[Discuss] Activity (was: The state of the game)

[Timothy Collett]

On Jul 10, 2006, at 4:25 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:

> 4) Don't fight them.
>
> ...The only way to beat a completely defensive enemy
> is with much greater numbers, and late turn moves using troops from
> multiple realms are extremely hard to orchastrate.

And what if they have greater numbers all by themselves?

If even half the stories I've heard are true, a small realm would  
have serious trouble trying to defend its borders against the PMW at  
the height of Perdan's power.  Enough militia to defend yourself in  
*every* *region* is prohibitively expensive (believe me, I know!),  
and if they can attack Region A while you're moving to defend Region  
B next door, which they were misdirecting to until 5 minutes ago,  
then you'll lose Region A.

And I have seen whole realms, or at least significant portions of  
them, be able to do a misdirect-then-move strategy, not at the very  
end of the turn, but late enough that their enemies couldn't move  
more than a portion of their army to compensate.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its  
virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective  
gear just in order to play rugby.
--Giles, "Buffy"