6K Man
Bureaucrat
Im playing a LoR game with about 25 AIs on an overlarge map (the diplomacy is, shall we say, interesting). Russia is a former minor civ that my sometime-friends the Koreans are at war with. Wang asks me to declare war on Russia, and I agree, because Russia is a 4-city civ facing Korea which is more than 3 times bigger, and besides, Russia is halfway around the world, on the other side of some nations I dont have open borders with. Its essentially a free diplo bonus with Wang, as Im not going to lend anything other than moral support.
So what does Peter of Russia do? He sends a stack marching east, through Egypt, the Holy Romans, and Carthage. Its a decent-sized stack for a 4 city nation, with several Muskets, Trebs and Maces. Unfortunately for Peter, I had been massing troops at my westernmost city (plotting to go after Carthage and worried about Holy Rome, who hates me) and I smashed the 20 unit stack with Cuirs/Cannon while suffering negligible losses. But thats not even the point. Peter sent a 20-unit stack halfway around the world to attack me, while at war with Korea which was right next to him. Stupid. I took 60 gold to make peace with Peter next turn, and he proceeded to lose 2 of 4 cities to Wang before vassaling.
So what does Peter of Russia do? He sends a stack marching east, through Egypt, the Holy Romans, and Carthage. Its a decent-sized stack for a 4 city nation, with several Muskets, Trebs and Maces. Unfortunately for Peter, I had been massing troops at my westernmost city (plotting to go after Carthage and worried about Holy Rome, who hates me) and I smashed the 20 unit stack with Cuirs/Cannon while suffering negligible losses. But thats not even the point. Peter sent a 20-unit stack halfway around the world to attack me, while at war with Korea which was right next to him. Stupid. I took 60 gold to make peace with Peter next turn, and he proceeded to lose 2 of 4 cities to Wang before vassaling.