Destiny of Empires [Diplo Game] [Organization Thread]

[LzPrst]

some mechanical/rule questions:
1. When civ A declares war on civ B, Civ B gets to move first? Or does Civ A get the first turn?
2. Upgrading units for another civ is fully legal and requires no re-naming of units?
3. Does the production bonus Apostolic Palace adds to Monasteries expire with Scientific Method?

[Vikings (DoE)]

I wonder why




Some grew too big to greedy, still some focused and got prepared. After that all is history

[Ottoman Empire (DoE)]

Clearly the correct answer is the Vikings.

Oh yeah!... I forgot about that...

[England (DoE)]

Clearly the correct answer is the Vikings.

[Ottoman Empire (DoE)]

And who is the father...

Ottomans... at least according to Israel... but I wasn't around back then so I can't confirm what actually happened

[Germany (DoE)]

I can save you the time. Ottomans win the story points category, then France in a close second ... Israel wins the Character role points for the mother of all backstabs .

And who is the father...

[France (DoE)]

I can save you the time. Ottomans win the story points category, then France in a close second ... Israel wins the Character role points for the mother of all backstabs .

and and thanks!

[Ottoman Empire (DoE)]

I can save you the time. Ottomans win the story points category, then France in a close second ... Israel wins the Character role points for the mother of all backstabs .

[England (DoE)]

Any ETA on the vote totals from last month?

[France (DoE)]

Yea, I somehow forgot to hit enter, I apologize. I am usually always good about that.

Yep. I know. And no big deal. It did not extend the turn.

[England (DoE)]

Yea, I somehow forgot to hit enter, I apologize. I am usually always good about that.

[India (DoE)]

I just wanted to point out some issues that I felt forced certain players into a crappy position and others into opulence. Now if the map was reasonably balanced then those advantages could at least be balanced out, but South East Asia is as rich as all of India, and with the map situation (Mountain pass) China was able to easily seize it as well as its own extremely rich lands. Some have said that Delhi has more resources than Beijing, but so does Shanghai and Guangzhou AND Kaifeng AND Hangzhou (name might be wrong, HongKong location). So while Delhi may have been able to compete with Beijing, with China's 2nd city his production effectively doubled. And then doubled again with 2 capital-value cities expanding further. As noted, a small advantage grows to a big advantage, but in this case an advantage has grown to an imbalance. EACH of China's main cities practically outproduce all of India if we discount Delhi. That is unbalanced.

Anyway, that is all water under the bridge, and it has made India's role quite interesting. But I felt that I should say something about the resulting imbalance which in my opinion has benefitted China immensely and been to the extreme detriment of Mongolia. And as some say, Mongolia had good lands, but was too slow to settle it and lost it in fair REX races. But in fact they had a disadvantage that was exploited by two superpowers to keep them down taking the best lands available. Those two superpowers should in my opinion have a duty to help the Mongols rather than keep squashing them. Half the world started fighting to keep England on top, but no one has said anything about Mongolia being forced to the bottom. I wanted to draw attention to that fact. And yes, India could/should have done something. But the result would have been bankrupting India in a war against a civ with a strategic advantage, a very powerful ally in the region (Japan has a huge army), a military advantage, a technological and economic advantage. It is the fact that there was no way I could influence the outcome that has made me bring this up. And while the world reacts to top dog England getting beaten down a few steps, everyone criticises the bottom civ for trying to change its unfair position. Is this not hypocritical? Every civ which has spoken out on the matter has supported China in this situation. Is that not odd? It seems that there is a tendency for strong civs to propped up and weaker ones to be kept down.

However, I will shut up about it now. Unfairness is the way of the world.

[France (DoE)]

They have already played I think - just forgot to press enter?

I am running out of time at my end anyway. Playing now.

[Germany (DoE)]

@ England ... only 5 hours left and I need you to finish your turn plse.

They have already played I think - just forgot to press enter?

[Russia (DoE)]

the domain name did 'expire' but RP renewed it immediately.

This is what I thought initially too, but seeing some players complaining they got it days after I was it, I decided there is sometrhing more to it.