February 25th, 2011, 09:30
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Ruff_Hi Wrote:6000(!) advanced start points.
That is a lot indeed. Does the Oracle work? Techs are usually a bad investment in advanced start, since 1 hammer is worth more than 1 beaker but priced the same. But if you can pick up cheap techs to the Oracle for Metal Casting - buy a forge from turn 0? Or buy techs up to CoL and Math, then Oracle for Bureaucracy on turn 0? Or buy up to Construction for a catapult rush, or Feudalism for a longbow rush? (Longbows are the strongest resourceless unit in range.)
Hmm I wonder if this is material for an RB event. We did Advanced Start once before, but that was a long time ago and it was just the normal number of points.
February 25th, 2011, 16:35
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I am thinking along the same sort of lines - also, connect up marble and that should make your oracle cheaper
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February 25th, 2011, 18:36
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A game with huts suggests lots of scouts. Unfortunately, barracks in cities don't add experience to placed units, otherwise explorers may have netted that extra tech or two.
February 26th, 2011, 03:36
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I have the first turn. You cannot advanced buy wonders.
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February 26th, 2011, 18:41
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Here is the land as I got it when the turn came in.
![[Image: ne0001.jpg]](http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/2328/ne0001.jpg)
Here are the techs that I purchased
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And here are my 4 cities - all size 1. Most people purchased 5 cities and also population. I am not sure if I've made a mistake not buying people or not. Guess I don't have to worry about happiness issues for a while
![[Image: ne0003.jpg]](http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/6857/ne0003.jpg)
(yes - I purchased 15 workers!)
![[Image: ne0004.jpg]](http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2554/ne0004.jpg)
![[Image: ne0005.jpg]](http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/183/ne0005.jpg)
![[Image: ne0006.jpg]](http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/5875/ne0006.jpg)
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February 26th, 2011, 20:17
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So Oracle on the 1st turn and GW on the 2nd? 
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February 26th, 2011, 20:57
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pindicator Wrote:So Oracle on the 1st turn and GW on the 2nd?  that is the plan but I am last in the pbem round. So, if any others have the same idea, then they will win.
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February 26th, 2011, 22:00
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Adding a pop point to cities might be for whipping, which costs 33 points to go to size 2, but if you factor in forges, organized religion, traits, etc, you'll come out ahead.
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Got the other game back. No one built any wonders so I chopped out my Oracle.
In the real game, I am trying to decide if I grow and whip my capital or just let it grow to max-happy size and work the mines. By my calc, I can grow my capital from 4 to 6 in about 8 turns. During that time, I can easily generate about 80 hammers. So - my thinking is leaving it large and using the flexibility that the hammer output gives me (settler, workers, missionary, defense, etc).
Am I missing something here?
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T-hawk Wrote:That is a lot indeed. Does the Oracle work? Techs are usually a bad investment in advanced start, since 1 hammer is worth more than 1 beaker but priced the same. But if you can pick up cheap techs to the Oracle for Metal Casting - buy a forge from turn 0? Or buy techs up to CoL and Math, then Oracle for Bureaucracy on turn 0? Or buy up to Construction for a catapult rush, or Feudalism for a longbow rush? (Longbows are the strongest resourceless unit in range.)
Hmm I wonder if this is material for an RB event. We did Advanced Start once before, but that was a long time ago and it was just the normal number of points.
 I'd love to play that
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