June 4th, 2004, 06:09 PM
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Re: Early game expansion rate
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Originally posted by Reverend Zombie:
What are minimum goals that I should be trying for in order to survive to mid-game in terms of:
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Disclaimer: Let me preface this, that it all depends on the map/conditions of victory/nation/pretender. But I will answer in generalities as best I can.
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1. expansion (X no. of territories by turn no. Y)
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In the TTT a benchmark is 12-14 by turn 10. Depending on the size of the map. But assuming you don't run straight into another players territory and you path your army correctly, this is achievable in all but the most crowded of games. My minimum where I feel I am doing 'decent' is a Province a Turn until turn 10. Though this is slow going, if you are sacrificing those early provinces for something (like research, or gems), then it could be worth it.
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2. research (level X in Y no. of schools by turn Z)
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Like the Disclaimer said, this depends on alot of variabilities. You should have reached a Research Goal on the following turns 5, 7, 10, and 15. You can have earlier goals. (Like Raise Skeletons by turn 4) and this is hard to gauge, but I find myself setting goals based on those levels 5, 10, and 15 in particular.
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3. mages/priests (no. of each for research & battle purposes by turn X)
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Personally I only pull mage/priests from research duty if needed and I pull as many as I need and only those, as I don't want to hamper research. By turn 10 you should have a second fortress or in the end stages of one (Castle on turn 3 of 4). But I usually have 8-10 Mages by turn 10.
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4. magic sites/gem income (again, X no. of sites found by turn Y, and/or X gems/turn by turn Y)
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This is really a variable of the map. You want as many as you can get. I usually have one mage on search duty as soon as I recieve a site searching spell that I can use. I will also take a hit in research (unless needed) and put my entire crew of mages on a search to cover all provinces when I get it.
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