{"id":3354,"date":"2017-11-13T08:30:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T08:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/?p=3354"},"modified":"2018-07-18T15:11:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T15:11:22","slug":"conquest-of-the-new-world-shoshone-strategy-deity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/conquest-of-the-new-world-shoshone-strategy-deity\/","title":{"rendered":"Conquest of the New World Shoshone Strategy (Deity)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conquest of the New World – Shoshone Strategy (Deity)<\/h1>\n

Playing the Conquest of the New World Scenario<\/a> as one of the Native American civilizations<\/a> on Deity difficulty is the hardest things I’ve tried in this game since going for the Praise the Victories Steam Achievement<\/a> in the Scramble for Africa.<\/p>\n

All the stars need to be aligned for this one to succeed. Here’s the prerequisites:<\/p>\n

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  1. Your starting position needs to be in South America<\/li>\n
  2. You need 2 Cultured City States near you<\/li>\n
  3. You need to be on a river to build Texcotzingo<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’ve started dozens of games until I had all of this. And even this game I restarted, since the Aztecs<\/a> bet me to Texcotzingo by 1 turn:<\/p>\n

    \"Civilization <\/a>
    Texcotzingo – Gotta get it! <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
    \"Civilization <\/a>
    Comanche Riders <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
    \"Civilization <\/a>
    Incoming Trade Routes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

    This wonder is essential though: Without it your capital can’t support maintaining one or more specialists and<\/strong> occupying all resource tiles and<\/strong> all special Faith tiles (e.g. Tipis). Furthermore with it your Native American enemies<\/em> will grow stronger themselves. Improve resources and chop some forests and get Texcotzingo!<\/p>\n

    Over the course of the game I came to overthink my advice regarding coastal cities: Maybe a capital by the coast is good. Gave me some early trade routes with the Europeans in which boosted my science income by 100%…<\/p>\n

    Even as my Comanche Riders (turn 41!) started heading towards the Aztecs, I had already denounced<\/strong> them, putting me on better relationships with the Europeans. (Brown nosing really doesn’t hurt here, as long as they then focus on warring other nations…)<\/p>\n

    Native American Social Policies<\/h2>\n

    The Social Policy Order is equally important when playing the Shoshone (or any Native American<\/a> civ) on Deity difficulty: You’ll need Republic<\/strong><\/em> very early on for the additional production. Every hammer counts! Getting Collective Rule<\/strong><\/em> second for the settler is alright — as long as your workers haven’t improved the luxuries near the capital a 4th city would cause too much unhappiness \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

    Landed Elite<\/strong><\/em> beats Double Pyramid<\/strong><\/em> at first: Growing your capital is more important than getting more Faith from temples you haven’t even built in any city! Once basic infrastructure is built, you can go for Temple of the Gods<\/strong><\/em> (build temples faster) to then only 10 turns later have them yield more Faith with Double Pyramid<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

    Horsemen of the Plains<\/strong><\/em> is more important than Sacred Land<\/strong><\/em>, because survival is more important to winning than early Victory Points. However: Head for Sacred Land<\/strong><\/em> ASAP after securing your realm with the Comanche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Tier 1 Social Policies<\/th>\nTier 2 Social Policies<\/th>\nTier 3 Social Policies<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    Republic<\/strong><\/p>\n

    1st SP: Turn 3<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    +1 Production in every City and +15% when constructing buildings.<\/td>\n

    		Landed Elite<\/strong><\/p>\n

    3rd SP: ~ Turn 13<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    +10% growth and +2 Food in the Capital.<\/td>\n

    		Horsemen of the Plains<\/strong><\/p>\n

    6th SP: Turn 41<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    6 units are maintenance free and receive 6 Comanche Riders immediately.
    \n+8 Faith in the Capital.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    Collective Rule<\/strong><\/p>\n

    2nd SP: Turn 7<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    1 Free Settler +50% faster production of Settlers in the Capital.<\/td>\n

    		Double Pyramid<\/strong><\/p>\n

    5th SP: ~ Turn 30<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    +1 Faith from Shrines and Temples.<\/td>\n

    		Sacred Land<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Turn 102<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Gain a bonus belief.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    Temple of the Gods<\/strong><\/p>\n

    4th SP: ~ Turn 20<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Builds Temples in half the time, Temples grant +25% Gold output per city.<\/td>\n

    		Citizenship<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Turn 80<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    -33% costs when purchasing buildings, +1 Faith from every special resource building.<\/td>\n

    		Pyramids of the Gods<\/strong><\/p>\n

    +6 Faith from each World Wonder.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    Pukara<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Turn 57<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    +1 \ud83d\ude42 +1 Gold, +1 Faith from Walls.<\/td>\n

    		Mandate of Heaven<\/strong><\/p>\n

    +20% discount on purchases with Faith.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    Warrior Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

    +15% production of melee units, 1 free Great General, +50% generating Great Generals.<\/td>\n

    		Oligarchy<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Garrisoned units are free of maintenance costs and cities with garrison gain +50% ranged combat strength.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    Patriotic War<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Turn 125<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    +15% attack bonus when fighting in friendly territory.<\/td>\n

    		Unified Nation<\/strong><\/p>\n

    +1 \ud83d\ude42 and +1 Faith from National Wonders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    \u00a0Aristocracy<\/strong><\/p>\n

    +15% when constructing Wonders, +1 Faith per Workshop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Shoshone Deity Build Order<\/h2>\n

    Given the above prerequisites, the build order for all cities<\/strong> is:<\/p>\n

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    1. Worker (to get nearby resources improved!)<\/li>\n
    2. Workshop (more production ASAP, even neglecting the powerful temples)<\/li>\n
    3. Temple<\/li>\n
    4. Amphitheater<\/li>\n
    5. Walls (for defense and the bonus from Pukara<\/strong> (~turn 57, but this will most likely have passed already)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Conquest of the New World – Research<\/h2>\n

      The primary goal of Research is to build units able to defend against the Europeans. I usually aim for Crossbowmen first, so it’s<\/p>\n

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      1. Engineering<\/li>\n
      2. Machinery (turn 54)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        and then head straight for castles, which is at least gets your cities to fend of some attacks by ships or conquistadores:<\/p>\n

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        1. Horseback Riding<\/li>\n
        2. Civil Service<\/li>\n
        3. Theology<\/li>\n
        4. Chivalry<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          \"Civilization <\/a>
          Research Tree <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
          \"Civilization <\/a>
          Naval after Army Tech <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
          \"Civilization <\/a>
          Still far behind… <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

          Of course going for Theology earlier allows building the National College boosting the Science gain from the capital.<\/p>\n

          Conquest of the New World – Shoshone Prevailing<\/h2>\n

          So how do you win the Conquest of the New World scenario? By never being at war with the Europeans! Several aspects make this more likely:<\/p>\n

          War against my Aztec neighbors<\/h3>\n

          I’ve been at war with the Aztecs from ~turn 41 when I spawned Comanche Riders. Unfortunately even then I could not capture even one single city<\/strong>. So what was the Aztec front in 1533 AD, hadn’t moved much by 1620 AD:<\/p>\n

          \"Civilization <\/a>
          Close call! <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
          \"Civilization <\/a>
          Striking back… <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
          \"Civilization <\/a>
          …without great progress <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

          But capturing Aztec cities was never the goal. The primary goals are:<\/p>\n