[2024] AQUARION REWORK Beta LIVE 🧜 Let's play some games!!!

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121s	uh G we are still
124s	muted yeah my bad okay so again uh hello
128s	good people of futopia Welcome to the
130s	stream uh today we have an aquarium uh
133s	Aquarian rework stream for you um my
137s	name is Adam uh you might know me from
139s	from poly champs as as gazu and today
143s	with me uh is a good friend of all the
147s	tribes in the polyopia world Toby
150s	welcome to the stream it's good to be
153s	back yeah so uh today the intro will be
158s	will be much shorter because we have a
160s	lot to to cover uh so let's go uh right
164s	away
165s	to to all the changes that were
169s	implemented um so for starters the
173s	Aquarian rework beta has emerged from
177s	the depths uh so as you as you can see
181s	it's not the the actual um update yet uh
185s	the the changes are in the in the
188s	beta um so if you if you feel like uh
193s	trying trying trying out the game uh
196s	it's uh it's available uh so the data is
199s	available on on Steam right now right
202s	Toby absolutely we actually got to play
205s	it for a couple hours this morning
206s	already mhm yeah but I I don't think
209s	they released so like we mijan released
212s	it on on mobile for for beta beta test
215s	testers right it's it's only on Steam
218s	yeah right now it's just exclusively for
220s	steam uh for testing purposes yeah so if
223s	you feel like uh testing this Aquarian
227s	rework uh if you have the game it's it's
231s	it's great and uh but if you don't there
234s	the game is is uh right now on sale so
237s	it's
238s	70% uh
240s	off so it's it's a good uh occasion to
245s	uh to actually buy uh and dive into to
248s	the the
250s	game um so um let's go to to the changes
254s	so we are going to lay out uh in this
258s	post uh in this in in um in the in the
263s	order as as follows so the design
266s	philosophy new mechanics new units new
268s	buildings how to to join the beta and
271s	challenge all okay so first of
275s	all uh the PA path of the ocean showed
278s	us that the game uh game Naval mechanics
282s	needed Improvement before we could work
284s	on the aquarium uh a naval oriented
287s	tribe uh but now it's out of the way and
291s	we can uh we can do this rework yeah
294s	because the this rework was uh was
297s	expected for a very long time right uh
300s	Aquarian was kind of you know so like
305s	let's let's be let's be like Frank so it
307s	was it was pretty much the weakest tribe
309s	in uh in polyopia and a lot of players
312s	were were complaining that they they are
315s	kind of you
318s	know something is is is not working
321s	there
322s	right yeah they uh they've been
325s	struggling for a bit they got a
326s	temporary uh balance change though with
328s	the pass the ocean that gave them uh
331s	their writing unit so that helped at
333s	least give them a jump start that was
335s	necessary then but because of the new
337s	changes that they've received in the now
339s	that actually put them in a much too
341s	powerful position so they're back to
343s	their original roots of having no
344s	starting Tech yeah and uh so the the
347s	first and the most important important
351s	change is that that actually the
353s	Aquarian people lost legs so now they
356s	are all um
358s	mermaids uh yeah
361s	so we have a we have a mermaid which is
366s	the the warrior right and then we have
369s	mermaid
371s	archers
373s	um amphibian stayed as they were but
377s	instead of like a warrior with with the
380s	legs we have a we have a mermaid sitting
383s	on um on this uh
386s	Turtle uh Turtle cre creature and um um
390s	the same thing with with the
393s	Trident um yeah and
397s	um
400s	um yeah so uh Aquarian units now from
405s	like um from the beginning they can they
408s	can uh they can move on the water on
411s	water so uh at the beginning it's only
414s	shell water right and then uh and then
418s	uh once the
421s	yeah that's correct uh so normally most
423s	tribes are able to go into shallow water
425s	by picking up the fishing technology
428s	barion on the other hand only need to
429s	pick up the fishing technology in order
431s	to start navigating through the uh
433s	through three Open
436s	Seas
438s	yeah okay um so a new thing is that now
445s	actually the Aquarian um Aquarian
449s	Terrain rain which used to be like a
451s	solid land right now is actually all
454s	water so even though it's it looks like
457s	a like like it used to look like uh now
462s	all Aquarian units because we we'll go
465s	uh like we'll cover more of them because
467s	there are three new
468s	units uh they can actually like Zip
472s	through the the aquarium uh land uh like
475s	like it's like it's water right mhm
479s	that's right
480s	and uh what Aquarian needs to um to
486s	conquer the uh the lands of other um
490s	other uh tribes is is to flood uh flood
494s	their lands because um those new units
497s	that they that they got they they can't
501s	really move on on on land so the
505s	flooding is actually
507s	very uh very important it's
510s	it's a bit like uh like with Polaris
514s	when they when they convert the uh the
517s	land of of other tribes but it's it's
521s	something more because Polaris even
523s	though that they uh freeze the land they
527s	they can still move around right and
530s	they don't need to uh actually freeze so
533s	like obviously the the ice is the ice is
536s	important but uh but uh ultimately they
539s	they can can move on uh on uh on
545s	land okay so new
549s	units so the first one is
552s	shark how do you like sharks Toby tell
556s	us about this the statistics and uh uh
559s	how do you like them so the Sharks first
562s	off they're just adorable little things
564s	I think it's a good replacement for the
566s	navalon uh it's a dorable little SE
568s	Critter that everyone's kind of been
569s	missing
570s	um but uh this one is basically an
572s	overpriced uh Warrior rammer costing you
575s	eight Stars having 10 Health three
578s	attack three defense three movement but
580s	it also gets to include the
583s	extra uh part of creep being able to
586s	move through rough terrain and by rough
588s	terrain you're not going through
589s	mountains you're uh they're talking
591s	about potential forests that are going
592s	to be on water mostly flooded tiles that
596s	also does include algae that simanti
599s	King create so you even if siman ends up
602s	flooding up your Waters with that nasty
604s	green bubbly Goo uh you still got sharks
606s	they're able to navigate through all
607s	that just fine
610s	mhm uh yeah so
613s	um so they are something like uh like
617s	the warrior rammer but still they are
620s	less expensive than uh than for example
623s	a swordsman
624s	rammer uh same price as the as the
627s	defender rammer uh but like more hit
630s	points with uh with the with the
632s	defender uh but one person pointed out
634s	that actually sharks uh are are better
638s	um version of uh of a warrior rammer
642s	because when they um when they Siege
645s	they they don't uh so like they don't
647s	lose the the defense points so it's it's
650s	actually harder to uh to break the siege
654s	uh uh you know like a warrior Siege
657s	right yeah
660s	that's shark shark Siege yeah so while
663s	sharks can't move on to land they can
665s	still Siege coastal cities that makes
667s	them pretty good targets being being
669s	able to just rush in and start taking uh
672s	control of one of your opponent's cities
674s	they also even though I'm saying that
676s	they cost more than a warrior rammer but
677s	you also got to remember that you're not
679s	also spending an extra turn moving the
682s	unit and then upgrading it the moment
684s	you train the shark it's available mhm Y
688s	correct
690s	okay let's go to the next one so the
693s	next one is uh y belly um yeah very very
699s	cool unit um yeah and it's very very
702s	special because it's the the statistics
704s	are like no other unit in in the world
708s	of
710s	polyopia so let's let's talk about about
714s	the the Y
715s	bell all righty where to start so as a
719s	previously quit zali main uh these is
723s	this this unit is one of the more
725s	interesting defensive units that I can
727s	see and think of uh I know a lot of
729s	players don't like them because they're
730s	not great offensively but I tend to
733s	disagree the fact that uh they're able
735s	to pose such an annoying threat they
738s	move they deal damage an enemy unit
740s	moves into their tile they deal damage
743s	they get trained they deal damage this
745s	is a unit that's able to defend a city
748s	just by training it CR in eight stars
750s	and if you got units on all of them you
752s	could deal damage to all eight units
754s	surrounding the city just by training
756s	yourself a yelli belly than yeah so the
759s	deadly deadly tentacles right these
762s	things are not going to win you the game
764s	on their own because they can't again
766s	like the shark they can't move onto the
768s	land um so you'll very you'll find very
771s	quickly that uh their uses they they
773s	they quickly hit that wall where sharks
775s	can kill units on the coast yelli
778s	bellies uh the moment that they hit that
780s	Coast they kind of feel like they're
781s	kind of stuck there but they create a
783s	big wall that your opponent really
785s	struggles to get over and get through
787s	because even just to attack these things
790s	and they can still receive defensive
792s	bonus than to aquatis but just to damage
795s	these things unless you're using ranged
797s	you have to move into it take damage and
801s	then you get to attack it which is kind
803s	of similar to mechanic that players have
805s	been asking for on the Reddit of being
807s	able to have like a faster retaliation
810s	mhm um but in this case it's just moving
812s	in the wrong spot mhm yeah also another
816s	possibility that I want to try is see if
819s	they deal damage by being pushed like
821s	with a giant or with yeah
824s	that's yeah I do know that if a unit
828s	gets pushed into its tiles that unit
830s	takes damage so I would assume other
833s	likewise where you could train a yell
835s	belly train a crab and effectively deal
838s	damage with it twice in an a
840s	uh just for one unit y That's I haven't
842s	tested that one yet but strategic uh
846s	option mhm
850s	yep five eight stars out of eight
854s	y yeah and I skipped one uh one unit so
859s	um actually more uh so now
863s	um aquarium catapults are called acault
867s	right and they can also float boats
870s	around the the map and um Aquarian has
875s	um has Sirens which are uh an equivalent
879s	of uh mine
881s	Benders and also the cloaks have tails
885s	so I think they are still called cloaks
888s	not some like daggers have tails too
890s	that's that's important
892s	mer mermaid cloak or sorry like um like
897s	it's it's a tongue twist twister
900s	um yeah so everything everything
902s	Aquarian now has a has a tail no no legs
905s	anymore
907s	um uh
909s	yeah okay uh so let's let's go to to the
913s	rest of the changes um like you already
917s	mentioned
919s	um aquarium doesn't have ports anymore
924s	so they can uh they can uh go on water
928s	like uh immediately and U uh the thing
934s	that connects uh the cities because
937s	they're they so in the in the past they
939s	would they could connect the their
940s	cities um by ports uh I mean through the
944s	like water uh water routes uh but now
947s	it's um mijan decided to go this simti
952s	uh way and uh um so simti has melium and
958s	Aquarium has uh at TOS um and they work
963s	pretty much pretty much the same how do
966s	you like this
968s	change so atolls are interesting they're
971s	they have the potential to set up some
973s	really strong early game turns of you
976s	spend five
978s	stars and you could get yourself six
981s	Pops that is insanely powerful we
984s	already thought we you were saying that
986s	oh yeah roads need a Nerf well it's
987s	holes you put in the right spot you can
989s	connect uh three of your cities together
992s	that could level up usually your capital
994s	for free five stars and get that all of
997s	return depending on a lot of common
999s	situations I'm seeing like every other
1001s	game
1002s	so they're strong but I don't think
1004s	they're really overpowered because
1005s	they're not giving you a Mobility
1007s	Advantage it's just you're being able to
1011s	get your monument at a pretty affordable
1013s	price the more interesting thing about
1017s	uh that technology I think we'll be
1018s	discussing a little bit in the future
1021s	mhm um one uh one question does at has
1026s	have the
1027s	same uh like an ability uh like the myum
1032s	that it heals the units or or no so all
1035s	the tools do is they create uh connect
1037s	your cities through flooded or water
1040s	tiles uh within three uh three range of
1043s	each other okay so no healing okay noal
1046s	so they kind of they are just popul yeah
1049s	okay so
1051s	in they do give one population like an
1054s	outpost so that's important but uh
1057s	yeah okay um next change uh aquafarms
1062s	are back your
1064s	comment uh I mean one of my favorite
1067s	Arts that I made for politopia includes
1069s	Aqua Farms I'm glad they're back but uh
1071s	I think they fit um a little bit better
1074s	being with uh uh Aquarion so I think
1078s	yeah because because uh a common um a
1082s	common uh like a comment from the
1086s	players uh when um when the aquafarms
1089s	appeared um after the path of the ocean
1092s	update was released that they are
1094s	actually you know clogging the the
1096s	coastline it's you know it's like a lot
1098s	of uh trouble with them so they they
1101s	give you population but then you have to
1102s	decide uh in some cases whether I should
1105s	you know build a port or get a farm this
1108s	aqua farm so it was a kind of yeah um
1114s	they were not not a good fit for most of
1116s	tribes but with the Aquarian uh them not
1119s	having any any of this uh Naval Tech
1125s	right now I think they they are they are
1126s	a good fit so one thing I'd like to
1129s	touch on to that is right now they don't
1131s	currently synergize with the uh
1135s	windmills uh I would me personally I'd
1138s	like to see that changed um also I think
1142s	because of I don't remember if it's
1145s	covered here or in a different
1148s	spot
1152s	um uh you can put them on Coastal and
1156s	Aquatic cities uh so it's not discussed
1158s	in this uh part but uh later when in
1162s	scrolling down for the exact patch
1164s	changes you can actually build a lot of
1166s	regular buildings on the water m and
1169s	Visually that's it just feels off um I
1173s	would like to see custom buildings just
1175s	for Aquarion to make more sense uh and
1180s	uh I would like to see the interaction
1181s	with uh I I think that's an buff that
1185s	windmills could definitely use is work
1187s	with uh MH work with aqua crops too but
1191s	that's that's just a personal taste
1192s	honestly all of this is really just a
1195s	win-win really excited to see uh how
1198s	Aquarion plays out
1200s	yeah and uh maybe one uh one more thing
1202s	about this flooding um so I think uh
1206s	that so Aquarian got the flooding uh
1210s	Tech uh but a counter to to the flooding
1214s	is actually building up terrain right so
1216s	I think other
1218s	tribes uh can counter the flooding with
1221s	like building up so then then Aquarian
1224s	would lose connections or the uh or
1227s	their units uh would lose the ability to
1230s	attack uh the cities in like Inland
1233s	cities right yes very much so so while
1237s	Aquarion they do receive the very much
1239s	needed flooding Tech where they can
1241s	bring the water to land yes that is
1243s	right you could now play Aquarion on dry
1245s	lands and uh still not still be allowed
1248s	to use your water units you're not
1250s	getting punished for playing fishes on
1251s	land um but your opponents can counter
1255s	it the same way that you can fight
1257s	against ice your opponents can walk on
