Krills' DAR

[Arrian]

I find watching them fascinating. And I get to play armchair general and not have to deal with the consequences if my advice is bad. Sweet!

-Arrian

[Krill]

The Great Bobian war still in the back of your mind, Arrian?


and this is not Spam. The increase in PC might scare Dom and make him think I am up to something.


Arrian, (and other members of GS, although most are not allowed to read this thread), I have, and am, using the Voxian war and Bobian war (Updates from Spain) as the basis for some of the attacks in my PBEMs. Suprisingly, no one has learnt anything new...

[Arrian]

The Voxian war was pretty straightforward: bombardment is powerful.

The Bobian war was more complex:

Maneuver is powerful.
Defending someone else's (crumbling) empire is really hard.
Avoiding battle unless the odds are favoreable is generally a good idea, but not always (if you have a shot at a stack of Riders on a jungle tile and the odds are roughly even... HIT THEM!).

I wasn't actually thinking of the Bobian war, though, Krill. I was just thinking of various gambles I've tried in SP that have failed. I'm always shooting for the moon in SP.

-Arrian

[Krill]

The Voxian war was pretty straightforward: bombardment is powerful.

that and never sell maps to other humans...

ouch...in this game I will probably aim for leos (I like to build an SoD, then upgrade it when I have Feud, and it is out dated. Insta-heal is also nice). In this game I think I am going to need alot of horses. Do you think your old chariot->horseman->death and destruction will work on Dom? If I can cut his iron, I am in with a chance...


Arrian, shooting for the moon is all good and well, but when you achieve it as often as you do, some people become scared...

[Arrian]

I don't think a mass horse rush will do well against Rome, Krill, because of legionaries. Even without legionaries, Dom will likely have vet/elite spears (barbs) and can throw up walls with ease (militaristic). Horsemen are probably best used as scouts/softeners, but you will need more punch. A knight rush might work, though... I dunno.

I fail plenty, too. I also play on a fairly low level. So it's not like I'm some sort of wizard. In fact, against someone like Dom, I'd probably get beaten like a red-headed stepchild.

-Arrian

[Krill]

ok, I noticed that Persia had 3 workers and a slave next to my warrior. I thought, what the hell, the less workers he has, the less improved terrain, and the fewer settlers to contend with.

I bopped the northern worker, and (because I'm last) noticed that the worker pair are still in reach, but an archer moved out of the FoW.

Before:

[Krill]

After:

[Krill]

basic pic with info:

(update: seconds ago I got CB from a hut on Demi. Thank god I did not get barbs, or my 2 warriors woud be dead)

[Krill]

(update: seconds ago I got CB from a hut on Demi. Thank god I did not get barbs, or my 2 warriors woud be dead)

I also met the Germanics, who have the now ubiquitous wheel and myst. I am 4 turns from IW, and no one has it yet. I may get lucky...

I also lost my persia warrior to an archer attack, yet i disbanded 3 workers, so I hope it was worth it...

[Krill]

goddammit!!

Babylon discover IW 1 turn before me, and Egypt have been researching it, so I trade it to the Germanics for wheel+39 gold. It would cost me IW+4gpt+53gold to buy myst off Eygpt.

If only I had not declared war on Persia...only time will tell if that was a decent move...

[Krill]

And I lose a settler to the barbs. Great. Persia has 4 vet archers heading my way. I have no chance to beat the AI, get peace or even get another pump up. Is this start similar to the ISDG start?

[Tassadar500]

The ISDG's start was worse.

[Krill]

true, and I got bananas

[Krill]

er, one reg hoplite, one vet archer, and one 1 pop town to Persia, whom I declared war on my self

If I don't get peace from them I will lose my other towns (I only have 3 decent towns, 2 have barracks, my capital has a granary, but is maxed out at size 5, producing archers, while the others produce hoplites)

[Krill]

After the GA

(Here I missed 20 turns, due to Running into Dominaes' warrior and becoming a punching bag for the AI)





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