[Continued from previous post]
I got a Great Scientist and decided to burn him on a golden age, which was the only reasonable option in my opinion.
Time for the first Ottoman city to fall.
The war between the Roman and the Ottoman empires commenced in the summer of 1665. Roman historians are clearly aware as to why the Roman empire, which was considerd to be the most powerful civilization worldwide at that time period, wanted war. It was the lust for land, money, and power that the Roman dictator, Julius Caesar, coveted. He was never satisfied - he always needed more of something.
The war between the Romans and the Ottomans turned out to be a slaughter. The callous and uncouth Roman battalions used their sheer military might and technological advantage to tear through the first Ottoman city, Antalya, and several others before the Ottoman monarch, Mehmed II, agreed to capitulate. Historians cannot blame Mehmed II for relinquishing his power to Julius Caesar, because the most advanced military formations that the Ottomans could muster were riflemen, while the Romans could field infantries, with the latter being able to inflict almost 43 percent more damage with their weapons than the former could with theirs. Furthermore, the Roman infantries were were no greenhorns - they had plenty of experience in the war against Japan, while the Ottoman riflemen were neophytes; most of them had never seen a battle in their lives. To make matters worse for Mehmed II, the Romans had mastered the military technique of suiciding cannons into the Ottoman fortifications, which had the double effect of weakening troops and being deleterious to their morale. All in all, disaster for the Ottomans was inevitable. The legendary oracle named DMOC, who presided in the lavish city of Rome, was therefore correct in his prediction that "the Romans cannot be stopped in any way unless they have achieved a victory."
While I was in the golden age, I figurd that it was circumspect to do a civics change.
Overview of the war (turn 7):
For those that are interested, here's the financial advisor.
I generated
yet another Great General, who built a military academy immediately. I now have 227 more XP left until the next one.
Pacal II produced 2 wonders in 1704 AD -
The Cristo Redentor and
The United Nations. Pacal II beat me in the elections and won the Secretary General seat.
As I mentioned before, this game is becoming a great learning experience for me since I rarely play games through the modern era, let alone be embroiled in a war. I've won on deity several times, but up until today, I had no idea how airports and paratroopers (and even fighters) really worked. It was nice to finally have a chance to use these units.
As you can see in the below screenshot, I split my stack in half in order to capture two Ottoman cities to the west. Now I'm converging them all to attack the northern city (the one that starts with a "G"
).
I prepared to continue attacking, but it looks like Mehmed II wanted to cave in already.
I accepted (the war lasted 13 turns).
As you can see, Mehmed II had 2 great technologies that I wanted.
I soon finished industrialism, and it looks like I barely have
one source of aluminum.
Of course there were other wars going on. Montezuma captured a city from Ramesses II, and Napoleon captured a city from Sitting Bull. (By the way, my exploring frigate spotted another French stack of doom.)
Anyway, I ended the round on turn 369, 1718 AD. Here's my terrifying 82-unit stack-of-doom, now with artillery. This doesn't include the 4 fighters I have in another city (isn't it annoying how whenever one clicks on "Select All Units" it only selectes the planes?).
I've also been planning on an intercontinental invasion in the near future so I have a moderate stack of transports. Cumae has been producing them this whole round.
State of the World - 1718 AD
Right now, I'm debating on which path is easiest - attacking Pacal II and Sitting Bull and then turning around for Gilgamesh and Mansa Musa, or warring vs. Gilgamesh first, then Mansa, then Pacal II and Sitting Bull. Pacal II isn't as close to cultural as I feared before so I should have time. Overall, I'm leaning towards a war with Pacal II next, since he has great wonders (especially the Cristo Redentor). Gilgamesh also has his fair share of wonders, including a corporation (Creative Constructions). Zara Yaqob, by the way, founded Mining Inc.
Any comments? This game has been really fun to play. Did anyone shadow?