1259s	to your flooded tiles and convert into
1262s	land tiles and raise the land so that
1266s	one's kind of a tug of war of you're
1268s	receiving better benefits on the flooded
1270s	tiles and your opponent's receiving
1271s	better benefits on the land and unlike
1274s	against pois with the ice it's a lot
1276s	slower as you have to use your entire
1278s	turn in order to do that so exactly it's
1282s	actually really rough yeah and one huge
1284s	change that I that I missed is um is
1288s	this with the
1291s	um like claiming the ruins uh in like
1295s	water ruins so aquarium uh now in this
1298s	beta at at least can um can sometimes
1302s	find a lost city and then um on a place
1306s	of the ruin um a level three city where
1310s	the wall pops up oh yeah what do you
1312s	think about that uh I think it's great
1315s	thematically it's supposed to be
1317s	underwater cities mhm uh so I think it's
1320s	it's it's a pretty nice change you could
1323s	then theoretically go to aquaculture
1325s	then spend 20 Stars a turn a lot in
1327s	order to build uh build up monuments in
1330s	order to even expand the border of these
1332s	aquatic cities that are thematically
1335s	underwater they've got City walls
1336s	they're so hard to get to for a normal
1339s	tribe the downside about these cities
1343s	however is the fact that they only
1346s	produce two stars per turn um I I
1349s	consider an okay city is a city with at
1352s	least three stars per turn so either and
1355s	like not a lot of resources from what I
1358s	experienced like I did not play many
1360s	games in in this beta but uh I got like
1364s	maybe one or two fish uh from such a
1367s	city so unless you get um aquatis and
1372s	build you know temples all around it's
1375s	like it's very unlikely that that you'll
1376s	be able to to upgrade the such a city
1380s	that's correct luckily you could still
1381s	build a tolls so you can spend five
1383s	stars to make a connection uh as well as
1386s	get one pop so that takes care of two
1388s	pops but you're still missing two in
1389s	order to level up the city at least one
1391s	more time so it's yep it is possible for
1394s	you to get crabs out of these cities
1396s	it's but it's going to be insanely
1398s	expensive to build up underwater but uh
1402s	yeah that's I don't think it's really
1403s	intended for these cities to be built up
1405s	into Mega complexes M you are still able
1408s	to build the other buildings though
1409s	because mijan did want to make sure that
1412s	you could build in these that's why
1414s	Aquarion can build uh regular buildings
1416s	in Ocean down mhm
1420s	yep um and uh to finish our um our
1427s	discussion we have some uh minor changes
1429s	so uh trien uh Lo lost the ability to
1435s	fortify uh crabs um same as uh sharks
1441s	have the creep ability and they also
1444s	move two tiles and I think have this
1448s	um um Runway what's what's the name of
1451s	the uh this run uh Runway after after
1455s	attack uh so they still have that
1457s	ability they've never fully uh that was
1461s	the where Dash where after they attack
1464s	they can move again mhm but crabs have a
1468s	movement of
1470s	two water yeah so again you're G to be
1475s	crabs are going to be an excellent way
1476s	to spread the water onto the opponent's
1478s	lands because they're so hard to
1480s	kill um but I'm also excited to see
1482s	potentially new strategies developed
1484s	specifically for Aquarion just so you
1486s	can start flooding the opponent's
1488s	titles yep that will be interesting yeah
1492s	and crabs they they got a bit of lifting
1496s	like gra Graphics lifting so they um
1499s	they're a bit different from those craps
1501s	that that we are used
1504s	to yeah so I think that's pretty much
1507s	all
1509s	um we have for you uh from the from the
1512s	Block post right uh we did not skip
1516s	anything uh the other thing that got
1519s	skipped was something that we already
1520s	covered where uh the ruins turn into
1525s	cities with
1526s	walls uh or they level three cities with
1528s	our walls and uh yeah uh that looks like
1534s	it I believe that's it so just a quick
1536s	recap terrain is now flooded and all
1538s	aquar on stuff so that's why they're at
1540s	the same level as the water and they're
1542s	one step lower than land uh all units
1545s	are now amphibious so they can walk on
1547s	water at all times starting with Coastal
1550s	water but by picking up fishing you can
1552s	move into the ocean rammers are replaced
1554s	with sharks bombers are replaced with
1556s	yelli bellies to act similar to
1558s	juggernaut so they're not a new uh
1560s	they're not the new bomber you've got c
1563s	yeah I'm I'm very curious how how this
1566s	because I actually did not uh um so I
1570s	played with bots so you know it's it's
1572s	obviously not like a real deal uh when
1575s	playing with with humans I actually did
1577s	not experience that much uh like real
1580s	you know uh Naval Combat so Aquarian
1583s	against some uh some bomber some bombers
1586s	and um and like rammers like you know
1589s	real stuff so I'm actually curious uh
1592s	how how this plays
1594s	out all righty okay so I think we can go
1599s	to to
1601s	games so let remove that and
1606s	um
1608s	yeah so there's your screen perfect um
1613s	if I needed to I could jump into a bot
1615s	game but we're going to try to because
1617s	I've got at least one player set
1621s	aside um I would assume Lakes would
1624s	probably be appropriate for the first
1627s	game and we're going to play 24 hours
1630s	just to so that way we have a little bit
1632s	more time to since uh these are all new
1635s	stuff for us mechanically um y sure I
1639s	agree garden and spirit is the wrong
1641s	word we got to go aha Eternal
1645s	whales uh we'll leave all the tribes
1647s	open mhm and I'm
1652s	gonna go ahead and grab
1655s	this but let me grab my
1660s	player uh that I had in reserve to help
1664s	out with all play testing yeah and uh if
1668s	someone someone from the audience uh has
1671s	um has the the beta uh we you can you
1676s	can like send you a friend re request to
1679s	we right and then y maybe after this
1682s	first game you could play with someone
1684s	from from the audience but the condition
1686s	is you you need to be in beta because
1688s	otherwise the the game will will open in
1691s	the version before so it will be the the
1694s	old uh
1696s	aquarium and today we want we want to
1698s	try out the the
1704s	beta all righty there we go we have our
1707s	opponent and we're going to be starting
1708s	starting the
1711s	game jumping right into it thank you
1715s	jumping right into this game we actually
1717s	are seeing pretty much all the similar
1718s	stuff uh take a quick look at architect
1721s	tree we are back to what we are familiar
1724s	with when Aquarion first came out
1726s	absolutely no text so we're going to
1728s	have to research writing if we want to
1730s	be writing our
1732s	Turtles uh we're going to go ahead and
1734s	do the traditional start and even notice
1736s	moving onto these flooded tiles still
1738s	sounds like
1742s	water um our opponent is looks like
1746s	their
1750s	Luxor
1753s	oo this one's going to be tricky because
1755s	of this
1757s	setup might be able to get away with a
1761s	pretty greedy play but we're going to
1763s	play it safer we're going to meet so
1765s	you're not going for for the lighthouse
1768s	I I I was heavily considering it right
1770s	there could have had a fishing play
1772s	right
1775s	there not what I wanted to
1778s	see um we'll pass the
1782s	turn however sharks and all that are
1785s	able to move through these flooded
1786s	things so the sooner I pick up these
1788s	sharks the sooner that I can
1790s	start uh uh being aggressive on the
1796s	coastlines uh kind of would like to pick
1799s	yeah so so the only the only terrain you
1801s	can't flood is is the mountains so
1803s	mountains are mountains and you can't uh
1806s	like flood them that's
1811s	correct for some darn reason those
1814s	mountains are just a tad bit too tall
1817s	mhm maybe like you know two or three
1820s	turns of flooding and it would work but
1824s	in general
1833s	I'm going to try to get a cheeky little
1835s	explore onto my opponent right now we
1836s	don't see enemy terrain so they either
1839s	here in the west or the South we're
1841s	going to move our Warrior like so and
1843s	there we go fruit
1846s	fruit and let's find out where our
1848s	opponent's at I found
1852s	you go down to down to down to down to
1854s	down down down down yes perfect got that
1857s	lighthouse
1860s	yeah so they are definitely
1868s	Lu aut way should be pretty good
1874s	here um right now we're just considering
1876s	do we train another Warrior I think I'm
1878s	going to be greedy and choose not to I'd
1881s	like
1883s	to consider a slightly stronger start
1898s	the longer we can deny our opponent that
1900s	scatting Bones the better um but yeah so
1902s	our opponent spawn here in the western
1905s	corner of the map
1911s	unfortunately unfortunately they managed
1914s	to get to that City before we could and
1916s	they're going to be looking to expand
1917s	these Bo
1918s	they're not going to be able to build a
1920s	bridge anywhere here so we might be able
1922s	to race them to the Eastern side of the
1924s	map and take full
1926s	advantage of our
1930s	aquatic uh base that we got we to grab a
1933s	work shot for a superior economy and
1936s	pass that
1942s	turn right now we are just looking to
1945s	have a clean transition into the mid
1948s	game we have an okay economy with Nine
1950s	Stars per
1952s	turn uh but this is not looking good
1955s	luckily we've got this water and
1957s	Mountain tile between our opponent so we
1960s	can uh spend a couple turns just
1963s	training up a
1964s	Warriors I am looking to get amphibians
1967s	because that will allow me to
1968s	outmaneuver our opponent quickly expand
1971s	across the
1972s	water same way that Aquarion always did
1974s	it ah and they're choosing to go south
1976s	instead
1980s	that actually buys me even more time
1982s	than I'm looking for we're just going to
1984s	train a safety mermaid and pass that
1988s	turn and next turn we're picking up
1998s	fishing with this setup we actually have
2002s	a strong chance of getting early sharks
2007s	and being a aggressive against our
2009s	opponent and really keeping them inside
2012s	of the borders right over
2015s	here really considering writing more is
2018s	more important
2024s	though they get a workshop they did not
2028s	so our opponent explored they have
2030s	vision of us
2033s	now yeah so the audience says that once
2037s	Luxor gets Riders you're
2040s	dead yeah just about I was hoping for
2044s	this Warrior to go um downwards MH
2052s	now still going to go ahead and pick up
2054s	fishing fish fish
2061s	hunt we're to be safe and just pick up
2064s	some City walls here
2070s	oh ruin
2072s	oo we're going to delay on capturing
2075s	this ruin for a couple turns we'd rather
2077s	uncover this cloud and get the
2081s	lighthouse
2084s	um and we're just going to play this
2087s	defensively and train up another safety
2089s	Warrior and pass that
2092s	turn our opponent's looking to surround
2095s	the capital and get a Siege in but now
2099s	statistically they are unable to so we
2102s	should be
2122s	fine did do you think the they already
2125s	have some CD with the with the water
2127s	access or or
2129s	not um so our opponent from the looks of
2132s	it needs to expand borders first so they
2135s	have to improve their economy before
2136s	they can consider getting onto the water
2140s	so again we're going to delay capturing
2142s	that just for a
2144s	turn um
2165s	this point i' rather let's go ahead and
2167s	get these amphibians a rolling so we can
2169s	start a defending our s but
2175s	also yeah expanding much faster
2178s	because the the mermaid Warriors are
2181s	nice but still they like one uh it's
2184s	it's one one tile range um so they are
2190s	they are
2193s	slow we are this turn gonna go ahead and
2195s	pick up
2198s	aols um man that would have been
2202s	nice right over
2204s	here oh that was misplay I should have
2207s	uh gotten this
2208s	first yeah five stars
2212s	m not the end of the world
2216s	mhm and we'll the
2222s	turn Okay first kill
2229s	mhm
2231s	oo they already have access to
2235s	catapults so they're looking to try to
2237s	start sieging this city a lot if they're
2240s	able to level this up they're going to
2241s	expand the borders there they go and now
2243s	they have water access okay yeah so this
2246s	Forest tile here is is in the way for a
2249s	perfect it
2251s	hole yeah this this one would connect
2254s	all three
2257s	cities um there's no reason for us to
2260s	use the holes yet so we're just going to
2262s	go fishing get ourselves those extra
2272s	resources move right over
2276s	here that's gonna be
2278s	is this a spot for for this lost city or
2282s	or not because there is there there are
2284s	some conditions so not all ruins will be
2287s	lost cities right that is correct so in
2290s	order for a city to be lost city uh
2292s	first it needs to be on an ocean tile
2294s	which this ruin is but it also can't be
2297s	too close to another city now while our
2300s	opponent did expand the
2302s	borders uh but it's still not too close
2305s	to any cities it's at least too far away
2307s	from here too far away from here three
2308s	far away from all the way over here so
2311s	adjacency wise this ruin is actually if
2314s	we capture it a lost city
2318s	okay we're going to go ahead and play
2321s	extra greedily just get ourselves a
2330s	workshop move you there mermaid fibian
2334s	fibian fibian and it's time to kind of
2336s	start spamming down amphibian units
2338s	yeah building up Army
2348s	mhm looks like we potentially have
2350s	another city here we're going to use
2352s	this mermaid go here and then eventually
2356s	pick up the uh Lighthouse over here
2360s	actually we'll use this mermaid to go
2361s	forward since we can only move one space
2364s	at a time anyways uh and then we'll use
2366s	our Rider that'll be a to reenter the
2369s	front of the map a lot
2373s	faster I'm going to be tossing back and
2375s	forth about this
2376s	decision now the rider should be moving
2378s	forward just in case we need to bounce
2393s	backwards so what's the plan will you um
2397s	sacrifice the ampian
2399s	to um to get the
2405s	ruin so it's not going to be worth
2407s	losing one of our own units just to get
2409s	a ruin we will go ahead and Clank this
2411s	one I bet you it's a ma nope it's pops
2416s	oh oh that's really good so because with
2419s	that we could grab this a toll and
2423s	immediately get a crab mhm
2426s	yep and with the crab it will be really
2429s	difficult for your opponent
2435s	to right to fight it mhm yeah there's
2438s	the village there's the
2444s	ruins we go
2454s	here if we go here yeah unless they have
2458s	Riders you will get those rins yep
2462s	because there is only one tile where the
2464s	warrior might step on and uh and hit
2467s	your uh amphibian
2470s	mhm so we'll
2476s	see we're going to go ahead and grab
2479s	ourselves even more amphibians and pass
2482s	the turn
2495s	yeah so there was a question
2498s	um where the crabs changed
2502s	um from the from the crabs that that we
2505s	know um already
2508s	so the crabs for the most part are the
2511s	same it's going to be hard to see it but
2513s	uh essentially the colors on the crabs
2515s	are slightly different they have black
2517s	tips uh for their claws for their
2520s	pinches um it's just a very couple of
2524s	minor changes uh but they so they still
2526s	have Escape where they can um ah so
2529s	that's that's called Escape yeah because
2531s	we've been discussing it it's not Dash
2533s	that's Escape yeah I I always get
2537s	ability names confused a lot my stream
2539s	is constantly correcting me on
2541s	those yeah and I think uh the there was
2546s	a change the when so like if you play if
2550s	many players uh have um play aquarium
