r_rolo1
King of myself
We can build samurai until we get either Grens or infantry at this point, so we can do the CR III trick ( in spite of CR III gunpowder units being IMHO a little overrated ).
Well, we will have to visit Monty sooner or later, but we will need some transport to get there and that will take time to build. So, the options are Arabia and Mongolia at this point.
Pros and cons of both:
Arabia is closer of our army at this time, but it is highly spread ( from Tunisia to Khybar pass ) and we don't want much of it ( Mecca, Baghdad, Cairo and not much more ( maybe Aksum to allow more control on the Nile floodplains ) ). It would require either a slug pace land advance to the targets or a naval move on both the Persian gulf and the Red Sea, with a navy we don't have at this time. It would have the big plus of erasing China for good, btw.
Mongolia ... well, They got some land we want, especially the shrine they got from the chinese ( and some good land in Manchuria and eastern siberia ), but our nicely promoted units are in India and will take quite a while to redeploy them to the north. But in it self it would be a splendid little war ( except if GK decides to peacevassal to some European trash ) ... the issue is that we would have to redeploy again to India to push to Europe ( Siberia is NOT friendly to a advance like that ... no roads, lots of forests ... ).
Decisions, decisions ...
On technological decisions:
We are going, and well, to RR. Next in line IMHO is lining to Communism ( SP FTW )and then ... then we have 2 options: going arty or going infantry. Both have pros and cons ... Anyway, that is not for now.
Good job on the GT. If we move the rice to Lin'An we can draft one rifle per turn for some time while we build cannons elsewhere, as lymond suggested.... as soon as we have enough military to have a siberian stack and a middle eastern stack ( and enough prod for replacements ), we have this game won.
Well, we will have to visit Monty sooner or later, but we will need some transport to get there and that will take time to build. So, the options are Arabia and Mongolia at this point.
Pros and cons of both:
Arabia is closer of our army at this time, but it is highly spread ( from Tunisia to Khybar pass ) and we don't want much of it ( Mecca, Baghdad, Cairo and not much more ( maybe Aksum to allow more control on the Nile floodplains ) ). It would require either a slug pace land advance to the targets or a naval move on both the Persian gulf and the Red Sea, with a navy we don't have at this time. It would have the big plus of erasing China for good, btw.
Mongolia ... well, They got some land we want, especially the shrine they got from the chinese ( and some good land in Manchuria and eastern siberia ), but our nicely promoted units are in India and will take quite a while to redeploy them to the north. But in it self it would be a splendid little war ( except if GK decides to peacevassal to some European trash ) ... the issue is that we would have to redeploy again to India to push to Europe ( Siberia is NOT friendly to a advance like that ... no roads, lots of forests ... ).
Decisions, decisions ...
On technological decisions:
We are going, and well, to RR. Next in line IMHO is lining to Communism ( SP FTW )and then ... then we have 2 options: going arty or going infantry. Both have pros and cons ... Anyway, that is not for now.
Good job on the GT. If we move the rice to Lin'An we can draft one rifle per turn for some time while we build cannons elsewhere, as lymond suggested.... as soon as we have enough military to have a siberian stack and a middle eastern stack ( and enough prod for replacements ), we have this game won.