(October 28th, 2014, 10:50)Grimace Wrote: 80% is pretty good odds, I would risk it. I know the RNG can be a bitch sometimes, but sometimes you have to take calculated risks. What are the odds if the chariot attacks your axe? Better or worse? Does that axe have any terrain bonus to defense or anything like that? If so, that might make it worthwhile to wait instead.
Yeah, I'm sure OH attacked out. I haven't caught him in chat, but I would imagine he would already have passed the bad news if we had lost..
I think our axe had 25 % fortify bonus and nothing else, but even if we had had +100 % from city walls+hill+fortify we would have attacked out so that there is a 0 % chance that we don't actually lose the city (as we can block the city with a worker and next turn put real defenders in). Last time Azza ventured out with his 2-movers we killed them immediately, but as OH said this time we were more vulnerable. Based on that incident I actually also assumed that Azza would not build further 2-movers there (OH, can Azza build mounted units at Nothing at all, I don't think so?).Zzzzzap/Veggies is not a big city and initially we took it and left with light defenses with the thought that if Azza wants to recapture it: by all means, because it means that he is committing resources, which won't disturb us in the north, where holding e.g. his capital was a much more important target. At this point the city already has a granary, lighthouse and a library + it provides gold for our empire --> Now we don't want to lose it anymore and I expect that OH prepares a LB whip and puts couple of real defenders in range to help the city if needed (Azza's 1-movers actually need 3 turns to reach the city and most of them are archers so defending should not be toooo difficult). But as said, I haven't caught OH in chat yet so I'm not 100 % sure whether everything is under control or are we tilting..
