RBP2 Lurker Discussion Thread - No Players!

[novice]

Have you guys [India] considered getting a catchier name for your power bloc than "non-rebels"? Because you should.

How about the Coalition of the Reluctant?

[Rowain]

If you refer to how Spullla treat slaze, I think you should remember that slaze himself wasn't really interested in helping Spullla when they were in trouble! On the other hand, I think is Dantski was more active in diplomacy he could get substantially more help from Spullla... at least that is the feel I get from reading Spullla's thread.

I'm more referring about what India would do to help any of their allies. So far all their plans are just take over Jowy for themself and hoping that their 'allies' get in long economie-slowing fights. With that intentions, plans and hopes they are on par with the HRE.

Whosit for example is quite different. His sending of 8 Praets (including the building of several Galleys) was a big investment without any chances to get it back.

But to make it clear both (India & HRE) play it right. If you want to win it's always good to let the other guys do the fighting & dying.

[darrelljs]

It looks like we'll have roughly 8-10 maces, 8 horse archers, 6 catapults, and some leftover axes and spears when we declare war in about a half-dozen turns.

Enough cats?

Darrell

[Jabah]

Since they won't be any longbow in Jowy's land, I guess the cats might be for bombardment and not attack (it will be a bit slow, but what can Jowy do ?)
Mace should have good (enough) odds vs anything

[Beamup]

Whosit seems to be learning why Spullla considered so much early warring to be suicidal.

[Axiis]

Sullla seems to think that slaze is overreacting to the current threat... do the more experienced lurkers here think that's true? Is slaze in danger of being eliminated/totally crippled, or is he underestimating the power of longbows?

[Krill]

Depending on how many axes the attackers have, I'd rather be defending with swords, and using 2-3 LB in each front city to force the attacker to bomb down the culture. The swords being so much cheaper and just as strong on the whole (ok, 1 less free strike) means that you generally get more kills, as you have more units towards the end of the battle when the opponent has weaker units on defence.

[Profane]

Sullla seems to think that slaze is overreacting to the current threat... do the more experienced lurkers here think that's true? Is slaze in danger of being eliminated/totally crippled, or is he underestimating the power of longbows?

I think slaze is doomed to lose at least Ollantaytambo the northern front, with that fork on Ollantaytambo and DINA, but who knows?

Hopefully the siege of Ollantaytambo would be able to buy slaze some time to get more cats to that front.

I think his southern front should hold up just fine, though. Unless units are shuffled away to the north.

[Rowain]

As long as slaze has no cats he is in danger as Athletes big stack will kill his defenders (at the cost of some cats).

[regoarrarr]

MP veterans correct me if I'm wrong but isn't red significantly better than blue, so as to avoid having to attack Cuzco over the river?

Either way you're going to spend a turn on flatland, so from that perspective they're equal