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scaramouche 
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 Posted: 17 Feb 2014 at 18:22 |
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It is wrong for Mikla to suggest that the current war was started because of old grudges from the consone war...although I will not deny a lot of ex consone players, wanted revenge (if that is the right word).
There is no way one or two ex consone alliances persuaded other non consone/axis alliances to indulge in an almost global server war just because they hold grudges. Myself being an ex consone player was looking for an excuse to have another go at the axis and was undeniably over the moon when this war started. There are alliances in this war that had no part in the consone war and therefore have their own reasons..but as in most cases the truth will always be torn and ripped apart and turned into spin/lies and denials. As much as I respect the OP'S interest in wanting to know more details of this current exchange. this will turn into a flame fest. I would recommend you read through the past threads on this subject to get an idea of what I say. |
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NO..I dont do the Fandango!
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Miklabjarnir
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Posted: 17 Feb 2014 at 18:03 |
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In my book a confederation is annihilated when it dissolves, even if many of the previous members are relatively unhurt. Just like an alliance is destroyed if the members leave it, even if they are more or less unharmed.
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KillerPoodle
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Posted: 17 Feb 2014 at 17:53 |
By what criteria? Have you seen how many of those alliances are in the current war? |
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Miklabjarnir
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Posted: 17 Feb 2014 at 16:40 |
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I am a bystander, and despite of the size of the war most are actually outside it. I am a profiteer, selling my goods to whoever is willing or desperate enough to pay my inflated prices. Again, not unusual in times of war. The entire economy of Elgea would collapse if people did not use enormous amounts of gold and resources to prepare for wars and then using them up during the war.
As seems to be the usual way with great wars, this one started (or at least got out of hand) because somebody was not happy with the result of the previous war. The previous war was called many things, but it seems many have agreed to call it The Consone War after the main instigator. They were a group who had very strong views about the right way to behave in Elgea and about the evils of alliances with other ideas getting big and powerful. For all practical purposes they were annihilated in that war. As with other great wars, the losing side was left with a number of grudges. The peace treaties left them with a long list of cities they had to give up, either to be taken over or razed by the winners. And even worse for some, their philosophy had not prevailed. Some were making secret plans behind the scenes, and many were waiting for somebody to kill the Archduke//////// do something to give them a pretext for action. I hope some of the cooler heads both among the coalition and the unnamed axis crow-eagle / militant pacifist crusaders / whatever will provide historians with documents and events about the early stages of this conflict before they are forgotten.
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Dwrwd
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Posted: 17 Feb 2014 at 15:55 |
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I have been playing Illy for only a couple of months so I obviously had no involvement in the war nor any particular sympathy for either side. And yet, as I believe is the case for many other newbies, I would like to know more about it. In the hope that this thread will not become, as it often seems to happen, a surrogate battlefield for those contenders who evidently did not get enough of their share of fighting in the real war (and by real I obviously mean fake, this is a game you know), I ask you to describe the events of this war as you would if you were telling a story to a child. After all, aren't we all newbies like children needing support and guidance ;-) This doesn't mean you have to spare us the gory details. We already know about the monster who lives in the closet that will take us away if we don't eat all our supper or harvest in your sov. So if you want to tell us of how you razed a city after butchering the 10k spearmen defending it, it's ok, we can take it. Just please mind the language. You are welcome to describe the large scale strategic manoeuvers of the alliances, the cloak and dagger games going on behind the scenes, or even just a small episode that you may have witnessed first hand (like the siege of a single city, for example). Pleeeease grandpa, one more story before I go to bed. Edit @ killer poodle: we don't want comments about other people's posts. They're boooring! If you don't like what other people said, just tell us your own side of the story. That is the full story, as you think it should be told. Re-edit @ Deranzin: your philosophical approach to the causes of this war is interesting but maybe a bit too aloof for kids like us to comprehend. We really just want to hear a fun story :) Edited by Dwrwd - 17 Feb 2014 at 22:22 |
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