2555s	then the the crabs are like the whole
2559s	crab is uh the colorist color is like
2562s	changed because in the past I think that
2565s	they only had like a strip on their head
2567s	or somewhere oh yeah yeah so now I think
2571s	the the whole crab is is is the color
2574s	that that you're playing m
2579s	so yeah I see it first giant so we are
2583s	actually with this ruins yes the unit is
2585s	probably going to die uh so we're going
2586s	to have to get ready to defend the city
2590s	uh
2591s	but we're going to go ahead and get
2593s	ourselves that lost city which
2595s	immediately connects with our capital
2597s	and we're just
2598s	a pops away
2604s	fishing yeah they can't Siege it though
2606s	uh so if we go ahead and
2608s	if we go ahead pick up fish building its
2610s	hole right over here uh it's not going
2612s	to give us the extra pop because it's
2614s	already have a connection to our Capital
2616s	thanks to this one here but notice we
2619s	could build these Park of Fortunes
2621s	anywhere I'm going to go and build it um
2624s	here just to make it a little bit more
2626s	inconvenient for opponent just in case
2628s	we lose this city so they can't build a
2630s	bridge or anything like that make it
2632s	easier to move
2635s	forward population growth
2639s	and get another crab
2643s	nice uh with that uh it's time to get
2646s	aggressive we're gonna go go Ahad and
2648s	move right over here Bop right over here
2650s	start getting that thing it's a giant uh
2653s	start
2655s	uh yeah I guess it's time to start
2657s	moving forward so we
2660s	have uh we're kind of past the
2663s	traditional starts that we would be
2665s	going with it's time to decide which
2668s	direction we're going to be
2669s	going and
2671s	Aquarion has a different way they have
2674s	to encounter this kind of scenario now
2676s	we know our opponent has Sawmills so
2678s	we're about to have to deal with
2680s	uh catapults which normally you would go
2684s	with knights but we have spearing
2686s	fortunately Trident are slow on land so
2688s	that's not quite the case maybe have to
2690s	go with mermaid archers or maybe our
2692s	aquacult of our own we've got a lot of
2695s	options there is one other option I'd
2697s	like to consider which is going strategy
2700s	for these mermaid Defenders specifically
2702s	so we move forward very slowly and
2705s	thanks to this waterways technology
2707s	start flooding the tiles and then be
2709s	using our marine life as well asell
2712s	bellies to start applying pressure so
2717s	those are the options that we're looking
2718s	at for now we're going to go ahead and
2721s	just Spam out a whole bunch more
2722s	amphibians in the back just for a bit of
2725s	extra pressure we should probably be
2727s	saving Our Stars for
2730s	farming uh but yeah so there you go this
2732s	is I don't know how common this is going
2734s	to be but here is a level
2737s	five uh underwater city
2764s	yeah they are trying to expand
2767s	to to those Southern
2771s	Villages yeah but it's interesting that
2774s	they um they are going for for a land
2776s	battle I think like all the funds went
2779s	there so no naal stuff going on uh just
2785s	as a slight reminder I don't see the
2786s	chat that you're you're looking at so if
2788s	there's any important comments you know
2790s	continue to just read those out yeah
2791s	yeah sure like um I I'm sharing whatever
2795s	is uh yeah there are like a lot of
2797s	discussions going on
2804s	there rather rather general not not
2807s	around the the game
2811s	so yeah so um we have this one so kind
2817s	of surprised how little Tri Trident are
2820s	you using normally people spam
2823s	them uh that's true uh normally Trident
2826s	are one of the go-to things to go for I
2830s	prefer a more balanced economic uh route
2833s	sort of like I PlayOn differently than
2835s	most other players which has its ups and
2837s	has its Downs uh Trident would actually
2840s	be pretty good in this scenario not
2843s	going to lie but I think we're all
2845s	trying to uh see what other
2849s	possibilities Aquarion can do so if
2851s	y'all if y'all want I will spam the heck
2853s	out of trident um but uh I'm sure that
2858s	that's boring let's explore those new
2859s	things because you know trient tridion
2863s	spam is like is with us like for four
2866s	years so yeah so another comment uh
2869s	catapults um would be much better here
2872s	since Aquarian doesn't have Knights and
2874s	he already has the tech meaning uh Lux
2878s	store yeah yeah so for luxore yeah so
2881s	the real question is how do we deal with
2882s	it so that's the that's tricky part
2887s	because normally uh the slow and steady
2890s	doesn't quite work in most cases we
2892s	would have to go with something like
2893s	diplomacy get a whole bunch of daggers
2896s	and use them specifically just to create
2898s	flooded tiles but that's unreliable yep
2902s	I will also tell you like every single
2904s	game I play if the moment you rush
2905s	cloaks you lose the game so uh you can
2908s	try it probably not going to work out
2911s	they are very situ situational
2914s	y uh how we want to proceed with
2919s	this I'm probably could just pick up
2921s	archery get a defensive bonus and start
2925s	picking off the units but I kind of did
2927s	that uh during the live stream already I
2930s	think I kind of want to play with
2933s	uh the slow and steady mermaid defend no
2937s	won't be able to deal with the Giants in
2938s	two turns that way
2940s	so have to go
2943s	archery yeah I think we got to pick up
2945s	archery just as a pivotal tech for now
2949s	uh get ourselves a roomid
2952s	here
2954s	and at this moment we're just trying
2957s	to uh buy ourselves a little bit more
2960s	time yeah Dante is asking can the
2963s	aquarium catapult go in water absolutely
2966s	that is an excellent question so the
2968s	Catapult is not a catapult we are no
2970s	longer flinging CL cats we're flinging
2973s	water with the aquapol so it still has
2976s	all the same stats but it has the float
2978s	ability now
2980s	yep no that is an excellent question so
2983s	like in aqua basically aquapol are your
2986s	new bombers for
2988s	uh without a splash yeah and without the
2992s	splash we're going to go ahead and get
2995s	ourselves a monument we're to get into a
2996s	to
2998s	here Network Monument is
3003s	complete and fortunately we have this
3006s	Cloud tile here I would love to explore
3008s	but it's not a good idea we're just
3010s	going to get a workshop actually we
3012s	don't really need to explore we have um
3015s	we've won this Vision so uh we can
3018s	actually just
3020s	continue to move around like
3024s	so now one thing to note he has Rider
3027s	meaning there's a good
3030s	chance they are about to get
3032s	roads M yeah so maybe one one thing
3036s	about the Aquarian or mermaid archers uh
3041s	now um so before the the rework uh
3047s	Aquarian archers work the same way as
3049s	the other uh tribe archers but now like
3054s	there are no roads so the disadvantage
3057s	AG that the Aquarian has is uh that The
3060s	Archers regardless of
3062s	uh uh of the tech you pick they they'll
3066s	be able to to move the more than one
3068s	tile so yeah because with the with the
3071s	other tribes it's like if you if you get
3073s	the roads it's the The Archers are like
3076s	get like a huge Advantage
3079s	right that's correct
3095s	actually forcing our opponent into a
3097s	more defensive position I was afraid he
3098s	was going to move his Giants forward all
3100s	I had to do is move this giant like
3102s	right here train train a catapult here
3104s	start yeah so there's the Catapult
3106s	anyways uh but uh this this is a quite a
3109s	precarious situation that we're
3110s	currently in that even though we barely
3112s	uh take damage here that catapult is
3115s	going to be a problem mhm we'll be fine
3118s	though looks looks like a task for for a
3121s	shark that's actually true that's an
3124s	excellent uh excuse for us to rush
3126s	marine life
3130s	M because now it's not protected by any
3133s	kind of zone of control so the shark
3136s	might creep and and Siege
3147s	oh man he's trying to bait me into
3148s	sieging the city and it's working uh I
3151s	can't not not Siege the
3162s	city all right well we're going to go
3164s	ahead and do that unit's one and only
3166s	action this one's going to
3172s	back G to make a weird action over here
3176s	but
3178s	I want to capture this city but I think
3180s	we're going to need to get some marine
3182s	life specifically to get those sharks
3185s	rolling mhm so let's start looking at
3187s	those sharks how are they going to
3189s	perform thanks to this crab right here I
3193s	think we can get away with a shark on
3196s	this tile just
3199s	fine all right what tech are we going to
3201s	get psych it's an aquar on City
3207s	okay I thought it's the this time it
3208s	will be too close to the to the land to
3211s	get a
3212s	see yeah in this case it's still on the
3214s	water um so it's now a flooded uh City M
3219s	and it's far enough away from all the
3221s	other Villages
3229s	okay
3231s	um I think my primary goal is I'm trying
3235s	to just slow down our opponent
3244s	from sieging us so I'm going to make the
3248s	aggressive play we're just going to
3249s	Siege just to buy ourself a little extra
3253s	time
3255s	and kind of want to move here just to
3257s	get that for the yelli
3260s	bellies doesn't quite work out the way I
3262s	would want it to
3264s	though so greetings from bikini bro
3270s	hey kind surprised how little try
3275s	yeah we're going to go ahead and
3276s	continue to
3278s	move these
3281s	units and as much of a defensive way as
3284s	I
3288s	can that should do it do link still work
3292s	no
3297s	um I don't want to be moving this
3300s	crab we do actually need to just
3303s	attack and then we'll pass the turn
3312s	M okay one
3316s	hit okay yeah so in this case like yeah
3319s	I sacrificed the crab it's going to be
3321s	fine uh we're really delaying our
3324s	opponent's economy of six stars right
3326s	there mhm as well as preventing them
3329s	from being aggressive towards us so
3331s	that's that's a multi-purpose play right
3333s	there that does what we want to do
3335s	allowing us to circle around and uh beat
3338s	them to these races all the way over
3339s	here yeah and the Shar can can attack
3342s	the the Catapult oh
3345s	yeah well it
3348s	can't cre is it not affected by rough
3355s	terrain okay no I can't
3360s	yeah unless you kill this
3364s	Warrior we've also got the uh giant
3367s	right over here but that is
3371s	the
3372s	goal we going go ahead and attack here
3375s	Bop move it over here and secure the
3384s	kill secure this kill
3387s	we're going to move this one on
3390s	back move you over here get that attack
3395s	in
3400s	and this one's a little bit
3403s	tricky put myself in a not so yeah I
3406s	think this question is to you what's
3407s	your favorite tribe Toby uh qu okay
3412s	yeah praise be the bird guts
3419s	we
3428s	really yeah but he's pretty much cut off
3431s	from
3433s	like
3436s	three quarters of the map so I don't
3439s	think it's
3440s	uh it's going right way for
3445s	lexor no unfortunately it's definitely
3451s	not really just
3456s	need so if I do this then this is forced
3460s	to go explore into here
3464s	fruit fish if we explore we'll get that
3468s	last
3469s	Monument please please are we okay
3477s	time for crab explore monuments is
3480s	complete yeah they only they're only on
3483s	three cities so it's looking very bad
3486s	yeah it's uh there's there's been fairer
3492s	spawns now technically this would have
3494s	been a fair map the issue is is we're
3497s	Aquarion so we got to skip all the extra
3500s	rough time of how do we get on the water
3503s	and we just said uh well guess what I
3505s	I'm a fish person I'm just going to get
3507s	on the water anyways
3510s	mhm yeah and they were very unlucky
3513s	because the the year capital is also uh
3515s	in land so there
3517s	was no option for them to to go sailing
3522s	easily that's why you were you were you
3525s	know like you had like almost
3528s	uninterrupted
3531s	expansion yeah plus these mountains here
3533s	it was just it's really rough Luxor to
3535s	expand in
3537s	very very uneven spawn
3540s	yeah maybe next game uh could be
3543s	Aquarian against aquarium because then
3545s	we'll see more action A Mir match sure
3549s	yeah we can definitely do
3559s	that um the last couple things
3563s	are yeah doing the safer play and moving
3565s	the Catapult back
3567s	M but that means that this city is no
3569s	longer really allowed to be
3575s	sieged okay no more catapults yep more
3591s	catapults interesting thing though is we
3594s	can
3595s	actually uh start trying to move forward
3597s	with our
3600s	units my new goal
3606s	is yeah so here you have the option to
3610s	flood the land I do that's what I was
3613s	just looking at and it's a pretty good
3616s	option because it's not only uh in your
3620s	borders you can flood the neutral
3623s	terrain right and you can flood your
3625s	opponent
3627s	so it's not like with with roads that
3629s	you can place them
3631s	only in the neutral and on newor terrain
3635s	it's everywhere because otherwise you
3637s	know it will be impossible almost
3640s	impossible for for Aquarian to um to
3644s	reach those those Inland cities like uh
3648s	like the the capital here y for
3651s	example yeah so we went ahead and we
3653s	flooded this tile also notice even
3655s	though this was Luxor land this is now a
3658s	flooded city so they'll automatically
3661s	flood their City sort of uh same way
3663s	that a lot of your tiles will
3665s	automatically get those uh little
3669s	bonuses we're going to go ahead and just
3672s	apply even more pressure to our opponent
3674s	and then we're going to do so again by
3678s	we're going to build the grand Grand
3682s	Bazaar population boost and the eye of
3686s	God
3688s	got ourselves a super unit that went the
3690s	wrong way it was supposed to go over
3691s	here but uh not the other way that's a
3695s	shame
3697s	yeah and my current goal is I want
3700s	mermaid Defenders specifically to just
3702s	move around annoy the opponent and start
3705s	flooding all the tiles so my better
3707s	units such as a shark uh can
3711s	uh start actually applying pressure to
3715s	their cities
3718s	but as I can see if
3721s	you um claim a village that is with your
3726s	opponent's terrain it doesn't flut
3728s	automatically so it's not like uh like
3731s	with Polaris that it freezes everything
3734s	that is correct you have to manually
3737s	flood everything oh yeah so in order to
3740s	connect all these cities to the capital
3742s	uh we're going have to need a tolls
3743s	which we got to flood those uh tiles so
3746s	it does take quite a bit of time yeah
3751s	progress um we're going to we're just
3754s	train another shark back here and the
3755s	pass
3757s	turn yeah so then R to C2 says time to
3762s	burst out Trident time to burst out
3765s	Trident I don't think we even need
3766s	Trident this game yeah I I think so
3773s	too pretty certain people want to see
3775s	units such as the yelli bellies mhm yeah
3779s	that's why I suggested a an Aquarian
3782s	mirror because with uh yeah at least on
3786s	this map it's like they are not
3789s	necessary
3791s	actually
3804s	yeah great is spend this turn getting
3808s	navigation so we have access to those
3810s	yell
3815s	bellies pick up all those
3823s	stars and then again we're just moving
3826s	in a way so we can start flooding all of
3828s	these tiles
3836s	if we put the shark here we'll be able
3837s	to kill that catapult next
3839s	turn need you to
3843s	heal fortunately they did the right
3846s	thing and prevented us
3849s	from
3852s	actually uh spreading the
3859s	sea so we can train a yell belly here
3863s	and immediately deals damage to the
3864s	Giant and now if the Giant wants to move
3866s	it's going to take
3868s	damages
3874s	yep we also move you right over there
3878s	Cal in range yeah TR amphibian so that
