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[SPOILERS] Kaiser and TheArchduke are nice and friendly neighbours
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May 11th, 2021, 07:34
(This post was last modified: May 11th, 2021, 07:35 by TheArchduke.)
Turn 126
Round 2 Kaiser, you get niter. Please pillage the mine at writing on the wall. Send me your gold, sorry. They dowed us and took (not razed Writing on the Wall). Strategically erratic, tactically they managed to get a military alliance, thereby equalizing the CS playfield. But my numbers are bigger. It will be interesting to see if they stay there or move back and try to invite us in. I will happily oblige, I need to unify the fleets anyway. I wouldn´t have dowed us, but then again, I wouldn´t have dowed us over Akkad either.
Wow, Ljubljana really taking his time on these turns.
It will be interesting to see what comes next.
Turn 127
Next round, I either pincer him at Writing on the Wall, or unite my fleets west of it. Let´s hope that they forgot that I have +1 movement for most ships from RND.
Turn 128
Next turn they should loose the +3 CS intelligence advantage, in 2 turns the military alliance one. So I continue to dance around. Thanks to the japanese archer I know that their main fleet is at Writing on the Wall. So I setup two traps for a first strike, one north and one south. If he goes south, I rush down and attack him, if he goes north I rush up and attack him, if he does not move I burn down Runic next turn and then quickly move on to Cuneiform.
Printing equalized the +3CS but the Mil alliance remains, for that we need 2 more turns.
So, one scouting move later I see: The carthaginian flagship. Options include turning tail, or trying to sandwhich him between the three isles whilst my southern fleet stand ready to engage next turn. I decide to go for the daring approach because of several reasons: - I only lack 2 CS thanks to printing this turn. - His position is very, very bad. Going north involves getting rid of my ironclad which should not be easy, going west is possible but difficult and my southern fleet can then fully engage him. - Zone of control means his ability to maneuver is severly limited. - This could panic him. - Norway is going to get stronger. - Next turn my both fleets are united. - Sailing west makes a unification of my fleets very difficult. My first strike is not that devastating, 3 biremes, 1 caravel. But either he kills 3-4 ships or my ironclad, we will see. My sincere apologies if my move killed us, Kaiser, it has been an honour. Overview Well this is a nailbiter until the next turn comes. I seldom have been this anxious. @Kaiser, I will catch that norwegian longship north of your capital, try to keep 1-2 frigates around to defeat stragglers, and I will need 2-3 ships in my south to defend. The next turn either sees me triumphantly sinking some more ships or my fleet in tatters.
I think it was the right call to pull the trigger, you nearly outnumber his forces 2 to 1 and the ironclad is a very tough nut to crack for him.
I think he has synced up with Woden, but he should only have longboats and Galleys for the moment, so no big threat. (His longboats are 35 +7 embolon +5 MA though, so not nothing) Remember to send me your gold for upgrading my small fleet, I will dispatch some boats south as soon as they are upgraded
Having buyer´s remorse. But I do not think further delay would have improved my situation, not much left to upgrade.
Norway has its first Frigates I believe (Loki has 45 CS with harbour/encampment +2 each and walls +3. Maybe even medieval walls for +6.
Getting the MA going to negate their +5 CS would have been another big swing, but pouncing now when there likely is only Llubljana's fleet state of the art might be just the timing we need. As you said, he either goes all out on your IC or has to awkwardly shuffle around it. The CS difference is well in your favor, but he also can zerg it. IC = 70 base + 7 embolon + 10 fleet + 3 retired GA +3 Intel +3* 2support +5 GA (does he work on the IC?) = 99/104 vs. 5 Frigates = 55 ranged base +5 MA +5 GA+ 3 flanking = 68 => 7 - 11 vs 99 => damage each ~ 45 damage 2 Caravels = 55 base +7 embolon +5 MA +5 GA+ 3 flanking = 75 vs 94 => 11 - 17 damage each ~ 28 damage 1 Caravel fleet = 55 base +17 Armada+7 embolon +5 MA +5 GA+ 3 flanking = 92 vs 92 => 24 - 36 damage So he needs a sligthly below average roll to kill your IC with all he has got there. His Caravel Armada is an issue as you have to zerg it down with your caravels as it very likely has reinforced hull promotion. But this buys you another first strike on his units, if he can clear the IC, he will barely kill anything else and that lets you get into his back with your galley Armada and kill ~3-4 caravels and 1 Frigate I guess |
