So basically you expected to have a fair fight/war? Are you new?I also heard that on the NA territory there is no great alliances and there is very comfortable and interesting for small clans who are tired of UIF and ANTI-UIF :?
So basically you expected to have a fair fight/war? Are you new?
So are u just giving up ur 5 fiefs?No. Not just giving up. Further plans will be revealed within a few days.
No man or woman before has matched the might of the Jolly Knights. Every opponent before has collapsed in the field of battle against the green empire and their allies.
On the bright side, a great song will be written in tribute of the foolish shogunate that is destined to fall in the near future.
BIRD CLAN
''By Artyem a man of wise words''
This sums it all up good.
Caught myself almost replying to you. :rolleyes:Yet you did.
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So basically you expected to have a fair fight/war? Are you new?
BTW, I forgot to add you HG guys to the Special Thanks part of the video, so thank you for your support in the war. I enjoyed doing business with you guys.
Don't worry, gentlemen. This is not the last you'll hear of the Shogunate.Damn, I was just starting to hope... :(
You really have to have no life to play strategus.
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You are still winning and could easily have a favorable peace if you are too tired, or just choose better times to attack.Yes, of course we could still win. But when there's no interest in the game anymore, winning becomes meaningless. We have 750 troops at Shariz. Close to 1000 available at our lands + the gold to equip them. This is between the fiefs and me. And then there are the Remnant armies. Plus whatever is on the random members in the faction.
I really, really don't understand all of the hatred directed at weeaboos in these forums. If you want to RP anti-Japanese sentiment in the Diplomacy and Mercenary Recruitment forums, that's all well and good, but the people aggressively posting ad hominem don't give me the impression they're having fun--that they want Auphilia & Co. gone from the game, not their players gone from the map. It also seemed that some people had trouble separating RP conflict from player-to-player conflict. If Auphilia wants to call your factions out for ganging up on the Josho Shogunate, there's no need to get defensive out of character; it really is just a game, and as far as I could tell, Auphilia was treating it as such.
Do you also have trouble separating your in-game avatar, who runs around with swords and shit, from your actual, physical person, or is it just an inability to process language, or perhaps an inability to abstract the metagame from the game? (This is an honest question. It will directly affect my approach to diplomacy here in the future, assuming I'm not wiped off the map in the coming weeks.)
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I am a little confused exactly who or what this is directed at? Which ad hominem attacks are you referring to in this thread? Everyone in here is basically calling out Auphilia for saying one thing while doing another and being a hypocrite in general. You see where multiple people dislike the fact he is saying how he was being ganged up on while doing the exact same thing to us right? The whole claim of being ganged up on comes from Chaos attacking one of their traders due to S&D being used without Canary's consent and a guy who left FCC to come attack them for fun.
It just seems that half the Strategus players can't separate the player from the avatar.What are you talking about? BTW: Isn't it lonely being the only dinosaur with a hat left in the world?
ALSO NOMIN YOU WEABOO PLEASE DON'T -1 MY POSTS JUST 'CAUSE I PREFER TO MERC FOR REAL AMERICANS AND NOT EUROTRASH AND WANNABE JAPS.
What are you talking about?
BTW: Isn't it lonely being the only dinosaur with a hat left in the world?
On the record, our attack on Memento's caravan was due to a lack of communication on his part; as you know, I always gave proper warning of my intent when passing through your lands. Neither Mori nor anyone else let us know he was coming or what his intent was, so we jumped him (as we've had a bit of trouble with the S&D in our fiefs).
When someone attacks you in the game, do you feel that they are attacking you personally? For most people, I would have expected the answer to be, "Absolutely not!" However, this very forum seems to indicate that a significant number of people do feel that way. I know that the samples are skewed, but the waterfalls of malice nearly drowned me with surprise.No one here 'cept Auphilia and the ninjas and maybe Kesh are actually that serious, sorry to burst your bubble.
No one here 'cept Auphilia and the ninjas and maybe Kesh are actually that serious, sorry to burst your bubble.
I applaud your separating to stand on your own feet with Malta. Good luck with your trading and your new kingdom. Please correct me if I am wrong - didn't you attack New Shibal Zumr and take it from LLJK while all this was going on??
Also, does this mean you are no longer a party to the Hospitaller war on hero_party over Samarra castle that you dropped claim to??
Reason I said maybe on you, wasn't sure if you was slightly serious and trolling or just plain trolling...
