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FFH II PBEM IX 'The Dregs' Tech Thread

#131
August 2nd, 2011, 22:41
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Incoming "carrier rush" Starcraft reference? lol
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#132
August 3rd, 2011, 02:24
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Selrahc Wrote:What do you count as a successful rush? I'd call the PoW rush in PBEM I quite successful. It crippled two civs, and gained me uncontested settling rights to a full third of the map. I'd also say the Clans Sons of the Inferno "rush" in PBEM V is quite successful. The partition of Mr Yellow in PBEM III could also apply. Ichabods crushing of Sciz and vassaling Dantski in PBEM IV as well.

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#133
August 3rd, 2011, 02:36
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Ellimist Wrote:Plus the threat of this would have been enough for me to do things differently.

If FoL had been founded, I might have sent in less units while holding more in reserve. The fact that I was safe from this risk allowed me to focus all my units to the same target.

It's like the Elohim worldspell. Just the possibility of it is enough to stop many attacks.
But you'd face much smaller and weaker garrisons. So I remain unconvinced.

Nevertheless what lost me the game was planting a capital on turn 0 that could manage at best 4hpt before mining. I did not restrict my points, between this very poor initial decision, Rivers of Blood and stream of barbarians going my way I was just crippled before Archery and couldn't really go any faster afterwards. Especially given the fact I sunk hundreds of hammers into race to the pact I lost by 2 turns.
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#134
August 19th, 2011, 15:23
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Selrahc Wrote:What do you count as a successful rush? I'd call the PoW rush in PBEM I quite successful. It crippled two civs, and gained me uncontested settling rights to a full third of the map. I'd also say the Clans Sons of the Inferno "rush" in PBEM V is quite successful. The partition of Mr Yellow in PBEM III could also apply. Ichabods crushing of Sciz and vassaling Dantski in PBEM IV as well.

Not to take anything away from Ichabod, but I would like to say that PBEM4 was mostly me being extremely stupid. Had I kept my warriors in my capital, Ichabod would only be able to choke me while I built up warriors in the cap and finally chased him off. It would've crippled me, yes, but I wouldn't have died. However I misjudged the amount of tiles I could move in two turns, so I thought I could save my second city when I couldn't, and that obviously killed me.
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