I agree, that's rather counter productive in the long run. I think he was trying to achieve surprise but instead only acheived early warning. -_-' You want to achieve speed and violence of action in surprise attacks to quickly overwhelm the enemy.
The East part of this map is getting so slowed down by these wars except for IKZ.
I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet but IKZ basically have free reign of all of Former Mortistan with no real threat of war from either direction due to their neighbors being occupied. Look at their traits as well:
Expansive and Organized...
Sheesh. Correct me if I'm wrong but they should really take advantage of the situation and expand everywhere, they have the ability to do so and advantages in settler and worker production.
The East part of this map is getting so slowed down by these wars except for IKZ.
I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet but IKZ basically have free reign of all of Former Mortistan with no real threat of war from either direction due to their neighbors being occupied. Look at their traits as well:
Expansive and Organized...
Sheesh. Correct me if I'm wrong but they should really take advantage of the situation and expand everywhere, they have the ability to do so and advantages in settler and worker production.