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E_T
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Orlando, Florida
Mar 2001
time: 00:36
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In a few short turns, we will be at WAR with GWT and maybe again with GCA (see other discussion thread). We have 3 Elite Knights (Sir Vondrack, Sir Donegeal & Trip’s Consulate Guards) that will have (hopefully) several chances for generating a GL. So, the question needs to be asked now, what do we do with him, if that happens??
The Options are:
Make an Army of Knights - Although, we are not too far away from Military Tradition and Cavalry, A successful Army at this point, would allow us to have Heroic Epic built and possibly a start on the Military Academy, by the time of the main event. That would greatly increase our chances of more GL’s, further down the road and have the ability to build Armies at any time.
Build a Great Wonder - for one thing, that would require us shipping him home, so that we can get him to whatever city we are going to build our Wonder in. Depending on when it happens, it might keep us from getting a second one before the end of our Strike. This would also require 1 boat to leave the area and possibly strand some units later on (if we get little losses during the strike).
Save him for later - Save him for a later Great Wonder OR to use it for an Army of Cavalry, for the Main event that will be coming soon.
So, those are the main Options. For the GW option, here are the current choices of GW:
Sun Tzu (600 shields) - will give us free barracks in all of our cities (on this continent). This would be great to have, as we won’t have to build more for the build up to the main event. Currently, this is also in the works and would be ready around the time of our GA. GWT/GCA have this available at this time, to possibly build. Can be built in any city.
Sistine Chapel (600 shields) - doubles the power of Cathedrals. The problems is, we DON’T have a single Cathedral and only a few Temples (required for Cath builds). As we are NOT religious, but of those are expensive, shield wise, which is one of the reasons we are going the HG route, to help our happiness, atleast while we build other things. GWT/GCA have this available at this time, to possibly build It’s almost a sure bet that GWT or GCA will want this one, as they are both Religious. Can be built in any city.
Copernicus’s Observatory (400 shields) - Doubled Science in the city that it’s built in. This is best to be built in Apolyton Prime, as that city has a very high trade factor and the very low corruption gives us the best benifit from this. This is possibly in the works for after the HG is finished.
Magellan’s Voyage (400 shields) - Naval Moves increased by 1. Can only be built in coastal cities. This would trigger our GA and is currently in the works in HoD, being completed on turn 223 (910AD - less than 40 turns away). As we don’t want our GA that soon, as we are still getting our cities up and running, after the Palace move, we can wait for it.
Others, that we don’t YET have the techs for:
JS Bach’s Cathedral (600 shields) - makes 2 unhappy pop, content. If we go after Music Theory, right after Navigation, we should have it in 5 turns @50% slider. Basically, D-day + 5 is when it will be available the soonest.
Smith's Trading (600 shields) - gives us free (NO MAINTAINACE COST) Markets, Harbors, Banks, Commercial Docks, Airports and Stock Exchanges. This would Trigger our GA, the same as getting Magellins early, too. My estimate, is that we will have Economy Tech (needed for this) around turn 204 (815 AD) or 21 turns from the last turn played. This is also in the works, being completed right around our GA.
Newton’s University (400 shields) - Doubles Science in the city that it’s built in. We should have ToG (and be in Industrial Age) around 10 to 12 turns into our GA. AP is also good for this one.
Wonders to save GL for:
Universal Suffrage (800 shields) - Helps with War Weariness. Industrialization tech.
Theory of Evolution (600 shields) - Gives us 2 free techs. Scientific Method Tech.
Hoover Dam (800 shields) - boosts output from Factories. Electronics Tech.
Iron Works (300 shields) - boosts production output for that city. We have several cities that could be a candidate for this small wonder.
Wall Street (300 shields) - adds up to 50 gold per turn to our treasury, depending on how much is in the treasury at the start of the turn. Needs 5 Banks built in our Cities.
[EDIT] Added Smiths [/edit]
Anyways, let this discussion begin.
MoI E_T
Last edited by E_T on 11-06-2004 at 07:00
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wervdon
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Id have to see the situation and decide. I'd rather have the wonder, but if it looks to be impossible to ship the leader home safely (say at the tale end of our strike with our forces dwindling and us a long way from the shore), then we may be better off to take the army and short term gain than just lose the leader.
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11-06-2004 05:50
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