Macedon Domination - Setting up for Success

[@ttouran]

I hate Alexander...I hate him shaking his hair, he is bipolar, he wants me to go to war, but when I do, he denounces me...boy got issues, lots of daddy issues..

[@PMMagro]

Dad is dead dear, tragic accident!

[@EE-yx4xp]

Same

[@AXRISTEROS]

Alexander became a king and a great general at the age of 21. Tough years. 😎

[@satori1134]

Every AI is bipolar LMAO! :D

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

They should make militaristic AIs (Egypt, Sparta, Norway, Zulu, Macedon...) not care (or care less) about warmongering.

[@ikoppel]

Glad to see a produced video again. Much as I try I can't sit through the stream plays. The fan interaction is great live but when I'm trying to watch later it just drags and makes the game hard to enjoy. Just my two cents. I hope you keep doing whatever you enjoy most

[@severalcakes3267]

The irony about the war weariness thing is that Alexander had to stop his invasion of India because his army was so sick of fighting after 11 years of warfare that they stopped and demanded he turn around. Alexander, ever the level-headed and wise, sulked in his tent for 3 days.

[@theinformationstation5328]

And then promptly marched them across a barren ass desert and lost half of them....

[@johnpaulbrebonia9106]

Sad thing about potato showing how to rotate the map is that there are people who beat deity endlessly but still dont know how to rotate the map

[@gigatoxishvili9991]

41:55 he said nibba!

[@sextwister]

I have no idea how to rotate the map

[@tyger5645]

Igit Igit left click + alt I think

[@tero5351]

wtf you can rotate the map?

[@JayJay-wf2oe]

wait what? you can rotate the map?

[@nbyrd2579]

Being surrounded by jungles on hills is one absolute favorite starts!

[@SmallPotato2313]

A bit painful if u wanna do early war but otherwise great

[@celtoucan4956]

I don't understand how this guy is so good. Every game I play makes me start next to three barbarians, which one always scouts me and produces like 5 warriors and they just destroy my capital and capture my settler

[@anabolicchicken4115]

For real, that barbarian spam in the first two eras is very fucking annoying.

[@Ceannadach]

Restart your game then. Find a spot till you have some space. If you are close to barbarians, queue up this setup: Slinger, Warrior, Warrior, Builder and Slinger. Go into the archery tree once animal husbandry is completed. From there, if your archery doesn’t come in yet, kill a scout and get your archers (upgrade your slingers). Once you have at least two archers and three warriors, leave one Warrior behind and attack the nearest settlement of barbarians with your other groups. Once you have made your set up, your best bet would be to do bronze working and then iron working. I have found that horse back riding is meh. It’s not bad or great, it’s meh. If you want to move faster, then do horsemen and then bronze working. But the only reason I say be careful with horsemen is because most barbarians have spearmen and they reek havoc on your horsemen. Also, this setup starts you out pretty well to take care of city-states, too. But you probably need to have archers before you attempt to attack a city-state. You can get away with slingers on barbarian camps, but not city-states or capitals. If the barbarians are coming to you very early in the game (within the first 10 turns), do not go explore with your warrior. Or at least, not very far. Note: this setup is specifically for early conquest and for a domination pathway. (Don’t forget to put your +5 combat strength card in your military slot for your policies.).

[@bassx101]

@@Ceannadachthanks for that share bud, i know your comment was over 2 years old, but I wanna scrape off some of your knowledge bro, when it comes to war, do you keep it to the 10 turns, go to peace and then war again when build up and ready to kill (in early game) I've found when I war to take down a 2-3 city civ, i often find myself stuck getting archers, then getting batering rams and then cats because the enemy cities tech up and get harder to conquer as I move forward. I feel it stunts me having to do it hardway like that with tech and keeping up with the joneses or the world civs in technology, your advice or a suggested video would be greatly appreciated.

[@pantelisgaitanidis4446]

As a Greek i see many youtubers struggle to pronounce Vasilikoi Paides. So let make it easier for you all to pronounce. Its "Vasiliki Pethes" which translates to English as "King's Childs". In reality they where childs around 14-18 years old who lived in the palace and trained to become the next generals of the Macedonian army.

[@polpo8342]

Pantelis Gaitanidis You might hate me for saying this, but that sounds like the plot for a bad anime.

