Archduke and Emperor K team thread

[Emperor K]

One other thing, Woden sent a DoF which I rejected.

[TheArchduke]

This is an unmitigated disaster.

Check this out:

   

And guess who has peace?

   

And guess who goes for a Great General?

   

Need to think.

[TheArchduke]

I think your forward settler needs to make all haste towards the W.

I propose settling "This spot or SE" asap, with the following settler snatching bananacupcakes.

Your 3rd settler either fills in the backline or goes to the new site indicated by 3rd settler.

I would go to fifth site.

I still think I should have a city on the frontline, so I actually suggest backfill.

Also we should take that DoF, I do not think we want to end in a slugmatch and we do not have the strength to take that city. It can only be attacked by the front, 3 archers can bombard it and we DO NOT want to fight nubian archers. At all. Especially offensively.

I will analyze more when I have time.

   

[Emperor K]

Well at least we know who are first target will most likely be. I can Place a city down on the aquduct spot I have market for al-whalewarsbram? That gets me an encampment in the area?

I will settle bananapancakes and then send a settler to settle a backfill location, I don't want them to get a city in that area though around whale wars though

[TheArchduke]

I think this spot or SE of it (encampment) needs to be settled.

Could you remove a lot of your outdated districts please?

[Emperor K]

Ok was trying to stay on the river but will look.
Yes I will when I get the turn.

[TheArchduke]

What is your assessment of the strategic situation. I doubt there is any sense in a war of aggression.

[Emperor K]

Ya i agree, best wait until those archers are obsoloete, maybe we can beet him to knights and crossbowmen.

I still have 2 excellent city spots to found and can still scout the west by that city state, which may reveal even better spots. The culture faith machine is starting and with theocracy the main goal I think we can hold them off until then. After a round of builders, I am going to get some more units just to be safe.

I am half tempted to build a harbor in that lake so I can hit him with a frigate or two when we do attack, even a galley would help take the city if need be.

I will be worried though until I get both of those cities founded. I have a missonary on the way and money to upgrade those 2 archers as soon as the city is founded. I need lavra's and builders in the area but two encampments at size 4 seems the best option, just to be safe.

I wonder if they have bad land or something in there area, because I don't see that as a good move. We are going to have 3 cities surronding him and that city does not have that much to offer

[Emperor K]

As a side note, we really need to scout north by granada, east and west by those city states. I would like to have an idea of our fronts, and if nubia / england are better targets for the other two are are we the best target for both other civs.

I am really glad we grabed DotF. I will have to maintain a high citizen count in our border cities. Some one is bound to take crusade and that can nullify DotF if a city gets flipped. It may be wise to keep some missionaries in the area to ensure those cities do not flip.

Now does nubia get the DotF bonus if my religion spreads to him? That may be his goal so wonder if it is possible to take that city before it flips?

[TheArchduke]

Ya i agree, best wait until those archers are obsoloete, maybe we can beet him to knights and crossbowmen.

I still have 2 excellent city spots to found and can still scout the west by that city state, which may reveal even better spots. The culture faith machine is starting and with theocracy the main goal I think we can hold them off until then. After a round of builders, I am going to get some more units just to be safe.

I am half tempted to build a harbor in that lake so I can hit him with a frigate or two when we do attack, even a galley would help take the city if need be.

I will be worried though until I get both of those cities founded. I have a missonary on the way and money to upgrade those 2 archers as soon as the city is founded. I need lavra's and builders in the area but two encampments at size 4 seems the best option, just to be safe.

I wonder if they have bad land or something in there area, because I don't see that as a good move. We are going to have 3 cities surronding him and that city does not have that much to offer

As a side note, we really need to scout north by granada, east and west by those city states. I would like to have an idea of our fronts, and if nubia / england are  better targets for the other two are are we the best target for both other civs.

I am really glad we grabed DotF. I will have to maintain a high citizen count in our border cities. Some one is bound to take crusade and that can nullify DotF if a city gets flipped. It may be wise to keep some missionaries in the area to ensure those cities do not flip.

Now does nubia get the DotF bonus if my religion spreads to him? That may be his goal so wonder if it is possible to take that city before it flips?

First of all the last 15 turns I may have been a bit unfocused, we need to talk more, so let´s do that.

I agree on settling those 2 spots ASAP and support them with missionaries. We are still much better off building those sweet lavras quickly and early but yeah encampment at size 4 is a given now.

I had a long serious look at the situation, after I have taken Königsberg (former Granada) this turn (and with 4 warriors, huh this could have been so much cheaper..) and I could swing over 2 archers and 4 warriors very easily. The question is where to attack, if he chops out walls and we are better of playing the long game here. Sailing gave me my first envoy in Muscat, so our CS situation is excellent on our continent.

I do not think we want to DoF them quite yet. They had a war with their western neighbour and check that GPT.

   

How many archers are there? Nevertheless those nubian archers do not benefit from that GG. But we can expect early and brutal aggression against either us or the other team (probably the other). Or are they just that broke?

Thoth is in a suprisingly good position, I am really pissed that they were quicker and we can not take it. Fullstop. We need a surround with warriors that early, he has nubian archers, we have 2-4 archers at best and we are MUCH better off at teching ahead.

The question is now whale city. I think it is worth taking the risk of settling it. I doubt we can settle a city north of fish lake or if we should. It has 2 coastal tiles but with DotF we should be fine and we need boats in the western sea. So we will concentrate on getting a good defense group and setup in the region.

On other things, I have decided to change my name sheme to teutonic castles, I found the warhammer theme boring and inappropriate.
Also we might reconsider your naming sheme, I found albananacakebram a bit difficult to wrap my head around even worse to type it. Maybe siberian explorers from Russia?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_explorers

Just a suggestion of course.

Bananacake (for now, I hope.) and 4th city of me are in excellent defensive position thanks to a mountain and a river, so the only risky build is the whale one.

So, in retrospect, I think we should move your slinger on alhambrambrambram W and if there are no units there, you should send a DoF to Nubia. We benefit more from peace at this rate, I think. Especially as we should both lay down cultural districts soon as well to take advantage of those great works you produce.

And we need to scout E (in my case) and SW (in your case).

A quick overview of my cities:

Marienburg, might do a library after the settler for more GS points.

   

Königsberg, repair stuff, more culture, yes.
And switch to working the crab next turn, from the 2F/1P tile.

   

Bütow, monument finish after settler.

   


Any great plans for gold by you atm? I would buy a builder at Königsberg and chop out galleys to jumpstart development on that city.



Please move E with the slinger south of Marienburg so no barbs are near my trader.