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[Johnfalcon99977]

He told me yes already. No need to ask...

[adwarf]

He told me yes already. No need to ask...

I mean how long do you think it will take for them to get in ?

[Johnfalcon99977]

Late game. Oh so defintatly late game. Advanced rifles will not even be in the game, and don't get me started on spaceships...

[Taricus]

Don't discount advanced rifles...

[Dwarmin]

Orbital cannons?

[Phantom]

Spoiler: Double Blarghbow All The Way Cross The Screen. (click to show/hide)

Territories

Cauldron W (£500/turn):  4 spearmen.  Palace, Ranch.  Horses.
 (+£25/turn from horses)
 (+£300: Ranch)
 (upk: -£80)
Cauldron L (£261/turn):  2 skirmishers, 1 javelineers, 1 light macemen.  Walls.
 (upk: -£200)

Finances:

Cash Reserves:  £278
Revenue:  +£1086
Trade Pact(Brent): +£162 [Access fish, coal, grain, sheep, lumber, game, iron, gold]
Trade Pact(Free Tempest): +£68 [Access copper, wine]
Upkeep: -£280  [4 spearmen, 1 javelineers, 1 light macemen.  1 walls.]

Total:  £1314

Techs

Animal Handling I
Ranged Training I
Infantry Training I


Construction/Recruitment:
£500, Javilineers, Lower Cauldron.

Research:
£814, Infantry Training II

Troop Movements:
All Troops, Lower Cauldron, Attack Southern Cauldron.

Remaining Cash: £0

[Iituem]

If you follow a tech route, gunpowder is mid to late-game.  I've been asked this several times and tried to keep it quiet because although gunpowder is a way to go, it is not the only way to go (not least because of the existence of magic).

I am not going to clearly lay out a tech path here, but you will need a good understanding of chemistry for gunpowder, which is to say that you will need to essentially discover the science of chemistry.  You are all a long way from that right now, and one of the posts in the next turn will give you some clues on the way to proceed.  Beelining to gunpowder at this stage might not be a bad idea, but it is an idea that will leave you at the mercy of those engaging in more conventional warfare.  I can tell you that knights are pretty much the power limit of the mundane pre-gunpowder age, though.  On the other hand, knights will kick the arses of spearmen completely about 90-95% of the time.  They're pretty awesome.

[Sheb]

So no researching gunpowder directly. Should I switch my orders to researching chemistry, or alchemy or something?

[Iituem]

So no researching gunpowder directly. Should I switch my orders to researching chemistry, or alchemy or something?

If you research a tech too far ahead of you, I just set you researching the closest tech towards it in the tech tree.  You're researching a precursor to Alchemy.

[Sheb]

Perfect, thanks!

[Johnfalcon99977]

Damn it adwarf! I was planning on being the first one to get Gunpower! Now I have to COMPETE for it!

[Taricus]

Boy, you had several.

[Phantom]

Not if I have a say about it.

[Taricus]

Talking to me or him?

[Phantom]

Adwarf and JF.