3881s	way we don't get an explore with this
3887s	ruin but try to we're just going to try
3889s	to use this to show how to Siege onto
3893s	land and it is it is a slow method now
3897s	as mentioned by Dan R2 C2 the correct uh
3901s	thing to do in this case would be
3902s	Trident attack and then attack on a se
3904s	but we're gon to try to brute force it
3907s	with some Defenders because every single
3909s	tile that we flood makes it where our
3912s	yelli bellies our sharks can start
3915s	attacking one range further as well as
3917s	our Trident actually have better
3918s	maneuverability
3936s	killer body bits is
3945s	complete so that is one thing I'm going
3947s	be trying to use these crabs for is to
3949s	actually start going onto the tiles and
3951s	flooding them earlier I was trying to
3953s	distract these catapults but now we're
3955s	going to be trying to to uh start
3957s	flooding tiles CBS are I see some
3963s	Swordsmen yeah those Swordsmen are going
3965s	to be pretty good at uh holding a
3967s	defensive uh line oh okay so during our
3971s	um our intro I forgot about the
3974s	swordsman
3976s	mermaids
3979s	yeah sword mes
3990s	we're going to go here move you
3994s	there go here b b go here secure the
4001s	kill yeah so this game is not going to
4004s	last long uh so if someone is interested
4007s	in playing
4008s	a an Aquarian mirror after this game if
4013s	you have the beta just just tell us and
4018s	um Toby will add you as a friend and
4022s	U you'll be able to play on Steam uh on
4030s	stream all righty we're going to
4032s	continue to kind of just move we're
4037s	train yellow bellies here continue to
4038s	train Defenders
4041s	here
4044s	Defender I'm just going to get that ion
4046s	up and rolling here try to help speed
4048s	things
4057s	up
4061s	and yeah we'll probably make our way
4064s	over to uh spearing just so we can Siege
4066s	over there but yeah that uh this will
4068s	just about be doing it for
4070s	us here in just a
4073s	moment just move there
4076s	M we'll save the rest of our resources
4079s	no reason to spend everything on units
4081s	that can't do
4085s	much yeah so a comment from uh one of
4088s	the viewers on on uh on YouTube I hey
4092s	hate catapults and I love them at the
4094s	same
4095s	time catapults are the worst unit when
4098s	my opponents use them I hate it yeah
4100s	depends when I get the catapults
4103s	yeah they're only good when I use
4108s	look at that the
4110s	Y's uh preemptive damage going through
4113s	and bring this right down to 4 HP yeah
4144s	guess we need to since this game is
4146s	coming to a close need figure out how
4148s	we're doing the giveaway I don't know if
4151s	there's any commands
4155s	available uh
4157s	on the stuff we're using
4168s	let's
4174s	see um we're going to go ahead and flood
4184s	flood we're just going to keep moving
4186s	these forward
4199s	yelli belly now has a direct path
4201s	straight to this city over here yell
4203s	belly now has the direct path to this
4205s	city over
4207s	here oh boy yeah and a small thing that
4211s	I noticed uh just when you made the the
4215s	move so all the I think Naval units
4219s	meaning sharks yell bellies and
4223s	um yeah that's that's it so they they
4227s	can't move on on the mountains right
4229s	yeah they're not going to be able to
4230s	move on the mountains that's uh that's
4231s	really tall
4233s	land um cuz a crab can uh but uh those
4239s	other two I don't think so mhm
4245s	see we're I need to wait one more turn
4249s	on being able to get those Trident but
4252s	we could probably just push in with this
4255s	Force we have using Defenders to spread
4257s	the water
4287s	let's
4293s	see um on your end what is it being
4297s	streamed on Twitch or
4300s	YouTube say that again uh what is the
4304s	stream being streamed on on your R
4306s	twitch or YouTube YouTube YouTube all
4310s	righty yeah uh we're currently looking
4313s	we still have um some keys to be giving
4317s	out we're trying to look into how to get
4318s	that taken care of yeah we have three
4321s	three aquarium keys so if this tribe is
4325s	missing on your
4328s	list we'll be doing a giveaway so you
4331s	can also try the the ba
4343s	up let's see
4346s	as much as I'd like
4349s	to going to put the crab there we're
4352s	going to go ahead and put the shark into
4354s	the city right over
4372s	there all righty we're going to go ahead
4374s	and start flooding these tiles really
4376s	fast so that way this city can get
4378s	connected
4380s	M yeah so based on on my experience with
4383s	with the BS this last phase when when
4385s	your opponent is kind
4387s	of you know on the on the back foot and
4390s	it's like you can already tell that they
4392s	are losing because they lost the the
4395s	battle for for uh water but like
4399s	reaching those cities it's like it
4402s	takes significant amount of time
4406s	they have the right Tex so for example
4408s	if they have Swordsmen and catapults
4410s	it's like you know it will be a very
4414s	very
4415s	slow yeah it's it's a lot slower uh to
4419s	be pushing onto
4421s	land so it's it's a it's mixed feelings
4426s	uh on that
4461s	yeah so somebody is is suggesting I
4464s	don't think it's a good idea for
4466s	aquarium uh then being an a water um
4471s	tribe to get some air
4481s	units all righty
4485s	so yolly
4489s	belly we're going to flood gets another
4493s	tile oh that was misplay I did not want
4495s	to put that there I
4497s	will T but a shame flood another tile
4501s	because I felt like
4511s	it
4519s	how yeah that was a
4521s	mistake we'll just that Defender there
4523s	just to be annoying I guess
4531s	uh we will still
4534s	spam actually I'm gon to put a Defender
4536s	there uh yell belly there you go
4545s	there um no real text for us no nothing
4550s	for us to really uh pick up Tech wise or
4554s	uh econ
4556s	wise so I guess yeah we're just going to
4559s	end the turn with our shark just waiting
4564s	menacingly another option is hear me
4568s	out yeah just get cloes and hit the
4572s	capital
4574s	but yeah look at that and the
4580s	writers so the riter died just moving to
4583s	defend its own
4585s	yep and then tried moving out of the way
4588s	so y this yell belly now has a
4592s	kill yeah so there's a comment uh from
4595s	Dan so maybe Aquarian should flood all
4598s	surrounding tiles instead of just one to
4601s	speed up their Land Development possibly
4605s	um so yeah being able to flood all the
4607s	tiles it would feel the same as uh
4611s	Polaris but then you would need to be
4613s	able to counteract the same way and then
4615s	you would just have these uh I mean it'd
4617s	be faster tugs of tug of
4619s	wars which would be pretty
4623s	nice but don't forget that the water is
4626s	the stronger location to be having all
4629s	of your fights and engagements on M
4632s	where rammers bombers just imagine even
4636s	though they're unofficial but just
4637s	imagine one of your
4639s	uh uh Team
4642s	games uh that happens all the time on
4646s	poly
4647s	champs as with an aqueron ally Ally
4651s	where the strategy is okay we all going
4653s	to slowly flood the entire
4655s	sea it's an interesting strategy yeah
4658s	but
4664s	uh where do you think you're going
4666s	where'd you get up there I was not
4668s	paying
4670s	attention we got to train to trid Denon
4672s	back there
4677s	uh we're going to go and continue to
4678s	flood these
4684s	tiles again we're just trying at this
4686s	point we're now going to try to in this
4688s	as fast as we can uh using these
4692s	methods even now like okay this shark's
4695s	kind of just sitting here so that's an
4696s	unfortunate thing and we're forced
4698s	either way for mermaids or Trident if
4700s	the Trident end up getting onto the land
4702s	the battle's already won um that's why
4704s	I'm with Defenders instead as I feel
4706s	that's a little
4708s	safer to uh push onto the land that way
4710s	because no one wants to attack
4719s	Defenders um
4752s	Seb is not giving up he's not giving
4755s	he's not giving up but also he's Seb is
4757s	being nice and allowing us to see like
4759s	how long would it realistically take to
4762s	close out one of these games yeah that's
4766s	one of the benefits
4768s	of that's not the unit I wanted to
4782s	cleck we're going to move you right
4786s	there yly belly
4795s	look at
4797s	that and we could now build an its hole
4801s	here I we B it here so that way when we
4804s	take the capital uh we connect
4808s	everything you go there you can flood
4811s	here and we're still unable to attack
4814s	with the shark I guess we could go and
4816s	hit here and that's some good
4818s	damage um going to train sharks
4823s	there yes so this flooding is kind of
4826s	painful but once you do it it's the the
4830s	flooded tiles actually act as as roads
4833s	because obviously not
4835s	for uh for warriors or for um for
4839s	Archers but the sharks can move three
4842s	tiles so they they are like very very
4846s	long range right like like Knights oh
4849s	yeah very much so a lot of a lot of
4852s	these units have excellent Mobility
4853s	thanks to the water so once once that
4856s	happens uh the opponent's in trouble in
4859s	fact I'm pretty
4860s	certain uh any roads that get built are
4863s	actually destroyed because I don't think
4865s	roads are allowed to exist on flooded
4867s	tiles no that's a that's a fair question
4870s	I don't know the answer actually hey uh
4872s	Seb uh I hope I you know I know we try
4875s	to avoid uh you know stream sniping but
4877s	uh this trident over here uh could you
4879s	avoid is there a road here there's not
4882s	could you avoid killing this uh Trident
4884s	so I can see if roads are disappear or
4886s	not thank you very much thanks for
4888s	stream sniping and
4893s	uh look how look at that Warrior the
4897s	warrior nearly kills itself just trying
4898s	to kill a unit dang
4900s	it he's an honorable player the worst
4904s	kind
4906s	yeah honest
4909s	guy yeah nah seb's amazing um a lot of
4913s	the people that watch my channel are
4916s	have been are good with not wanting to
4918s	snipe at the same
4921s	time yeah if you if you are interested
4924s	in uh in
4926s	polytopia and would like to see more of
4928s	those um streams uh Toby is streaming
4932s	every every
4934s	Sunday uh we are not that regular but
4937s	he's he's almost every Sunday and doing
4939s	a lot of amazing amazing streams not
4943s	only aquarium so yeah the link to his
4946s	channel is in the
4948s	description so I
4951s	very much recommend checking his channel
4956s	subscribing and
4958s	liking look at this so this yell bity
4961s	it's it's going to make it very
4963s	difficult now for our opponent to do
4965s	anything with the city just because this
4967s	yelli Bell is positioning yeah we can in
4970s	fact train yelli bellies here just to
4973s	further protect our
4975s	uh
4976s	Investments we can't go on the mountain
4979s	though so we're just going to do this
4980s	slow and steady
4986s	way and then we could do the traditional
4988s	aquarium style and just Siege right
4990s	after all
4991s	right my bigger goal is I really want to
4995s	uh check about those
4999s	roads we could build in a hole here no
5002s	we should have build it here
5006s	and you go here just to fix my CD with
5010s	another
5015s	city at this point we can now use these
5018s	to support rather
5024s	than we we'll build sharks we want we
5026s	want to see sharks we're going to train
5028s	some sharks here
5042s	what's up he's building roads down here
5044s	for experiment with so that way he can
5047s	continue to defend
5051s	his yeah Seb like you know I appreciate
5055s	you Seb
5061s	yeah all right we're going to go move
5063s	that there
5065s	this Defender
5068s	here yeah so as you see we are we are
5071s	exploring every every single detail
5073s	detail so then you know how
5076s	to um how to play Aquarian and uh also
5081s	how
5082s	to um yeah like explore some some new
5088s	ways to counter other tribes so not not
5090s	only by
5092s	um dominating them uh the usual way but
5097s	even with those with those like tiny
5099s	details like roads that might be uh
5103s	broken and then your opponent would lose
5106s	connection with the with their cities
5108s	and
5110s	lose
5120s	Source have you found out how Polaris
5122s	freeze interacts with flooded Terrain
5125s	uh so it'll uh basically the freeze will
5128s	turn it into snow as far as I'm aware
5132s	like it would
5135s	normally Al righty so this field no
5138s	longer has a road on interesting is this
5140s	a visual bug
5142s	or yeah it
5146s	disappeared tell you what here's what
5148s	I'm going to
5150s	do we're yeah go ahead Renzo yeah with
5155s	your
5156s	questions because you wanted to ask some
5161s	andh uh how is the unit movement uh of
5164s	tiles with roads affecting affected by
5167s	flooding is the road destroyed so
5169s	apparently it is because uh s built the
5173s	road and then Toby flooded it and the
5176s	road disappeared so I
5179s	guess um flooding destroys the the road
5185s	so then you have to build up the terrain
5187s	and then build another road which is a a
5190s	big
5191s	pain yeah
5194s	yeah I'm going to go and capture here um
5198s	but uh Seb if you could on this tile
5203s	here uh the one that I had just
5205s	destroyed go ahead and destroy that uh I
5209s	got my units moved away to make it
5213s	easier yes okay Casper is asking does
5216s	the road come back if if it
5218s	is
5220s	refilled I don't think so um so
5223s	obviously we don't we don't know we
5225s	haven't had this kind of situation here
5229s	uh but I don't think the the road is is
5231s	coming back like you know
5233s	miraculously yeah I would assume I would
5235s	assume it doesn't come back but I don't
5237s	know how it's saved in the uh system we
5239s	have a visual bug where oh no never mind
5242s	the road here now no longer has the
5245s	connection so it's gone for
5252s	good H that's a for question can ports
5255s	be buil built on flooded
5259s	tiles
5261s	um I believe so because it still
5264s	technically counts as water I haven't
5266s	tested that myself
5269s	yet yeah I I also I assume that Naval
5272s	units cannot unflood the the
5286s	tiles resigns okay we'll figure it out
5289s	uh next time
5292s	mhm yeah so I think in this uh with this
5295s	match it's like not much to discuss
5297s	because you um SE had a very bad spawn
5301s	yeah um so I think we'll go to to the
5304s	next next game so if if he's uh
5308s	like uh happy to play with you uh a
5311s	mirror then let's let's do it yep uh
5316s	because I don't see any anyone from the
5318s	from the
5319s	chat uh interested in
5331s	playing all righty we're going to go
5334s	ahead and create a new
5338s	game do units on flooded tiles get the
5342s	water defense
5343s	bonus so I mean do you mean from equitis
5350s	or do you think it's
5353s	hezo referring to aquatis or yeah so
5357s	he's referring to aquatis in that case
5359s	uh flooded what does not work for
5361s	aquatis aquatis specifically in the tech
5364s	only shows for the coastal and the ocean
5368s	tiles MH
5371s	okay so Seb just let me know that they
5375s	are able
5378s	to
5381s	uh do a mirror match so I'm going to go
5386s	ahead and give them that
5389s	link really fast
5394s	so that way they can join uh in the
5397s	meantime uh do we have the details
5401s	figured out for the giveaway I looked up
5403s	a quick link yeah but it's random people
5407s	it's
5409s	like
5410s	uh so we'll need to figure out a little
5413s	phrase so that way we
5416s	can uh use the comment picker and I
5419s	think it says here YouTube videos not uh
5423s	streams so
5426s	um this is something new for me yeah
5430s	that's
5434s	um going to go ahead and get started
5436s	into this
5437s	one so we get the privilege of going
5440s	first uh Aquarion for those who are
5442s	wanting the slights Competitive Edge
5444s	Aquarion still Starts Now starts off
5446s	with 4115 points now so meu is up for
5452s	for the next game if we have time yeah
5456s	no that uh that'll be perfectly fine
