27-06-2005 08:31									#91
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I think 8-8-9 of Lake Ishtar is good. Not quite so aggressive a placement, and besides, AM has temples that are just as cheap as us. (And they still are in Despotism and can pop rush.)

A third lux gives us an extra happy face; two in any city with a market. That's worth a gold per core city IMO, or about 6 or 7 GPT. It's definitely going to be a ***** to defend, but I think it's worth it.

Edit: Heh, now I see why you used the ! I didn't realize Apolyton censored female dog.

	27-06-2005 10:14									#92
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Plus one more City that will give us cheaper Unit costs. So, overall, a good thing.

I have Plans to get Potamia up to size 8, with 3 Garrison, the 2 Luxes, we will still need 1 Entertainer to keep it happy. It would need 1 less with the Incense or have that 8th pop producing. With 7 of the pop working (and Infrastructure Improvements) I can get 10 SPT out of the city.

E_T

	27-06-2005 18:48									#93
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OK - if the twin pillars of Babylon think this is a good idea, then I am all for it. And I figure you do not like 8-8-8 because of the border issues. 8-8-8 would be easier to defend. It is adjacent to only one mountain. (then again - if we don't road the mountains - catapults can't use them).

8-8-8 would also get the game tile - so it would have a 2 food tile to start. And as mentioned earlier, along with a city 9-9-9-9 of Felinicity, we would certainly be putting pressure on AM's new ville.

Then again, if we anticiapte some day owning their new city - then 8-8-9 makes for a better layout. I am never a fan of cities only two tiles apart unless under special circumstances.

	27-06-2005 19:27									#94
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Well, 8-8-8 also gets a Flood Plains, where 8-8-9 doesn't

And what about the North Ishtar Site,it would also be 2 tiles away.

Granted, we can out Culture them with Libs (Esp Libs & Temples) and you can only Pop rush so much, where we can cash shortrush, if need be.

But, it will still likely come down to war over those sites. Unless we can work out some form of deal with them.

E_T

	01-07-2005 22:35									#95
	Settler timeline for next 20 turns Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

Over the next 20 turns (from turn 68 - 1275BC) or so, we will have the following Settlers built and in what cities.

turn 71 (1225BC) - PoA - currently going to North Ishtar site
turn 76 (1100BC) - PoA - going where?? Iron site maybe??
turn 78 (1050BC) - GoT - Best to send to the Southern Silks site as it would be built sooner if coming from here.
turn 81 (975BC) - PoA - Last settler from PoA, but we might not even build this one, although I think that we should - Going where??
turn 82 (950BC) - GoT - going where??
turn 86 (850BC) - GoT - going where??
turn 90 (750BC) - GoT - going where??

HPotW E_T