[@milosstojanovic4623]

yes it bring me pain when i listen them pronouncing some words, also Chalkidiki, its really simple, but americans and british constantly try to pronounce those words with their accent. In my language its simple, is pronounced "Halkidiki"

[@pantelisgaitanidis4446]

@@milosstojanovic4623 yes Halkidiki is the correct way to pronounce that as well :)

[@thatoneguymatt987]

@@milosstojanovic4623 bro, you act like we're supposed to know the C is silent

[@nikofloros]

@@thatoneguymatt987 it's not "silent", it's just a somewhat archaic transliteration of the Greek letter Χχ which assumes the German and not the English use of CH... think CH as in "Bach" or "chutzpah" and not CH as in "batch"

[@cheeseinthetrap3751]

Ah yes Alexander the Great a prominent figure in Japanese history

[@Wellshem]

The Geruto Alekusanderu

[@Caimmia_]

@@Sus-kz2bf idk man u seem pretty sus

[@thetechcorner7204]

@@Caimmia_ lol

[@michaelibrahim9275]

@@Sus-kz2bf Yet another Macedonian who thinks that just because Macedon was in the same geographic location as modern Macedonia that their history belongs to them.

[@hotellamma9587]

@@Riftmaker17 But Pella (where Alexander was born) is in modern day Greece... he studied under an Athenian philosopher, his father was educated while in Thiva, but everything still occurred in Greece, whether or not the geographical region is Macedonia or not

[@sota98g]

I really like how you offer videos in two formats. One is the whole game, near unedited with more granular choices. The other is edited for major decisions and choices and plays quicker in a more episodic format. Thanks much, I enjoy your content.

[@bobfrzeed4190]

Awesome, these youtube series where you play the game and also explain your decision making are fantastic

[@corbynjurk2297]

Yeah I'm a complete newbie, (like 1 week in) and these videos have helped me learn the game incredibly fast

[@dlashjin]

Love how you explain in details throughout your gameplay everytime

[@karlomijaljevic4002]

I love this type of video much more than the livestreams. The last few had too much politics as opics in them. I like this chill gamplay plus explenation. Cheers from Croatia.

[@roLLinKushy]

The way you play this game blows my mind. Your mind is like a calculator. Very impressive. You’re quickly becoming one of my favorite Civ streamers to watch. Been following you for about a year now and every time I watch I’m simply blown away. I’m hoping that I’m picking up some of this information subconsciously because half the time I don’t even understand what the hell is going on. 🤣

[@1977Futre]

lol ditto. We do pick it up though. Sometimes in the middle of a game you can be like hang on I remember this!

[@Airick29]

"I'm never going to build a wonder this game." Followed almost immediately by, "I could build pyramids here." "I'm going to take the 30 diplo favor and not settle near Egypt any more." Followed almost immediately by, "I'm gonna settle this city near before I start my war with Brazil."

[@powlman6841]

''maybe'' is not in his vocabulary yet

[@joshuabormes13]

I don’t know how you survive without military units in the early game. When I play deity I alway have war declared on me within the first ten turns

[@miTzuliK]

He just got very lucky

[@gingerale2131]

7th turn: you meet Australia 10th turn: Australia declared war 13th turn: Australia capitulated you

[@adamweir1191]

He was fortunate with the terrain because his capital was surrounded by mountains and small chokepoints. Even if he was attacked it was likely to fail. On the other hand it makes domination harder for him because it's also hard for him to get units through that terrain. That's why the encampment in Methone was put in a great spot - it blocked Brazil and feeds new units directly into their nearest city.

[@Fanofou82]

@@adamweir1191 STFU mook

[@sndrkss7550]

Exactly. He didn't sent delegation to brazil, but agressively settled toward him without any military and the AI don't attack... okay. It looks like settler difficulty.

[@187JerseyBoy]

Am amazed at how little hassle you are getting from barbs.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

spawned inside a mountain range

[@JeremyChung]

man i've been watching your videos for almost a year now and they really helped me improve my civ game. Finally subbed man love your content

[@FingersKungfu]

Basilikoi Paides means "royal children" in Greek. It is probably an elite school in Macedon that nurtures the "king companions" - Macedon's warrior class.

[@cassidymiskowiec5661]

I love this game, but always feel like I'm loosing grip on my control around the mid game, or steam rolling into the late game. This has helped me understand what works and what doesn't WAY better, thank you!

[@yigitdemir3723]

Ah yes, my favourite civilization, *M A C E O N*

[@Vardalos2]

Isn't it weird that Greece gets 2 civs and 3 leaders while a nation like Spain gets one even thought they both had a major impact at world history at their golden ages (big fan from Greece BTW)

[@catherineconlon453]

Well, thats because of the amazing diversity in Greece in the Classical and similar ears.

