Strategy Discussion

[Earthling]

Yes, of course. I just said that wrong - more along the lines of our first real war being against the Mavs, expecting more wars against other teams later. We hopefully won't be dragged into any significant conflicts with anyone else - stuff like MERLOT right now I guess I wasn't counting.

But I wouldn't want to give in to some peace agreement - I would expect that we and Sirius together will probably finish off the Mavs in one war, that's certainly possible and what we should aim for.

 

[cav scout]

Ok, so our stack got killed on the Mav home island so it looks like we need to revise our strategy...

With the forces the Mavs have available on their island I think it is futile to try to attack there again. Instead I think we should blockade their island and focus on the star. This will trap all those Mav units on the island until they are hopelessly obsolete. We can then go in at a later date to finish them off.

*We should get some naval units there ASAP that can blockade and prevent any transfer of troops to the mainland. Frigates would be ideal but aren't available yet so galleons will have to do (they can win against triremes/galleys/caravels).

*If we can keep up the appearance that will are still targeting the island this would be good. It would lead them to build more land defenders instead of a navy to challenge us.

*Meanwhile we plan and then execute overwhelming strikes on the two Mav cities nearest our island, securing those horses. We then methodically reduce every Mav city on the star.

*Once we have them reduced to just their home island we strangle it navally until we are advanced enough to have a guaranteed conquest. The only thing we need to worry about is Sirius beating us to it.

 

[CharlemagneXLII]

I agree- I think our priority now should be to secure horses and ivory. We should focus on using our treb stack ASAP to capture a petal city, so we'll need a few more maces to top up that stack (and a galleon to put them in). Then some more galleons for a blockade. Since we're now focusing on units, and we won't be getting the pyramids anytime soon, I think it's time to use our artist for a golden age to switch to theocracy. EDIT: when those theaters are done. Are you planning on building temples too?

 

[RegentMan]

Yeah looks likes a good plan. Naval blockade, ho!