5459s	we're going to go ahead and follow the
5461s	animals so maybe we could do um Aquarian
5466s	against some other tribe match so we
5469s	can um maybe the Your Spawn will better
5473s	than
5474s	sabs and um and we'll see some some
5477s	Naval so Aquarian against against
5480s	bombers and rammers because we haven't
5483s	we we did not see that
5485s	in the first
5487s	game
5492s	yeah so how do you like your
5495s	spawn no I'm not liking it actually uh
5498s	we got resources all over the place
5500s	nothing is
5501s	consistent
5503s	um I think I would need to go a similar
5505s	path of fruit into fishing from the
5508s	looks of
5509s	it yeah because we got a whole bunch of
5511s	organization
5514s	that was a gamble I was taking there so
5516s	that was that was not even
5518s	guaranteed okay let's change the music
5521s	to your
5525s	favorites
5527s	woo
5529s	yeah praise be the bird
5542s	Gods we're going to go ahead and train
5546s	train capture pass the
5557s	turn so with this start I'm just going
5559s	to be spreading out in as many different
5560s	directions as I can and going to pick up
5563s	this Lighthouse with this
5570s	Warrior that is on land so that is not
5574s	going going to
5575s	be uh the sunken city it's also too
5578s	close to the city right over here we're
5581s	going to just pass turn so a long
5584s	question from Renzo uh how would you
5587s	compare navies uh fairing against
5590s	Aquarian water are dominant maps from
5592s	pre-work uh to how uh to now because I I
5597s	felt pre-work they would destroy navies
5600s	easily with trenin uh and now uh with
5604s	the new
5605s	units it's probably going to be
5607s	something similar uh because Trident
5610s	haven't really been modified in any
5613s	major
5616s	way
5618s	where the Trident are going to give you
5621s	the military
5623s	Advantage wherever uh where you need it
5626s	on the water as they can move two then
5628s	have a range of two so they have a
5630s	effective range of four uh but now you
5633s	have Sharps that can fights pretty well
5636s	mhm yeah I'm going to sacrifice this
5638s	mermaid for these ruins
5642s	mhm a lot of farms a lot of farms we
5646s	picked up the farming Tech just so that
5647s	way uh you do that the smarter play by
5651s	the way have been saving this just in
5652s	case I need to Pivot to something else
5654s	but I'm afraid I'd get distracted so I
5656s	went ahead and picked it up
5660s	now we're going to go ahead and move
5662s	down here
5666s	go and move down here Farm here yeah so
5670s	me says I definitely F that aquarium
5673s	preor pre-rework was very strong on
5676s	water maps with Trident behind rammers
5679s	and
5679s	bombers oh
5683s	yeah why would I not go construction
5688s	here you got you got stars from the ruin
5692s	right I got stars from the ru there I
5695s	I'm just looking at this going like
5696s	there's no reason for me not to pick
5701s	up we got to explore
5704s	here oh that's not what I wanted to have
5706s	happen oh but it happened
5710s	anyways
5711s	o you at least got something oh yeah
5715s	that's still pretty darn good I'll take
5719s	it and that's all we could do fast and
5723s	turn
5725s	hey we actually got a sunken city
5728s	here uhhuh
5730s	y it's going to be rough without
5732s	waterways though but for the
5736s	atolls this is just such a good uh uh
5740s	position for a
5744s	windmill so another comment from venzo
5747s	so in other words you believe aquarium
5749s	will now steamroll anyone uh in Naval
5753s	battles uh with non Aquarian
5758s	tribes I'm not sure about that I'm not
5761s	sure about that mostly because of
5762s	rammers versus Sharks rammers uh late
5765s	game rammers have more
5770s	Health we're going to go ahead and get
5772s	ourselves a
5773s	farm and I think uh does a yell belly
5778s	die from Scout and rammer
5787s	what did
5789s	die um how to do math in my
5794s	head y does yellow belly die to Scout
5797s	and a
5798s	rammer uh yelli bellies have 15 health
5803s	and three defense so the answer is
5804s	actually no they would need at least one
5806s	more hit
5809s	okay yeah so maybe they they will be
5812s	adjusted so um this is a beta so
5816s	anything can change so uh probably the
5819s	units won't disappear so y Le and uh and
5823s	the Sharks will uh will most probably
5827s	stay uh but their statistics can be can
5830s	be adjusted that's for sure we still
5833s	have uh like
5836s	uh over a month of of testing
5841s	um until the update is is released
5844s	probably in like you know a month and a
5846s	half so there will be probably some some
5849s	some more more changes
5852s	um along along along the
5860s	way yeah so there was a comment from
5862s	YouTube I don't think Aquarian could be
5867s	Kiko who can try
5869s	that on uh are we talking like world or
5873s	just in general like I don't know it's
5875s	so probably no it's not specified so but
5880s	I guess on on on water
5883s	Maps because I would actually argue that
5886s	they would still beat Kiku Kiku would
5888s	have the superior early game economy
5893s	but all right well let's go ahead and
5897s	uh we're going to move here we're going
5900s	to mermaid
5902s	Farm
5905s	cation Farm yeah youron me is looking
5909s	good it's
5916s	okay yeah so Renzo likes the the changes
5920s	flood flooding and nearly bellies and uh
5924s	uh they are adding nice depth to the
5928s	game yes literally and figuratively yes
5937s	we got to go with an Explorer I just
5938s	need the
5941s	vision oh it whittled in the wrong
5944s	direction all right we we'll be fine
5947s	fine it's fine it's
5951s	fine uh Park
5953s	Fortune goes
5955s	here else we lose the city so we have to
5958s	build City walls
5960s	mhm and who has there are two amphibians
5967s	in I mean I guess I could move this
5970s	Warrior to this tile here but yeah but
5974s	still it's you know it's safer now
5977s	it's much safer highly unlikely that
5980s	he's going to
5992s	Siege h
6007s	uh yeah so I follow up comments K has a
6010s	higher fish spawn rates right yes so I
6014s	guess this is the so we are go we are
6016s	talking about economy so the our viewer
6022s	probably um things that uh Kiko would uh
6027s	would win economically with with
6050s	aquarium no that one's mine
6060s	uh we'll go ahead and B Bop train a
6064s	mermaid we train a
6072s	mermaid that's true I could totally
6074s	build a wind Bill
6077s	there it's not worth it yet
6084s	you can build windmills on on water
6086s	tiles yes Aquarion now can build all of
6090s	their buildings
6091s	ones oh yeah that's true and actually uh
6094s	one one more thing uh they can they can
6097s	also build on this uh deep water tiles
6100s	as well that's correct uh from what I
6103s	remember from the poly Champs video yeah
6108s	mostly because of the sunken cities that
6112s	they can pick up
6115s	uh so that way they can actually be
6117s	supported
6119s	mhm uh yeah so
6123s	um our Kiko fan says Kiko would win the
6127s	the econom game really really quickly oh
6130s	yeah that's that that's a dead
6141s	giveaway so now you are
6145s	on five cities against four
6149s	mhm yeah but right now they have the
6151s	superior mobility thanks to these
6153s	amphibians
6159s	M this is two ligh houses I got robed
6163s	yeah oh man oh well what about the crab
6166s	are you going for the for the city or oh
6169s	no we're taking that ruin get the ruin
6171s	okay got to get that ruin okay they have
6174s	their
6175s	fifth F City
6179s	yeah what's in the ruins oo a sword's
6193s	made we're just trying to win these
6196s	trades fishing
6214s	interesting they've Peak my
6217s	interest what I can
6221s	do we're going to go for a superior
6223s	economy we're going to build a windmill
6226s	here fertilize and
6229s	farm population growth time for a crab
6236s	what the heck is this game since when
6238s	are is since construction game all right
6243s	but
6252s	uh oh I didn't realize this
6255s	though uh
6258s	apparently all of the quarion units have
6261s	their icons updated to have these little
6264s	water uh symbols below them show Could
6268s	you actually explain uh explain those
6271s	symbols so these symbols in the top
6274s	right corner right above every unit it
6276s	actually explains what kind of unit that
6279s	one is so for this icon with the the
6282s	block with the two eyes shows it's a
6284s	warrior but in this case since it's got
6286s	waves uh it's able to transverse over
6290s	water uh these icons are also very
6292s	important and informing if a unit's
6294s	moved or not cuz this one notice has a
6297s	white circle around it m the moment that
6299s	this amphibian moves it'll turn similar
6302s	to this one where there's no white
6304s	circle around it so that's a way for you
6306s	to know
6311s	if yeah especially with those unit that
6314s	that can move after
6317s	attacking because with Warriors you
6320s	usually know if you moved or or not
6329s	time for
6331s	crab lenzo is asking could you please
6334s	talk about fertilize Aquarian exclusive
6338s	right um could you uh I could see Aion
6342s	getting fertilized as well since they
6344s	cannot burn
6346s	forests that actually is a very good
6350s	point unfortunately I'm not a developer
6352s	but I'm sure one is watching One Way at
6355s	some point or another but uh yeah the
6357s	fact to just add crops to a selected
6359s	tile um so that way you're able to grow
6362s	crops there yeah that's
6364s	a it's actually a lot more efficient
6367s	because you no longer have to go from a
6369s	blank tile then pick up spiritualism
6372s	grow Forest construction burn forest and
6376s	then turn it into a Farmland you just
6380s	fertilize it so you're missing an entire
6381s	section of the skill tree and uh that's
6385s	it's a really big deal actually how is
6387s	it starwise because it's when with uh
6391s	with like grow Forest it's five right
6395s	and then burn Forest is five and then
6399s	Farm is five So it's 15 all
6403s	together and how much is
6407s	fertiliz uh fertilize is just five okay
6411s	it's just five stars that's a big wi
6417s	yeah I mean it's turn 12 we only have 20
6420s	Stars per turn but mhm like we've
6424s	already got two two crabs it's not
6429s	terrible and fertilized which brand
6431s	branch is it aski uh fertilized you
6435s	can't see it because I picked up the
6437s	tech but when I click it you'll be able
6438s	to see it's in the construction
6440s	technology so it's a tier three Tech so
6442s	far M yeah but it compliments the
6444s	windmills very well mhm y
6476s	oo so our opponent because they have the
6479s	riding Tech is now going with waterways
6481s	for a tools to try to help improve their
6488s	economy
6493s	yep I don't see any crabs on their side
6501s	right yeah they don't have a single crab
6503s	yet unfortunately and they are giving
6505s	this city
6518s	away go and grab a mermaid shark
6523s	shark so we're just going to spend a
6525s	turn producing strong
6529s	units
6531s	and yeah so the sharks are nice you'll
6534s	be able to see that this shark is going
6536s	to hold its own unfortunately he would
6538s	need a
6539s	third uh unit which he has a city here
6542s	so he actually may have another unit
6545s	another
6549s	Rider so he would need three units in
6551s	order to kill off this shark
6556s	mhm it's a very expensive uh it's a very
6561s	expensive Defender there
6566s	but it has three movement so I would
6567s	take that
6572s	mhm aan with fertilized would be amazing
6575s	doubt they would add that yeah that's
6578s	um that's that's very much the case
6583s	where I think they're trying to focus
6585s	more alyon to be a forestry and about
6588s	trees and spamming with sanctuaries and
6590s	then getting a whole bunch of poar
6593s	oh so there you go this crab is gray y
6597s	it's so sad oh now I want to see a blue
6599s	crab like I
6602s	said oh man now we're going to need that
6605s	uh that that mandatory uh Reddit post of
6608s	okay here's the crab of every color
6613s	mhm Yeah by why is it gray this what's
6617s	gray yeah sad
6620s	crap it's a sad crap
6626s	okay I guess I'll go and do
6630s	that we're going pick up
6637s	climbing
6643s	shark yeah this will be really really
6646s	difficult for set to to
6649s	defend yeah about that
6654s	this one is going to be uh definitely
6656s	really tricky to
6658s	defend one two three so if we train a
6661s	shark here and a shark never mind I
6663s	didn't want to train a shark there
6668s	anyways do I have any other
6671s	monuments no I
6677s	don't that's fine it's okay
6690s	you sharks are really going to start
6691s	paying for themselves soon
6693s	mhm yeah Renzo is asking about the lore
6696s	and sharks and Jelly Bellies do you know
6699s	anything
6700s	think um unfortunately so if there was
6704s	Lord there was they would have put it in
6706s	the
6709s	beta uh unfortunately it's all about
6712s	statistics so for now just make up your
6714s	own lore and hit maybe mijan may be
6716s	inspired by it
6717s	m yeah maybe maybe when uh when Aquarian
6721s	is released as an update the rework then
6725s	they will add some lore but for now
6728s	it's it's a
6731s	mystery so both
6734s	options
6736s	uh they own volution and mind control
6744s	oh man I need to pick up aquaculture and
6746s	preparations for this Siege happening
6748s	next
6752s	turn killer body B is
6761s	complete and what do you think
6768s	Renzo alter of peace
6775s	I I could probably do
6784s	that
6786s	fruit
6788s	FR as much as I would like the workshop
6790s	we're going to an Explorer for
6794s	uh yep Vision M
6797s	Vision uh I guess I really didn't need
6800s	it because I can't get this so
6803s	mhm oh
6807s	well Harvest
6810s	fruit we'll get those
6813s	resources shark
6824s	shark oh I should have been saing my
6826s	resources to do
6829s	aish I guess I can I just won't be able
6831s	to uh he's got a shark why do you build
6838s	that oh man there's the
6841s	seege so Renzo uh says I think the I
6846s	think like Aquaman since animals aren't
6849s	political like lyrian sometimes I feel
6853s	uh they are forcing the animals to fight
6855s	uh fight with them makes me sad hope I'm
6858s	wrong yeah
6863s	uh I'd like to assume that they're
6865s	making friends with them mhm because I
6867s	don't see chains on this shark I don't
6869s	see scars I don't see anything bad heck
6871s	and remember we no longer have navalon
6873s	we no longer have whales we don't hunt
6875s	whales we are we're friends with animals
6877s	this is these are probably magically
6879s	enhanced sharks that are your best
6881s	friends and uh will uh eat your
6883s	opponent's life
6897s	so I could do a crab I was hoping to
6899s	expand these borders and then get
6900s	multiple crabs here but I don't think I
6902s	have the luxury of doing that
6905s	anymore uh is is there um a place where
6908s	you can uh read more about the polyopia
6911s	lore can you uh recommend some resources
6914s	um we actually really need to improve
6916s	the wikii right now we use fandom but
6918s	unfortunately uh fandom's kind of spam
6921s	intensive but all the L
6923s	be found there uh you can also happen to
6926s	find a lot of lore and discuss a lot of
6927s	the lore on the
6928s	pooia uh
6931s	Discord uh I can make your life harder
6934s	and say Link in the description
6936s	below yeah yeah the links are in the in
6939s	the description so so go ahead then
6943s	there you go so links in the description
6945s	below uh but yeah you can find out more
6947s	about the poopi Lord there mhm
6952s	H I really don't want to but I kind of
6954s	have
6959s	to gate of power then so we can
6964s	Farm
6965s	Windmill and uh gate of
6971s	power
6974s	population super
6976s	unit
6979s	and I want to hold this Siege so we're
6982s	just going to attack here here threaten
6984s	this city
6991s	here we got a yeah so there was a
6994s	further discussion so meu says still
6997s	hunt hunt the turtles for food
7001s	though and uh yeah Harry Harry Polo says
7006s	they got to the Sharks somehow
7009s	right oh yeah so that's yeah yeah so
7013s	there is no no easy way
7017s	to they feed the sharks with
7020s	friendship
7022s	yeah n um it's probably more of a
