[SPOILERS] 2metraninja starts to like NT

[2metraninja]

Boi, that was close

To add to the slow start I had, lack of horses nearby and the cramped map where our second cities was going to touch culture with closest neighbor, it turned out Ad Hoc indeed went aggressive for harassing me early and further making my life miserable.



This was going to be like sure death to my second city except if Ad Hoc simply turning back seeing my empty city center and my unclaimed horses (nice name btw, fits behavior well so far - who on Earth tries rush with 1 axe??? ). Initially I got chilling goosebumps, but then I realised that things are not fatal. The culture from my just founded religion in my second city was going to pop borders at the end of the turn pushing his axe 1 tile back, so I had time to move defenders there. Ad Hoc played twice to get where he is and could not declare war to set the turn order with me in the second half of the turn, even seeing my empty city.

So it worked just as expected:



Did not wanted to take any chance, I moved the garrisoning warrior from capitol to accompany the vulture and whipped second vulture. Now my capitol is in disorder having its garrison moved out Lets see what Ad Hoc decides to do. I of course cross fingers that he simply decides it is not worth any more to fight ancient war which will simply have us both crippled when his element of surprise is taken off.

[2metraninja]

The offensive continues as it seems

[2metraninja]

My (only for now) neighbor had built The Stonehenge. Nice wonder, I will take it.

[2metraninja]

Damn, Ad Hoc's second city (containing SH) border popped his border 2 turns before my 6 chariots are in striking position and were discovered. So he had time to move units and whip 2 more spears. Lost 2 chariots and now I am in retreat. Well, the game went wrong from very early and not getting any better. I offered white peace to Ad Hoc, but the prospects are not bright.

[2metraninja]

After the short, but bloody classical war age war, we are at peace and now I must make a run for my money out-building and out-teching my neighbor. I started bad, then got pink-dotted, then invested in rushed defense/offense and now I am starting over from the bottom. Lets see where I can take this from this position

Oh, and guys, this game turn pace is insane. If nothing more, this game can qualify for the fastest turn pace ever I think.

[2metraninja]

Not being much in to Civ lately, I play lousy. Upgraded an axe to forester1 seeing it have 5 xp, thinking I will upgrade it to forester2, did not realizing I used to give it Strength1 already some time earlier One other thing I did wrong was I was having a missionery waiting to spread Hinduism in one of my cities to whip the library as I am in OR, but then I whipped the library before actually spreading the religion. Does the hammers from whip count when the production phase of the turn is processed (like with chopping) or they are calculated when the whip is done? (i.e. will I have OR bonus on those 60 hammers if I did not had yet Hindu the moment I hit the whip button if I spread it to this city before the turn is over?)

[Catwalk]

Nope, you won't get the bonus. In fact, you will get a penalty instead! The overflow hammers will be treated as though you got the 25% bonus, so if you get 20 overflow hammers from whipping and then enable OR through conversion, you will only have 16 overflow hammers next turn.