Goreripper. Here is where I had fun just before the end.

[spacetyrantxenu]

Here, I'll post your first combat screenshot for you.

[Tredje]

[Goreripper]

It was actually more like this.

Very badass. Now I just need to figure out how to win farther.

[Goreripper]

Ok. This was a fun turn although it will be a bloodbath soon enough. Stormwind was simple. It only had an archer defending it. I sent in a chariot first because hey why not try for good great general points. I lost the combat but got a withdraw. You can see the scared chariot guy run away.

Then I took the city and kept it because I am foolish sometimes like this. Oh well Herodotus might be nice and draw defenders. It is foolish because Kalimdor here wrecks the captured city for any kind of useful thing until it gets captured. Sad.


But you are here for the main event. Orgrimmar got it self some. Walls. Ok. I send in my knights and lose only two.


Got some pretty good money for it.


What is interesting is that Hashoosh has warriors in his capital guarding. And this little stack of hurt but not kill in front. This is what I took more time to decide on. To push deep with eighteen knights or try hard to just to conquer Kalimdor. I decided to push deep. Funny because Dhalphir moved the ministack to ambush behind the capital.


So here is what I decided and where we are now.

The new Orgrimmar name refers to the Melian Dialogue of course. Sad but that is what is happening here Hashoosh buddy.

Athenian Greek: "For ourselves, we shall not trouble you with specious pretenses—either of how we have a right to our empire because we overthrew the Mede, or are now attacking you because of wrong that you have done us—and make a long speech which would not be believed; and in return we hope that you, instead of thinking to influence us by saying that you did not join the Spartans, although their colonists, or that you have done us no wrong, will aim at what is feasible, holding in view the real sentiments of us both; since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must"
Melians Ottoman: "You may be sure that we are as well aware as you of the difficulty of contending against your power and fortune, unless the terms be equal. But we trust that the gods may grant us fortune as good as yours, since we are just men fighting against unjust, and that what we want in power will be made up by the alliance of the Lacedaemonians, who are bound, if only for very shame, to come to the aid of their kindred. Our confidence, therefore, after all is not so utterly irrational."
Athenian Greek: "Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they can. And it is not as if we were the first to make this law, or to act upon it when made: we found it existing before us, and shall leave it to exist forever after us; all we do is to make use of it, knowing that you and everybody else, having the same power as we have, would do the same as we do"

[spacetyrantxenu]

Where are the Ottoman's Lacedaemonian allies here? I have a feeling they will suffer what they must in this one. Unless they have more power than they've shown -- can you post power graphs?

[Goreripper]

Where are the Ottoman's Lacedaemonian allies here? I have a feeling they will suffer what they must in this one. Unless they have more power than they've shown -- can you post power graphs?

The Zulu. Who are gifting them metal I think. It will be like in the real Peloponnesian war though I will kill the Ottomans and then they will be avenged by the Zulu. Power is basically what you see.

[Goreripper]

Like I said Hashoosh moved his tiny hurt stack behind his capital. I invaded at the right time here. This is the first mace I have seen. A stack of these would have stopped me.


I got very lucky how ever and my first shock knight killed him at 25 percent odds. Good.


After that it is just killing weakness. Thank you Hashoosh for the gold I needed it for Engineering.


Only one building survived. But it is the best one. This is a nice capital although Thales is better.


This of course made the culture go away and exposed the Hashoosh mini stack. So I attacked. Only stupid thing was I lost a 98 percent battle against one of the horse archers so I do not feel bad about the mace win at all.


I forgot how much damage flanking did so my last attack killed three units at once. Wow. Also Oops.


All this winning with pure knights made the game give me the father of combined arms. Very nice deal.


Next up is Darnassus which should not be a problem.


Sentry knight in the south looks for reinforcements and finds another fishing town. Protected by a trireme. I hope Seven does not burn the back lines from me.


Here is where I am now. I have only lost three knights but most of my remaining guys are hurt. I still have seven Hashoosh cities to take four in the south and three in the north. I think I will go south first in a blitz and then swing north with catapults and trebuchets to siege the rest.

[Goreripper]

Is any one besides Spacetyrantxenu even watching this? I might need to add hot naked women or something. For now just look at hot odds.


Engineering was the right choice for tech. It helps me move quickly on roads which is very important for adding workers to my new expanded empire.


Here is my new land. It cuts through Hashoosh completely and will be a good and strong help to my empire.


I am leaving the hard to conquer north for last. I am going to make ten or fifteen trebuchets and catapults to kill these two towns although I might be able to kill that third one up left if he has left it open. His new theme is overrun empires. Sorry guy.


First I want to kill his lower half. The two fishing cities should die fast but the big Mameluke Egypt city will need help. I have a slow stack of a few catapults going there now. Also you can see the Gaspar work boat. I hope he turns back so I can open borders with him. Also you see I am the new Seven and Krill neighbor. Oh boy.


Gavagai killed the computer Bantams this turn. Good for him I guess.

[Commodore]

Still reading; you seem to have this well in hand, although yeah those hard points are going to suck. What's the plan after this? Your thread title would indicate you don't find things hopeful despite you and Gavagai gaining double-size empires as well.

[novice]

I'm reading - thanks for reporting!