7025s	realistic tribes yeah so where yeah they
7029s	got to feed them somehow I mean there's
7031s	the lore that the starfish give stars
7033s	because they like having their scales uh
7035s	stretched off and it actually feels good
7036s	it's like a massage for them
7041s	okay okay
7043s	so that's that's basically the
7045s	echo-friendly of like no they're not
7046s	killing the starfish they're giving them
7048s	ENT they're essentially peeling off
7050s	their or shedding their
7060s	skin at this point I think I can start
7062s	spamming yell
7064s	bellies the combat triangle seems to be
7067s	spearing yelli bellies because these
7069s	sharks are to kill the trien tridion
7072s	killed yelles and yell killed off these
7075s	sharks sharks have too low
7077s	Health fish are friends and food but
7080s	Turtles are game but Turtles are game
7086s	though oh that's an
7092s	unfortunate
7094s	maybe
7101s	um oh shoot when that crap get
7104s	there
7105s	stealth
7107s	it they're
7111s	gray all right we're to go and pick up
7113s	navigation collect these
7117s	Stars oh man our opponent's actually
7119s	picking up Texs where I'm sitting here
7121s	going like o I can do
7125s	this
7131s	um how do we want to proceed with this I
7134s	kind of want
7135s	to
7137s	O other's real tricky really don't want
7140s	to trade eight stars for two it's not a
7142s	good
7149s	trade we'll train a yellow belly
7152s	here and mo this shark here to pick up
7155s	the Stars next
7157s	turn uh we'll train a mermaid here to
7159s	get those Stars
7162s	we try a defensive
7164s	mermaid just so that way our city
7166s	doesn't get sniped and
7175s	Bop wait crabs right they have five
7178s	defense for attack that was
7180s	a I forgot I thought it was four four I
7183s	was like oh I got to make the oh it's
7185s	that's a that's a mistake yeah uh that
7187s	that hasn't changed
7189s	though crabs have more deep this is how
7192s	long haven't played Aquarion for but I
7194s	am having so much fun playing uh yeah
7197s	they are they are very tank now yeah I
7199s	will probably be playing Aquarion for a
7201s	bit oh man they're making me have to do
7204s	more stuff
7207s	again
7220s	fine all right man I'm having to get
7222s	used to craps have two
7225s	movement yep oh man just misplays Galore
7229s	H we'll be fine it's okay I'll make this
7241s	work need because before I think you got
7244s	confused because I think
7246s	before uh crabs had two movement on
7249s	water but just one on on land tiles and
7253s	now the land tiles are actually water so
7256s	yep they they get two very much need to
7260s	change but yeah it's a definitely a
7263s	little
7265s	confusing it's fine it's
7268s	fine it's definitely
7271s	fine
7273s	okay fine
7277s	want we're going to have to how are we
7281s	doing this mathw
7283s	uh two two I would need to either pick
7286s	up both Mining and hunting but I don't
7288s	have enough stars for
7292s	that oh okay so the crab blocked the the
7295s	farm oh yeah that too that was the play
7299s	that was a good play by our opponent
7301s	it's fine it's only territory right next
7303s	to my Capital don't worry about it
7314s	I we'll put this here I like the
7315s	aggressive
7323s	place all right can't move on to man
7327s	there's so many things not lining up for
7328s	me right
7329s	now
7337s	y That's
7340s	fine uh
7343s	yell
7348s	belly you know what so I'm just going to
7350s	sacrifice that City sacrifices must be
7353s	made uh jellly belly do the
7358s	damages and yeah we're just going to go
7361s	and take this
7365s	city I can wind here
7374s	uh you know what we're going to just
7375s	yell belly them to death why not should
7378s	be
7380s	fun
7382s	y so R has a suggestion shark uh visual
7387s	if shark uh visual got updated to have a
7390s	hammerhead appearance it would look so
7392s	sick and fitting since it takes the r of
7395s	the rammer yeah I think the the rammer
7398s	the sorry the hammer sharks would look
7400s	very cool that is an excellent idea
7406s	yeah man all right I got to pass my turn
7409s	I don't want to spend too long on my
7411s	turns um we mostly are taking our time
7413s	for uh allowing us to explore stuff but
7417s	I don't need to spend five minutes to go
7418s	H this is
7422s	bad oh man HH this is bad
7433s	he chose not to take it I think that was
7435s	a misplay yeah I think so
7438s	too he's not getting this
7441s	city yeah he's your Capital
7459s	yeah I think I can actually SI the
7461s	capital this turns too thanks to the
7462s	yellow
7468s	belly main thing I'm scared of right now
7470s	are Trident mhm but as long as I have a
7473s	steady flow of sharks to support my
7475s	yelli bellies we'll be
7479s	fine yeah they they have just one city
7482s	when where they can produce uh Trident
7486s	without them being hit immediately by
7489s	you
7493s	so yeah I don't think TR very good
7498s	play all right so now if this Warrior if
7501s	this mermaid moves anywhere it
7503s	dies yeah Checkmate
7519s	Checkmate sure why not
7523s	ah okay smart
7529s	play yelly bellies we're just going to
7531s	spam them everywhere I could oh
7533s	resources I can actually improve my
7534s	economy or something like that H that's
7536s	smart
7541s	no sharks here in the back I get yell
7545s	belly yell belly
7557s	um we got to chase down these two crabs
7559s	with uh our yellow bellies
7564s	mhm just curious on how the I'm so sorry
7568s	no
7569s	no no PO poor crabs they will
7573s	die yeah he might take the capital
7575s	though at this rate
7577s	but have a way to prevent that from
7579s	happening
7584s	oh no he killed the yelli
7588s	belly there's just a minor visual glitch
7591s	right now there's a tentacles still on
7592s	this
7594s	tile looks really cool though remains of
7597s	your Jelly Belly
7638s	all righty
7639s	so uh y Bell
7647s	time for this yell belly
7649s	spam start moving everything
7652s	around in fact we can just train a unit
7655s	here hit him with the yelly bellies
7672s	more yellow
7680s	bellies don't get me wrong I having fun
7682s	with these yell bellies and uh just
7685s	moving units around to secure kills oh
7687s	shoot we're going to lose the city back
7688s	here uh never mind we're good
7693s	uh but uh having a unit deal damage just
7696s	by moving I mean it's I the rule of cool
7700s	I am having a blast I I think this these
7703s	these units are very fun to
7705s	use I'm a little worried about being on
7707s	the receiving end and dealing with them
7709s	cuz you're have you're GNA have to use
7711s	ranged units a knight is not a knight is
7715s	not going to be able to chain down of
7717s	yelli bellies you're no longer going to
7719s	be able to achieve a full 144 night
7723s	chain oh man
7737s	this feels very
7741s	oppressive if a unit can be trained it
7744s	can be
7750s	spammed how many hit points does this
7753s	grab have the that the one is singal 16
7756s	oh it's only 16 no these yell bellies
7758s	are just just wiggle around and kill it
7762s	so the other one is also alive so he's
7764s	going for the lighthouse
7766s	R oh shoot what's more important my
7768s	capital or the
7772s	lighthouse probably the lighthouse right
7774s	no it's going to die
7779s	anyway better to grab that lighthouse
7802s	all right you get to move here you get
7804s	to move here you move here you move
7809s	here and we move
7817s	here there we go we now have yellow
7819s	belly standing right outside the capital
7827s	oh I should have moved instead of uh
7834s	attacking these units are ve these Jelly
7837s	Bellies are very scary again they feel
7839s	great to use but I'm I'm just a little
7841s	worried about
7843s	uh what to do against
7849s	them you can start moving forward you
7851s	can start moving
7859s	forward ah shoot it's be be able to get
7861s	the lighthouse just in time it's going
7863s	to have four Health
7866s	remaining um yelli bellies I'm just
7869s	going to trade more okay that's it
7926s	so the unit just got pushed and it took
7929s	damage
7930s	uhhuh so this Defender got trained and
7933s	then it got pushed because of the crab
7935s	push and then it took damage to to the
7937s	yelli belly uhhuh okay I I thought you
7940s	um you you were able to to push a yell
7943s	belly I haven't been able to push Yow
7946s	belly into a enemy range yet mhm getting
7949s	there but this point the game's uh
7952s	getting to it suppressive end
7957s	where
7960s	um yes so Renzo commented maybe for
7963s	balancing the tentacles can only harm
7966s	units on water and flooded tiles uh the
7969s	yell bellies hurt c unit it's on land uh
7973s	correct yeah they they they
7975s	do so yell belly
7979s	counts move on the land tiles but if the
7983s	unit
7985s	is uh is on the coast they will they
7989s	will um inflict
7992s	damage for
7998s	sure we're just going to keep
7999s	surrounding the enemy with yelli bellies
8000s	until everything does
8002s	nice that's a that looks like a Val
8005s	right cuz they they can't
8009s	move you know what better yet I have a I
8011s	have a new
8014s	strategy oh
8020s	no so there's one strategy for our
8022s	opponent to counter our strategy and
8024s	that's not to move a single
8027s	unit as long as they don't move they'll
8030s	be fine
8035s	oh
8039s	no okay the spawn craft didn't
8042s	damage uh yeah units that are spawned in
8045s	cities don't take damage that probably
8048s	be a little too oppressive but if a unit
8050s	gets pushed then they're going to take
8052s	damage
8066s	oh no the def this Defender is uh
8068s	getting kills I don't know how mermaid
8070s	Defender my bad sorry
8072s	yeah all mermaids from now on all of
8076s	them are mermaids yep
8103s	all righty uh new strategy we're going
8106s	to punish
8108s	La M here we'll train some Sirens
8111s	they'll also heal up the yelli bellies
8116s	yep oh there's a crap here why is it so
8120s	hard to see these I swear I'm not
8121s	colored
8147s	M ah he currently has a tile he can move
8150s	units away on
8153s	I must fix this
8163s	issue so I guess that's a a bigger
8165s	question what what's your counter to
8167s	what would be a good counter to yelli
8168s	bellies cuz one of the original units
8171s	that were just the strongest in every
8173s	situation are Knights M but Knights
8177s	can't properly night chain yell
8179s	abilities
8186s	oops I could have sieged there we go
8187s	Siege with the yell belly
8190s	yeah I think only a combination of uh of
8193s	rammers and
8195s	uh and um
8208s	bombers maybe maybe yell B should be
8214s	um should be nerfed to like you know one
8217s	uh one tile
8219s	movement so then that they
8225s	don't do that then much damage maybe I
8231s	feel like they would be too slow and I
8233s	mean I guess they could be treated like
8234s	the Defenders of water mhm that's
8237s	technically what juggernauts are
8238s	supposed to do yeah mhm
8247s	with archers and Scouts being soft
8248s	counters yeah they're soft counters but
8251s	uh you're still going to need four of
8254s	each in order to kill one yelli belly
8263s	mhm uh no sound effects for the uh siren
8267s	going
8278s	yeah so Ren is suggesting removing the
8280s	salt from uh from the water so the water
8283s	isn't
8286s	conductive very specific yeah so um with
8289s	this game I think we can do a little bit
8291s	of analysis because yeah let's go for it
8296s	yeah I think this game was was much more
8299s	even
8303s	all righty let me get this saved as I
8305s	always do
8307s	M
8309s	thenon
8311s	here
8313s	small this one was I'm pretty certain
8316s	this was also a small link this one's
8317s	first to s y there you go because I
8320s	always save all my
8321s	replays all
8324s	right so first off I need to turn off
8327s	autofocus uh with this start
8331s	best way to go is of course spread your
8332s	warriors out try to follow any resources
8335s	in this case just as fruits as all our
8337s	opponent has so the best idea he's got
8340s	is just somewhere in the opposite
8342s	direction the other option is maybe head
8345s	towards the windmill but there's no real
8347s	misplay
8350s	here um but our opponent ends up going
8354s	with fishing said takes fishing first
8357s	which is great because it gives them
8358s	early access to aquaculture
8361s	and
8362s	sharks for early uh early game uh um
8368s	domination but single shark is eight
8370s	Stars which means you need on average
8372s	about three cities of okay production
8374s	before you can get a shark and that
8376s	takes a whole turn just to train anyway
8378s	so yeah I think he he eventually got
8381s	them very uh late yeah he he end up
8384s	getting them quite late where whereas I
8387s	had a very beautiful city that was
8389s	screaming I need to pick up Construction
8391s	mm our opponent is just looking for his
8394s	other cities right over
8396s	here probably would have recommended a
8399s	an Explorer but
8403s	yeah uh could have he figured out the
8407s	that there is this CD in the in the
8408s	middle or uh based on on on the
8411s	resources or not so our opponent didn't
8414s	have organization at the time which
8415s	means he had no
8417s	vision any resources so unfortunately no
8421s	mhm yeah because this this could have
8424s	been like a kind of a game changer for
8428s	like you shift a bit
8430s	the uh the
8434s	balance because once you got this uh
8436s	this middle City it
8439s	was hard for them to to expand and
8442s	actually have a you know kind of me
8445s	meaningful connection with the with the
8447s	rest of of of his cities yep now our
8450s	opponent the right thing and they went
8452s	to a whole bunch of workshops they're
8453s	picking up uh writing so that way they
8456s	can fight a lot of good fights early on
8458s	so this is this is a smart play actually
8460s	on their uh on their part trying to make
8462s	do with what they got of they've got a
8464s	weak economy so they need a stronger
8466s	early game military and writers are
8469s	pretty much always the correct answer
8470s	when it comes to
8472s	that oh two tiles
8474s	away yeah thanks Renzo so Renzo says
8478s	that I am underwater
8482s	yeah uh how fitting yeah uh yeah so this
8488s	case it was just really tough for our
8490s	opponent this city was probably supposed
8492s	to be our opponents we just walked
8494s	across the water picked it up again
8495s	another benefit of playing as uh
8499s	Aquarion is you you get to ignore the
8502s	water you're you're you're the water
8504s	tribe
8506s	mhm yeah because it was just two tiles
8509s	from from his capital
8511s	mhm but because of the lack of
8515s	the of resources he couldn't he couldn't
8519s	see that so if he if he
8522s	uh if he went or uh would he have the
8526s	vision that there's a Farmland there yes
8529s	he would have had the vision yeah okay
8531s	that would have probably made a
8532s	difference in his decision so this is
8534s	this was kind of a this misplay
8536s	that gave you the city M just about yeah
8542s	and of course don't forget this actually
8544s	wasn't a a village down here this was a
8547s	ruins but because the ruins is on the
8549s	water you can even see the water tile
8551s	here still says that there's a water
8552s	tile here the image hasn't updated
8555s	that's just a minor little graphical
8557s	thing that probably hasn't been
8558s	accounted for but that's what betas are
8560s	for uh yeah this is actually a sunken
8564s	city
8571s	yeah so then his weakness was that uh he
8573s	had those two cities in the East but
8575s	they were kind of divided by this your
8580s	middle City uh like
8583s	um the yeah so the thanks to these City
8587s	walls it was our opponent was just
8589s	always about couple units short from
8592s	being able to land a
8594s	Siege and he would have had to invest
8597s	his entire military into that yeah and
8600s	the city in the West
8601s	also very
8603s	vulnerable uh even though it was closer
8606s	than than the cities in the in the
8609s	East still in a quite bad
8614s	spot yep so uh even though he had Riders
8618s	um we picked up sharks and decided to
8620s	invest in stronger units that took time
8623s	to build up but once they did uh we got