Chevaliers never attacked any LLJK fiefs. Nor did we supply arms to either sides of this war. All we have yet to do is sign up as mercenaries for the shogunate, as did people from FCC for LLJK.
The first battle between LLJK & Shogunate we had people signed up for both sides. After singing for both, we got tired of having to listen to both sides asking why we were doing so, and asking to completely sign one way or the other. Shogunate asked nicely, as did Phantom zero for the LLJK. But what threw the vote was that we never once had more than 1 or 2 LLJK personel sign for any of our battles when taking Durquba/Tamnuh, where as the shogunate filled our mercenary lists without requesting gold. As a new faction, we didn't have much gold to spare at the time, and accepted the free & mass support for our gaining of a City and Village.
Now, we the Chevalier, and the Knights of Malta, are becoming an independent unified faction here in the desert to be recognized no longer as a Hospitaller vassal, and to boost our numbers & trade proficiency in the desert. On that note, thank you to those who have contacted myself for trade agreements. The current trade agreements we have in place with everyone will not need re-discussion once we create the UIF (unless you have new terms of trade)
I still find it interesting that Hospitallers can steal 1000 S&D and walk away freely
We have had more battles than anyone and have suffered heavy losses (not as much as LLJK, but war is war).
As Hobb of TKoV said in a different post, and the shared words with Tristran of TKoV, the desert is more of a place for new factions to "survive" such things as war.
For the record, TKoV never broke our word with you, we told you we wouldn't help LLJK with troops or gold, we never said we wouldnt merc for them. We let our members choose who to merc for in this war. We didnt break our trade agreement because we were gonna attack you, we canceled it because there was never any S&D for us to use in your land, and you guys had just lost 1000 of our goods, so we were doing nothing but losing money trading with you guys. Most of the people mercing for LLJK would have signed up for you, if you would have just asked. Phantom goes to clans and asks nicely, so people sign up for him. Remnant came to us last night for their battle and we signed a few for them, we would have done the same for you if you had asked.
As I understand it we tried to catch him, but were too slow on the draw, and suspect that he had many ponies in tow therefore (or, alternatively, that we are just big fatties). If one of our members was in your lands taking S&D that you didn't authorize, I don't think anyone in our faction (save for said member) would be very upset if you attacked them, as it would be in your right to do so. If our man getting S&D from you guys was an allowed action on your part, then it by no means guarantees that we would be amenable to the same deal in our lands unless some formal agreement has been drawn up which I am unaware of. For my part, I think it pays to always ask, whether buying or selling, to let people know in advance.
That being said, we lacked mercenaries the first few battles and LLJK had full rosters. I asked you guys to help us and none of you came. I understand the breaking of the trade agreement.
This right here is entirely the case. Several distinctions that must be made are that:
1. Your member did not contact the leader of the faction.
2. Your member was only given authorization to sell in one fief, afaik there was no mention of loitering in our lands.
3. The trade agreement we made, was specifically limited to a single trade of my goods (there were no mentions of trading within our lands).
This isn't true. Before declaring any hostility against LLJK I spoke to you guys first, because I didn't want to fight them if you were going to aid them or wipe us for it. You guys told me that you wanted to remain neutral BUT if we became outnumbered or needed help, you guys would provide that. That being said, we lacked mercenaries the first few battles and LLJK had full rosters. I asked you guys to help us and none of you came. I understand the breaking of the trade agreement. I couldn't manage the S&D or stop traders from using it while I was at war and half of the shogunate was inactive. Regardless, from our perspective you guys only broke your word, broke trade, and we had rumors of you guys fielding an army against us. You also questioned whether or not the shogunate planned a conspiracy against you (where you got that from, I have no idea). On top of that you also thought one of our guys was trying to follow and attack one of your caravans (even though he was simply returning to our homeland). So from our perspective, I hope you can see why we felt that some malicious intent was brewing.
Regardless of all of this, we had no intentions of fighting or being hostile with you guys. That would be suicide. The only way anyone could believe we would fight a faction as strong as your alliance is if we were allied with your rivals (Hospitallers), which explains all of the foul rumors. Sounds like a huge misunderstanding though, but oh well.
Congratulations on your independence. I sincerely hope you guys enjoy the Strat freedom and actually have fun.
Freedom will never be an issue to the enemies of the Galactic Goon Empire.
Chevaliers are part of the rebel alliance and are traitors.
TAKE THEM AWAY!
That was mostly last minute roster filling. And the majority of those mercs were people we share Teamspeak with. I'm not saying we didn't manage to fill the rosters. I was saying they were pretty much just chevaliers and the shogunate until more joined towards the last minutes, none of which were TKoV (who we did specifically ask for mercs).
