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Title: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: BaleOhay on March 05, 2013, 02:47:54 am
The leaders of the free companies met with the mighty shaman witchcraft. The bones were tossed. Nova Slezkh Castle has been declared a holy place and our people march in search of the glory of resurrection. Twice this miracle has been seen. Fear not of death people of terror for you shall rise again chants our shaman.

The blood this war has shed has fueled the terrortops power and the magic has returned to the land. We have seen the signs and know in our hearts that He is with us.

The terror is rising

BaleOhay War Chief of the BS clan

(that is the story part.. the reality is we do not want them as neighbors, it is like hosp lite... no thanks)

Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Arathian on March 05, 2013, 02:49:53 am
Death to hospitaler and all their minions.

The knights of the Teutonic order are with you.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Lt_Anders on March 05, 2013, 02:52:27 am
TAMDA SHOULD ATTACK FCC.

GREEN HORDE SHOULD ATTACK TOO! NOW'S THE TIME! THEY ARE OVEREXTENDING!

FCC is now fighting EVERY faction on the map(minus their allies)! More xp, and More fun. Is it really worth it to fight that war and leave VE/Fimbul fighting 4 v 2 against those enemies?(VE maybe, but I think Fimbul is in trouble).

Also there goes the vaunted FCC staying out of small squabbles.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: KaMiKaZe_JoE on March 05, 2013, 03:01:44 am
Wait why.

Ok, more xp!
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Lt_Anders on March 05, 2013, 03:02:35 am
Ok, more xp!

That's all that matters. More xp, more fun, more gens!
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Arathian on March 05, 2013, 03:03:05 am
That's all that matters. More xp, more fun, more gens!

YAY!

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Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: The_Slim on March 05, 2013, 03:09:54 am
Prepare to be crushed FCC, Lost Legion will show you no mercy.

Also, so much for FCC's not attack small clans policy they have been pushing on the community for the past 4 months or so.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Lt_Anders on March 05, 2013, 03:11:23 am
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I am, I am also a forum warrior. I call out people on shit they claim and prove it false! I fight on all sides, and suffice to say, only 4 factions have ever really paid me constantly. FCC, LL(now), Blackzilla(yup he's a faction on his own right!), and NH/Fimbul. Most other factions it's spotty, I'll get some pay or i won't. You don't see me declaring war on anyone, and I work with everyone.


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but but? isn't that the best end result?
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Artyem on March 05, 2013, 03:12:05 am
FLoTT, not TAMDA, thank you.

None of the factions involved are in the pact anyway, their mistake.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Lt_Anders on March 05, 2013, 03:18:58 am
FLoTT, not TAMDA, thank you.

None of the factions involved are in the pact anyway, their mistake.

Oh my bad! I need to get it proper if I'm going to make legit war predictions!
(I am honestly surprised Chaos HASN'T attacked FCC yet)
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Arathian on March 05, 2013, 03:36:01 am
Prepare to be crushed FCC, Lost Legion will show you no mercy.

Also, so much for FCC's not attack small clans policy they have been pushing on the community for the past 4 months or so.

I am sure kesh is pissing his pants right now  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Rikthor on March 05, 2013, 03:40:14 am
BOARD Clan's OFFICIAL SEMI-SERIOUS SPERGGY BUT NOT AS SPERGGY AS SMOOTHRICH BUT SLIGHTLY MORE SPERGY THAN KESH DECLARATION OF STRATEGIC INTENTIONS REGARDING FCC, LL, TEUTONICS, DL BUT NOT LLJK:

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That is all.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: The_Slim on March 05, 2013, 03:43:33 am
I am sure kesh is pissing his pants right now  :rolleyes:

As he should
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Havoco on March 05, 2013, 03:54:51 am
BOARD Clan's OFFICIAL SEMI-SERIOUS SPERGGY BUT NOT AS SPERGGY AS SMOOTHRICH BUT SLIGHTLY MORE SPERGY THAN KESH DECLARATION OF STRATEGIC INTENTIONS REGARDING FCC, LL, TEUTONICS, DL BUT NOT LLJK:

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That is all.

Best post in this thread so far.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Lemmy_Winks on March 05, 2013, 04:47:55 am
(I am honestly surprised Chaos HASN'T attacked FCC yet)

Anders you still dont get it? Chaos is one of those ironic names, like when you see a huge guy named Tiny. Chaos is the opposite of, well, Chaos.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Lt_Anders on March 05, 2013, 04:51:48 am
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Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Goretooth on March 05, 2013, 06:07:48 am
I am honestly not surprised Chaos HASN'T done anything ever.
fixed it for you
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Kelugarn on March 05, 2013, 06:34:36 am
The irony is that FCC think of LL as a Hospitaller vassal faction, but they're not.

