consider doing some civic changes.

Thratur

Canada917 Posts

March 08 2010 16:36 GMT

#258

Do you think I should play my turn if Fen does not answer or something?

It has been 3 days now, but maybe he just did not notice.

prOxi.Beater

Denmark626 Posts

March 09 2010 01:06 GMT

#259

Go ahead and play. Cheating a bit is probably the most beneficial thing at this point.

Thratur

Canada917 Posts

March 09 2010 20:37 GMT

#260

My 20 turns were really fun imo.

At first, we finish combustion before anything else happens

Then all these cities get crushed : (beware, 6 useless images)
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Meanwhile, I make peace with that guy

Flight finishes, even though a bit too late for that war.

This city could bring a lot of cash if we help it a little. I accelerate its lighthouse and I think we should do the same for granary, harbor, bank, etc.

The English got another hidden city. My successor will have to decide if he wants to take it or not. I wouldn't, except if you want to attack the Malinese and their 5 cities.

I built a lot of infrastructure in developing cities and military units in developed cities. In the end I got a bunch of military units that I did not move to the new continent because I was already winning that war. Someone who would like to attack the Malinese could take these units (about 10 units, not sure though) and make more if they want.
I went for biology because I just love that tech.
I automatized workers because I had no idea what to do with them. My successor should decide if he hates it or not. I forgot to select priorities on cities to help the workers make the right decisions. Maybe we could bring a bunch of these on the new continent because it is kind of low on workers right now.
My successor will have a lot of fun building his new 99% English settlement, I guess. Being a peacemonger myself, I would have preferred that part, but war is still fun.

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