Ok, have been playing a decade but even b4 AoFE every time I had to play chinese, I had a problem.
I do not have a standard BO for 'em, but tend to improvise every single time, making my start either very effective or very slow and frustrating.
In AoFE you start w/ 0 food, so that means research loom 1st. Ok.
W/ the extra LOS of the TC(thank god) you find the sheep quickly and start gathering food. Ok.
I personally put a 7th vill on sheep, just to be sure I don't have idle TC time. ....Ok.
...and then what???
I got less food than everyone else, and keep struggling to maintain that 50f so that the TC isn't idle.
So I build a mill, and go 4 berries/shore fishing ...buuuut
I also start w/ less wood, :evil: , which means I'm cutting stragglers now, just running hectically so I can get enough wood to build my houses and my lumber camp.
...
Can any1 help me out here?
There's got to be an easier way, than running a constant (I dunno...5minute??) lean (as lean can get) eco,
just! to keep up w/ the others!
I do not have a standard BO for 'em, but tend to improvise every single time, making my start either very effective or very slow and frustrating.
In AoFE you start w/ 0 food, so that means research loom 1st. Ok.
W/ the extra LOS of the TC(thank god) you find the sheep quickly and start gathering food. Ok.
I personally put a 7th vill on sheep, just to be sure I don't have idle TC time. ....Ok.
...and then what???
I got less food than everyone else, and keep struggling to maintain that 50f so that the TC isn't idle.
So I build a mill, and go 4 berries/shore fishing ...buuuut
I also start w/ less wood, :evil: , which means I'm cutting stragglers now, just running hectically so I can get enough wood to build my houses and my lumber camp.
...
Can any1 help me out here?
There's got to be an easier way, than running a constant (I dunno...5minute??) lean (as lean can get) eco,
just! to keep up w/ the others!