Sword Civ/Start
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:47 am
Source: Omega at original EE Train Forum
"The Civilization you should be using has Build Time Decrease and Cost Reduction on Buildings. It has Hunting and Foraging and Iron Mining for Economy. It has Sword Attack, Hit Points, Speed, Cost Reduction, and Build Time Decrease. It has 6 'free' points, which you can use for whatever as long as it's not bad--two non-bad things you can put are either Citizen Speed and Siege Range, or Citizen Hit Points and Siege Cost Reduction. The Civilization you should be using does not have Farming, and it does not have Sword Armor.
The start you are using should be able to get 15 swords at 3 f11. Your start should also get towers up relatively quickly. Your start should allow for an unbroken sword timeline, and an unbroken citizen timeline. A decent sword start which can achieve all of the aforementioned things you should be able to do is:
1. Select Capitol, make 5 Citizens.
2. Select 6 Citizens and send them to an Iron Mine.
3. Repeat step 2, but send your Citizens to a different Iron Mine, obviously.
4. Load your Civilization.
5. Select 2 Citizens and tell them to make a Barrack.
6. Select 3 Citizens and tell them to make a Barrack.
7. Repeat step 6.
8. Select 1 Citizen at one of your Iron Mines and tell them to make a Settlement.
9. Repeat step 8, but select a Citizen at a different Iron Mine, obviously.
10. When your Barracks are completed make Swords at them. It may help to put all 3 of your Barracks on a hotkey.
11. When your Barracks are finished, select 3 Citizens and tell them to make a Tower somewhere where a Tower is needed.
12. Repeat step 11 two times.
I will allow everyone to figure out exactly the rest of what you should end up doing... However you should be putting people on food (hippos/hunt/forage) until you have enough food coming in, after which you should rally to wood... It should be noted that it is sometimes a wise move not to make Towers (or as many towers) and instead work on a Wall. Sometimes 3 Towers is what you want, other times it is 4. Making only 3 Towers means you have more Stone for 4 Houses and/or a partial Wall. Making 4 Towers means you have stone for 2 Houses or a partial Wall. It should also be noted that hunt will gather faster than forage, and certain types of hunt such as Hippos, Elephants, and Walruses can easily be lured to a Settlement or Capitol eliminating travel time. Early returning Iron is something you are going to need to do to keep continuous Sword production up, so make sure you do it. Finally, you should make it your goal to get a Warrior Hero around 16 f11."
"The Civilization you should be using has Build Time Decrease and Cost Reduction on Buildings. It has Hunting and Foraging and Iron Mining for Economy. It has Sword Attack, Hit Points, Speed, Cost Reduction, and Build Time Decrease. It has 6 'free' points, which you can use for whatever as long as it's not bad--two non-bad things you can put are either Citizen Speed and Siege Range, or Citizen Hit Points and Siege Cost Reduction. The Civilization you should be using does not have Farming, and it does not have Sword Armor.
The start you are using should be able to get 15 swords at 3 f11. Your start should also get towers up relatively quickly. Your start should allow for an unbroken sword timeline, and an unbroken citizen timeline. A decent sword start which can achieve all of the aforementioned things you should be able to do is:
1. Select Capitol, make 5 Citizens.
2. Select 6 Citizens and send them to an Iron Mine.
3. Repeat step 2, but send your Citizens to a different Iron Mine, obviously.
4. Load your Civilization.
5. Select 2 Citizens and tell them to make a Barrack.
6. Select 3 Citizens and tell them to make a Barrack.
7. Repeat step 6.
8. Select 1 Citizen at one of your Iron Mines and tell them to make a Settlement.
9. Repeat step 8, but select a Citizen at a different Iron Mine, obviously.
10. When your Barracks are completed make Swords at them. It may help to put all 3 of your Barracks on a hotkey.
11. When your Barracks are finished, select 3 Citizens and tell them to make a Tower somewhere where a Tower is needed.
12. Repeat step 11 two times.
I will allow everyone to figure out exactly the rest of what you should end up doing... However you should be putting people on food (hippos/hunt/forage) until you have enough food coming in, after which you should rally to wood... It should be noted that it is sometimes a wise move not to make Towers (or as many towers) and instead work on a Wall. Sometimes 3 Towers is what you want, other times it is 4. Making only 3 Towers means you have more Stone for 4 Houses and/or a partial Wall. Making 4 Towers means you have stone for 2 Houses or a partial Wall. It should also be noted that hunt will gather faster than forage, and certain types of hunt such as Hippos, Elephants, and Walruses can easily be lured to a Settlement or Capitol eliminating travel time. Early returning Iron is something you are going to need to do to keep continuous Sword production up, so make sure you do it. Finally, you should make it your goal to get a Warrior Hero around 16 f11."