8627s	to have a quite a bit of a Snowball
8629s	Effect yep
8634s	mhm this case there really wasn't much
8636s	that was just done wrong it was just a
8638s	rough uh rough game for the
8641s	opponent was three cities here three
8643s	cities here this one was closer to the
8646s	opponent but I just walked there first
8648s	because I prioritized the
8652s	center really honestly this is a pretty
8654s	balanced map MH well actually I take
8658s	that back uh this city here had so much
8660s	more Giants yeah yeah except the Farms
8663s	yeah yeah that one actually will we'll
8666s	take that statement back and say
8667s	actually because of that that's where
8670s	the biggest difference came in
8673s	yeah uh but yeah and then after that
8676s	you're getting to see how well sharks
8679s	perform uh against uh Riders and to see
8682s	that even though we have these
8684s	amphibians uh sharks are especially once
8687s	you have a full laal battle going to be
8688s	a more Superior unit to be going with
8692s	plus they get to Siege cities and they
8694s	don't lose the
8696s	siege with uh upon entering a city so
8699s	you don't where you don't lose the uh
8701s	ship it's still a
8703s	shark
8705s	yeah yes that is also a valid valid
8715s	point so could you get in touch with
8717s	with meu if uh they are still yeah
8720s	actually
8722s	I
8725s	have should have I'm not saying
8730s	me yeah meu at least Discord wise is on
8733s	the line but I think they can only have
8735s	things open one at a time Mega are you
8737s	there
8739s	yep alrighty ready for the game ready
8743s	for the next game so we're going to go
8745s	ahead and get this one
8747s	launched um let's see I uh we could do
8752s	be crazy and go for a dry land and show
8755s	how I mean it's going to be another slow
8757s	slog no no let's do some some Kiku
8761s	versus Aquarion Water
8764s	World yeah me what's what's your what's
8768s	your
8770s	pick maybe
8772s	archipelago
8774s	arago that's that's a that's actually a
8776s	good idea too yeah let's do I used to
8782s	archipelago all right small archipelago
8785s	I will of course be picking Aquarion mhm
8796s	and see I need
8802s	toat
8809s	this all right
8812s	righty
8815s	um see I'm trying to also
8819s	remember there we go that's actually meu
8822s	right
8827s	there uh as we're
8832s	going we could definitely be picking up
8836s	what kind of soundtrack are we using
8837s	this time um I think I'll go omagi I
8841s	like this
8847s	one all
8849s	righty so this should be
8852s	Au
8854s	versus uh Aquarion game because someone
8857s	was mentioning that skiku would do
8859s	better so this will be at least a sneak
8862s	peek on how they could or couldn't do
8864s	mhm can't guarantee any results but
8867s	we'll do the best we
8869s	can Ry is is obviously the strongest
8873s	Naval tribe so this will be a good uh
8878s	indicator how
8881s	the both tribes perform against each
8897s	other yeah and this will be our last
8899s	game so all right sounds good
8904s	yeah we already hit the uh 2 and a half
8908s	hour mark That's yeah already so that
8911s	first game did take a while but it was a
8913s	lot of experimenting going on in there
8915s	so mhm yeah yes we were exploring so it
8919s	was it was a different game but in this
8921s	case it is a beta so also for those who
8924s	are watching what you are seeing is
8928s	prone to change there are there's a good
8930s	chance there will be a for all we know a
8933s	lot of like half the things that are
8934s	being shown now could be completely
8936s	reworked uh between now and when the
8939s	tribe is uh when the tribe uh beta is
8942s	fully complete I mean you just saw the
8944s	last game that yell bellies were very
8946s	oppressive so if there's no counter I
8949s	doubt mij W's going to let that
8951s	stay
8953s	yep
8956s	um or maybe uh some other things will be
8960s	Chang same stories with with bombers
8963s	so from what I remember I think in the
8967s	once the beta was was released for the
8970s	path of the ocean they could like move
8974s	and attack
8975s	right I think um they had more
8981s	stats um they were they were more
8984s	expensive but they also were near
8986s	impossible to kill mhm yeah and now they
8989s	are down two three attack which is still
8993s	strong but not as strong and they have
8996s	stiff so you can't move them and then
9000s	attack
9001s	so um yeah things have changed for for
9006s	bombers um yeah and um because the the
9009s	beta will be will be running for for
9012s	some time uh we'll do probably one
9015s	more uh stream in like two 3
9019s	weeks it will be like in the middle of
9022s	the beta
9024s	testing and then once the update is is
9028s	released um we'll do one
9032s	more to to actually play play around
9036s	with the uh with the changes that were
9038s	picked not the the ones that will uh
9043s	they were check
9045s	it so we are going to go ahead and pick
9048s	up these ruins
9051s	for
9053s	ourselves so Dimitri says they that the
9056s	bombers never had Dash so I probably got
9059s	it wrong yeah yeah they they were they
9062s	gosh they had what um they much more
9066s	attack uh much more
9069s	defense of course the same amount of
9071s	Health it's depending on whatever unit
9072s	you train but uh they were just they
9074s	were too hard to kill because they were
9077s	originally made with the intention that
9078s	rammers were supposed to counter bomb
9080s	bombers but rammers could never get into
9083s	the back to actually hit said
9088s	bombers oh we got to go this
9092s	way we're going
9099s	to oh this one's a little tricky it's
9101s	not as straightforward as the previous
9103s	one
9106s	was if I pick up yeah we got a we got to
9110s	think I'm
9112s	farming get ourselves a farm get a
9114s	better
9121s	economy and that's good we pass the
9126s	turn um yeah Renzo is asking what are my
9130s	favorite tribes uh to play um let me
9135s	think so I'm I I have all the tribes and
9137s	I'm uh usually uh trying to play all of
9140s	them so I'm I'm not like Toby's uh
9144s	katali main I don't have a tribe that I
9148s	uh like the the most I have tribes that
9152s	I'm better playing at and some that I'm
9155s	not that good at so for example I think
9158s	the tribe that I'm struggling the most
9160s	is uh is
9162s	Luxor um I don't know there's some
9165s	something wrong with this with this
9167s	tribe like I'm I'm usually losing those
9169s	those games
9171s	uh the ones that I'm better at is like
9176s	zasi
9179s	um I'm not a big fan of
9182s	Alan though I'm winning uh many many of
9186s	of the
9188s	games uh you can actually see my one of
9190s	my games on on the poly Champions
9193s	channel uh when where I won against uh
9197s	one of my
9198s	fellow uh fellow G Gamers from from the
9202s	team uh yeah it's it's it's ayrian
9205s	mirror very nice game with clogs and
9208s	there's like a lot of a lot of
9214s	action I like umagi very much so I'm I
9218s	would say I'm I tend to be quite
9221s	aggressive so all those Tripes that like
9224s	uh have a uh have a very fast expansion
9228s	um I like them not that strong with the
9232s	with with those also that go into into
9236s	the the water so Kiku is is okay
9239s	sometimes but I'm yeah I would I would
9243s	also I can also remember matches where
9245s	where I would struggle a
9247s	lot so yeah that's my
9251s	answer I should have been going for
9254s	sharks I don't play uh archipelago
9257s	enough yep uh that's a mistake I might
9260s	my part sorry for letting you all
9265s	down Mission flailed we'll get them next
9271s	time yeah so if this one is is a quick
9274s	one we can we can do one more possibly
9277s	yeah
9291s	yeah and Renzo says rammers are
9293s	definitely the best Naval unit pound for
9297s	pound oh yeah most certainly uh with the
9301s	sharks I I would argue a
9303s	bit because sharks have those those
9305s	advantage that we pointed out so it's
9308s	eight Stars uh compared
9311s	to Seven Stars uh
9316s	per Warrior rammer but once you see
9320s	Siege you Siege with the with the same
9322s	statistics as the uh as as a shark has
9326s	you don't lose the the rammer
9330s	right so I think that shark has uh has
9333s	more you know bank for a
9338s	buck that's great on expansion for my
9340s	opponent but I think that was a misplay
9344s	m that allows me to get a little bit of
9346s	tempo
9347s	back yeah so they
9351s	they disembarked from with
9354s	the they had a scout and they
9356s	disembarked right to get
9358s	this
9360s	Village uh yeah uh-huh Yep this might be
9366s	a I mean it's it's not it's not
9370s	over I'm still in the worst position but
9375s	amphibians are cheaper to train mhm so
9379s	the I can shift over to sharks and
9382s	basically get my rammer units yeah these
9385s	Scouts are essentially dead never mind
9387s	they got
9389s	rammers yeah but that rammer is not
9392s	gonna be able hold that Siege
9396s	uh
9399s	yeah so depending how their economy is
9403s	uh we'll see
9416s	yeah that was a very aggressive play
9421s	but fortunately he's kind of already
9423s	planning around that well not in that
9425s	play in particular but that's why we got
9427s	units here in the back
9436s	mhm oh no
9460s	yeah they don't get the
9463s	lighthouse I don't think it was
9467s	a it's great
9483s	yeah serious is we're playing catchup
9486s	mhm I was really hoping there was going
9488s	to be a village here with these two fish
9489s	I saw but
9494s	mhm can't wi him every time
9516s	go over here bring it on back oh man oh
9522s	man we got to get so far away yeah
9548s	fish
9549s	all just for free extra resources ah I
9552s	probably should have built a wall there
9554s	but uh we'll be fine
9561s	fibian amphibian and P
9584s	turn oo I could also consider going to
9587s	archery I don't think archery is good
9589s	though CU I get the animal resources
9595s	MH and like I said
9598s	uh um
9601s	Aquarian archers don't get the the
9604s	movement uh bonus with uh with our to so
9609s	oh
9610s	jez yeah those rammers will be difficult
9613s	for to
9616s	fight oh yeah but uh they just spent a
9619s	whole bunch of resources for all these
9621s	rammers
9624s	mhm yeah so this part is
9628s	blocked three
9655s	really close
9657s	M can't go strategy just yet uh because
9661s	they've got too many dang
9665s	Scouts man I really wish we could just
9667s	pick up
9668s	archery Archer would be really good
9670s	right now
9677s	um mermaid
9694s	mermaid yeah there we go best we're
9697s	going to be able to get with that we'll
9699s	pass the turn
9723s	it is amazing how are being popped out
9725s	with uh such limited economy our
9727s	opponent has
9728s	mhm yeah I'm surprised that they already
9731s	have the
9732s	killer they I
9735s	expect we're at six but it's just our
9738s	units are way more fragile than there
9740s	yeah we're also going to be spending a
9741s	couple turns healing these guys up
9743s	because uh they're not dying fast enough
9746s	mhm which means we can actually focus on
9748s	saving our
9754s	resources need to pick up this city but
9756s	um we're going to have
9758s	to
9760s	oo
9764s	oo o we can get a
9767s	crab well not next turn but we're really
9769s	close to getting at least a
9777s	crab
9782s	three why did you actually put the this
9785s	at all in uh in the East uh in this in
9788s	the third
9789s	City ah good
9794s	question that way when I'm winning the
9796s	game it can immediately connect with
9798s	their City uh yeah sure yeah
9801s	okay so long long-term strategy it's
9803s	more if if I put I I was going with the
9806s	previous uh ocean beta of the windmill
9810s	next to the aqua farm and then build all
9813s	of these crops here but uh that's not
9815s	going to
9817s	work
9819s	uh I think we still got to just go
9822s	aquaculture
9835s	population
9851s	growth good weather my opponent be
9854s	burning their turn
9868s	and we'll go there we'll keep it there
9870s	for the defensive
9887s	bonus ooh veteran
9893s	swordsman they got a veteran swordsman
9895s	somewhere yeah the this is I think 20
9898s	this one uh in the in the in the west uh
9902s	I think this one still has yeah it's
9903s	just 10 HP oh
9905s	okay so it's 20
9914s	M well we can slow our opponent down a
9916s	little bit and claim this city for
9918s	ourselves
9919s	mhm or at least Siege it but it's not
9922s	going to accomplish too too
9937s	much we can I'm going to start rushing
9940s	out multiple crabs because uh we really
9944s	just need the economy with uh what we
9946s	got M marine life would be good too but
9949s	it's just our econom is just not good
9951s	enough to support
9962s	it we're just going to siege
9973s	that merid Aqua
9977s	Farm it's time for CB
9983s	we going on
9995s	capture get another crab in our Capital
9998s	really
10006s	quick uh I think I can get a crab in the
10008s	capital anyway I'm going to
10011s	go par Fortune
10016s	here
10019s	and we got to just go with a better
10025s	economy fish
10028s	fish
10032s	resources that will then be able to get
10035s	at least a couple more stuff so
10037s	amphibian you can go there
10041s	that was a misplay I should have just
10043s	not trained another
10044s	Warrior why is that uh because then it
10047s	would have pushed it down here to the
10049s	South so I could have moved here and hit
10050s	this uh Scout for even more damages
10053s	y so it's not the end of the world but
10057s	uh it doesn't misplay that kind of
10059s	matters much better play mhm there was a
10061s	better play gives me one less unit which
10065s	I'm kind of needing more units at the
10067s	current moment anyway so
10072s	mhm do need to consider marine
10082s	life or we go aquatis
10110s	we are three units away from the killer
10117s	Monument
10119s	archery we're one step closer to marine
10122s	life it's just it's a tad bit too
10124s	expensive where I can't pump out sharks
10126s	fast enough mhm so right now we're
10129s	losing the value game we're being out
10130s	produced so we need to be a little more
10132s	cost effective than our
10135s	opponent yeah I think crabs is a better
10138s	play yeah crabs will crabs will also be
10141s	increasing our economy at the same time
10143s	M it's
10151s	tough I can spin this entire turn
10153s	getting new crap here
10172s	I don't know if it's the right play
10172s	we're going to do
10175s	it uh population
10177s	growth Aqua Farm time for
10182s	crab oh nice
10190s	and it's about time that we go ahead and
10192s	just apply pressure on
10207s	these Aqua
10214s	Farm population bonus and next turn we
10217s	have another crab
10229s	yeah with that we can pass the
10231s	turn so we just need to keep applying
10235s	more pressure to our opponent than they
10236s	are to
10239s	us I found
10244s	you
10246s	um yes yeah your comment to a common
10249s	it's nice that the they updated Aquarian
10252s	might be uh a tribe that can win against
10255s	Polaris and Water World what's your what
10258s	are your
10259s	thoughts uh as long as aquarium can find
10263s	other find ruins yeah I full-heartedly
10266s	support that because all you got to do
10269s	is for water world is really Whoever has
10271s	the most production is going to be the
10273s	one who wins mhm so as long as you get
10276s	probably it's plenty of ruins you know
10278s	what ruins on Water World so
10283s	yeah I fully I fully support that
10285s	statement I actually think that uh that
10287s	would be an actual
10290s	thing all righty looks like we can
10292s	finally pick up marine
10294s	life because we need to start dealing
10297s	with these Scouts and sharks are the
10300s	answer
10311s	first time for
10321s	crab so where are you getting your first
10325s	truck um probably here in the Central
10328s	City because it's able to apply pressure
10331s	to all three of these cities here and as
10334s	long as we keep pumping out sharks in
10335s	this Central City we should be fine it's
10338s	going to cost 12 24 and then we need to
10341s	make sure that we can uneg if our
10344s	opponent tries to uh Siege on the turn
10353s	after AR too afraid of the the the rers
10357s	from
10358s	this uh on
10365s	on
10367s	um kind of
10369s	we'll be fine okay especially if I just
