Thermopylae at A9

[alva]

Originally posted by notyoueither


That is the advantage of the attacker. You can judge results and stop if they are going against you. You loose whatever you are prepared to, but quit before it is a catastrophe.

And you get to watch it ...

Soren: the people demand 'replay' !!!!

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Velociryx
Fair enough then....nonetheless, if the consensus is against making a comment, I certainly shall not. What say you?

-=Vel=-

post something

these guys are really easy to play head games with, so have a good time with it.

[nbarclay]

Theseus, I've used more than enough knight forks in chess to recognize the similarity. But there is also a huge difference here, which I hope lets both cities survive if they bypass Arashi. In chess, when you use a knight for a fork, your opponent knows what move you made to address the situation. But if Vox sees pikes in both cities, they have no way of being sure what all is in each stack or whether they can take it. We're definitely taking a chance that we might lose Arashi if Vox bypasses it and then attacks figuring we've moved our forces to Tempest. But it's by no means the sure loss that a similarly exposed position in Chess would be. And there's a limit to how much force we could realistically bring to bear on Arashi 9 if Vox gets lucky.

Nathan

[Velociryx]

Here's the exact wording I had in mind:

Good luck and Godspeed to our brave troops in the looming battle with the forces of Vox (and ummm....good luck to them too I suppose! )

Our rows of catapult stand ready in fortress, and our pikes are eager to test their mettle against the rather mortal "Immortals."

Go GS!

-=Vel=-

PS: Oh, and...."all your Base are belong to US!"

[notyoueither]

I don't see the harm it could do, if done right, after reading your 3 possible effects.

Simply keep in mind that we are dealing with a perception problem with some members of other teams right now. Anything arrogant right now would be counter productive to our diplomatic situation. A casual reference, perhaps that we respect the power of Immortals and hope that Pikes and Cats can win out may not be bad.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Velociryx
Here's the exact wording I had in mind:

Good luck and Godspeed to our brave troops in the looming battle with the forces of Vox (and ummm....good luck to them too I suppose! )

Our rows of catapult stand ready in fortress, and our pikes are eager to test their mettle against the rather mortal "Immortals."

Go GS!

-=Vel=-

PS: Oh, and...."all your Base are belong to US!"

That looks good.

It also feeds the calls for bread and circuses. Go for it.

It could have the reverse effect of them thinking we're bluffing and ensuring 3 or 4 Immortals test the waters when they did not intend to do so.

[alva]

post something

these guys are really easy to play head games with, so have a good time with it.

I don't mind the post, but maybe it should be made by someone else. (nothing personal Vel )

[nbarclay]

I think I have an opening where I could slip something in. Beta said something yesterday about how their troops have been moving through our territory without resistance. I almost posted back last night pointing out that none of their troops have moved into our cultural borders yet. I could do so now and add, "When you decide to attack instead of just playing around, our pike/catapult welcoming committee will be waiting."

[Velociryx]

We shifted to a new page, and I JUST saw Theseus' post! Thanks guy! 'tis good to be back!

I agree with your thinking that it's safe to assume that they can see three of our cities at this point, but as I look at the map, I can see only one route of relative safety for them to take....bulldog Ashari and head straigh down the mountain chain. The moment they set foot onto the flat-lands, they have lost both the battle and the war.

I also agree that what we see now is the greater bulk of what they've got, and the bulk of the weight of their forces is positioned to follow the mountain chain south to see where it goes. I gotta believe that's what they have in their minds, because our WC's would crucify their sluggish Immortals in open country if they did anything less, thus, my vote went for piling everything we had into Ashari itself, and letting them have a go at us.

My guess is that they'll waste a number of Immortals at the gates, and give up, which will buy us time to return the favor. With our production advantages, and their slow-movers, they cannot afford to do any fancy maneuvers, cos that would buy us too much time, IMO, and undo any gains they might see. Least that was my take after reviewing the data we have.

-=Vel=-

[Velociryx]

Good plan! Run with it, Nbarclay....I agree....perhaps it'd be better recieved coming from someone else. I don't think I made many friends when I was last seen posting on the Civ-area of the board....


-=Vel=-

[asleepathewheel]

Is there anything else to discuss before sending this turn?

[nbarclay]

I just sent the turn, so I hope there wasn't anything else.

[asleepathewheel]

Ah indeed you did.

Thanks

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Velociryx
Good plan! Run with it, Nbarclay....I agree....perhaps it'd be better recieved coming from someone else. I don't think I made many friends when I was last seen posting on the Civ-area of the board....

Don't sweat that, Vel. I didn't even remember it until just now. You said your piece and you stuck around to back it up. You were wrong, but everyone's entitled sometime.

[Velociryx]

Thanks NYE....as to being wrong....::shrug:: I haven't played PTW yet (but I will get a copy and upgrade to the patch we're using so I can participate on the team), but I will, and see how it goes.

The one bit of good that came out of it I suppose was that it lead me to the discovery of EU2....

Civ still has a place in my heart tho....

-=Vel=-