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Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: arowaine on March 05, 2013, 06:50:25 am
The leaders of the free companies met with the mighty shaman witchcraft. The bones were tossed. Nova Slezkh Castle has been declared a holy place and our people march in search of the glory of resurrection. Twice this miracle has been seen. Fear not of death people of terror for you shall rise again chants our shaman.

The blood this war has shed has fueled the terrortops power and the magic has returned to the land. We have seen the signs and know in our hearts that He is with us.

The terror is rising

BaleOhay War Chief of the BS clan

(that is the story part.. the reality is we do not want them as neighbors, it is like hosp lite... no thanks)

dam you guys pick up on a 12 man clan gg
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Matey on March 05, 2013, 06:54:01 am
dam you guys pick up on a 12 man clan gg

didn't you attack frisia when you though they were a just a small faction?

Also; I don't know if we are even attacking LL or if we are just defending teutonic. Also, LL, Hospitallers, Occitan... aren't you all just the same clan since strat 2?
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: arowaine on March 05, 2013, 07:02:14 am
didn't you attack frisia when you though they were a just a small faction?

Also; I don't know if we are even attacking LL or if we are just defending teutonic. Also, LL, Hospitallers, Occitan... aren't you all just the same clan since strat 2?

start to play more... and get better information this is actually getting old,bragging on old story..  ho wait a minute i totaly forgot i am sorry sir you guys like old stuff like old strat my bad!
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Matey on March 05, 2013, 07:07:41 am
eh, I don't really care, it just doesn't seem like anything has changed.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Garem on March 05, 2013, 07:20:25 am
Jesus, Arowaine. Give the "poor sods" thing a rest - and that goes for everyone, since you're hardly the first.

Everyone attacks smaller factions from time to time. Some attack bigger factions, too. So what? People have their reasons. Strategus is ultimately a game of politics.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Krosis on March 05, 2013, 07:40:10 am
Jesus, Arowaine. Give the "poor sods" thing a rest - and that goes for everyone, since you're hardly the first.

Everyone attacks smaller factions from time to time. Some attack bigger factions, too. So what? People have their reasons. Strategus is ultimately a game of politics.

The reason Arow mentions this is because FCC has been claiming this whole strat that they're all about helping small factions.. and that they wouldn't interfere in small faction wars.


Now they're using an excuse to attack one without proof. Claiming that this small faction is working with us and that we are helping them when it's far from the truth.

You have to call that out.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Matey on March 05, 2013, 07:49:45 am
saying we are "attacking" them makes it sound like we went out of our way to declare war on them and are currently sending armies at them. Last I checked, LL was trying to finish off a clan that was already in bad shape from their last war and we - due to various reasons - decided to help that small clan against the hordes of troops being sent against it. I don't know if we have any plans to launch any offensives against LL or not, but I think it is a pretty big stretch to say we are attacking a little guy here.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: BadooN on March 05, 2013, 07:54:28 am
I am, I am also a forum warrior. I call out people on shit they claim and prove it false! I fight on all sides, and suffice to say, only 4 factions have ever really paid me constantly. FCC, LL(now), Blackzilla(yup he's a faction on his own right!), and NH/Fimbul. Most other factions it's spotty, I'll get some pay or i won't. You don't see me declaring war on anyone, and I work with everyone.


but but? isn't that the best end result?
I imagine it would be difficult as a one man "faction" to declare war on anyone else.


Looking forward to xp!

Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Holiday203 on March 05, 2013, 07:55:19 am
The reason Arow mentions this is because FCC has been claiming this whole strat that they're all about helping small factions.. and that they wouldn't interfere in small faction wars.


Now they're using an excuse to attack one without proof. Claiming that this small faction is working with us and that we are helping them when it's far from the truth.

You have to call that out.

Well it seems odd that we have been doing a lot of trading ourselves and had more members than LL for a period of time but the gear they have would overly bankrupt us 10 fold. I think FCC has a good reason for attacking.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Keshian on March 05, 2013, 08:09:04 am
Well it seems odd that we have been doing a lot of trading ourselves and had more members than LL for a period of time but the gear they have would overly bankrupt us 10 fold. I think FCC has a good reason for attacking.

