So....Gandhi of France Anyone? (Leader/Civ Picking Thread)

[oledavy]

You know what they say about the third time being a charm

[oledavy]

Also, I'd like to propose we have our sub-forum name changed to 'Real Men of Genius: Reloaded'
Real Men of Genius 2.0 just doesn't have as snazzy of a ring to it.

[oledavy]

One more post just to make sure we're winning the post war right out of the gate.

It'll discourage the other teams

[Mardoc]

It'll discourage the other teams

No it won't. For that, you need lurker posts

And a snazzy naming scheme.

[Ceiliazul]

Hey, you up for a dedlurker? With the fantastic reporting of OleDavy in PB6, I'm drawn toward this team.

Also,

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[superjm]

I guess I can try the whole dedlurking thing again with this team, if you all don't mind :P

[oledavy]

Hey, you up for a dedlurker? With the fantastic reporting of OleDavy in PB6, I'm drawn toward this team.

Would love to have you

So, to kick discussion off, a 2-civ ancient era start means we can bat up to 4/6 starting techs. Barring seeing the map, the four generally most preferable (and most expensive) are The Wheel, Agriculture, Mining, and Mysticism. There are twelve ways we can get this combo, sorted in no particular order:

China/Arabia
China/Byzantium
Korea/Ottomans
Korea/Sumer
Korea/Egypt
Korea/France
Korea/Babylon
Maya/Ottomans
Maya/Sumer
Maya/Egypt
Maya/France
Maya/Babylon

On that note, today I discovered there is no Agr/Mys Civ, unless I simply missed it.

Anyway, while we certainly need to keep the UU/UB in mind, I think we should make sure we get one of these combos that gives us the four best starting techs right out the gate. Having more beakers at the beginning to get the snowball rolling faster I think is better than a killer UU down the road. There are some pretty good combos in terms of UU/UB listed anyway.

[oledavy]

I guess I can try the whole dedlurking thing again with this team, if you all don't mind :P

Welcome aboard!

[Shoot the Moon]

Eh I wouldn't value those specific four that much above just having a total of four. Sort depends on snake pick order but my gut says leaders should probably be picked before civs (that is I see more of a difference between the best leader and the 8th best than the best non India or Inca civ and the 8th best civ).

[superjm]

Inca is Agri/Mysticism