antisocialmunky Wrote:So, what do you guys think will happen with the upcoming wars?
Dantski/DMOC + Nakor
Jowy/Dantski(?)/Spullla
plako/WhosIt
kathelete/Daregorise(that sounds painful)
Also IKZ is so under the radar right now. What's going on with them? They should be breeding settlers like bunnies right about now.
-I think Dantski will try to avoid war with DMOC & Nakor if at all possible, since he "has enough on his hands" with Spulla. Or at least I think he still does, there hasn't been much information coming from his thread on what sort of attack he will make or when. A war between these two teams will probably be a stalemate (especially with skirmishers involved), with neither able or willing to do much damage to the other.
-It's difficult to say exactly what will occur with the war on Spulla since the two aggressors have provided so few details of their plans in their spoiler threads, but I expect the war to be a complete mess, with poorly coordinated strikes, Jowy looking to move in too early with paltry forces, and Dantski needing to keep troops south to defend against his other neighbors. I doubt Spulla will suffer much more than some whipping and perhaps a cursory pillaging. Dantski will be in serious trouble if Spulla can bring in DMOC & Nakor as allies. I'd like to see team Spulla brought down a peg, but I think they're too talented and their opposition too disorganized for that to happen in the upcoming war.
-WhosIt seems to be in a competition with Jowy for erratic play and confusing diplomacy (or is it the other way around?). He has unnecessarily delayed his attack on Ploker to the extent that they'll likely have an island colony and can spam axemen by the time he's ready to strike. I have no experience with aggressive praets, so I'm not sure how effective his attack will be- it likely depends on how well the two warring parties are able to maneuver their units. It's a shame that Ploker can't amphibiously strike at any of WhosIt's cities, that would be interesting to watch. Eh, probably will be a stalemate as well.
-Kathlete seems set to stomp Team Byz, and galley or no galley I don't think there's any real doubt to the outcome of the war since Jowly refused to trade Iron. I've been really impressed by Kathlete's play so far, especially given the at best lackluster performances from both players in the PBEM game and Pitboss 1. Kalin is a surprisingly aggressive player, which should make this game interesting =)
I think IKZ currently lacks any players able to invest much time in the game, which is a shame since they're in a perfect position to expand and out-develop the other teams.