The SMC's Revised Plans For the French Front

[Panag]

Originally posted by Shiber
How do you suggest we do that? Cover all their food-producing tiles with units so they can't use those tiles? Even if we had enough swordsmen for the job, it would still take a while before they starve back to 5 population. This is not a very good idea at all.

Epistax: using imeediate withdrawal in our favor is a very bright idea! I'm somewhat worried about its diplomatic effects though. I just hope we don't annoy the other civs too much...

hi ,

of course we can not do that , but we can place 6 around the place , .....
they shall try to break out , it wont work , we keep the mountains , and start to go from there , ....
we should place units on the road(s) that go out of Paris , and any other town , ....
if they have nearby mines , we should blow them , so they can build fast , and we can buy time if needed , ....

have a nice night

[Shiber]

If we leave the mountain ridge we'd be more vulnerable to counter-attacks. Also, this would take too long and we should stay in a state of war for as few turns as possible so less AIs join the fight at France's side and so the costs of the war would be minimal.
I'd rather just attack Paris when we get there, all according to the SMC's current plan.

[Trevman]

Maybe we should provide a little bit more protection for the archers.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Trevman
Maybe we should provide a little bit more protection for the archers.

hi ,

, we could even get a couple units more , just in case , and if they are not needed there , we can use them somewhere else , ....

have a nice day

[Panag]

Originally posted by Shiber
If we leave the mountain ridge we'd be more vulnerable to counter-attacks. Also, this would take too long and we should stay in a state of war for as few turns as possible so less AIs join the fight at France's side and so the costs of the war would be minimal.
I'd rather just attack Paris when we get there, all according to the SMC's current plan.

hi ,

its a good plan , but , we could use a couple units more , and we should look at it again , one last time , just to make sure , .....

every time we looked at it we found something , ....

the real Q , are we ready for it , ....Uber , what ya say

have a nice night

[Inverse Icarus]

you have 7 turns to get another spearman to the archers. It could be done.

[Panag]

Originally posted by UberKruX
you have 7 turns to get another spearman to the archers. It could be done.

hi ,

only one , ...?

huh , would it be possible to get a couple more , or is that out of the Q , ...?

and for the rest , is the plan okay ?

have a nice day


France , here comes Uber , .....héhéh

[Inverse Icarus]

we could get more, but 2 would be sufficient i believe.

[Panag]

Originally posted by UberKruX
we could get more, but 2 would be sufficient i believe.

hi ,




just in case , just in case , ....

and since our borders shall get bigger , we shall need more troops to guard those borders , .....

we could always disband them in a city , to build a courthouse faster or so , ...

have a nice day

[Inverse Icarus]

more troops! more troops!

I like you're style


as an update, we are on the end of turn 3 of the plan.

::salute::

[GePap]

I doubt the French will have much of an army by turn 14, they appear to be very busy building stuff. If we are worried about their force just go the the foreign minister screen- they tell you the best enemy unit- right now it says spearmen for french- which means they hardly have made anything else. Also, we should get an embassy in Paris- that way we get a free peek inside!

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by GePap
I doubt the French will have much of an army by turn 14, they appear to be very busy building stuff. If we are worried about their force just go the the foreign minister screen- they tell you the best enemy unit- right now it says spearmen for french- which means they hardly have made anything else. Also, we should get an embassy in Paris- that way we get a free peek inside!

why bother wasting the money? standard AI strategy on emperor dictates 3 Spearmen as a garrison.

I'm also fairly sure they have a few swordsmen roaming about, we just havent SEEN them.

[kring]

On the best unit by the other civs, I have had my ministers tell me the AI's best unit (according to those morons anyway) and when I look at the map, the other civ has better units than that. I had the minister tell me that the other civ was scared of my warriors when I had swordsmen.

[Dragon's Lord]

Hmm question??

I have not been able to keep up with the game but do we havw access to horses?? the abillity to hold some roads to soften a counter attack would be helpfull and once paris is taken use them to pillage and resource squares the french own...

[Shiber]

Yes, we have horses. You can find the latest save in the executive reports thread. Download it and load it, if you can (you'll need version 1.21 to play properly).

I have a question for the SMC: do we have any clear goals for the French invasion?
I mean, it's obvious that we want wines and French cities and dames, as well as to cripple the French, but what exactly are our goals? Have you decided yet or are you still waiting to see how it all develops?
I'd like to suggest a list of general goals:

Primary Goals:
* Get Paris.
* Ensure a safe trade route between Paris and the rest of our territory (for trading wines), e.g. by sea through Rouen.

Secondary Goals:
* Get France's iron resource to cripple their military production (no iron = no medieval military units).
* Get France's most productive towns commerce-wise to cripple their entire economy.

Tertiary Goals:
* Get any other towns we can conquer quickly.
* Gain safe access to Abananaba Minor.

Comments please.