Hell we move 10-15K goods a week as a large faction with huge quantities of S&D from owning many fiefs and their armies would have cost us everything we would have made in 2-3 months.  Full heraldic plate with great mauls and arbalests, etc. etc.  Their armies would cost roughly 8 million gold to outfit 12 thousand troops, basically what a massive faction with a lot of eu trade could maybe pull off (hospergllers), but not a small faction with only 1 fief and access to limited amounts of other clan's fief's S&D and those only with 20-25% taxes.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Tanken on March 05, 2013, 08:46:43 am
Hell we move 10-15K goods a week as a large faction with huge quantities of S&D from owning many fiefs and their armies would have cost us everything we would have made in 2-3 months.  Full heraldic plate with great mauls and arbalests, etc. etc.  Their armies would cost roughly 8 million gold to outfit 12 thousand troops, basically what a massive faction with a lot of eu trade could maybe pull off (hospergllers), but not a small faction with only 1 fief and access to limited amounts of other clan's fief's S&D and those only with 20-25% taxes.

But you're failing to see that they actually did it, and Kesh I'm not going to bullshit you when I say I sat there and saw them do it. They hooked up with the Wolves literally right after we were wiped and were trading 10-20k goods with Wolves to cash out max bonus a week. Not to mention that Greatsage and 4 others were in EU lands (Hence, Anzac_KUTT you see occasionally on Battle Page) trading and amassing their gold. I don't foresee how Hospitallers would have given LL anything, they barely would shake their dicks at us even if we asked.

They're currently running a war against Fimbulvetr and probably stockpiling what they have to get to war with you guys. LL did this all themselves, they have been working hard at it. 12 Million I doubt was what was spent, maybe closer to 3 or 4 mil, but they had that much when I left to join Frisia anyway. I have no Faction investment in this war, nor do I stand to gain anything by supporting either side--all I can say is that Lost Legion has done this themselves, and that Hospitallers have had nothing to do with it. They're really good farmers. Getting our asses handed to us taught us what they would need to make a "come back" and the fact that all they're doing is waging war on Teutonics' one remaining fief when they have one themselves, should be commendable.

You guys should let them have their war, and stay out of it. It's not like you couldn't thwart them if they got too dangerous or started stepping on your toes with attacks. All this is at the moment is a reason for you guys to revitalize your members' activity in Strategus and push someone around.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: The_Slim on March 05, 2013, 08:50:16 am
Hell we move 10-15K goods a week as a large faction with huge quantities of S&D from owning many fiefs and their armies would have cost us everything we would have made in 2-3 months.  Full heraldic plate with great mauls and arbalests, etc. etc.  Their armies would cost roughly 8 million gold to outfit 12 thousand troops, basically what a massive faction with a lot of eu trade could maybe pull off (hospergllers), but not a small faction with only 1 fief and access to limited amounts of other clan's fief's S&D and those only with 20-25% taxes.

Don't get us wrong Kesh, we do somewhat see(just because we have worked with Hosp. in past strats) why you may feel that we are a hostile presence being right next to you in the Tundra.  Although with the events of today we will not be taking Slezkh Castle and it won't be happening.  We had a some suspicions FCC may step in and help Teutonics, but as far as a full declaration of war, this was not expected in the slightest. 

We are starting to actually like this topic now.  At least the work that we put in was enough to raise this much fus, the Emperor has lead us well.  If all of this means the end of Lost Legion in the Tundra, we will do it all over again, just hopefully we have enough time before strat restarts. 

Edit:  Yes, 12 million is not even remotely close to how much we spent, it was far far less than this number.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Keshian on March 05, 2013, 03:21:59 pm
Tanken I know you are saying they were moving 10K goods a week or more - but this is my question if they were doing that much - where were they getting the trade goods?  Who would let them steal 10K goods like that from their fiefs - all our free trade fiefs and the other free trade fiefs in the snow combined couldn't handle that much (assuming the other 20-30 people using them didnt take any) and would be 25% taxed, plus going to all those various fiefs would take more than a week each time just to circulate around let alone get over to exchange with eu and then have to run around and find 10K S&D to sell (steal) in.  Where are they supposedly get access get to tens of thousands of S&D without getting attacked every other day?  Who supposedly financed 10K S&D a week in trade and for what purpose?

The fact that LL was able to freely attack people in Hospitaller lands and be not attacked by them is  a pretty strong sign of where they are aligned (not to mention more than half of them show up for every fight agaisnt us and the the other people hospitaller is making war with).  Waiting for them to strike at a bad random moment like astralis the other hospitaller vassal did to fimbrulvetyr doesn't seem that great an idea and allowing them a nice foothold for supporting hospitaller aggression near our lands is also not something to be desired.  Also, I said 8 million not 12.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Rikthor on March 05, 2013, 03:24:36 pm
dam you guys pick up on a 126 man clan called BIRD Clan with Hero Party gg

Arowaine, let's not forget history.

