{"id":3699,"date":"2019-06-18T19:19:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T19:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/?p=3699"},"modified":"2019-06-18T19:34:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T19:34:54","slug":"conquest-of-the-new-world-mayan-strategy-deity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/conquest-of-the-new-world-mayan-strategy-deity\/","title":{"rendered":"Conquest of the New World Mayan Strategy (Deity)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

The Mayan Civilization<\/a> lasted from prehistoric times all until 1697 when the last Mayan city fell to the Spanish invaders. Mayans left behind wonders like Chichen Itza and were generally quite advanced among the American civilizations with regards to writing, calendar and astronomy. In the conquest of the new world Maya struggled to withstand the test of time against the superior armed Europeans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chichen Itza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Regarding the scenario: In the Conquest of the New World<\/a> Maya is definitely not one of the most advantageous civilizations to start with. As one of the Native American civilizations<\/a> Deity difficulty is among the hardest things I’ve tried in this game since going for the Praise the Victories Steam Achievement<\/a> in the Scramble for Africa, but Mayans top this again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already all stars need to be aligned for this one to succeed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Your starting position needs to be in South America<\/li>
  2. You need 2 Cultured City States near you (spoiler alert: in this play through 1 Culture CS was not enough)<\/li>
  3. You need to be on a river to build Texcotzingo<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\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. Furthermore with it your Native American enemies<\/em> will grow stronger themselves. Improve resources and chop some forests and get Texcotzingo!<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n

    Even as my Comanche Riders (turn 41!) started heading towards the Shoshone<\/a>, 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\n\n\n

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    Native American Social Policies<\/h2>\n\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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
    Tier 1 Social Policies<\/th>Tier 2 Social Policies<\/th>Tier 3 Social Policies<\/th><\/tr>
    Republic<\/strong>\n \n1st SP: Turn 3<\/strong>\n+1 Production in every City and +15% when constructing buildings.\n<\/td>Landed Elite<\/strong>\n \n3rd SP: ~ Turn 13<\/strong>\n+10% growth and +2 Food in the Capital.\n<\/td>Horsemen of the Plains<\/strong>\n \n6th SP: Turn 41<\/strong>\n6 units are maintenance free and receive 6 Comanche Riders immediately.
    +8 Faith in the Capital.\n<\/td><\/tr>
    Collective Rule<\/strong>\n \n2nd SP: Turn 7<\/strong>\n1 Free Settler +50% faster production of Settlers in the Capital.\n<\/td>Double Pyramid<\/strong>\n \n5th SP: ~ Turn 30<\/strong>\n+1 Faith from Shrines and Temples.\n<\/td>Sacred Land<\/strong>\n \nTurn 102<\/strong>\nGain a bonus belief.\n<\/td><\/tr>
    Temple of the Gods<\/strong>\n \n4th SP: ~ Turn 20<\/strong>\nBuilds Temples in half the time, Temples grant +25% Gold output per city.\n<\/td>Citizenship<\/strong>\n \nTurn 80<\/strong>\n-33% costs when purchasing buildings, +1 Faith from every special resource building.\n<\/td>Pyramids of the Gods<\/strong>\n \n+6 Faith from each World Wonder.\n<\/td><\/tr>
    Pukara<\/strong>\n \nTurn 57<\/strong>\n+1 \ud83d\ude42 +1 Gold, +1 Faith from Walls.\n<\/td>Mandate of Heaven<\/strong>\n \n+20% discount on purchases with Faith.\n<\/td><\/tr>
    Warrior Code<\/strong>\n \n+15% production of melee units, 1 free Great General, +50% generating Great Generals.\n<\/td>Oligarchy<\/strong>\n \nGarrisoned units are free of maintenance costs and cities with garrison gain +50% ranged combat strength.\n<\/td><\/tr>
    Patriotic War<\/strong>\n \nTurn 125<\/strong>\n+15% attack bonus when fighting in friendly territory.\n<\/td>Unified Nation<\/strong>\n \n+1 \ud83d\ude42 and +1 Faith from National Wonders\n<\/td><\/tr>
     Aristocracy<\/strong>\n \n+15% when constructing Wonders, +1 Faith per Workshop\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

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

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

      Once you are there, defense gets so much easier. Also with 6 Comanche Riders and some veteran Crossbowmen you can start some conquests of the new world of your own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

      I’ve been at war with the Shoshone from very early on, using Comanche Riders. But even conquering enemy Native cities was never the goal. The primary goals are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n