Strategic tend to spawn within range of where your first settler starts (I think horses and iron are guaranteed to spawn within 3 of your spawn in Better Balanced Map, but I could be wrong). On top of that horses can only be on flat plains/grassland without woods, rainforest, another resource, or floodplains. This narrows things down quickly. From Herson's spawn, there was only 3 places the horses could really be. Technically, there would have been potential for them to be down south in the fog of war as well. From there, is just intuition and hope. There may also be some ways to tell from map generation that a tile is more likely to be your resource (like if a tile seems out of place like it was forced for the game to spawn the resource), but idk enough about all that and it is far too complicated for me to think about, haha. ... ... ... I mean, yes, Herson is a horsewhisperer. Anything else you hear is propoganda.
Regarding the question around 11:10, the answer is: Yes, working the 3/1 then 2/2 will lead to pop growth. You can see the amount of food required on the third line - 7 in this case. Working the 2/2 gives a surplus of 3 food, and the subsequent turn of working the 3/1 will exactly hit the growth breakpoint.
Hi Why do you not swap Commercial Hub Adjacency (20g) for Triangular Trade (40g + a bit of faith)? Is there anything I'm not seeing correctly in regards to this decision?
I was in a heroic age during the medieval era, and one of my golden age dedications was Free Inquiry. This causes me to gain science equal to my commercial hub and harbor adjacency. The policy card which doubles commercial hub adjacency also increases the science granted by Free Inquiry, but this effect isn't listed on the card. In reality, the card is giving me 20 gold and 20 science.
@@HersonCiv Thank you for replying and explaining this to me. The amount of things you have to consider and keep track of in this game is insane to me. Well played!
19:42 you put magnus in as your first governor, even though you declared you were going normal age at that time. In your other videos you've mentioned going moksha in those scenarios to make up for the lost culture from no golden. Why in this game did you choose Magnus?
I can supplement my culture by building my unique district, the acropolis. If I were almost any civ other than Greece here, I would've made sure to grab Moksha 2 sooner.
why hoard the envoys for so lon,g wouldn't putting a single one in antanorivo (or however it's spelled) give you a lot of culture without announcing it to the world (1 per library and you had 6?), is it a multiplayer thing with people likely to murder it?
@@dieucondorimperial2509 They're using BBM; BBS is no longer supported IIRC. There were 2 locations horses could spawn. On the tile he settled and next to the crab. You're not always going to get horses in 1st ring of spawn tile, but it's in the first 2.
Friendship with your 2 nearest neighbours means early settlers are usually safe. But you gotta keep in mind these people play in a small community so you end up playing with the same people very often. You dont want to make people mad so they start irreling into you in other games. And sometimes people send a delegation as a please dont take my settler.
@@tobif.5039 It means irrelevant. Irreling means attacking someone, making you fall behind and becoming irrelevant. Theres only a few civs that can war early and not fall massively behind.
Yes, as meeting other players awards 1 era score each time. This would've meant that I'd have achieved a normal age rather than a dark age. Not only would I not have access to the dark-age isolationism policy card, I also wouldn't be able to get a heroic age in the medieval era.
He could feel the horses before they were revealed to us mere mortals. He is the horsewhisperer.
To be honest I can pretty much predict where horses will spawn most of the time and I am not that good at this game.
Strategic tend to spawn within range of where your first settler starts (I think horses and iron are guaranteed to spawn within 3 of your spawn in Better Balanced Map, but I could be wrong). On top of that horses can only be on flat plains/grassland without woods, rainforest, another resource, or floodplains. This narrows things down quickly. From Herson's spawn, there was only 3 places the horses could really be. Technically, there would have been potential for them to be down south in the fog of war as well. From there, is just intuition and hope. There may also be some ways to tell from map generation that a tile is more likely to be your resource (like if a tile seems out of place like it was forced for the game to spawn the resource), but idk enough about all that and it is far too complicated for me to think about, haha.
... ... ... I mean, yes, Herson is a horsewhisperer. Anything else you hear is propoganda.
