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Necate omnia eos! (Kill them all!)
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Imperator Knoedel
Currently obsessed with The Owl House
... You can actually see the combat odds on the screenshot. For one fight it's 99%, for the other 90.2 and some withdrawal chance. The question is whether I should range bombard the warrior in Sicily first or just attack straight away.
Might I mention that I was against this war from the very beginning? Things are gonna be so much easier once I'm absolute dictator.
CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
I mean the 4 defenders in the city 
And ah hell naw!
And ah hell naw!
Imperator Knoedel
Currently obsessed with The Owl House
Ah, of course we won't be able to kill those.
CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
Exactly my point. Kill the nearby warriors then sue for peace.
Nighthawk419
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My vote, for what its worth, is to end the war as quickly as possible and bring our men home. We should look into the best ways to till the earth in order to feed our people more efficiently. (The plow) Focus on our domestic issues before worrying about the people to our northwest. There are enough of them that any battle would be for naught anyway.
Imperator Knoedel
Currently obsessed with The Owl House
Even though the last two fights were decisive victories for our people, retaking the marble hills near our enemy's settlement and wiping out the stragglers on the other side of the known world, the Romans nevertheless grew tired of this war. Even if we could hold the surrounding lands indefinitely, there was no way to conquer our neighbors completely without almost wiping ourselves out as well. Thus it was decided to put an end to this senseless bloodshed.
After the warriors had given both our own and the enemy's fallen men a proper burial the pack's leaders set out to offer peace. They left their weapons behind and only brought a fruit with them to give to our rivals, hoping such a simple gesture would be understood even over the language barrier. The men guarding the settlement were wary at first, but they did accept the gift and let our messengers leave after a bite out of it had proven that it wasn't poisoned or a similar trick.
Our warriors finally returned back home and the entire tribe was about to hold a lavish feast in their honor, until it became clear that there wasn't really enough food to go around. With our best hunters fighting other tribes instead of, well, hunting, there was barely enough to feed the women, children and elderly which stayed in Rome, never mind the sudden influx of hungry mouths with the return of our troops. The awing and welcoming words of the settlers quickly turned into nagging and complaining, forcing many warriors and hunters to leave yet again and not come back unless they brought meat with them.
These men still had it better than our hunters who tracked down and killed the Etruscan stragglers to our south though, for they were now farther away from the tribe than anyone ever before. It didn't help that they took a wrong turn and wandered to the very end of our peninsula before they noticed that Rome actually was the other way, which meant that the way home would take even longer than they thought.
Back in Rome meanwhile it was discovered that the nearby sea was filled with delicious and nutritious fish, even moreso than the rivers. Now that everybody had finding food as their highest priority again methods were quickly developed to efficiently capture this new prey. Finally our tribe could return to their old peaceful ways and not worry about hunger or enemy attacks anymore.
What are we to focus our research on now? Husbandry allows the Pasture improvement, uncovers several animal resources and is required for Boat Building (Fishing Boats!). Archery gives us the Basket Archer, Shamanism a cheap Building for extra happiness, The Plow allows the Farm improvement and uncovers Rice ( which I sincerely doubt we'll find in 3800BC Italy ), and Viniculture finally allows us the Winery improvement and uncovers the Grapes resource.
Something I should remind everybody of, in case I haven't mentioned it yet, is that resource specific improvements can be built without any resource and indeed have a small chance of popping one when being worked, similar to mines in the base game. They also give a yield bonus, so really farms aren't that high a priority as some seem to think imo, especially when the only farmable land seems to be swamp.
Obviously Rome should work the Fish as long as it's training the Worker and probably afterwards too, it's our best tile now.
We have four warriors, all in or around Rome, and two Hunters, one at the very tip of Italy and the other (DKVM) to the north. What do we do with all these units? I'm sure our tribe will get some great ideas now that we are at peace and well fed.
After the warriors had given both our own and the enemy's fallen men a proper burial the pack's leaders set out to offer peace. They left their weapons behind and only brought a fruit with them to give to our rivals, hoping such a simple gesture would be understood even over the language barrier. The men guarding the settlement were wary at first, but they did accept the gift and let our messengers leave after a bite out of it had proven that it wasn't poisoned or a similar trick.
Our warriors finally returned back home and the entire tribe was about to hold a lavish feast in their honor, until it became clear that there wasn't really enough food to go around. With our best hunters fighting other tribes instead of, well, hunting, there was barely enough to feed the women, children and elderly which stayed in Rome, never mind the sudden influx of hungry mouths with the return of our troops. The awing and welcoming words of the settlers quickly turned into nagging and complaining, forcing many warriors and hunters to leave yet again and not come back unless they brought meat with them.
