Update time.
I'm gradually recovering from Christmas season and, hopefully, will return to a previous regular update schedule. Now, I think, it is time to make a quick recap of how the war with Krill goes from my perspective.
A little bit of history. Krill during his last days was extremely aggresive. He settled cities at spots "Outpost 1" and "Outpost 2" while swinging his Great Artist in my face. After settling Outpost 2 he made at trollastic offer of white peace to me. Of course, I rejected: culture bomb in Outpost 2 would completely trash Dalstroy and Anadyr.
To respond to this I had to move my 1-mover stack which was busy besieging Jerry Reed towards this front. Also, I attacked Outpost 2 and in a big exchange killed 10 HAs and 2 Axes while losing 11 HAs of my own. It did the job: German Joey / Krill retreated back to Trevelyan and offered my white peace yet again.
I would accept if they didn't have this Great Artist. Culture bomb in Trevelyan is less terrible than in Outpost 2 but still absolutely unacceptable. So, I rejected peace yet again and pressed forward.
It appears that boak now has taken over this civ. He has 14 HAs, 5 spears, 2 archers, a chariot and a super-medic warrior defending in Trevelyan. In 2 turns I'll be able to attack with 30 HAs, 4 catapults, 4 WEs, 5 Swords, 4 Axes, 3 Spears, 3 Chariots (including super-medic) and a skirmisher. This is an impressive 54 units total against 23, most of which don't take defensive bonuses. The city should fall unless he has another stack in the fog.
This, however, seems unlikely. If they had a lot of reinforcements incoming, they would have been more aggressive before during the battle for Outpost 2. Curiously, they haven't reinforced this stack at all since this battle. I have a feeling that they experience pressure at some other place and have a more urgent demand for their units. This conclusion is further confirmed by the fact that on previous turn GJ switched out of Caste System and slaved a lot of pop. Before Krill was insistant on staying in Caste even though it prevented him from keeping up with me in power. I think that they are growing another GP for a golden age, so slavery switch before this GP was finished represents a serious policy change. Another interesting news is that HAK sent me Iron for Iron a turn earlier. May be they noticed his preparations and are reacting to them.
Barring reinforcements, what else can Boak do to safe Trevelyan? He whipped something this turn; worst case scenario is walls but this is still OK; most of his defenders won't benefit from it. Also, walls can make spears preferred defenders over HAs against swords which is actually a good thing. Also, he can upgrade archers to CKNs. It still won't save the city but would make him delay Engineering.
What can be my strategy after Trevelyan? If HAK joins in, most likely I'll press further towards Chesterton. In ideal world this area should be occupied by HAK, completely cutting Boak from me. However, I don't believe that I'll be able to take this city withouy HAK's help. If HAK chooses to remain peaceful, I will most likely be satisfied by Trevelyan as a buffer. Culture bomb in Chesterton is unpleasant but still acceptable.
Also, in a few turns I will have a city at the spot "filler city" which will solidify me eastern border. And I'm building up a secondary stack to finish Tsargon at last: WEs, HAs, Catapults and even Longbows to cover from spears.
Also this:
This war is super-expensive.
I'm gradually recovering from Christmas season and, hopefully, will return to a previous regular update schedule. Now, I think, it is time to make a quick recap of how the war with Krill goes from my perspective.
A little bit of history. Krill during his last days was extremely aggresive. He settled cities at spots "Outpost 1" and "Outpost 2" while swinging his Great Artist in my face. After settling Outpost 2 he made at trollastic offer of white peace to me. Of course, I rejected: culture bomb in Outpost 2 would completely trash Dalstroy and Anadyr.
To respond to this I had to move my 1-mover stack which was busy besieging Jerry Reed towards this front. Also, I attacked Outpost 2 and in a big exchange killed 10 HAs and 2 Axes while losing 11 HAs of my own. It did the job: German Joey / Krill retreated back to Trevelyan and offered my white peace yet again.
I would accept if they didn't have this Great Artist. Culture bomb in Trevelyan is less terrible than in Outpost 2 but still absolutely unacceptable. So, I rejected peace yet again and pressed forward.
It appears that boak now has taken over this civ. He has 14 HAs, 5 spears, 2 archers, a chariot and a super-medic warrior defending in Trevelyan. In 2 turns I'll be able to attack with 30 HAs, 4 catapults, 4 WEs, 5 Swords, 4 Axes, 3 Spears, 3 Chariots (including super-medic) and a skirmisher. This is an impressive 54 units total against 23, most of which don't take defensive bonuses. The city should fall unless he has another stack in the fog.
This, however, seems unlikely. If they had a lot of reinforcements incoming, they would have been more aggressive before during the battle for Outpost 2. Curiously, they haven't reinforced this stack at all since this battle. I have a feeling that they experience pressure at some other place and have a more urgent demand for their units. This conclusion is further confirmed by the fact that on previous turn GJ switched out of Caste System and slaved a lot of pop. Before Krill was insistant on staying in Caste even though it prevented him from keeping up with me in power. I think that they are growing another GP for a golden age, so slavery switch before this GP was finished represents a serious policy change. Another interesting news is that HAK sent me Iron for Iron a turn earlier. May be they noticed his preparations and are reacting to them.
Barring reinforcements, what else can Boak do to safe Trevelyan? He whipped something this turn; worst case scenario is walls but this is still OK; most of his defenders won't benefit from it. Also, walls can make spears preferred defenders over HAs against swords which is actually a good thing. Also, he can upgrade archers to CKNs. It still won't save the city but would make him delay Engineering.
What can be my strategy after Trevelyan? If HAK joins in, most likely I'll press further towards Chesterton. In ideal world this area should be occupied by HAK, completely cutting Boak from me. However, I don't believe that I'll be able to take this city withouy HAK's help. If HAK chooses to remain peaceful, I will most likely be satisfied by Trevelyan as a buffer. Culture bomb in Chesterton is unpleasant but still acceptable.
Also, in a few turns I will have a city at the spot "filler city" which will solidify me eastern border. And I'm building up a secondary stack to finish Tsargon at last: WEs, HAs, Catapults and even Longbows to cover from spears.
Also this:
This war is super-expensive.
