Turn 174
OH sent me a message on Sunday night saying he had accepted the ceasefire. [As an aside, I will always suggest that these diplomatic offers need to be sent in another form outside the game just as straight messages: "I have sent you on offer of peace this turn" as they have been known to disappear due to pauses. It is not out of game contact for the purposes of diplomacy, it's a back up in case the game itself breaks].
That I want to try and work out communication in this game, and I'm willing to try for peace, does not mean that I trust OH.
I didn't play T174 on Sunday night as I had very little time. I sat and looked at the map for a bit when I played on Monday night. First thoughts are always paranoid in nature for me: "How would someone screw me over". That's unfair though. This is simply a ceasefire, so a more accurate, and frankly rational, way to phrase that question is "How would OH attack me?"
The straightforward bit has always been stacks of frigates covering galleons units up the west coast, with circumnavigation I have to sit stacks of privateers that he gradually pushes back as he builds up numbers. I defend with castles, muskets and making him land to then murder his units with cats and knights. This is the longer term part of the war, and I have a plan, so don't worry, just implement it.
The immediate threat is always galleons out of the fog. I have 4 front cities with OH, and the units are not spread equally, or even intelligently between them. Melody in F has very few units in it, and is only 20% culture. So I have moved some units around to bulk out the defenders there. I rejigged units around in the east cities, because OH has a straight shot at Sold American, and I cannot lose that city until after I pop out a GM. Afterwards it will get crippled by a naval blockade, and lose some pop, but that's not a problem IMO. Just don't lose the sunk GPP. HWD and 3S are both far enough back that they can't be hit from the fog, or have enough units in that I'm not terribly concerned. Eventually frigates can get into place to remove culture defense, so even Castles aren't really worth it, but dropping an anvil on Free At Last is the smarter defensive move IMO.
After that, I've actually pulled back the knight stack so it can cover both HWD and 3S. I need to add more units into Sold American though.
OH sent me a message on Sunday night saying he had accepted the ceasefire. [As an aside, I will always suggest that these diplomatic offers need to be sent in another form outside the game just as straight messages: "I have sent you on offer of peace this turn" as they have been known to disappear due to pauses. It is not out of game contact for the purposes of diplomacy, it's a back up in case the game itself breaks].
That I want to try and work out communication in this game, and I'm willing to try for peace, does not mean that I trust OH.
I didn't play T174 on Sunday night as I had very little time. I sat and looked at the map for a bit when I played on Monday night. First thoughts are always paranoid in nature for me: "How would someone screw me over". That's unfair though. This is simply a ceasefire, so a more accurate, and frankly rational, way to phrase that question is "How would OH attack me?"
The straightforward bit has always been stacks of frigates covering galleons units up the west coast, with circumnavigation I have to sit stacks of privateers that he gradually pushes back as he builds up numbers. I defend with castles, muskets and making him land to then murder his units with cats and knights. This is the longer term part of the war, and I have a plan, so don't worry, just implement it.
The immediate threat is always galleons out of the fog. I have 4 front cities with OH, and the units are not spread equally, or even intelligently between them. Melody in F has very few units in it, and is only 20% culture. So I have moved some units around to bulk out the defenders there. I rejigged units around in the east cities, because OH has a straight shot at Sold American, and I cannot lose that city until after I pop out a GM. Afterwards it will get crippled by a naval blockade, and lose some pop, but that's not a problem IMO. Just don't lose the sunk GPP. HWD and 3S are both far enough back that they can't be hit from the fog, or have enough units in that I'm not terribly concerned. Eventually frigates can get into place to remove culture defense, so even Castles aren't really worth it, but dropping an anvil on Free At Last is the smarter defensive move IMO.
After that, I've actually pulled back the knight stack so it can cover both HWD and 3S. I need to add more units into Sold American though.