Regarding the question around 11:10, the answer is: Yes, working the 3/1 then 2/2 will lead to pop growth. You can see the amount of food required on the third line - 7 in this case. Working the 2/2 gives a surplus of 3 food, and the subsequent turn of working the 3/1 will exactly hit the growth breakpoint.
Hey Herson do you mind doing an aztec video in the future? there's something irreristable about getting more powerful with every luxury
Hi
Why do you not swap Commercial Hub Adjacency (20g) for Triangular Trade (40g + a bit of faith)? Is there anything I'm not seeing correctly in regards to this decision?
I was in a heroic age during the medieval era, and one of my golden age dedications was Free Inquiry. This causes me to gain science equal to my commercial hub and harbor adjacency. The policy card which doubles commercial hub adjacency also increases the science granted by Free Inquiry, but this effect isn't listed on the card. In reality, the card is giving me 20 gold and 20 science.
@@HersonCiv Thank you for replying and explaining this to me. The amount of things you have to consider and keep track of in this game is insane to me. Well played!
19:42 you put magnus in as your first governor, even though you declared you were going normal age at that time. In your other videos you've mentioned going moksha in those scenarios to make up for the lost culture from no golden. Why in this game did you choose Magnus?
I can supplement my culture by building my unique district, the acropolis. If I were almost any civ other than Greece here, I would've made sure to grab Moksha 2 sooner.
why hoard the envoys for so lon,g wouldn't putting a single one in antanorivo (or however it's spelled) give you a lot of culture without announcing it to the world (1 per library and you had 6?), is it a multiplayer thing with people likely to murder it?
He says like one hour in the video that it was a mistake and he should put in an envoy sooner
Herson is the coolest guy in town
How did you predict there were horses on that tile at the start? I get that the no woods and plains but what else gave it away?
BBS balanced the starts so everyone has horse and iron close to its spawn location, and it was by far the closest tile eligible for horses
@@dieucondorimperial2509 They're using BBM; BBS is no longer supported IIRC. There were 2 locations horses could spawn. On the tile he settled and next to the crab. You're not always going to get horses in 1st ring of spawn tile, but it's in the first 2.
are there some rules against early war? So crazy to see unaccompanied settlers and enemy scouts roaming your land
Friendship with your 2 nearest neighbours means early settlers are usually safe. But you gotta keep in mind these people play in a small community so you end up playing with the same people very often. You dont want to make people mad so they start irreling into you in other games.
And sometimes people send a delegation as a please dont take my settler.
@@Kilithazawhat does irreling stand for?
@@tobif.5039 It means irrelevant. Irreling means attacking someone, making you fall behind and becoming irrelevant. Theres only a few civs that can war early and not fall massively behind.
Kinda lame tho I like to see chaos lol
I'd recommend looking up the 'Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma', it should make it clearer why this kind of stability happens as Kilithaza suggested.
How do you get a 3:1 base when settling a flat tile? I cannot seem to repeat this
its through the bester starts mod
it's the Better Balanced Game (BBG) mod. all competitive civ games use this.
What mod gives Moksha the connoisseur promotion? Why is Domination called 'Conquest'? I have never played modded before so I'm a bit confused
Better Balanced Game
@ 49:40 why take out the Isolationism policy card instead of Urban Planning? Seems better to me
Isolationism prevents new settlers from being trained.
There you go, that makes sense. Thanks man
Do you play/stream teamers? Or only ffa?
31:18 Why are you trying to not meet another player here? Was meeting another player something that would ruin the game for you here?
Yes, as meeting other players awards 1 era score each time. This would've meant that I'd have achieved a normal age rather than a dark age. Not only would I not have access to the dark-age isolationism policy card, I also wouldn't be able to get a heroic age in the medieval era.
Wanna see Brazil demo
how do you dismiss all notifications with one click? does anyone know?
iirc it is the "NotificationClear" mod (or something similar). It clears the notifications except for important ones (like friendship/trade offers)
Nice game
Herson X Forsen when?