Ruff_Hi's Antics

All Happiness is the Release of Internal Pressure

I knock out Monarchy, flip that to Charlemagne for Monotheism and double revolt (2 turns) to Organized Religion and Hereditary Rule. I then start building warriors, warriors and more warriors to knock my happy-cap up a couple of notches. Early growth was horizontal, current growth is vertical.

I also flip Monarchy to Suleiman for Iron Working ... I have iron ... in my capital's BFC too. And then ... oh oh ... Sitting Bull goes into WHEOOHs mode - I get the fist warning sign on the scoreboard from BUG ... so I quickly checked the Sit Rep report ...

How is that threat index calculated again? I roughly know what is in it (I did code it up about 700 years ago) but lets look at the code ...

Ahhh, it is a multi-component index comprising of:

• relationship component
• ranges from 0 to 38
• based on the attitude count (sum of +X and -Ys)
• 0 attitude gives value of 19
• power ratio component
• ranges from 0 to 38
• the higher your power to these, the lower this value
• power ratio of 1.00 gives value of 19
• if you don't have enough EPs to see their power, this value is set to 75% of 38 'estimate' is placed next to the threat index
• Combine the relationship component and the power component to give the raw threat index
• If player is WHEOOHs and not currently at war, threat index is multiplied by 1.3
• If you have a defensive pact with the player, thread index is multiplied by 0.2
• The resulting threat index is then converted to 1 of 5 values
• -15 gives Low (Green)
• 16-35 gives Guarded (Blue)
• 36-55 gives Elevated (Yellow)
• 56-74 gives High (Orange)
• 75+ gives Severe (Red)

Anyway, I will have to watch this and try and work out who his target is. It could easily be me - I am the only Civ he shares a border with. However, Wang Kong is his worst enemy.

Sitting Bull (Yellow / Egypt) is pinned to my North

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Let's check the power chart (note that I have hidden the other civs so that I can concentrate on the Civs in question)

Score

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Ohhh - that gives me an evil plan ... for later.

My cities are set to grow, warriors are being built to provide happiness and techs are being sold for cash (I completed currency which really helped my economy) so that I can tech. Chopping has been terminated while I wait for an AI to finish Mathematics so I can trade for it. While waiting, I tech towards The Great Library (extra bonus for my Library quest).

The game is loving my quest attempt so it provides another

Hmm - 1 engineering specialist ... to go with my 1 scientist specialist in the GLib city ... I must try and make sure that he goes in that city ... then load in the GPP National Wonder ... and I will have a city generating lots of GPPs ... mixed, true ... but lots of them.