Krill Wrote:BS. Just because it is unlikely doesn't mean it is impossible. It was an example of how Jowy could get to the end of the game in a powerful position, and your refutation is BS.
And that is me being contentious.
There is such a thing as being so unlikely that it is the same as being impossible. There are so many mitigating factors that would prevent Jowy from pulling off that sequence that it is as good as impossible, not the least of which is the diplomacy necessary to do it. Kathlete and Jowy are very close now, and Kathlete is in a very commanding position given their excellent diplo and expansion while Jowy is whipping his cities into oblivion. And who is going to team up with Jowy? The Incans have a long-term NAP with the Ottomans and will likely be involved with a 2-sided war anyway between the Ottomans and Rome (which will make their alliance even stronger, and Rome more reticent still to team up against Kathlete). Danski hasn't shown that he has the wherewithal to bring down a major power, and the HRE isn't going to be much help regardless with Rome next door. So many weird things have to happen that you might as well say that Jowy will win because all of his opponents could spontaneously implode.
This whole sequence is even more unlikely when you consider the tech advantage the Ottomans can/should start building over Jowy, and the lack of anyone capable of really challenging Kathlete nearby. The CoW required a fairly unlikely confluence of events that could only happen in an extremely small window and only with excellent diplomacy. To say that such a thing will happen again (Two to three times no less!) strains credulity.
Possible, yes. Likely, not even close.