10372s	marine life
10374s	here a
10376s	shark and then we can
10379s	support actually we can support uh this
10383s	flank a little better I don't think they
10385s	can deal with all of this and as long as
10386s	we don't attack with this mermaid yeah
10388s	we're fine mhm so now our opponent's
10392s	going to have to invest all the
10393s	resources just to get a giant here where
10396s	this City is Ours cuz these Scouts can't
10399s	deal with this prb fast
10406s	enough yeah so he Pro probably doesn't
10409s	have
10412s	uh you know hunting and Forest tree yeah
10417s	I don't think he has hunting in what
10419s	level let
10421s	go uh level three to
10425s	10 so he actually already has two extra
10429s	pops mhm so he still needs four more
10434s	okay he's already placed the gates of
10438s	power okay maybe Grand Bazar it's coming
10443s	yeah it looks like see some new
10444s	connections mhm grandar in a
10452s	port that would push our crab to this
10455s	tile right here m
10463s	yep there's the grab
10467s	Bazar oh pick up hunting hunting yeah
10485s	mhm yeah so uh biocratic says I think
10489s	Aquarian is underrated on
10491s	Dryland cuz now they can spread land now
10495s	so this might be uh interesting the the
10499s	games in in bullets uh how
10501s	they um yeah but it's no so on bullets
10505s	don't won't be that that great because
10507s	it's it's miror matches so will be water
10510s	against
10511s	water uh so poly bash maybe maybe
10515s	interesting on Dr yep
10520s	yeah we'll
10525s	see so now it's about who's able to
10528s	conserve the resources
10530s	better okay decides to trade
10535s	743 works for me
10560s	oh free shark or
10563s	free Uh crap works for
10566s	me
10570s	huh huh what happened wait huh
10580s	hold on what happened here this tile
10583s	became flooded yeah how did that become
10588s	flooded which you one fix
10594s	interesting so now they can can't use it
10597s	as a port
10599s	yeah even though it's
10602s	flooded yeah so I guess this answers our
10605s	uh the question someone had uh
10609s	uh during I think the first game can you
10613s	build ports on un flooded lands so I
10618s	guess you
10619s	can but they are kind of not usable
10623s	right
10626s	right
10633s	um how badly do I want another should I
10637s	save this Monument
10641s	try
10644s	tode now we need a shark
10646s	here and we're we just need units so get
10649s	amphibient we'll pass the
10651s	turn don't get me wrong we're doing good
10653s	on units but
10658s	uh maybe I should just pick up oism to
10660s	have that uh combat Advantage now m
10687s	up up
10688s	up up up
10707s	I don't see them protecting this city
10708s	anymore mhm this City's just about
10719s	gone unless they will pop a giant
10722s	because the there's
10724s	like um that might be enough if they
10728s	have
10729s	uh if they get uh
10731s	forestry that's
10753s	true all right so what we're going to do
10755s	is we're going to go and get ourselves a
10756s	farm build a gate of
10761s	power time for
10764s	grab and just move you on right over
10769s	here move this shark
10772s	here nearly get the kill
10776s	H so a shark doesn't kill a well no it
10781s	can but the shark was at 6 hp oh okay
10784s	mhm yeah that shark had seen better days
10797s	all right at this point we need sne
10799s	decide what I'm doing with the last of
10800s	these Stars oh I'm two stars short from
10803s	o yeah double Siege
10806s	that's it will be hard to
10810s	break I think one at least one of those
10813s	Ser is gone
10828s	population amphibian pass
10838s	turn so again as long as we keep
10840s	applying pressure more than what our
10842s	opponent could deal with we should be
10844s	fine mhm
10848s	they've only got one Juggernaut their
10850s	econom is kind of spread out really far
10852s	with a whole bunch of level three cities
10854s	two of which are being
10863s	sieged think they will Siege you more
10866s	than likely we can un Siege we'll be
10869s	fine juggernaut's going to be a little
10871s	scary though
10881s	another
10889s	J
10898s	yes cute
10922s	how much damage do you do
10931s	seven so curious how this turned was
10934s	that always a flooded tile when they
10937s	built on top of it
10947s	maybe it
10949s	was I'll let to look back in the footage
10951s	uh or watch the replay later to see uh
10954s	actually
10957s	happening got our opponent in a bind we
10959s	got a pretty interesting exchange about
10961s	to happen here mhm
10971s	yeah but it's looking pretty bad for
10973s	them oh yeah
11002s	I think he's trying to figure out if
11003s	there's a way to save these cities here
11006s	you know all these units have already
11009s	acted yeah so D Dan says that it was
11013s	always a flooded TI was an aquarium
11015s	terrain interesting
11022s	yeah h
11030s	who's desperately looking for a solution
11035s	yeah yeah
11038s	GG let's play those two last moves
11045s	yeah right yeah that would have been uh
11048s	pretty
11052s	tricky you think we might want to test
11054s	before I resign I mean
11060s	uh if if you want to resign go for I
11063s	think we've essentially tested
11065s	everything that needs to be
11068s	tested um is there any units people want
11070s	to see and I can actually verify the
11072s	cloak the daggers do also have mermaid
11075s	tails so uh yeah those also have the uh
11080s	float available but that's going to be
11082s	like five
11083s	turns between the two of us before I can
11085s	actually pick those up
11088s	support was able to build it doesn't
11089s	function but it doesn't function as a
11091s	port I thought it functioned as a port a
11092s	couple times yeah I think I I I I oh oh
11097s	so you have an option to disembark on
11102s	land
11103s	tiles so when you're going a flooded
11105s	tile with a boat you can then use part
11107s	of the action to have it go from the
11111s	boat unit to the land okay mhm I forgot
11115s	that that's actually uh one of the
11116s	things that's probably what ended up
11117s	happen happen there mhm
11121s	okay you go back to uh to the base
11125s	unit yeah there's a disembark command
11128s	now yeah so we don't did not see um a
11132s	lot or actually none of the bomber
11134s	action but that's that's fine like I
11137s	said we'll probably uh organize one or
11140s	two more aquarium live streams more uh
11146s	so I I think we could we could just do a
11149s	little bit of analysis here see what
11153s	what went wrong for for
11155s	meu and then we'll be wrapping
11159s	up this
11163s	stream yeah so I've been uh been doing
11166s	this for shoot like six hours now yeah
11168s	yeah so I can imagine you are on versus
11171s	kick
11173s	tired
11175s	small H go that is going to be versus
11179s	meu thank you meu for being a champ and
11184s	playing that game with
11186s	us so of course right now it's hard to
11190s	uh uh analyze anything by Aquarion we're
11194s	still getting used to hey what are the
11195s	strengths what the weaknesses what are
11197s	the more optimal plays so we're just
11198s	goingon to have to go based on gut
11200s	feeling for any Aquarion
11202s	moves but for
11205s	Kiku uh they first they start in the
11207s	corner so they have access to the
11209s	lighthouse at any given
11213s	moment we got to see that our opponent
11215s	went on to the water very fast in this
11217s	case for reasons oh my gosh look at all
11219s	this
11220s	fish yeah is that an explore yeah that's
11224s	an explorer that they're picking
11229s	up okay so they have
11232s	Vision on
11236s	you get those res ources and then they
11238s	can actually level up their Capital here
11240s	as
11242s	well minor I guess actually because
11245s	where the warrior is never mind I was
11246s	about to say a minor uh opinion I would
11249s	have put the port here but because of
11251s	where the warrior was that better play
11253s	so I'll
11255s	my yeah now we can see that there is a
11257s	style you see next to your Warrior this
11260s	one that is uh more south there yeah
11266s	right there that's where Port was built
11267s	so O show that you could build on you
11269s	could build uh ports on flooded tiles
11272s	and then convert into uh ships whenever
11275s	so desire
11281s	yep really good uh for testing a whole
11284s	bunch of stuff this stream but yeah so
11286s	Mega did fantastic and getting a couple
11289s	of very important scouts out to really
11291s	prevent us from or cutting us off from
11294s	the center of the map MH one of Quan's
11298s	main strengths is being able to go
11300s	pretty much anywhere they want and yeah
11303s	know he did a fantastic job and securing
11305s	the entire southern side of the map for
11310s	themselves the tricky thing always
11312s	though is to remember navies are
11317s	expensive so whenever you're that so
11320s	that was a good siege to just deny
11322s	pressure uh but you you end up losing
11325s	Tempo with that unit you also see right
11328s	over here this was a flooded tile but in
11330s	order for land units to do what they
11332s	need to like roads uh it actually is no
11335s	longer flooded and built
11337s	up can make that action manually uh or
11341s	when cities are captured yeah because I
11343s	I I was definitely sure that that there
11345s	were some some refs here so I was
11347s	confused so yeah it's like so it it has
11351s	two purposes so he can disembark okay
11353s	yeah yeah I think I think he ended up
11355s	disembarking it I don't know if there's
11357s	a missclick or uh or not or if he was
11360s	just experimenting with
11368s	it yeah so we're just doing what we can
11370s	to survive against rammers our economy
11372s	oddly enough is pretty much equal to our
11375s	opponents despite us being behind in
11378s	cities so that's one thing we had going
11380s	for us
11382s	is um the superior economy mhm so one
11385s	question for me actually um
11388s	do you think that it it was a good play
11391s	for them to to actually go that far east
11395s	instead of you know going a bit back to
11399s	South and building their you know forces
11402s	because those
11404s	cities uh you know they they're far away
11407s	and um actually if they if they build up
11412s	more um like Naval power uh you had you
11416s	had three cities in the in the in the in
11418s	the north um
11421s	right so it really comes down to how so
11424s	if if they like my question is maybe
11426s	they they you know spread up
11429s	too too far
11432s	like they did spread out really far but
11435s	in my opinion it's a good play because
11438s	it's preventing me from getting more
11440s	cities and preventing me from getting
11442s	more
11443s	production in a lot of games whoever can
11446s	produce more units typically is the one
11448s	that's uh going to be going to win
11450s	because they have the
11451s	advantage uh you need two Warriors in
11454s	order to kill one Warrior off so if
11456s	you've got both people have two Warriors
11459s	it's equal trade and whoever does the
11460s	better exchange is the one that
11463s	wins um typically he the one that
11465s	attacks first but if you have three
11467s	Warriors versus their
11468s	two well you're going to win that
11470s	exchange every time so in general
11473s	whoever production is the one that's
11475s	going to win the game in the long run
11478s	so I actually think this is a good play
11480s	to go outwards it's just he needed to be
11484s	able to defend this because whenever you
11486s	make the play to out expand your
11489s	opponent your goal isn't necessarily to
11494s	then win the game by expanding like this
11496s	your goal is to maintain the
11500s	advantage and then starve your opponent
11503s	out because you're gonna win in the long
11505s	run
11509s	The Only Exception is when cloaks come
11512s	into play or if you're playing against
11513s	an lyion player because they can just
11514s	Spam out a lot of units at once and
11517s	completely negate that rule but in
11519s	general once you have more
11522s	cities
11523s	uh just be careful about how you're
11526s	being aggressive but uh really put
11528s	yourself in position to defend rather
11530s	than to attack and then in this case
11533s	it's whoever's behind it's their job to
11536s	initiate the pressure in order for them
11539s	to win because if I wasn't aggressive
11541s	with these crabs such say as like I did
11543s	I just tried to play defensive with this
11545s	crab uh then all I'm doing is I'm just
11549s	giving my letting my opponent run away
11551s	with the advantage over and
11554s	over so if you set yourself up in a
11556s	defensive way and you control what your
11558s	opponent's
11560s	doing uh then you give yourself into the
11564s	advantage I think the biggest misplay
11566s	that happened though was
11568s	not saving up enough stars to get a
11571s	safety warrior in all your cities
11573s	because you got seven you should at
11575s	least be training a warrior here so that
11577s	way this uh Rider can't get in for free
11579s	and you should at least be training a
11581s	warrior here to make sure that this crab
11583s	when it kills this um raft can't just
11587s	move on it
11589s	yeah was there a
11591s	CD like uh in the corner in uh south or
11596s	uh I believe there's one more
11599s	actually no so except for uh V right
11602s	over here MH uh yeah there's no cities
11606s	also there was no ruins anywhere for me
11608s	to claim as a sunken city in this map
11611s	interestingly enough interesting
11615s	yeah
11617s	um but so I think the biggest misplay
11620s	actually was here on this turn 17 is
11622s	turning this raft into a scout just to
11624s	poke the uh shark shark yeah the
11627s	important play would have been defending
11629s	these uh these two cities with uh just
11631s	throwaway
11633s	units yeah so me says I kept for uh
11636s	forgetting that crafts have escaped same
11639s	that's that's a thing that I guarantee
11640s	you once Aaron's released and if they're
11642s	feeling this powerful uh a lot of people
11645s	are gonna be playing against Aquarion
11646s	and complaining on the subreddit so
11648s	which is it's the new
11651s	San yeah everybody start playing siman
11654s	so that way you have a chance yeah no
11657s	but honestly that was a that was a good
11659s	game uh a lot of pressure was uh was
11662s	applied but not enough economy was built
11666s	up to afford this Navy because when it
11669s	came to the time where you need to start
11671s	pumping out a lot of units it's a lot
11673s	harder to the for
11675s	though that was that was a great game
11678s	Dan has an ex explanation for lack of
11682s	those uh water ruins so he says because
11685s	RG maps have a so few deep water tile so
11690s	uh that might have been
11692s	the uh as long as it's on a water tile
11695s	it doesn't have to be on a deep water it
11697s	could be on a shallow water and it'll
11699s	turn still turn into a uh City I think
11702s	it says specifically on the patch notes
11704s	deep
11705s	water
11709s	um uh let's see if you cut her on the
11712s	water so it just says on the water there
11714s	but we did have in a couple of our games
11716s	Coastal ruins turn into the sunken
11719s	cities so
11721s	yeah like if this ruin was right here
11724s	instead I think it was at the beginning
11729s	actually yeah so this this ruin right
11732s	here if somehow I could have gotten here
11734s	and grabbed this ruin uh it would have
11736s	turned into a
11738s	something actually would have been a
11739s	good one
11741s	too yeah but still it's just one ruin on
11744s	on your
11746s	side and already three on your
11749s	opponent's
11751s	side
11752s	yep good games you Toby absolutely
11757s	always a pleasure um yeah so like I said
11763s	uh a few times during this uh this
11767s	stream I will will be doing more of the
11770s	Aquarian uh live streams because the the
11773s	game is still in beta so some changes
11775s	will probably be implemented Ed so stay
11778s	tuned uh thank you for watching today
11781s	and um yeah see you in the next one all
11785s	right thank you very
11787s	much bye

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