For the Knights in Hammu's stacks.Not sure what's so great about WEs.
Would like to see more too, but he is running out of cities to build stuff in.I would like to see more trebs in the build queue.
Agree and have added to the build order.Not sure what's so great about WEs.
They are the only units other than cats can hurt stacks with both maces and knights
I would like to see more trebs in the build queue.
No more true words were ever spoken. I am complying. thanks for the catch guys.For the Knights in Hammu's stacks.
Would like to see more too, but he is running out of cities to build stuff in.
Htadus, good job pulling a lot of discussions together into a concise plan. Easy to follow, even for a road warrior . My only comment from afar.... IIRC we have a solid number of seige units to the west. However, we need to expect to seriously depleat the cat forces while grinding his stack, then lose some trebs taking cities. You might want to consider including a couple more trebs in the buildout to compensate. First round of unit builds should be slow movers, save any HAs you decide to build for second round.
Ham has almost the same number of non-siege units available locally that we do, and his units are better. The WEs you're producing wiil give us a slight edge in numbers; nonetheless, concerned that we will not have much left if Ham is allowed to strike the first blow.Sorry, I got carried away and played 3 turns instead. We just captured Alexandria at the cost of a Treb and HA. Nicely done. We will have enough WA in about 3 turns to DoW on Hammy. Oh yeah for the moment he is paying us 9gpt for gems. In about 5 turns, I would say we can have Giza. With some minor risks and whips, i am sure I can capture Illionis at the same turn too. What do you think? lets do it. Why wouldn't we? After the WE in PiR, you could build wealth and keep our economy in the black significantly longer.
I am possitive the following attachment shows Hammy's main stack. I am going to try to use the spy to destroy the road that can stop all hammys single movement units. He has two workers 2N of Opis and one NNE. Are you sure it's worth the spy even if you are successful?
Here is the interim save for VIewing. Oh, my! Ten knights, several of them with flanking, not to mention 4 WEs, 3 trebs, 5 cats, maces, crosses, etc. All of them readily available. What about trying the lure-them-in gambit again?
Oh yeah, can I settle the newest GG in Patali? Already built a super healer chariot for the west. Okay.
BTW I am really excited about the size of this stack. My armies are usually a fraction of this,
We just captured Alexandria at the cost of a Treb and HA.
It would be nice to have Giza before the next vote, just to be sure not to have to defy on that account. (Though I'm not sure this is relevant because we'll probably be defying the "Stop the war against Babylon" resolution soon.) If Illionis is not infected by Buddhism you don't have to take unnecessary risks.In about 5 turns, I would say we can have Giza. With some minor risks and whips, i am sure I can capture Illionis at the same turn too. What do you think? lets do it.
Good here.Ok, lets lure them in. I see another advantage of luring them in to our area; delay Unit supply cost. Also, no war weariness cost defending our territory.
Ok then in 2 turns. We will DoW Hammy. Before that, our dear Deer forest will be chopped. No overall hammer loss btw. We just pop another iron in that city. Makes sense.
I will place about 11-12 anti mounted units on the grass hill mine to west of Patali. Leave enough units in the city and poll back all the seige units. DoW. Their movements should end in our border due to slow units. I think 3 collateral cats can take the lead. Hope that's enough. Sometimes they don't even damage a knight. Given the lure-them-in strategy, you probably want to build more, not just for immediate use but for replacement. I used five against a weaker stack and was glad I had them.
(BTW, I am rethinking HE due to Thebes having Buddhist religion, we are better off building HE in Patali since it will not suffer AP defy unhappiness. So back to the original suggestion?) Then the GG in Pat is even better.
Giza is the priority but it does not need many units. I will whip a fresh whip from thebes for Giza and another treb else where for Illinois. Split the forces favoring the Giza stack. Yes. You might sacrifice a worker to go check on IL defenders.
So I will continue tonight.
Ok, lets lure them in.
(BTW, I am rethinking HE due to Thebes having Buddhist religion, we are better off building HE in Patali since it will not suffer AP defy unhappiness. So back to the original suggestion?)
Victory screen says 1 more turn until vote.1) Did you just have a vote?