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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 13:57
why dont we have DOUGHNUT FIGHTS!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 14:30
Originally posted by The_Dude The_Dude wrote:

B17 - Every economy must protect itself from potential threats to that economy.  That does not mean that battles are the focus of Illy.  But, human nature being what it is, if you put a shive in enough hands, someone is gonna stab someone else.  Why are most prison gangs not rioting at any given time? 
 
Fighting has a cost.  The benefits must justify the cost.  In Illy war has a cost.  That makes it interesting.  Offense means overcoming the cost imposed by your enemy.  Defense means creating more cost than the enemy is willing to bear.  This is the strategic aspect of Illy.


It's not strategic at all, you just have to have a larger force and you'll most likely win the battle!
It's just a game. :)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 15:34
There is more strategy to Illy than tactics, ATH. Strategy determines how many troops show up at a battle and where the battle is fought,  at that point tactics are not that relevant. If you are implying that a smaller player cannot beat a larger one, you are quite wrong.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 16:28
Originally posted by Attila the Hun Attila the Hun wrote:

For those that go "go pick on someone your own size" no one smart does that. no one  historically has done that, its not practical. All this newbie friendly environment also allows a smaller player to insult larger withotu fear of siege. I can speak in the past of when i have done that and with JR shortly after he made my logo and we started disliking each other.
 
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WW1
WW2
War of the Roses
LIBYA
IRAQ/IRAN war
100 years War
Spanish civil war
Russian Revolution
American Civil War
Korean War
Baltic War
Russia/China War
All three crusades
Roman's taking Cathage/England/Galic's
 
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Fool's watch the land when the problem is in the heart.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 16:38
The American Revolution against Britain
The Texas Revolution against Mexico
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 18:51
The Greek Revolution against the Ottoman Empire
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 19:32
The day I punched my brother and got kicked in the leg.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 20:02
Necro... does AtH even check in here anymore?

Anyhow... an interesting discussion to be sure.

From my own point of view, I love chatting alliance mates and meeting newbies and familiar faces on GC... but at the end of the day I play this game for that moment where I can train some huge armies and send them into an almighty big brawl of some kind, whether it be a tournament, a seige, a friendly tete-a-tete or whatever.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Apr 2011 at 01:32
Rock-n-Roll, Createure!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Apr 2011 at 14:26
Are we still in a sandbox?  Not only does Illy provide seemingly infinite choices in how to play, the game is largely dependent on the players.  Illy allows for each player to search for other players who are like minded and would like to play as warriors.  If this is done early in their game, their cities' growth will suffer, but they will be enjoying the game.  They have the ability to keep this warring to themselves, and therefore are in their own corner of the sandbox.  Anyone who talks smack about these players, assuming the players are keeping to themselves, are disregarding those players' right to exist in Illy, peacefully or otherwise.  And leave ATH alone, he's just bringing his toys to the sandbox.  

edit:  Thank you carrot much.


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