Originally posted by Feodor Ardent
I appreciate your sentiments, and argued them myself in a debate a few centuries ago. However, the decision to go for a domination victory was originally made at the dawn of Fanatikan civilization (before the game started) and reinforced by polls taken during the debate I refer to.
Since then, even those of us who favor building a society rather than conquering one have turned our energies towards that goal. It will soon be achieved, very much sooner than anyone expected.
Feodor Ardent
(Tending his apple orchards near Garden of Peace, learning Persian from a local tutor, listening to rumors about the border traffic.)