Oh really, I guess this battle on 9/25/12 with full rosters and mercs on both sides never happened?
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Edit - By your logic FCC was actually an ally to us both!
lol kids mad as fuck cause i'm SO fucking beast mode with this new computer
I would say you're quitting too early in the game, but...
lol kids mad as fuck cause i'm SO fucking beast mode with this new computerEh-hem my k:d is much better then yours in that match. L2P scrub.
the desert is more of a place for new factions to "survive" such things as war.
The dessert is a crucible of death, only the toughest can survive. You must have an iron stomach and would ideally have come in the top 5 in at least three internationally accredited hotdog eating contests.whata bout cheesecake???????
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The dessert is a crucible of death, only the toughest can survive. You must have an iron stomach and would ideally have come in the top 5 in at least three internationally accredited hotdog eating contests.
I still plan on building my theme park right over the Josho properties. I hope that all other factions will rightfully honor my claims.
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Strat is a hard thing to enjoy unless you're in a faction that is completely dominating. It breeds hatred, drama, and suffering at every turn.
All I wanted was an honorable battle in which Auphilia and I commanded a set number troops against each other with the same themed equipment. I totally dig the ninja/samurai theme and desired to have a glorious battle with a faction I heavily respected, because in two months everyone is going to be fully tin-canned with +3 weapons of doom and I only wanted to bring a little flavor to the world before happens.
It is impossible for me to get my wish now that Auphilia has committed seppuku. Khorin, please have someone get in contact with me after the coming battle at Unuzdaq Castle and list the resources lost. We can discuss re-reimbursement for your people if you desire it. I probably wont have your support with any future endeavors, but if your people wish to merc or join up with me on upcoming ninja missions I will hire you all with the highest priority and pay well.
Best of luck in the military! Send us a postcard!
The Josho Shogunate originally planned to make each clan be its own faction in strategus. We wanted to have a spot to the corner or such and war within ourselves having clans fight each other to make their leaders the shogun. Unfortunately, each clan could not be self-sustained, and there were no strong samurai clans who could challenge the Red Lotus other than Kogado (Empress Guard) and the Ninja, either of which would be inappropriate as they already have the Empress and Master Ninja. We wanted weeaboo vs weeaboo battles more than anything really, even if it meant waring with ourselves. Unfortunately, we soon realized that this would be something our faction simply couldn't afford to do in strategus and abandoned the idea.
Fighting your ninja would have been fun, and I was excited to see the new Uesegi Shogunate forming to challenge our rule. In weeaboo vs weeaboo battles no one has to worry about major disadvantages due to lack of shields or such. I guess you just picked an awkward time for us. You could have messaged me in the forums and I would have gladly accepted and made an army to meet you in the field as soon as I could, instead you attacked an undefended castle (interesting challenge there) while we were at war and being attacked by multiple other factions, etc.
I probably mentioned this before, but it isn't really the attacking of the castle that bothers me, as 400 troops or whatever you had wouldn't be enough to take a castle. What bothered me is having a dozen members nearby who were too inactive to do anything about it. Strategus isn't really something I wanted to play by myself or with one or two people. I have single player for that. Which makes me think some sort of AI should be implemented to use on inactive players, so the game doesn't halt when a few clan members have a life to attend to.
I attacked that castle because I wanted to get a little bit more money so I could buy some fancy katanas before swinging down into the desert to hunt you. And yes I could have warned you about it, I could have also told the folks over at FCC about it too, but that is very un-ninja like. I wanted it to be as authentic as possible and completely go rogue with no one having any idea what the hell I was doing. I will admit I approached a few people 5 or 6 hours before I initiated the battle to gauge interest in joining my cause, but they were Veterans from the great Droozena incident and I only asked a handful from them.
I will give you this offer, if you still want to have a battle I'm sure you can still fund a 100 troop army with asian themed melee weapons and armor. I think ranged weapons should be open to any kind, since their diversity is small. I'll give you a week and a half to prepare, that way if you're wanting to do this we can meet up on October 26th/27th to have the battle. Its a weekend so everyone has a more likely chance of participating. We can do a larger army if you like as well.
I realize you wanted to be "as ninja as possible" but even still, I don't think it is very Ninja to siege an undefended castle with 400 men and then sit in lands waiting for your target to arrive.
An ambush isn't ninja-ish?
An ambush isn't ninja-ish?