u/AgitatedText

Hi all,

I've always liked the M9, both from its reputation for good design and overall coolness factor, though never having owned one. From people who have owned one of these, I was interested in your personal experience, what you liked about it, and what was annoying about it (and if you got rid of it, what tipped it for you). There are a lot of opinions from folks that have used these once or twice, but for me, it's more a question about long-term ownership.

I appreciate any feedback. Perhaps this may go better in r/guns, but the community here has been much more supportive. Thanks all.

For once, I've gotten myself into a situation where basically any victory is possible. I'm around turn 400 on a standard speed game (emperor difficulty) and have a commanding lead in everything, and it's just a question of whether I would rather end the game and collect the time bonus or try and run up the score by conquest.

If I go for a space victory, I could probably be done in like 30 turns, and probably 10-20 more if I go for domination. I should be able to secure a diplomatic victory in around 15 turns or so. My gut says to go for the domination since I'm playing as the Huns and it would be the most personally satisfying, but I also would like to try and maximize my score. Thoughts?

I'm playing as the Huns on Emperor, and have a pretty wide domain with decent defenses provided by mountains. I've just entered the industrial era and Alexander has managed to get ahead of all the other civs, but managed to piss them off as well. He's got a very strong city-state network.

What would be the best way to make up this disadvantage? I've tried paying him to go after others (he's friendly to me), but that's backfired in large part since he's been able to beat them up. Once upon a time, my preferred approach would be to beeline dynamite and try to hit him as quickly as possible with artillery, but the city-state networks are pretty extensive. I can see he has riflemen and cavalry, I'm still working with musketmen, knights, and cannons.

Any thoughts?

From a previous post:

>My level of experience is adult beginner (longest ride I've done at one time was about 12 miles), price range under a grand. Would be cool with second hand. The intention would be to ride the many great paved trails around here in the DC metro area where I live a couple times a month when the weather is nice. Height and weight are average for a man, level of fitness is not particularly athletic, but healthy and energetic.

Thanks to everyone's advice, I definitely would like to have a Trek FX 2. I loved the light weight, crisp shifting, and agility. The last barrier to getting that done is the price. While the Trek is in my budget, it seems only right to try and check out some similar/close ones to save a few hundred bucks, since I'm just a hobbyist.

Tonight, I'm planning to check out a used 7.2FX, which has most of the accessories I'd want and would save me some serious money. Let's say it ends up also being a good fit, is there any reason why I would end up getting the new bike (which I really like and can afford) over the used one anyways?

Thanks!

So, going all-in on the warmonger thing as Assyria didn't work out for me. William was on the other side of the continent and managed to run away with a culture victory while I was bogged down in endless wars. A few areas where I think things went south include:

• Got pottery and then rushed to get siege towers as fast as possible in hopes that taking cities would make up the deficit.

• Razed every city I took, while only building my capital and one other city. I was hoping to save on happiness, but I think the net effect was that it cost me in science long term.

• Wiped out Japan but left Byzantium and America until late to save on penalties and have somewhere to send my trade routes, but they ended up just harassing me for quite some time after and drawing my attention away from the main opponent.

• Got bogged down in a mountainous war with Greece which took all my attention. Tried to rush to get artillery to finally break through, but by the time I got it, they had a ton of Great War Infantry to slow me down.

• After finally going to peace with Greece to get a break in the action, I tried to carve my way through city-states to get to William to shut him down, but after taking a couple, the resistance was too much and I got bogged down again.

Can anyone recommend an approach that will most effectively let me use the UA? Forever cycles of war and razing didn't seem to do it. It's a little frustrating because I think it could be a fun way to play.

I'm playing an emperor game on a Pangea map as Assyria and have gone all-in on the warmongering for techs. It's fairly early and everyone hates me, but whatever. At this point, I really want to get to Alexander, who is expanding rapidly just beyond Japan. Japan's capital occupies most of a choke point on land but is relatively far away from my cities. I'm wrecking stuff quickly with siege towers and razing everything.

The question is would it be better to just capture the Japanese capital and eliminate them from the game so that I can guarantee control of the choke point, or weaken them enough so that they can't hit back or expand further to completely close the choke point so that I can get to Alexander without having to worry about defending the occupied city later? I want to stomp Alexander out completely, which would leave me a capital to hold even further away, and there's no way anyone will ever grant me open borders. Thoughts?

My level of experience is adult beginner (longest ride I've done at one time was about 12 miles), price range under a grand. Would be cool with second hand. The intention would be to ride the many great paved trails around here in the DC metro area where I live a couple times a month when the weather is nice. Height and weight are average for a man, level of fitness is not particularly athletic, but healthy and energetic.

After test riding bikes, I've liked the Trek FX2 and the Cannondale Quick 3. My favorite things about them were how light they were and how simple the gear shifting was (both were one-by). The hydraulic disc brakes were nicer than expected. I felt comfortable test-riding each and it seems like they'd be good for the kind of paved trails I would like to go on. I'd like to have a speedometer, kickstand, and a rear shelf so that I don't have to carry stuff in a backpack, so it would be nice if these accessories were offered by the manufacturer so they integrate well. Reliability and ease of maintenance are very important to me.

I did like the quick wheel release on the Cannondale, which seems like it would make transport and emergency repairs more convenient; I liked how the Trek had 9 speeds vs. 8 for the Cannondale.

Any thoughts? Is there another bike you think I might want to try? I really appreciate any advice!