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[SPOILERS] PBEM38 Lurker's lounge

#71
July 22nd, 2012, 11:33
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Quote:Do you guys think yuris actually wasn't going to hit Gaspar/Noblehelium? I think he wasn't. Putting a huge stack like that on the border seems a bit too obvious.

I am sure he didnt.Was to obvoius, but i think was perfect view to see for commodore.
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#72
July 22nd, 2012, 12:58
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If. I was in NoGas' position, I would have done the same thing. It's just not worth the risk.
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#73
July 23rd, 2012, 15:26
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So, Commodore takes Lewwyn posting a lot recently as evidence that GasNob's invading. Those guys are geniuses.
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#74
July 25th, 2012, 02:14
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SevenSpirits Wrote:I think you're totally missing what I'm saying. Why not get guilds now so you can start slow-building phracts as your forges finish?

Yeah, that's the kicker. Just slowbuild some Phracts during the last couple turns of the Golden Age, then start doing a steady stream of 1-2 pop whips on them the moment it ends. Not like Mist has anything else to build in the meantime.

And hell no way should anyone dry-whip Phracts. Population is precious. You want to squeeze out as many hammers out of them as possible.

From my spoilt perspective, I would say invade mid-way through your mobilisation, while the target is mid-way through their own defensive mobilisation. That was our (Yuri and my) logic when facing Sian. We didn't play well, but we wanted to invade and start reducing my opponent's productive ability asap. This is even more important in this case, Dave 100% knows he's the target. Yuri's already dead and he knows it.
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#75
July 28th, 2012, 14:29
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It sounds as though Davy is in for an unpleasant surprise, probably due to searching for the wrong building:

oledavy Wrote:I was rather mystified to see not a single Stable in Byzantium. With any luck, this means I won't be facing many shock Cataphracts since they aren't running Theocracy either.

Ichabod Wrote:I'm whipping Hippodromes all over the place.
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#76
July 28th, 2012, 14:38
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Hippodromes replace theatres, not stables, no?
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#77
July 28th, 2012, 15:06
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Never mind.

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#78
July 28th, 2012, 19:18
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Ichabod really should have Stables, because there is a long-enough gap between Horseback Riding and Guilds that you should be able to afford them without hurting your timing window. Then again, a previous report mentions having Shock Horse Archers, meaning that Davey probably made a mistake.

So now the question is: does Ichabod mean Stables, or Hippodromes when he says Hippodromes smile. I've always found Stables and Forges to be some of the trickier buildings to spot in cities. Granaries, Libraries and Barracks are extremely distinct, even across different cultural graphic styles.

Also, I'm surprised that Dave isn't sentrying the gap south of Tuchanka. It's good form to have some kind of sentry in your blind spots along your frontier. If Mist can get a decent sized stack there, he could basically render all the fortifications at Palaven and Irune null.
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#79
July 28th, 2012, 19:39
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stables are the only buildings with a horse in the graphic, how are they hard to spot?
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July 28th, 2012, 19:49 (This post was last modified: July 28th, 2012, 21:45 by Nicolae Carpathia.)
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Stables have a gold roof, and a little fence around it. However, it's very small and tends to get drowned out by surrounding buildings.

Edit: Hmm, Mistabod were talking about Theocracy. However, according to Dave, they're not in Theocracy.

Maybe they screwed up and forgot to adopt Theocracy shhh
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