[@PapaRoboto]

From experience, there are two godly city-states for dom games. Akkad, whose suz bonus allows melee and anti-cavalry units to flat out ignore walls. And Whichever one let's you buy Nihangs. All throughout the game, you'll capture holy sites, which will boost your faith income, allowing you to acquire these amazing troops.

[@nikodemus7900]

I Love the educational style :)

[@mtv6671]

Wow! You make it look so easy. I have taken your tips and been able to win consistently (Science and Culture) on Immortal, but Deity is another story. Thanks for the video.

[@MT-sm5nk]

I feel your comment on so many levels. Really haven't managed to figure out how to deity yet. Edit: must be the name xD

[@Khookies-lp2lu]

Your strategy is honestly really viable. Your units can quickly travel to the frontline as they are created near the borders, while all the vital infrastructure in the capital is safe from warfare

[@RockstarAC]

Hello PotatoMcWhiskey.... You Sir have my subscription! I have started making youtube videos again since lockdown and a new player to the game since the latest steam sale. NOT an easy game to figure out the best way to make content out of especially when youre not good at it but your videos are QUALITY! Big congrats. J

[@potosflavus2351]

10:17 " A difficult thing to grasp your head around" I am cringing imagining this and it is my new favorite saying now.

[@changrcaterham5784]

1:18 quite possibly the best thing I’ve learnt from you, you can settle on luxury resources and obtain them

[@ChloyeFeraythArel]

Vasilikoi Paides = Va - see - lee- *kee* *Pe* - the -s Chalkidiki = Ha -lkee - thee - *kee* Aigai = E - *ye* Hetairoi = E - *te* - ree Syllables in asterisks are where you put the emphasis or the tonos in each word :P

[@johnhammond1668]

Think I preferred Ay Ay, Guy

[@milosstojanovic4623]

Finally, Chalkidiki pronunciation really irritated me xDD

[@vicentegrabin1339]

Hey, since we're all in quarantine, we demand a video like this one everyday! Thanks for uploading 😊

[@eamonbell6378]

I did a TSL as Alexander. I ended up next to Greece and Rome. I captured both of their first settlers in the first 5 turns, so I had like 4 settlers by turn 12 or so

[@Yazdeen]

In my opinion this style of video is much more enjoyable than streams because they seem more polished.

[@Bova-Fett]

Watching you fogbust made me realize how much I've been neglecting scouts. I usually only have 1 a game unless a village gives me one.

[@Thisdoesntmatter123]

You’re the best in the business. Thank you for being so helpful.

[@ewhard01]

Thanks for uploading these, I’ve been watching you for awhile, but since Covid, I appreciate you so much more!

[@ivankaran6487]

Thank you for all the content. Discovered you recently and you have helped me massively. Much love.

[@RayVitoles]

Hypaspists are shield bearers and hetairoi are the companion cavalry,for those who wonder

[@eduardo3652]

Yes! A let's Play! I love these videos.

[@s66s46]

Potato you can still go to war early with your unique units, The Hetairoi has 46 CS when adjacent to a GG, I played on Emperor as Alexander and was in war using my UU and the enemy had crossbowman, because I thought so much about strategy I won, it's like the real Alexander, everything in war is not about strengh but also strategy and tacticts

[@XxxSucks4UxxX]

yup, use the hetairoi to flank the enemy from behind and use the hypaspists to attack from the front. Just like Alexander the Great actually did.

[@s66s46]

@@XxxSucks4UxxX 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Kostin89988998]

Loving the return to the older format. But of course whatever content you produce is still pretty top notch

[@daminduliyanage]

Nice! Great Explanation Cool playing strategy. Pls make more of these videos

[@Knechx]

Brand spanking new to these types of games, FPS of course.. Love your videos! Thanks for the knowledge!

[@quizno1615]

Im loving your content I just got into Civ 6 and youre videos have been awesome!

[@christoph8496]

Can we still hope for new "save the savefiles" episodes?

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

yes

[@semilogo7779]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey where can we send you save files for the series?

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

@@semilogo7779 My email is publicly listed in the channel details.

[@asiansupport630]

Barbarians are op, if you lose a few units to them they start getting really scary and make siege weapons too

[@iadros10]

This video is so good. It's funny and i'm learning so much! I wanna play more the more i watch!

[@RockSmacker]

Hey, I watched some of your 'overview' videos where you talk about game mechanics or your wishlist for changes but this is the first full playthrough I'm watching (I think? lol). I really love how you explain everything you do, it helps me learn new mechanics even though I'm not new to Civ as a series and have been playing 6 for years. Great content, keep it up!!

