Diplo for D'nut

I'mus is generating a settler this turn. I hope that that one is headed that way.

I think that it might be good that we are delaying (intentional or not) getting over there. If we push back the front lines then it's more likely that we won't get that city attacked.
 
Tubby Rower said:
I think that it might be good that we are delaying (intentional or not) getting over there. If we push back the front lines then it's more likely that we won't get that city attacked.
Precisely right. Scout will probably have a beachhead city in place within the next four turns, but that should allow us to push the front back a safe distance. Additionally, scout will need to get some pickets out once we have a city. At the moment we can't waste the manpower defending or even monitoring a front.
 
Hey diplomats, see if we can start a dialogue with Donuts and find out previous TNT military tactics.

When they attack, how do they attack?

When they campaign, do they like deception or come right at you?

How many units will they use in defense of a city?

When they attack do they use combined arms or concentrate on one type of unit, (i.e. immortal)?

See if Donuts will give us a little history of their war with TNT as well.
 
Hey one other thought.

Can we get an idea from Donuts where their frontier with TNT is roughly located? That would give us an idea on how quickly they may be getting troops to the front.
 
I just sent a PM to Robi D (turn player during the war) and Nobody (our diplo rep on D'nut).
 
Here is the response
Robi D said:
I'm happy to give you the info you requested, however in one of my discussions with donsig he alluded to lessons learned from our conflict, so they might have modified their M.O.

Our war-mongers have a few questions for you guys about your previous engagement with TNT....

1. When they attack, how do they attack?
They usually came down with immo's in groups of 2 or 3, however when that failed they built some horse to counter our MW's which crushed one of our attacks. With their main attack they used the horses to draw out our MW's before trying to use their immos against us

1a. When they campaign, do they like deception or come right at you?
no deception, all their attacks were head on (remember they were very confident in their immos), but they would have learnt a few lessons from Robi D's school of counter attack combat;)

1b. When they attack do they use combined arms or concentrate on one type of unit, (i.e. immortal)?
Just immos to start with, and after we smacked them about, horses and immos, which i also smacked around. When it occured to them that we might have the upper hand and MIA "gifts" they seemed to solely focus on pikes, which they seemed to continue after our peace treaty, so i doubt they have much else, since most of their immos/horses were killed

2. How many units will they use in defense of a city?
when we were at war none or one (over confident) but they were sending lots of pikes to their southern cities at the end. i would say currently they are retracting to their main block of cities which would be easier to defend and nullify the extra MP of the gallics

3. Can we get an idea where their frontier with TNT is roughly located? halfway through the jungle? 3 tiles north of the jungle?
basically from there costal cities in the north which you can see, roughly straight down in a rectangle to the middle of the jungle

Also if you could, give us a brief history of your war with them.
one of their warriors came across one of our borders, we had talks which seemed to be progressing, then they attacked and stole a worker without provocation or warning. It wasn't until some 30 turns later that the proper war began, first they came in groups of 2 or 3 immos, then when that failed they massed their forces and attacked with horses and immos, which we crushed and counter attacked
 
@Tubby: Excellent work!

Here's something else to work on: A dyes deal. I'm not really wild about wandering into an are we haven't got mapped out to sack a town that has gems... Tell them that it's not that we're opposed to it per se... but we don't want to make a promise we can't deliver on.

Having said that... let's see if we can structure some sort of a dyes deal... even if it's only a modest amount coming from them. (For my part... I'd be willing to give them the blasted dyes if they would agree to speed up research...) The name of the game here is to get them working the upper half of the tech tree in earnest. I really would prefer to get Monotheism before Invention.
 
Well Sherry's starting in on contractions and I might not be able to get to a computer tomorrow or the next day.

So I guess I'm saying that someone else will have to contact Nobody and get things going. Unless it can wait a few days.
 
@Tubby: Congrats! You're excused from duty. Check back with us when the bun is out of the oven.
 
I would Scout but I'm still trying to figure out why windows completely crashed on me. I'm using Holly's Apple right now.
 
Tubby that is excellent intel. I think our man scout can use it quite well. It also tells us that we really don't need to fear a TNT navy very much. MIA is what we need to worry about.
 
I'll send the PM this morning. Sherry got through the night without squirting the baby out, so I'm back at work this morning :sad:
 
PM sent. .

Tubby Rower said:
Nobody,

CC: Whomp, scoutsout, & D'nut gmail

Us idiots are looking to off-load some of our dyes. We aren't looking for a lot for them. We don't really need the gems that your fine continent can offer currently. Actually, we are trying to see if we can get you guys researching the upper half of the tech tree a little quicker.

A modest payment would be sufficient, maybe a worker or two. Nothing back-breaking. After all if you give us a large amount of gpt or gold, that will hamper your research rate even further.

Please get back with me, scoutsout or Whomp. (I've CC'ed them on this). My wife looks like she is going to have our 2nd baby any day now so I'll be offline while she is in the hospital.

Thanks,
Tubby of the Kissers
 
Actually, we are trying to see if we can get you guys researching the upper half of the tech tree a little quicker
I'm very curious about how Nutters fiddle with the sliders. Experience tells us (and MIA) that one can state "full speed", but insted pile some cash. I'd like to see a Nut city screen in the near future, say after they've finished Mono.
 
we could investigate a border city. Not sure how much investigations are. but it shouldn't be more than ~50 g for a border town
 
we aren't at war with D'nut ;) ... we were talking about D'nut's research pace.
 
Tubby Rower said:
we aren't at war with D'nut ;) ... we were talking about D'nut's research pace.
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You haven't received the D'nut war declaration yet ????
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OK, a bad attempt at a recovery, I admit. But still....
 
nice smilie collection there. :)
 
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