[NO PLAYERS] Lurkers thread for PBEM 17

[Woden]

I think TheArchduke's idea to run a project would be the right play with Russia, too bad his lurkers are talking him out of it. A project would let him snag one of the early pantheons and ensure he gets the first religion. Russia with Choral Music is a powerhouse since he should build Larvas in every city to create a massive amount of faith. Take Wats as the second belief and you can get +13, +6, and +2 district when full developed plus whatever adjacency bonus you can get.

No guarantee he is going to lose the religious race but I think the investment at this early stage is worth it.

[Woden]

Suboptimal
Well, you weren't the first one to state that I tended to lose the big picture.  Besides, even if it was harsh it was still constructive.  There's also the fact that I've seen many of the more...veteran...dwellers of these forums point out that the lurker threads are where the lurkers get to rant about the gameplay (and it's usually pointed out when one of the players goes bonkers in their own thread about the gameplay), so harsh words for players in that thread is almost to be expected (cue lurkerati flamethrowers quoting this post in 3...2...1...).

I feel obligated to to quote this...but also feel like he is generally not looking at the big picture. Nazca is a fishing village at best and doesn't add much to his empire. IMO, it would be to wait until it has built its harbor and holy site. Get a few boats in the water and take it out properly. His time would be better spent using his 3-movement archers exploring and getting the lay of the land. If he wants to use early aggression, he better find his closest neighbor soon. Swords and walls are not that far away. 

Only time will tell if he gets bogged down but I my prediction is that he gets stalled taking Nazca and is not able to make a early classical war against pindicator, who he should meet soon.

[Krill]

Is there any more planned dlc for Civ 6 now, and have we hit a final patch version?

[Woden]

Is there any more planned dlc for Civ 6 now, and have we hit a final patch version?

Nothing announced yet but there is evidence they are working on a patch and there are some glaring bugs/exploits from the last patch that need to be fixed. 

As for more content, there is some evidence and speculation that they are going to release more material but who knows, they haven't announced anything yet. The biggest clues for additional content so far are that the current package with all the available content for sale is called "Platinum Edition" and not the "Complete Edition" and in one of the last live streams, they had banners for Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm in the background with space for another banner and it looked like there should have been something there.

[Krill]

Cheers. I'm waiting for the complete edition now, but couldn't find anything.

GS looks so much better than vanilla civ6 but there still seems to be massive imbalance between n the game.

[Rowain]

I plan to plant 3rd city at mouth of Darling River, 1 tile south of cow tile, it is coastal, giving sailing boost. With it I can start galleys for scouting

Which means Alhambram is currently the favorite to contact 2 Science CS.


I find it funny how suboptimals scouting path leaves just the tiles in shadow that would signal city here in settler-view.

I wonder if suboptimals plan to rush Khmer can work. It is quite a long march down there.

[Woden]

I wonder how suboptimal is going to react when he discovers the mountain and volcano blocking his path and attack vectors and the only way to attack pin's city is to be right next to it? I still think he should be able to take the city but it is going to be a lot harder than he current thinks.

[varcharmander]

It has been interesting.  I don't think Pin can keep that city but don't think he will be able to steamroll the other cities as easily.

[varcharmander]

Can the more experienced MP players clue me in on why Pin is going wheel?

[MJW (ya that one)]

Choral music + Russia is so insane that it might have been worth it to a project. Sullla got it anyway through.


edit: I'm saying this because I'm pretty sure this game will end in a Cossack rofl-stomp and it was a pointless risk. Like CMF thinking about delaying dowing CFCJF.