[SPOILER] Krill rambles on

[Krill]

Why do you enjoy Civ more than any other type of video game? If you could never play Civ again what would be your next main focus?

My first game console was an Amiga. I never really grew up with consoles so I don't have the attachment to Zelda, Mario, Sonic or any type of game, really. When my Dad got a PC in 1996 I got to play Mechwarrior and Command and Conquer, and those are the games that I have fond memories of. But in the backwaters of my early life, internet didn't exist. Didn't get ADSL until 2004. I just had fun beating up AI and gradually improving my mechanics from nonexistent to abysmal.

Then when I finally got to play against other people turns out mechanics matter and for various reasons I'll never be able to compete on even a basic level when that matters. But a friend showed me civ in 2002 and I was hooked on it, and my lack of mechanical ability doesn't matter there. Instead the ability to think matters more, and it's not fair to say civ is all about memorization in MP, it's judgement and calculation.

If I couldn't play civ...well, I don't really play civ anymore except for the games on RB, so I suppose what I'd end up doing is focusing a bit more on work with the new responsibilities I've recently gotten, and spend spare time playing League or try to find an MP game that doesn't require much mechanical skill.

[TheHumanHydra]

Man, I always wanted to play Mech Warrior, but that was before my family had a computer.

[Krill]

MechWarrior is an awesome game...I wish that there was a modern version that wasn't shit, I'd be all over that. Probably even splurge on a good joystick and throttle set up.

[Krill]

Turn report T15




Worker is coming along nicely due eot T16, I have to go warrior next which completes eot T21 to cover future settler/stop barbs pissing me off. BW due eot T18, I could speed it up 1 turn by working the cow for hte next 3 turns rather than the ivory. I can do this and it should not affect the times for teh granary, but it would delay the warrior due afterwards whilst growing to size 4 and hence the settler in my current micro plan.





My scouting over the past two turns has been based around ensuring I know every tile that may be used by a second city site. That pig south of hte capital was the only tile covered by FoW I uncovered this turn with Scout2, and hte thoroughness has payed off so I'm extremely pleased with that. Scout1 meanwhile uncovered the final two of 3 jungle silvers. Those tiles when im[proved are 2/1/6 tiles, ergo IW will be my first Classical era tech, to be researched immediately after HBR and before any shit like Writing.

Right now I'm looking at potential dot maps, because I have to decide how much I want to devote to blocking opff the north before I spam settlers for as much as the south as I can; the entire northeast is backfill for me. I don't want to settle for any of that, other than the insane silver site, before I'm already touching borders with someone. Admittedly I want those silvers worked ASAP as well to fund the settler spam, but that's a balancing act with military defenses and expansion in other directions.

[Miguelito]

still looking for discussion topics?
If yes, is there a hidden anti synergy between cost-reducing traits like ORG/AGG and traits with bonuses to gold buildings like EXP/FIN? If yes, is it relevant?

[Krill]

If you expect to only use gold to fund your costs and put all additional commerce and otehr outputs into beakers, then arguably yes, there is that anticynergy.

If you instead plan to use that gold to rushbuy or upgrade units, then no. You just get more gold to upgrade and buy things so anti-synergy doesn't matter. So I'd say itn's not relevant.

Antisynergy between cheaper UB like the Ziggarut and ORG is kinda the same thing. You "save" fewwer hammers from teh combination but 45 hammer courthouses lets you grab them quickly and then get on pushing your advantages elsewhere ie building an army sooner or spamming more settlers.

[Krill]

So many possible dot maps I'm not sure what teh hell to do anymore.

[Thoth]

Do a closest possible city packing ICS grid. Then you never have to think about your next city placement.

[Krill]

Turns out there's enough food for each city with a true ICS grid.

Not an entirely stupid suggestion which itself suggest the map is entirely stupid.

[Krill]

Someone find CH so we can at least try and get a 2 turn a pace rolling for a short while.