dante alighieri
Warlord
I'm getting tired of the war I'm in, though I kind of started it. As the Americans I have a tech lead overall in the game, and I want to keep it. My civ was doing well. I founded christianity and spread it to all in my continent (China, the Native Americans, Babylonians and the Mongols.
But the stinking mongols attacked me early in the game. The almost had me, since they had several large stacks. I sensed they were the ones that would attack sooner or later and had my border cities defenses bolstered but I could see it would be touch and go. I managed to hold off their stacks at great cost until I could sue for peace. Kublia Khan didn't wait much longer than the turn limit to DoW on me again, though. Again I held him off, but I was getting sick of this. None of the others would join me to help. So I began to build my forces up when I got guilds to punish him once peace was declared again.
I took several of his cities and we're still fighting, though to be honest I'm kicking his butt. My plan was to force him to capitulate. If I don't and just sue for peace he'll only DoW on me again in the future once he reaches some form of tech parity. Or he'll vassalize to someone else and they'll most likely attack me later.
But again, I'm tired of this war. I could sue for peace and build up my forces to repel attacks. (Especially since I know either Rome or the French will try to invade from the sea sooner or later. They've been rattling sabers) Or continue. I don't have the force to utterly destroy Kublia unless I just decide to fight for the rest of the game. I might be able to vassalize him though if I take a few more cities, but my forces are getting thin. I was wondering what the rest of you might think. Would it be better to do that or to sue for peace and see what happens?
But the stinking mongols attacked me early in the game. The almost had me, since they had several large stacks. I sensed they were the ones that would attack sooner or later and had my border cities defenses bolstered but I could see it would be touch and go. I managed to hold off their stacks at great cost until I could sue for peace. Kublia Khan didn't wait much longer than the turn limit to DoW on me again, though. Again I held him off, but I was getting sick of this. None of the others would join me to help. So I began to build my forces up when I got guilds to punish him once peace was declared again.
I took several of his cities and we're still fighting, though to be honest I'm kicking his butt. My plan was to force him to capitulate. If I don't and just sue for peace he'll only DoW on me again in the future once he reaches some form of tech parity. Or he'll vassalize to someone else and they'll most likely attack me later.
But again, I'm tired of this war. I could sue for peace and build up my forces to repel attacks. (Especially since I know either Rome or the French will try to invade from the sea sooner or later. They've been rattling sabers) Or continue. I don't have the force to utterly destroy Kublia unless I just decide to fight for the rest of the game. I might be able to vassalize him though if I take a few more cities, but my forces are getting thin. I was wondering what the rest of you might think. Would it be better to do that or to sue for peace and see what happens?