[@KayDizzelVids]

Didn't expect your potential first war target to get it's face smashed in before you fight them!

[@Chakeis]

Going back 4 years, this is quite an inexperienced and calm Potato compared to what I'm used to lol. If he saw that Brazil Settler now he would swoop it up in a second.

[@jangbae5094]

This was a lot of fine tuning for optimization in the beginning phase. Sugoi

[@Schlarb237]

Finally! Let’s play > Stream

[@DndBirb8659]

My first domination victory (prince) I played as Macedon and took 6/8 capitals using a siege tower. I never actually used siege troops, just siege towers, even in the modern era.

[@HD-fc4ds]

“So 5 gold per turn for 30 turns, its about 150 gold” 5x30~150 more or less. Cleared barb camp *looked at the exact number* “I have ABOUT 183 gold”

[@MYPSYAI]

I'm surprised you didn't snipe some of those city states early on. I always do that when I play Aztecs bc the jaguar warrior is a use it or loose it kinda unit. If you conquer a city state before you meet an AI you don't get any opinion penalty. Very good strat for diety conquest

[@priscillaemerald987]

Turn 50: I would've amassed an army of warriors and archers and would be marching down Pedro's throat by then.

[@fabianwind23]

Love your videos and subscribed. Grats to 293k subs!

[@Zam0rak41]

20:13 "Too bad there isn't really the production to build the Petra". Me: sees like 50 desert hills ._.

[@steadyzz2371]

He said production. Not space. Even if you put mines on all of them there isnt enough pop to work them all. Maybe with a few traders

[@vegetableman3911]

I don’t know how many people do, but I watch your videos all the way through. They are so entertaining I lose track of time after watching like 5 videos in one go. Keep up the amazing work

[@SamWynne]

You got my sub today... sorry it took so long. Thanks for the great content. I'll keep dishing out the full length views

[@kini6620]

I love your videos dude, very informative and great gameplay tips.

[@cocomelody321]

Thanks, you explained things well and i learnt a lot

[@snooglers]

Per the eureka and inspiration bonus for districts captured, if you capture the capital will that bonus proc per district throughout the empire or just the buildings in the capital? Your content has been really helpful to enjoy the game more and as straight forward domination is, war is much harder to sustain than I thought. I’m an SC2 player prior so that’s an obvious bias (no Zerg rush for me 😭).

[@aidanabregov1412]

[@BrainrotOf87]

Rebellion in 3,199 turns!? Ready the troops, Alex, we have a rebellion to put down!

[@mrdrprofsteve506]

I'm so used to seeing the Livestream videos that I was disappointed when the video was only one hour at first.

[@sarahr.1076]

I thought, that this was a weirdly short livestream ^^

[@Jam-ps3tg]

Potato: How do you get to spend so much time building infrastructure & cities and have such a small army? I tried Alexander and the AI's ganged up on me before I could even build up my army. Goodbye Alexander!

[@hess4win725]

Favorite civ youtuber! You make deity look easy!

[@bensrandomshows1482]

"Hey Spuddies, PotatoMcWhiskey here and welcome to my Deity Civ 6 Let's Play as Japan. "

[@Vardalos2]

A yes the "notice me senpai" comment spammer

[@bensrandomshows1482]

@@Vardalos2 nope, my mouse is just really shit, sorry about that

[@iamnotra]

Hi ! Don't know if it is true or false, but you I think can force end turn and keep the production in your city by Shift enter. So in this situation (13:57) you could have wait and make a faster campus (6 turns against 7) after choping the copper tile by waiting for next turn. I hope I am not wrong (i'm not a specialist at all).

[@tbrown2699]

This is your format. I like your episode vids

[@PiotrDzialak]

Potato, choose the next Civic before policies so you would know for how many turns you choose these policies. Several times, you plugged the policies without benefits, i.e. four turns of unit production boost while having five-ten turns of building production in your cities.

[@JBrad-ht2sx]

Subbed, joined the 20% haha.

[@Drew-vv9ef]

I almost always play alexander, its nice rushing people and using infantry to assault classical cities. I play in king difficulty

[@fogle429]

In retrospect, I think trading with Brazil would have been a better move to have a road between your capital, 2nd city, and 2 Brazilian cities. Easier to move your units over there for war.

[@reidskull5018]

Does the Tortoise promotion apply to ranged attacks from non-ranged units, like city centers or the Persia unique unit?

