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Honored Apolytonians,
If you consider every upside and downside to ending the war this turn you will probably come to the same conclusion I have come to: this turn is the best time to end the war and sign a peace treaty with France.
While I support and even encourage moves such as moving the archers stack to Rheims's doorstep and using the swordsman which has a movement point left to attack the French swordsman, I strongly believe we should end the war at the end of 210 BC.
The following reasons have led me to believe so:
* There is nothing more to gain from the French. We can't conquer any more of their cities, only raze them.
* If we raze Rheims Greece will surely settle there instead before we can send a settler of our own. Greece is in a golden age and Rheims is close to their core so it won't be long before a Greek settler shows up there. While it should be very easy to take Rheims from the French later, in a 2nd campaign, it will be ten times harder to take Rheims from the Greek.
* Our swordsmen are needed elsewhere. If we continue the war we are delaying the assault on Hamburg and the campaign to finish off the Americans.
* Many people have raised their concerns regarding the high price that the French are charging for Feudalism. But let's face it: if we execute Togas's techwhoring project (get Feudalism from France for 345 gold, sell Feudalism to Rome for Monarchy and 80-100 gold and sell Monarchy to France to regain up to 330 gold, according to my estimates which are based on the cost of the techs as mentioned in the civ3mod.bic file), which I am in favor of, we'll get nearly all of our money back anyway so there won't be much different whether the French sell Feudalism for 345 gold or 300 gold. For the risk involved and the delaying of the American campaign and the assault on Hamburg, it's simply not worth it.
Thank you for listening. Please share your thoughts on the subject.
If you consider every upside and downside to ending the war this turn you will probably come to the same conclusion I have come to: this turn is the best time to end the war and sign a peace treaty with France.
While I support and even encourage moves such as moving the archers stack to Rheims's doorstep and using the swordsman which has a movement point left to attack the French swordsman, I strongly believe we should end the war at the end of 210 BC.
The following reasons have led me to believe so:
* There is nothing more to gain from the French. We can't conquer any more of their cities, only raze them.
* If we raze Rheims Greece will surely settle there instead before we can send a settler of our own. Greece is in a golden age and Rheims is close to their core so it won't be long before a Greek settler shows up there. While it should be very easy to take Rheims from the French later, in a 2nd campaign, it will be ten times harder to take Rheims from the Greek.
* Our swordsmen are needed elsewhere. If we continue the war we are delaying the assault on Hamburg and the campaign to finish off the Americans.
* Many people have raised their concerns regarding the high price that the French are charging for Feudalism. But let's face it: if we execute Togas's techwhoring project (get Feudalism from France for 345 gold, sell Feudalism to Rome for Monarchy and 80-100 gold and sell Monarchy to France to regain up to 330 gold, according to my estimates which are based on the cost of the techs as mentioned in the civ3mod.bic file), which I am in favor of, we'll get nearly all of our money back anyway so there won't be much different whether the French sell Feudalism for 345 gold or 300 gold. For the risk involved and the delaying of the American campaign and the assault on Hamburg, it's simply not worth it.
Thank you for listening. Please share your thoughts on the subject.
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