Turn 98, 610BC

[Aeson]

Figured so.

We should have enough gold for 2 cats at 64g each (16 shields left in WW and SS).

[nbarclay]

Arashi hasn't produced anything toward its pike yet, so we can't get a pike completed there this turn. I'm inclined to have the cat in Arashi attack cross-river, since its odds are better of doing damage there and if it succeeds, that would improve the odds for one of our offensive units.

[DeepO]

A3: 7 units, A6 4 units. The stack has split off, we should have no problem with pikes, defending both Arashi and Tempest next turn.

So, no rushing in Arashi, unless we have gold to burn, cats are certainly better

DeepO

[Aeson]

Maybe we should switch Hurricane to a WC this turn and next... gives us 2 mroe fast movers to hit their stack coming SS' way.

[notyoueither]

How much to rush the Cats in SS and WW?

[nbarclay]

By the way, I do NOT want to risk our elite going after an uninjured elite. If GoW's elite horseman gets lucky and takes out a vet WC, that should give our elite WC an excellent shot at victory.

[Aeson]

Save the cat in Arashi to hit one of the flatland Immortals by Monsoon with, or even use it against one of GoW's Horses in combination with WW's so that we get an almost sure kill with our Elite WC?

[DeepO]

Nathan, having the cat attack across river seems a good idea too. But let's, for the moment, keep our war plans to a hold until we figured out what we want to rush

Arashi needs to be visited to rearrange the shields, if I'm not mistaken. Do we need to save any cash for swords / warrior upgrades? Other wise we can rush 2, maybe 3 cats...

DeepO

[Aeson]

64g for each Cat I think NYE.

[nbarclay]

Sandstorm's cat costs 60 to rush. Whirlwind's costs 64. I like the idea of switching Hurricane to a WC.

[DeepO]

Yeah, a WC would be good, as it can instantly attack a unit. We still need to defend on the Eastern Mountains instead of attacking, but that's ok

DeepO

[nbarclay]

By the way, our gold balance is at 163.

[Aeson]

87.4% odds for our Elite WC if both our Cats (72.7% odds for a hit vs 1 defense on a hill) were to hit GoW's Elite.

[DeepO]

so 2 cats rushed leaves us 41 gold... enough for a sword upgrade or two. Is there anything else we can do with it?

Also, now that Vox has killed one of our swords East, we might need to put more units on defense... which is going to be tricky, we don't have too many of them.

DeepO

[DeepO]

I don't know about the elite. Sure, it's a chance, but if we attack with vets, and both win, there is nothing left to attack with the elite. Odds against an immortal would be worse (but in that case, it could possibly retreat)

DeepO