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Finally a responce or sorts
I may not be around for it (but if I am I want to be in a whisper room) ... perhaps Gen_W can correspond directly with killer and post the time decided. My reason to ask Gen_W to take over if I am not around is that he has a history and is also a yank which will ease timezone clashes.
However I am now confused as to what team wants ... what our goals are ... I'm starting to think I may have misinterpreted things and perhaps led the team into a scenario that we actually do not want.
1. Prior to Nut's rapid west coast settlement (last turn) we were gearing up (perhaps in a too leasurely pace) to settle on the coast and link up a luxury city we managed to superbly beat Nuts to.
... seemed logical and sound, we secure (and indicate an understanding to share with Nuts and not KISS) initially Silk which was later adapted to Saltpeter as well.
2. Then Nut's settle and change things
... we come up initially with a Plan B which involves 2 additional towns and the coastal city securing Saltpeter, which was a good reaction
... message sent to Nuts to discuss this with them.
3. Suddenly it seems that we are not only prepared to salvage our opening gambit, but to basically cancel all claim.
... I honestly think that Eureka Stockade by itself is virtually useless to us.
So why bother chatting at all !!!
We can basically just ignore what Nut's are doing (unchecked, they will very quickly become a real threat) and let them surround Eurika Stockade and hope that our alliance outlasts the KISS threat. That way we stay focused only on our continent and hope that our home defences hold out while we war with KISS. Also hope that Nuts do not start asking for too outrageous demands for their continued support and cease trading too much with KISS.
I strongly disagree with members who think that us giving up on our initial plan to link our own source of Silk and the other Saltpeter will make us more secure against Nuts not joining with KISS are IMO sadly mistaken. So the only relivant thing is the costs associated with the plan again IMO negligible to the benefits.
So initially my priority to initiate a chat was to not lose our initiative for already establishing a prescence on Battle Isle ... I wanted to get a guarentee that we can settle the 2 additional cities ... and find out what the story is with the Gems.
Now I'm not sure, because if we do get this sorted how swiftly can we achieve this and what priority will it be given.
I guess the only positive we can still achieve from the chat is asking what the Gem story is.
So I would like the team (not on this thread) to reach a conclusion to what our strategy is that way I'll know what to achieve diplomatically
killercane said:
I may not be around for it (but if I am I want to be in a whisper room) ... perhaps Gen_W can correspond directly with killer and post the time decided. My reason to ask Gen_W to take over if I am not around is that he has a history and is also a yank which will ease timezone clashes.
However I am now confused as to what team wants ... what our goals are ... I'm starting to think I may have misinterpreted things and perhaps led the team into a scenario that we actually do not want.
1. Prior to Nut's rapid west coast settlement (last turn) we were gearing up (perhaps in a too leasurely pace) to settle on the coast and link up a luxury city we managed to superbly beat Nuts to.
... seemed logical and sound, we secure (and indicate an understanding to share with Nuts and not KISS) initially Silk which was later adapted to Saltpeter as well.
2. Then Nut's settle and change things
... we come up initially with a Plan B which involves 2 additional towns and the coastal city securing Saltpeter, which was a good reaction
... message sent to Nuts to discuss this with them.
3. Suddenly it seems that we are not only prepared to salvage our opening gambit, but to basically cancel all claim.
... I honestly think that Eureka Stockade by itself is virtually useless to us.
So why bother chatting at all !!!We can basically just ignore what Nut's are doing (unchecked, they will very quickly become a real threat) and let them surround Eurika Stockade and hope that our alliance outlasts the KISS threat. That way we stay focused only on our continent and hope that our home defences hold out while we war with KISS. Also hope that Nuts do not start asking for too outrageous demands for their continued support and cease trading too much with KISS.
I strongly disagree with members who think that us giving up on our initial plan to link our own source of Silk and the other Saltpeter will make us more secure against Nuts not joining with KISS are IMO sadly mistaken. So the only relivant thing is the costs associated with the plan again IMO negligible to the benefits.
So initially my priority to initiate a chat was to not lose our initiative for already establishing a prescence on Battle Isle ... I wanted to get a guarentee that we can settle the 2 additional cities ... and find out what the story is with the Gems.
Now I'm not sure, because if we do get this sorted how swiftly can we achieve this and what priority will it be given.
I guess the only positive we can still achieve from the chat is asking what the Gem story is.
So I would like the team (not on this thread) to reach a conclusion to what our strategy is that way I'll know what to achieve diplomatically
and that communication can flow quicker.
I'd actually forgotten about that
