RBP2 Lurker Discussion Thread - No Players!

[BobRoberts]

As I understand it, the AI units are dependant on what techs the players have researched - and Archery wasn't quite as popular as it is with the AI. Think the Barbs got to skip straight from Warriors to axes/spears...

[Ruff_Hi]

Good, one more item to add to my "Pitboss > PBEM" list

Au contraire mon fraire ... this is a + for pbem

[regoarrarr]

I will have 10 phalanx, 1 spear, 1 warrior, 4 chariots and 1 archer for the attack. Ottomans should have some 4 horsearchers and 2 chariots to add to that. We are probably going for Chancelorsville first,

Sullla's spreadsheet has Jowy for 120K of total power (64K of unit power), and lists out

2 scouts
2 warriors
4 archers
6 phalanxes
2 spears
1 chariot

as of T96, though that does not (I think?) count the 10K that he thought was Jowy researching HBR. Sulla's unit total adds up to 64K, and Jowy's total is 85K

So counting the 10K that Sullla will adjust for today he said in the thread, and leaving some Jowy units home for garrison duty, and considering the units that will be built in the next turn or 2 (and available to make it to Thebes and attack by T100), it looks like Sullla has a decent handle on Jowy's total available military force.

For the record, Sullla puts himself as having (in the totality of his empire)

6 warriors
2 chariots
5 axes
5 spears
4 archers


I was surprised (pleasantly) by how much Jowy is bringing - I was expecting less. This could get intersting!!

[Krill]

It all depends where Jowy attacks, and how much AK have on the same tile. Hopefully They attack striaght straight at Chancallorvilla and take out the holy city, then they can either move some units north to take out white dot, or position to attack the capital/Antietam.

When Whosit comes in, green dot is going to fall, the question is what happens to Fredericks(gold/sheep)? If that city falls, and AK/Jowy take out white dot Spullla are going to be as weak as Ploker. All they'll have left is Antietam and Gettysburg.

EDIT: OK, after reading Jowys' latests posts, looks like he is attacking at Cville and he is bringing this to the party:

10 phalanx, 1 spear, 1 warrior, 4 chariots and 1 archer for the attack

plus

Ottomans should have some 4 horsearchers and 2 chariots

Then it looks like HRE are sending 4 axes/2 spears, Dantski is sending who-knows-what, but it doesn't include HA (SP tried to help him, not that he paid any attention). The southern attack is going to be an absolute debacle IMO. If Spullla cede Cville and manage to wipeout the southern stacks, they have a chance to go to town by playing defence in the north and counter attacking in the south.

I don't know if any of Dantski/Nakor or DMOC know how to attack in MP though, or that their aim is to tie down units in Gettysburg/Antietam and so they need to stay on the highlands. Provided they stick the the hills and just head straight at Gburg they might not fare too badly.

[Morgan]

Question: Why are the barb cities guarded by warriors? I never see that in my SP games. Is it because too few civilizations have discovered Archery, or some such thing?

Barbs are a 'Minor' civ that do not start with Archery on Monarch and below.

[Ilios]

I'd go straight for India's Horses, especially since the CoW know they are currently researching HBR.

[regoarrarr]

I'd go straight for India's Horses, especially since the CoW know they are currently researching HBR.

They'll have HBR by T98 I believe, so 2 turns before the attack. They'll have at least 2-3 HAs by the time Jowy and Kathlete attack.

[Krill]

That's not enough to break any stack though. If the horses get cut quickly then Spullla are basically screwed. And all it would take to cut them is a single chariot. AK+jowy say they'll have 6 available.

[Ilios]

Yup, and if Jowy/AK do manage to take C-Ville (still doubtfull though), the Horses will be easily reachable. (Unless G-Burg has reached 4th culture ring)

[Ruff_Hi]

For those of us that don't have lots of MP experience, how do you go about cutting those horses? Running in with Chariots will just result in lots of broken wheels and dead horses.

Here is a pic that I stole from Spullla's thread ... the horses in question are 2S1W of C'Ville - they have an Axe (I think it is an axe) sitting on them.