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dondon151

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Re: Rage against the AI
« Reply #25 on: August 18, 2014, 09:07:41 pm »
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You don't get a Silver if it hurts your deck. You wouldn't normally buy a Copper for $0, would you?
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Re: Rage against the AI
« Reply #26 on: August 18, 2014, 10:19:04 pm »
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and buying gold instead province at turn 7

Which log shows that?

third one
Villager Bot   plays Farming Village
Villager Bot   reveals Count
Villager Bot   places Count in hand
Villager Bot   plays Count
Villager Bot   discards Estate
Villager Bot   discards Copper
Villager Bot   takes 3 coins
Villager Bot   plays JackOfAllTrades
Villager Bot   gains Silver
Villager Bot   discards Copper
Villager Bot   shuffles deck
Villager Bot   trashes Estate
Villager Bot   plays 2 Copper, 2 Silver
Villager Bot   buys Gold
Villager Bot   gains Gold
Villager Bot   draws Copper
Villager Bot   shuffles deck
Villager Bot   draws Silver, Copper, Silver, Count
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Re: Rage against the AI
« Reply #27 on: August 19, 2014, 04:36:02 am »
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I know extra Silvers will gum up the engine, but it's hard to not buy one if there's no other engine part to get at that price point. It's quite interesting to see that this doesn't deter you however; several turns, you were content to get nothing on $3. I figured that any wasted turn in developing the engine is huge, especially against big money which usually has no wasted turns until the greening phase. I also like the timing of your greening step; it's consistently around the point where the AI buys the 3rd Province. At that point, I usually panic, dropping everything to get points before they're all gone. Here, you know when to get points and what parts to buy. It's a real eye-opener for me.
Wasting a turn doing nothing is a lot better than wasting a turn doing something that hurts you. In engine games, you want 0 Silvers in your deck by default — pretty often, you have to buy one or two anyway, but when you buy them, you have to know that there is a reason you actually want to have the Silver in your deck.
« Last Edit: August 19, 2014, 04:39:29 am by Awaclus »
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Re: Rage against the AI
« Reply #28 on: August 19, 2014, 01:23:57 pm »
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third one

I see; it was t8. Well, I don't regard getting gold as a mistake here.
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