IOT Developmental Thread

[JohannaK]

Country must have islands and the like. As many as possible. Island countries are 20% cooler, and if there are a few islands that share the demographic and industrial weight of the country, the fun can be doubled.

 

[CivOasis]

Indonesia has horrible, horrible maps for this sort of thing.

 

[W|M]

Do Germany or Indonesia ( or Brazil )

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

Ooh, Weimar Germany would be a grand idea!

 

[Double A]

Weimar Poland?

 

[Tani Coyote]

I like IF() orders. Realistically, war plans are based on variables. For instance, if you're attacking someone and driving forward their heavily fortified capital, you're not going to want to do that if the defenders didn't lose X amount of units on the front, or if your ally didn't jump into the war to open a second front.

The penalty would be the initial losses. If Egypt sent 20 out of 20 armies against the Holy Land and Yugoslavia lands in Northern Egypt at the same time, after the first round of battles Egypt would have lost troops/maybe gain territory in the Holy Land but would have lost ground in its core. Pulling back armies to defend/retake territory as an IF() isn't really gamey in that position, especially if the Holy Land was competent and had its own plans to counterattack.

Wars are typically a jumble of IF statements, which should be encouraged since the alternative as I've seen it is wars that last a lot longer conventionally than they have any right to be.

The orders system is ultimately fire and forget as it stands, however. Realism gives way to gameplay.

To have such flexible orders, one should be required to actually have the information to act upon it.

Or a better idea. If you're afraid of getting attacked, don't send all your armies away on conquest. I think this system works mostly well if the player has any strategic understanding.

 

[NinjaCow64]

@CivO: JAPAN!

 

[Sonereal]

To have such flexible orders, one should be required to actually have the information to act upon it.

You do have the information to act on it. Turnsets are a year, and you tend to notice if Jerry is invading on an April morning.

Or a better idea. If you're afraid of getting attacked, don't send all your armies away on conquest. I think this system works mostly well if the player has any strategic understanding.

It works. It just isn't as flexible on the player's end.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

Yugoslavia?

Dibs on the Republic of Bosnia

 

[Jarrema]

Poland, Great Britain or Japan!

 

[Sonereal]

A lot of people, myself included, wanted islands because there is a natural barrier and frankly, who doesn't like islands?

 

[Ailedhoo]

I like isles. I even made a isle a empire in MP3!

 

[Tyo]

Coming soon to a forum near you...

Spoiler :

 

[SamSniped]

Looks awesome in the thread.

 

[Ailedhoo]

O my Tyo... I look forward to this!

 

[CivOasis]

I'd toss the overlay, if I were you. Otherwise, looks good.

 

[JohannaK]

Marry me now, Tyo.

 

[Robert Can't]

Exciting!

 

[christos200]

I look forward for this. The Byzantines shall defeat the Latins and Turks and reclaim Rome!

 

[SamSniped]

I look forward for this. The Byzantines shall defeat the Latins and Turks and reclaim Rome!

Milan will meet you on the battlefield, good sir.