These men still had it better than our hunters who tracked down and killed the Etruscan stragglers to our south though, for they were now farther away from the tribe than anyone ever before. It didn't help that they took a wrong turn and wandered to the very end of our peninsula before they noticed that Rome actually was the other way, which meant that the way home would take even longer than they thought.
Back in Rome meanwhile it was discovered that the nearby sea was filled with delicious and nutritious fish, even moreso than the rivers. Now that everybody had finding food as their highest priority again methods were quickly developed to efficiently capture this new prey. Finally our tribe could return to their old peaceful ways and not worry about hunger or enemy attacks anymore.
What are we to focus our research on now? Husbandry allows the Pasture improvement, uncovers several animal resources and is required for Boat Building (Fishing Boats!). Archery gives us the Basket Archer, Shamanism a cheap Building for extra happiness, The Plow allows the Farm improvement and uncovers Rice ( which I sincerely doubt we'll find in 3800BC Italy
), and Viniculture finally allows us the Winery improvement and uncovers the Grapes resource.Something I should remind everybody of, in case I haven't mentioned it yet, is that resource specific improvements can be built without any resource and indeed have a small chance of popping one when being worked, similar to mines in the base game. They also give a yield bonus, so really farms aren't that high a priority as some seem to think imo, especially when the only farmable land seems to be swamp.
Obviously Rome should work the Fish as long as it's training the Worker and probably afterwards too, it's our best tile now.
We have four warriors, all in or around Rome, and two Hunters, one at the very tip of Italy and the other (DKVM) to the north. What do we do with all these units? I'm sure our tribe will get some great ideas now that we are at peace and well fed.
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CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
I saw husbandry. We need meat 
Imperator Knoedel
Currently obsessed with The Owl House
Hunters could bring in meat if they killed animals, but strangely I haven't seen a single one so far. 
CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
Exactly. We must be able to control our own food supply.
Imperator Knoedel
Currently obsessed with The Owl House
AFAIK They only consume food when they're above the maximum capacity of "free" units, which is 3 atm I think.
What about the Hunters? Shall DKVM head west, east or north?
Imperator Knoedel
Currently obsessed with The Owl House
He can decide where he goes, unless he simply doesn't show up around here anymore, in which case we'll treat him like any other unit.
DKVM
Joker
Dear Consul,
I have not seen an animal for miles yet the waters are plentiful in fish. We must quickly discover a way to capture and hold these slippery beasts! By the time this letter reaches you, I will have gone to the Southeast as I have heard rumors of civilization and supplies down there.
Hatefully,
Team D.K.V.M
P.S- I hate you Oh so "GREAT" Consul.
OOC: Research Husbandry then Building Boats. Also Imp., I don't really hate you. My character does for forcing him to go out into the wild.
I have not seen an animal for miles yet the waters are plentiful in fish. We must quickly discover a way to capture and hold these slippery beasts! By the time this letter reaches you, I will have gone to the Southeast as I have heard rumors of civilization and supplies down there.
Hatefully,
Team D.K.V.M
P.S- I hate you Oh so "GREAT" Consul.
OOC: Research Husbandry then Building Boats. Also Imp., I don't really hate you. My character does for forcing him to go out into the wild.
CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
that was really funny
Imperator Knoedel
Currently obsessed with The Owl House
What is a letter or a consul? We haven't even developed writing yet, never mind a republican form of government.
So I take it I am to send your hunter to the Balkans? Technically you would have to go northeast first to get around the sea, but otherwise we can do that.
So I take it I am to send your hunter to the Balkans? Technically you would have to go northeast first to get around the sea, but otherwise we can do that.
DKVM
Joker
What is a letter or a consul? We haven't even developed writing yet, never mind a republican form of government.
So I take it I am to send your hunter to the Balkans? Technically you would have to go northeast first to get around the sea, but otherwise we can do that.
I made that exact same argument that Rome is a monarchy at this point in time and you and CK basically said that was a technicality. Also, a letter is an invention that the natives of the North gave me to give you my advice. They also had some strange barbaric clothing called Pants.
Yes, send me to the Balkans and then the Greek Peninsula.
CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
PANTS???? HOW DARE YOU?!?! ![[pissed]](/images/smilies/pissed.gif "Pissed [pissed]")
Imperator Knoedel
Currently obsessed with The Owl House
Rome is actually a tribal settlement for now, so in a nutshell the mob rules unless someone has enough physical strength to enforce his will on the whole group, that is become a despot. For gameplay that means that I will listen to the majority for the most part but now and then go against its will if I think I have a much better idea.
