FFH 2 PBEM XX Lurker Thread

[Ilios]

We have twenty FFH games already?

[Ilios]

Oh man, looking at all those power choices, don't know if this will be a fun game to lurk.

[Shpoko]

I love the fact that the opening screenshots all look identical. Knew it was coming, but it looks hilarious :neenernee .

[Nicolae Carpathia]

Is going for a GMerchant as FIN Hippus really worth it? You'll have no lack of commerce once cottages or aristofarms come into play. Personally, I'd go for a GScientist to speed me towards those techs that unlock tile improvements that trigger the FIN bonus. Not to mention the extra gold won't even start counting towards bonus research until you've settled your second city and the maintenance starts eating into your nest egg.

Edit: Oh, everyone starts with an extra settler?

[Mardoc]

Edit: Oh, everyone starts with an extra settler?

Yes - but I think you're still right. It's a lot easier to turn the slider down when you want gold than to turn it above 100% when you want research. And especially with the bonuses they ended up with, beakers are the bottleneck.

[DaveV]

Another argument in favor of settled scientist: beaker multipliers are generally available earlier (academy, library) than gold multipliers (moneychanger, which is also more than twice as expensive as a library).

[Selrahc]

Another argument in favor of settled scientist: beaker multipliers are generally available earlier (academy, library) than gold multipliers (moneychanger, which is also more than twice as expensive as a library).

But the Bazaar of Mammon is a national wonder, while the Crown of Akharien is a world wonder, and available much later.

I would play a great merchant game by settling it in the second city, pushing for a quick non-veil Holy city to also spawn there(probably Kilmorph), then stack a 150% bonus on the city and have it pay for a 100% science rate forever.

[kjn]

But the Bazaar of Mammon is a national wonder, while the Crown of Akharien is a world wonder, and available much later.

I would play a great merchant game by settling it in the second city, pushing for a quick non-veil Holy city to also spawn there(probably Kilmorph), then stack a 150% bonus on the city and have it pay for a 100% science rate forever.

On the other hand, BoM is at Mathematics, and by that time the impact of the first GP will be lost in the noise - at least if you've done a good job earlier.

So on the theory that hammers/beakers now > hammers/beakers later, I think a settled great scientist (or engineer) is the best way to accelerate the early game.

[Nicolae Carpathia]

The point is moot because Kyan is going to win anyway :neenernee

Ellimist is merely good, but the map is large enough that the Clan is going to hit a GNP wall very soon. Rhoanna is a beast who is flexible enough to do anything.

[DaveV]

Why is there so much moaning about the forests and elves? The best tiles to work (corn, dyes, floodplain) are all unforested, and can't have forest grow onto them.