No subscription so far. The setup wasn’t super easy but I wouldn’t say it was difficult. And tbh I think I made it harder than it needed to be. I did most the setup on my phone.

Yeah they were pricey, I should have mentioned that. I did not attempt that install. Wanted to just get it up and running first without any of my usual shenanigans.

Just purchased the Orbi setup and the performance improvement over my gen one Google mesh was shocking. I expected an improvement but my Xbox went from ~40 mbs to 240 mbs for straight game download. I did keep my old Google mesh up and running also and only use it for phones/tablets.

NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-Band… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Z3FGSDH?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I think the recommendations are just that. Maybe half the time they’re useful, trust your instincts on things like builders.

I personally expand in phases, not continually. I try to get at minimum 3 cities as quickly as safely possible. YMMV barbarian wise. Once I hit 3 I fortify a little, explore a little and build a builder to get going on refinements. I tend to go for scientific victory just fyi. Then when the three are humming along and I have some surplus military I start on the next 3-4 cities. This depends on terrain of course and those pesky neighbors.

Trading annoys me as I think you’ll come to see. The terms are lame and mostly the other leaders use it to build animosity towards you when you decline. The only good trades I ever get are when I’ve just destroyed them and waited 10 turns or so.

YouTube is crap

Why did I think that quote was from Clifford Stoll? (Sp?)

What cheese though?

It completely is and it completely works wonders.

Man if you guys haven’t seen this yet do not sleep on it. Amazing anime.