[@catmeu1]

So is this our new A to Z challenge for Alexander

[@panashefundira2731]

Why didn't Brazil attack you, with 3 scouts and 1 warrior? I usually find the AI to be super aggressive in the early game, especially when they're so close.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

I don't know why.

[@panashefundira2731]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey very nice build up so far. Looking forward to seeing you take them in the next episode! And thanks for doing another Let's play, the condensed format is great

[@derekyu4430]

May be he was attack by other AI or barbarian. No time to attack player.

[@prchdm]

That Greek pronunciation at 37:54 is hilarious, can't stop laughing 😆 🤣 😂 😄

[@kerbalkerman6827]

holy crap you can rotate the camera!

[@maxzalman]

Another great educational let’s play, thank you, Potato! Does anybody know do the mods turn off the steam achievements like it was in Civ 5? Really like this one with turn HUD off but don’t want my achievements to be turned off.

[@Jappeli026]

Yoooo spuddie, you seem to have been kinda out of it when doing the finishing touches on this video. Your description is off and the title of the video has a typo in it. But it don't matter no, we all have those days : 3 Nice to get an upload from you : )

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

I actually did it right but youtube didn't save it when I double checked it >_>

[@Jappeli026]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey Oh noooo : (((( sorry to hear that : ' ( But 'tis all water 'neath the bridge : )

[@Basketball_is_Life66]

Yes lime and yellow is only Brazil 🇧🇷 I have the vanilla give or take a few dlc so I know when I see them and yes they Wonder Obsessed so obviously always building wonders

[@Skullcruncher44]

When I started my 3rd game as Alexander I took 2 capitals in a matter of 100 turns

[@PaulDickson7]

Good luck I fail with Alex every time on Deity

[@andrewsercer9538]

Potato - I'm sorry: I'm one of the 80% Normally, I only subscribe to the people who I watch daily. I will say ... every time I watch your videos (only a small handful so far as I just found your channel - basically just started with your Japanese play-through) ... I learn a lot! What the heck, you seem like a good guy, and the way you describe the abysmal 80% non-subscription viewers does make it seem a bit harsh for you ... so here's to a new subscriber 🥃 (I dunno what that emoji is: pretend it's a shot glass) I may not watch every video of yours, but this Macedon series looks like it'll be a good one. (edit was to remove the extra line-spaces ... I dunno why when I comment on the actual youtube website and hit hit for a new line, it adds an additional empty line ... it doesn't do that in the mobile app ...)

[@ultdarrspdr6583]

You should rush samurais and cram districts together for your special Japanese adjacency bonus

[@michaelsciortino3385]

What I simply don't get is how you don't get invaded and steam rolled so early on. I can barely manage on Immortal and often have trouble on Emperor. The AI seems to be programmed to be aggressive and psycho no matter what you do, every one of my games I'm fending off 2 or 3 civs in the early game who seem to just be out for blood. I feel like if it were me in this same scenario, Brazil and likely Egypt would have aggressively invaded me very very quickly. I already do all I can think of to try and calm them down, like trade with them and avoid settling too closely. Yet you were able to forward settle Brazil on Deity with just your starting unit, and nothing bad happened! What is your secret?!

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

luck

[@charlesbaynard7228]

Part of the 20%, great videos! Especially like the Civ ones.

[@1977Futre]

lol, when I watch this I realise how superficially I am playing. I am merely scratching the surface of the game.

[@nickb4327]

insanely useful info man thanks

[@playlessNamer]

Do you plan to play MP anytime? It gives some spice to the gameplay! The community is way big enough to fill lobbys.

[@RobertR19]

No one mention barbarian hordes.

[@WoWisdeadtome]

You could have just said the militaristic city state is like working a free desert hill with a mine on it.

[@udaychopra5540]

Love your videos

[@YoghurtKiss]

Don't apologize for asking for likes, I love your channel, I just forget to press "like".

[@jakobraahauge7299]

it's not called explorating - it's explorationating!

[@captainhihoey526]

26:30 you could buy a builder in your capital, to mine the iron to gat a golden age :)

[@Rap0sos]

Please more videos like this!

[@willmckee1632]

Don't think that you can just casually call that city "Eye Guy". We all remember the city's real name. "AI Gay"

[@paulwalsh5244]

Hi potatoe Love the channel the tips and glitches do your things work or crossover to ps4 or are they specific to it only. How many of us Irish actually play the game there seems to be quite allot of us in comparison to other games is it the old irish thing about us needing land . Love the channel lol anyway keep it up what part of Ireland you from??