Turn 113:
Seven turns until both Archduke and oledavy will try and hit me hard. I am making a last ditch effort to get Woden to wake up and understand that ultimately, he will be a victim of that naval alliance too.
I hope he understands his position and that it might be better on my side to restrain Archduke and oledavy. I really think, he would be at the receiving end too, when Archduke and oledavy attack him from both sides, as they try and do with me soon.
There isn't much I can do about it, but hope for the best. I fear Archduke more than oledavy. First off, Archduke has shown his willingness to go all out for attacks in PBEM2. He won't bother to lose a few units if he can sense an overall victory. He got an armada and a Great Admiral. Nothing worse here. I got to split my navy and can field 4 caravels and 1 frigate by the time he will attack. That might be completely underwhelming against his might. We shall see.
My hope is that oledavy fumbles as he has done so far. Neither in PBEM2 nor in this game so far has he shown a willingness to go all out and attack with losses. He hesitated when attacking Seoul in PBEM2 though I am sure with some guts, he could have conquered the city. I am hoping I can bluff him a bit here too.
I did that last turn when I moved aggressively forward. My aim here is not to attack Saturn now but to psuh through a second caravel for defense purposes. hell, oledavy is having his DOTF =10 strength there. Unless I am willing to lose lots of units, I would be foolish to attack now. I hope my positioning of the crossbows deters him from attacking my boats. I guess he expects me to try and water my units. Not gonna happen right now.
Unhappiness is mounting in my empire thanks to staggering war weariness. It's now at -14 amenities due to that. Zuckerstadt is down to displeased. I am moving my new builder to connect mercury next turn to ease this a little.
The other thing is the vital capture of Japper's last city.
He has given oledavy all his gold. The city does not have a wall yet nor an archer. It's now or never. I attack with the crossbow and then both horsemen and the city is down to 84/200. That's not too bad. Though both horsemen are wounded, they can still attack next turn provided Japper doesn't finish the walls or an archer. The city will be at 104/200. Ideally, my crossbow attacks at even odds and can take around 30 health off the city which leaves roughly 75 health. That should give both horsemen positive odds of around 8 -10. A surplus of strength 8 results in average of 40 damage which should be enough to take the city.
I am really crossing my fingers here that Japper doesn't finish either walls or an archer. If that happens, I will be thrown back quite a bit and need to wait for the knight to arrive which would take another 4 turns to attack. I feel if that happens, my fate against oledavy and Archduke would be sealed. I really need my new holdings to be productive to have a chance.
Seven turns until both Archduke and oledavy will try and hit me hard. I am making a last ditch effort to get Woden to wake up and understand that ultimately, he will be a victim of that naval alliance too.
I hope he understands his position and that it might be better on my side to restrain Archduke and oledavy. I really think, he would be at the receiving end too, when Archduke and oledavy attack him from both sides, as they try and do with me soon.
There isn't much I can do about it, but hope for the best. I fear Archduke more than oledavy. First off, Archduke has shown his willingness to go all out for attacks in PBEM2. He won't bother to lose a few units if he can sense an overall victory. He got an armada and a Great Admiral. Nothing worse here. I got to split my navy and can field 4 caravels and 1 frigate by the time he will attack. That might be completely underwhelming against his might. We shall see.
My hope is that oledavy fumbles as he has done so far. Neither in PBEM2 nor in this game so far has he shown a willingness to go all out and attack with losses. He hesitated when attacking Seoul in PBEM2 though I am sure with some guts, he could have conquered the city. I am hoping I can bluff him a bit here too.
I did that last turn when I moved aggressively forward. My aim here is not to attack Saturn now but to psuh through a second caravel for defense purposes. hell, oledavy is having his DOTF =10 strength there. Unless I am willing to lose lots of units, I would be foolish to attack now. I hope my positioning of the crossbows deters him from attacking my boats. I guess he expects me to try and water my units. Not gonna happen right now.
Unhappiness is mounting in my empire thanks to staggering war weariness. It's now at -14 amenities due to that. Zuckerstadt is down to displeased. I am moving my new builder to connect mercury next turn to ease this a little.
The other thing is the vital capture of Japper's last city.
He has given oledavy all his gold. The city does not have a wall yet nor an archer. It's now or never. I attack with the crossbow and then both horsemen and the city is down to 84/200. That's not too bad. Though both horsemen are wounded, they can still attack next turn provided Japper doesn't finish the walls or an archer. The city will be at 104/200. Ideally, my crossbow attacks at even odds and can take around 30 health off the city which leaves roughly 75 health. That should give both horsemen positive odds of around 8 -10. A surplus of strength 8 results in average of 40 damage which should be enough to take the city.
I am really crossing my fingers here that Japper doesn't finish either walls or an archer. If that happens, I will be thrown back quite a bit and need to wait for the knight to arrive which would take another 4 turns to attack. I feel if that happens, my fate against oledavy and Archduke would be sealed. I really need my new holdings to be productive to have a chance.