Paths of Civilization
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Depends on how close it is to your core, but as far as we can tell it's a fairly regularly active one(quakes are common in the Hatvalley region), so probably not TOO nasty.
Wiadi
Uncompromising Radical Leftist
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- Something Clever
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I mean it would certainly be unpleasant for us if it went off, but there's a difference between "well there goes a city and the harvests are gonna suck" and "so long, all local civilizations." I'm pretty sure (and really hope) it's not a supervolcano, which would be more along the lines of the latter.
If you're dealing with regular tremors for thousands of years its probably not a supervolcano, especially when we have ancient rumors of a burning mountain. I.e. if the volcano is regularly releasing energy in eruptions you're fine, if the volcano is pretending to be a nice quiet mountain for thousands of years, be really fucking worried because it's charging the lazor
I was not aware Priests has access to Expand Forest. They're not tagged.
If they could, it's a possible move yeah.
ThrawnCA
Carbon-based biped
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- Australia
I'm pretty sure we can't put extended projects on repeat.
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- Australia
i going to need word of god on this. i can see it from a balancing point of view why that would be the case but I don't remember anything about the mechanics of how repeat actions work that would make this true.
AN said the priests got Expand Forest due to our religious beliefs. He forgot to update the sheet though
I wonder what would have happened if we'd bought more genius Golden Age bonuses. We could possibly have ended up with someone that's a genius at multiple traits, which would be pretty interesting. Imagine what a Genius Martial, Culture, Diplomacy, and Mystic King would do to a civilisation.
It would probably be pretty terrifying, and cast a terribly long shadow on future kings. It would probably be worth a legacy. If they didn't blow everything up.
It would probably be pretty terrifying, and cast a terribly long shadow on future kings. It would probably be worth a legacy. If they didn't blow everything up.
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Probably a hard push towards monarchy alas. Powerful kings tend to do that.
In that generation, yes. Subsequent kings would always have to try and fail measure up to an impossible standard, which complicates the matter.
Given the effects of DL, a move towards absolutism wouldn't neccessarily be the worst problem in the world.
Sorry for the double post, @Academia Nut, but looking at this turn's faction policies, they're a bit unusual:
It seems that when the Patricians shifted their power to themselves rather than the Yeomen, the choice of Faction Policies wasn't updated.
I'd have thought that we'd see something more like:
Admin Infrastructure x3, Trader Infrastructure x1, City Support x1, Forestry x1, Urban Infrastructure x1
I don't see why the Patricians would choose a Trader Infrastructure policy to get +1 Progress on a Harbour when it seems more likely for them to choose an Admin Infrastructure policy for narrative reasons, and that would give double the progress.
The second Forestry policy is less clear cut, but it seems unusually pious for the Guilds to take it, rather than something like Urban (or Hygine) Infrastructure to advance completion of their quest.
This would provide a net result of 1 less forest and 2-3 more progress.
7 Province Policies: 3 Patricians, 1 Trader, 1 Urban Poor, 1 Yeomen, 1 Guild
Faction Policies: Admin Infrastructure x2, Trader Infrastructure x2, City Support x1, Forestry x2
Faction Policies: Admin Infrastructure x2, Trader Infrastructure x2, City Support x1, Forestry x2
It seems that when the Patricians shifted their power to themselves rather than the Yeomen, the choice of Faction Policies wasn't updated.
I'd have thought that we'd see something more like:
Admin Infrastructure x3, Trader Infrastructure x1, City Support x1, Forestry x1, Urban Infrastructure x1
I don't see why the Patricians would choose a Trader Infrastructure policy to get +1 Progress on a Harbour when it seems more likely for them to choose an Admin Infrastructure policy for narrative reasons, and that would give double the progress.
The second Forestry policy is less clear cut, but it seems unusually pious for the Guilds to take it, rather than something like Urban (or Hygine) Infrastructure to advance completion of their quest.
This would provide a net result of 1 less forest and 2-3 more progress.
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I think AN said somewhere that policies will not change often. Probably as much for his mental health as for narrative reasons.
Fair enough. I wouldn't expect factions to change their own policies - but when ownership of policies change I would think that it would be more common.
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So just wanted everyone to know that the term papers I am writing on inclusionary defects in piezoelectric materials and bulking in ceramics are taking longer than expected. Do not anticipate an update until next weekend or after, although if I get some free time and my muse strikes there may be something sooner. Probably not an update, but possibly a sidestory.
I do hope harbors give us odds at better ship advancement, or at least advancing tech so we can more easily incorporate others.
I mean, super volcanoes aren't exactly subtle with the type of terrain they make. People would probably not know what they're looking at, but we'd see signs of exotic happenings to some degree at least.
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- The Deep Blue Sea
Clearly I should start running Indus River and Ancient China civ quests on top of SoY to compensate for AN being busy*withdrawal kicks in
ExNihilo
SPACE!
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- USA
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Clearly I should start running Indus River and Ancient China civ quests on top of SoY to compensate for AN being busy
Wait, why didn't anyone tell me that existed? Is is still active? As soon as I catch up I'll join.
Huh. It's only fairly recently that they have started expanding in earnest.
Did the Tin Tribes block them beforehand? I do know that they absorbed some of the tin tribes at the beginning, but little since then.
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- The Middle of the Howling Wilderness
Remember, before you vote in SoY, ask yourself: What would BOATCHIEF do?
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- The Deep Blue Sea
Yep! Posted four updates yesterday, and one this morning!
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- Austria
Heh.
Actually, with so much sea around, going FULLBOATS is pretty reasonable....with the caveat of "do not overharvest forests", because lol bronze age collapse.
Astra Stargazer
Comma Queen
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- In a book, somewhere around here...
Natsume Yuujinchou, nice.