War Academy : Sea Power.

[Donegeal]

People were complaining about building extra ground troops for a war that has garunteed benefits and now theres a discussion to build "throw away units" on the (far) off chance they find some "lost" civilization?

Where are all the people who were pushing to end the war with Persia in order to build infrastructure?

[Aro]

All this is because the desire to "taste the adventure", donegeal. We can play the game looking for perfection (like some kind of exceptional AI ), but we are men...
My ancestors were from Portugal and Holland, and I live in Rio de Janeiro. I'm here just because some "suicidal galleons" did that impossible travel.
To the sea, to the lost civs!

[Ninot]

Originally posted by donegeal
People were complaining about building extra ground troops for a war that has garunteed benefits and now theres a discussion to build "throw away units" on the (far) off chance they find some "lost" civilization?

Where are all the people who were pushing to end the war with Persia in order to build infrastructure?

meh, ive grown so tired of oposing war, i just let the war take its pace now

but once that war's over....oooh boy, no more war!

[Ninot]

IMHO, naval power isn't greatly neccesary other than for settler moving and exploration... not untill destroyers atleast

once destroyers, transports and, later battleships and subs, are available, naval strength seems more important to me

[Panag]

Originally posted by joncnunn
Spending 3 Gally's exploring and sinking while building enough more to get 6+ for transport?

How are we going to afford this while fighting the Persians now and preparing for the second American war?

hi ,

this is all for this five year plan , .... not all in one day , ...

but we need to look around in the world , there might be an other prize like Uber Isle , ...

trans port , to get somewhere faster , since we dont have roads , and to move behind the enemy fast , ...

have a nice day

[Zero]

our resources are diverted into too mnay projects as it is.... we should hold off on the exploration. I don't like the sound of risking couple of galleys on suicide exploration. It could just be good shields thrown away into the sea while we could use those precious for internal improvements.

[XOR]

Originally posted by Calc II
our resources are diverted into too mnay projects as it is.... we should hold off on the exploration. I don't like the sound of risking couple of galleys on suicide exploration. It could just be good shields thrown away into the sea while we could use those precious for internal improvements.

We still need more knights. Let's leave the process of probing the bottom of the ocean for AFTER we have the American cities.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Calc II
our resources are diverted into too mnay projects as it is.... we should hold off on the exploration. I don't like the sound of risking couple of galleys on suicide exploration. It could just be good shields thrown away into the sea while we could use those precious for internal improvements.

hi ,

look what we got from Uber Isle , its worth the risk , every single bit !!

so , go for it , who knows what else we might get , ....

have a nice day

[Zero]

hi ,
look what we got from Uber Isle , its worth the risk , every single bit !!

so , go for it , who knows what else we might get , ....

have a nice day

most certainy, I agree that the risk has paid off, but We shouldn't keep gambling and know when to play conservative. Fortune does favor the bold but not all the time~

[Shiber]

Getting to Uber Isle was a very minor risk. We were risking one empty galley at the most.
Getting to the lost continents is a greater risk. We may lose 10 galleys (300 shields!!!!) before we even catch a sight of it.

[Panag]

hi ,

still the risks are worth it , even 500 shields , look what we have now , ..... it shall be some of our fastest growers , ...

and there is only one way to find out , and that is to get out there , ....

have a nice day

[Shiber]

Wouldn't it be a lot wiser to just research navigation and then get there safely and risk-free?
Or should we rather cripple our production capabilities and waste ~500 shields on 17 galleys that might end up at the bottom of the sea?

[Panag]

Originally posted by Shiber
Wouldn't it be a lot wiser to just research navigation and then get there safely and risk-free?
Or should we rather cripple our production capabilities and waste ~500 shields on 17 galleys that might end up at the bottom of the sea?

hi ,

you have a point there , but some people dont want to spend anything on research , ....

so , by the time we get it , we loose a large portion of the advantage , .....

have a nice day

[Zero]

fo all you adventurous advocates, your side has a valid point in that taking risk has much greater reward... only if you successfully reach that reward that is. For all of conservative folks, we dread the idea of gaining nothing out of this risk therefore we believe we'd rather lose a giant reap in profit over not losing wat we have right now. If you can convince us that risk is well worth it and We have a good chance at actually reaping that reward... then maybe then you'll start winning conservative people's support. personally, I can;t see how we have a good chance, and more and more galley we involve in, the reward just seems to look less and less attractive.

[Arnelos]

up the research rate and head straight for navigation... that's a pretty good strategy for this type of thing if it's really that important.

(while your'e at it... switch to Republic as soon as the war is over to make that research go a good deal faster...)