Profane Wrote:In the first war with India, around 15 turns into the war Greece built the Great Wall, and was working on some Odeons and Libraries instead of spearmen to counter India's massive Horse Archer buildup.IIRC back then India was stalling with their response in our peace negotiations.. At first we believed they might answer, but after about a week it was clear that they wouldn't. The Great Wall was just a ridicilous and stupid move.. I don't really remember if I had any other reason than "Oh it's just 4 turns, might as well build it!". Now Odeons I thought were a little bit more reasonable, they'd help me with my low happy cap, allowing my cities to finally grow larger and also allow more whips when necessary. I was nearly broke at that point and that was probably the biggest reason why I didn't build as many units as some anticipated. I also thought I could defend with the troops I had.. And the truth is, I probably could have if I had chopped some woods, roaded some more and acknowledged that they could attack Sparta so quickly.
On a side note - Jowy, what is your opinion about that move? I think the situation now might've been a lot different if Greece weren't forced to cede those 2 cities to India, but i'd like to hear your take, since you know better about the situation of your empire than us lurkers.
Losing Argos and Sparta was my death in this game. If we had secured peace, or I had played defense better at that point, then combining my rebuild efforts to the east and keeping Argos and Sparta, I would have been in a very good position considering the circumstances.