Hey everyone,
In my current game, Alexander declared war on me around t100 and, from then on, I have been repeling his attacks, almost all of them directed at 2 of my cities on the border.
Since the war started, I haven't been heavily focusing on defending or counter-attacking (the military ratio in his favor has dropped from 0.7 to 0.4 - I lost 20 units, mostly spears, while he lost 63, including 23 cats and 23 horsemen) because I didn't want to hamper my tech rate and I thought the war would soon be over.
What worries me is that we're now on t169 (normal speed) and he still won't sign a peace treaty unless I give him one of my cities ! It really feels like this war has been going on for a long time.
Any advice on how I could stop this war (without gifting a city) ? Should I threaten one of his cities ? If I just defend, can this war last forever ? Do I need to build more armies ?
Right now, I've teched astronomy (still have a monopoly on optics), I've met everyone and will get Education next turn (first one here, too). Considering techs, only Hannibal is close behind me, others are more-or-so outpaced (playing on emperor, continents). I *could* build a huge army now (only have 6 cities, tho) but I'd rather wait until HH/cavalry which would make war much easier. I guess I can defend and still maintain a decent tech rate (I will most likely be the first to lib), but the sooner this war would be over, the better...
In my current game, Alexander declared war on me around t100 and, from then on, I have been repeling his attacks, almost all of them directed at 2 of my cities on the border.
Since the war started, I haven't been heavily focusing on defending or counter-attacking (the military ratio in his favor has dropped from 0.7 to 0.4 - I lost 20 units, mostly spears, while he lost 63, including 23 cats and 23 horsemen) because I didn't want to hamper my tech rate and I thought the war would soon be over.
What worries me is that we're now on t169 (normal speed) and he still won't sign a peace treaty unless I give him one of my cities ! It really feels like this war has been going on for a long time.
Any advice on how I could stop this war (without gifting a city) ? Should I threaten one of his cities ? If I just defend, can this war last forever ? Do I need to build more armies ?
Right now, I've teched astronomy (still have a monopoly on optics), I've met everyone and will get Education next turn (first one here, too). Considering techs, only Hannibal is close behind me, others are more-or-so outpaced (playing on emperor, continents). I *could* build a huge army now (only have 6 cities, tho) but I'd rather wait until HH/cavalry which would make war much easier. I guess I can defend and still maintain a decent tech rate (I will most likely be the first to lib), but the sooner this war would be over, the better...
