hoplitejoe
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I love plague so much I play DoC.
[RFC] Rome, the Conquering Empire
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thecaesar
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Le plague? I always make peace before the plague comes...
strijder20
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Yay, update 
I'd like you to use a bit more of siege, though. All those muskets, sacrificed for nothing... a treb can do what 5 muskets can't
I'd like you to use a bit more of siege, though. All those muskets, sacrificed for nothing... a treb can do what 5 muskets can't
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Yay, update
I'd like you to use a bit more of siege, though. All those muskets, sacrificed for nothing... a treb can do what 5 muskets can't
Why use trebs when there are cannons?
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Yay, update
I'd like you to use a bit more of siege, though. All those muskets, sacrificed for nothing... a treb can do what 5 muskets can't
, I do often use siege engines in normal games, but I was merely trying to crush the Turks and the Ottomans through sheer force, which worked out about as well as you think (i.e., thousands sacrificed.)Oddly enough, in other games, I like artillery and siege weapons more so than any other weapon emplacement.
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I would advocate for a defensive war against the Russians;
until you amass a sizable cavalry force.
And by cavalry, I mean Currassiers.
They have the distinction of being a high strength 2 move unit
that won't be bogged down by siege; being a gunpowder unit,
they inherently cut wall defense in half.
until you amass a sizable cavalry force.
And by cavalry, I mean Currassiers.
They have the distinction of being a high strength 2 move unit
that won't be bogged down by siege; being a gunpowder unit,
they inherently cut wall defense in half.
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The Russians are a heartless bunch in RFC...
strijder20
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Yes, such cold personalities...
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With the arrival of Roman scouts into the New World, it must be said that the Romans and the Mayan people did not get along together right off of the bat. With Rome occupying much of continental Europe at that time and essentially the supreme power, they did not take well to a nation of Central American people who were suspicious and worried about what the Romans would do. Clashes would break out between the people on both sides, but nothing was ever brought out onto the diplomatic front. As it stood, with a two front war raging in the east from Russia to the Ottoman Sultanate, the people of Rome and the Roman empire were uninterested in having such large fighting done in a far away place that might or might not benefit them or affect them in the slightest. The Ottomans and the Russians on the other hand were the primary threat to the Romans, and were poised to rush into the central heartlands of the nation if nothing was done about them. Because of this, tensions between the Maya and the Romans remained high, but did not go far most of the time, and was relegated to personal clashes between the two nation's soldiers and their civilians.
The Mayans had built a strong and powerful society, but they also had riches of the New World that the Romans wanted to take possession of quite badly. Namely rich rain forest lumber that was a highly prized commodity in Rome, as well as jewels, gems, gold and silver, and other material riches that the Maya, and their northern neighbors, the Aztec, had in a heavy and heady supply. However, the Maya were unwilling to trade such goods with the Romans, as accounts of what the Romans would sometimes do to their trading partners if they were crossed traveled across the ocean and arrived in the New World.
From their capital city of Tikal and their outlying cities all throughout central America, the Maya had built up a powerful nation that is well defended from it's external foes, even with the wars it has sometimes had with the Aztec and the Inca to the further south. Without a doubt, the Mayan nation would be hard to take over for an invading force trying to capture and lay down a foot in the new world. Again, with the heavy militarization and whatnot back at the homefront, as well as the establishment of small ports and outposts in the middle of the Carribean, the Roman people are not in the mood for the attack.
The orders to stand down and not attack the Mayans is not received well by one Lieutenant General Flavius Thompson. English-Roman by birth, General Thompson is a dedicated and true commander of may hard battles, and fought in the Ottoman war early on during the taking of Sogut. However, he was discharged from his unit and his command post of full General after the order to attack a small Turkish town of less than two thousand people and ordering entire destruction by way of siege engines and artillery fire. Thompson would later say that he received words from intelligence that said that a garrison of Ottoman troops would be in the town and waiting to attack the flank of the Roman army when they moved out of their position, but no evidence was found of this, and Flavius was put in control of operations in the New World, to make sure that nothing else that was bad would happen on the diplomatic front in the Middle East and further cause a powder keg of untold proportions.
Flavius however launched an attack after three years of planning, and ordered and drafted many troops into his army, and prepared an invasion force of the Mayan nation. This was a complete surprise to all members of the Maya, as they were not expecting something of this magnitude to happen to them at this time, and were caught completely off guard by what General Flavius did. The attack on the Maya had begun, and it would be a long and bloody struggle for many people, both on the Roman and the Mayan side, as one man decided to play a game of lives and of power, all decided by whomever took the most losses in a bloody war of attrition.
The attack and the ambush of the Mayans goes splendidly at first; the Roman forces sweep into the coast line and attack villages and towns by the dozens, executing any dissidents and people who feel like they must war with the superior Roman forces. The Mayan forces stationed around these areas are all but butchered in the heavy and vicious fighting, which grips much of the countryside. Opportunistic Roman paramilitary organizations made up of citizens as well as mercenaries hired by both sides move into the area and begun fighting bloody wars in the countryside with partisans and other such rebels rising up and combating them left and right; blood runs in the forests, int he trees, everywhere that one can imagine, as the slaughter and carnage of hundreds and perhaps thousands sweeps over the nation. It is the worst of people, it is the best of people sometimes; some people band together like they never have before. Others choose to do sadistic and cruel things to one another, and many of them will go unpunished in their lives for what they do. It is a cruel world that is born in the blood and the fires, in the crucible of conquest, but it is the Roman way, and the way of humanity that compels us to do as such.
Worst hit is Tikal, during the Great Siege of Tikal. The city, being the prime metropolis and capital of the Mayan people is a prime target for aggression, as by taking it, a huge amount of morale and whatnot will be lost by the Mayan people, and they will be forced to see that Rome will strike at their most well defended metropolis and take them down a notch, no matter what they try to do to stop them. The Siege of Tikal is one of bloody cyclic viciousness of attacks and counterattacks, of hatred and terror, and of destruction and death. Civilians will die in collateral damage attacks as the forces of the Roman Empire attack the city and rend the outskirts of it to pieces.
The Mayan siege engines grind to work to hurl large projectiles at the Roman lines and try to buy time for the falling capital. In response to that, heavily armored Roman knights known as the Zweihander (based out of Germany, roughly translates to "two hander", because of the massive broadswords and claymores that they wield), rush into the city to deal with the siege engines. Hundreds of horsemen gather through the streets of a burning city and lay waste to items and things left and right, killing anyone that they get their hands on. The cycle of vengeance continues and continues and continues, as a counterattack by the Maya is marshaled but fails to garner much support. Many of the remaining Mayan soldiers are fleeing or have fled already, and are retreating from the battle at high speed.
Next time on Rome: the Conquering Empire...
The battle for the Mayan nation heats up as they bring their best general up to the forefront... and in the region of Asia Minor, the fight between the Romans and the Ottomans heats up to the extreme... and at home, the Roman Senate and the Emperor break out in a warring path on where the nation will go...
Join us next time...
On Rome: the Conquering Empire!
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thecaesar
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Yeah! Roman Colonization FTW!!
strijder20
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That's very punny strijder...
That's a good one too
Pity you have chosen to kill off the Mayas, I'm always delighted to find them alive. What with all those barbarian jaguars crossing their borders... But the bounty is worth it too, of course.
Luigiii2
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Ya, Mayans are generally decrepit at this stage, if they are even alive at all. I generally get to North America and find the whole thing dominated by the Aztecs. On a lighter note, KILL RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I found the Mayans in Eternal Empire.
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