Also, Hospis attacking Hero Party at the beginning of Strat. TKoV attacking Chevaliers and Remnant.

Much larger clans attacking smaller clans over debatable reasons, depending on your perspective, has happened in pretty much every strat. There is a lot of legitimate criticism you can make of FCC, but come on, that's pretty weak one consider the 4 largest clans have all done it at some point this strat alone.

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Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: SHinOCk on March 05, 2013, 04:01:32 pm
Arowaine, let's not forget history.

Also, Hospis attacking Hero Party at the beginning of Strat. TKoV attacking Chevaliers and Remnant.

Much larger clans attacking smaller clans over debatable reasons, depending on your perspective, has happened in pretty much every strat. There is a lot of legitimate criticism you can make of FCC, but come on, that's pretty weak one consider the 4 largest clans have all done it at some point this strat alone.

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And that's pretty much it. It sucks but unless they are counter attacking to survive, most clans will attack smaller factions instead of a bigger one just to be sure they don't lose in the end and FCC is no different whatever they say about it
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on March 05, 2013, 04:20:03 pm
You got it all wrong! I didn't cast a permanent enchantment over that fief, it just happens to be right on top of a natural ley line. If you don't believe me just try holding onto a dowsing rod over there, it'll practically fly out of your hands.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: KillerofFlowers on March 05, 2013, 05:15:53 pm
Tanken I know you are saying they were moving 10K goods a week or more - but this is my question if they were doing that much - where were they getting the trade goods?  Who would let them steal 10K goods like that from their fiefs - all our free trade fiefs and the other free trade fiefs in the snow combined couldn't handle that much (assuming the other 20-30 people using them didnt take any) and would be 25% taxed, plus going to all those various fiefs would take more than a week each time just to circulate around let alone get over to exchange with eu and then have to run around and find 10K S&D to sell (steal) in.  Where are they supposedly get access get to tens of thousands of S&D without getting attacked every other day?  Who supposedly financed 10K S&D a week in trade and for what purpose?

The fact that LL was able to freely attack people in Hospitaller lands and be not attacked by them is  a pretty strong sign of where they are aligned (not to mention more than half of them show up for every fight agaisnt us and the the other people hospitaller is making war with).  Waiting for them to strike at a bad random moment like astralis the other hospitaller vassal did to fimbrulvetyr doesn't seem that great an idea and allowing them a nice foothold for supporting hospitaller aggression near our lands is also not something to be desired.  Also, I said 8 million not 12.
we got our goods from different places. At first when we were still in kutt we had bulgur, but seeing how that was a gift to Kutt and not LL we gave it back but hosp allowed us to buy the remaining s&d. Now on top of that we also asked tkov about buying from their lands and they allowed it. In total I think doom picked up around 8k goods from tkov and surrounding places that gave him permission.

Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Smoothrich on March 05, 2013, 05:16:43 pm
And that's pretty much it. It sucks but unless they are counter attacking to survive, most clans will attack smaller factions instead of a bigger one just to be sure they don't lose in the end and FCC is no different whatever they say about it

I'm pretty sure semenstorm has done the opposite at every opportunity and hoped for the best lol.  I've been convinced we were gonna get wiped off the game several times now.  Not very interesting otherwise.  Fuck carebear alliances.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: SHinOCk on March 05, 2013, 05:55:58 pm
I'm pretty sure semenstorm has done the opposite at every opportunity and hoped for the best lol.  I've been convinced we were gonna get wiped off the game several times now.  Not very interesting otherwise.  Fuck carebear alliances.

Well we did attack BIRD with no real reasons but to expand around WeyyCOCK and have a foothold in NA which is basically preying on a smaller clan but yeah ever since then we've been up against much bigger guys than us

Im not counting Frisia in that because we went there to try helping SS in taking back a legitimate claim in my book. Gotta be ready to fight when you take a fief that belongs to someone else whatever size your clan is.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: KaMiKaZe_JoE on March 05, 2013, 07:15:38 pm
Regardless of Hosp support, real or imagined, FCC is still going against a much smaller faction.

And you know what? We're going to fuck LL. Then we're going to blow a hot, steamy load of victory all over their faces, tear-streaked from madness and sorrow and rectal bleeding.

And hey, at least we're friends with Teutonic, which is a goodish reason to go to war. Though maybe sneakily giving them gear, troops, and money might've been a better idea. Alas, the time for smart decisions is in the past, and the time of glorious war is upon us!
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Smoothrich on March 05, 2013, 07:31:35 pm
Well we did attack BIRD with no real reasons but to expand around WeyyCOCK and have a foothold in NA which is basically preying on a smaller clan but yeah ever since then we've been up against much bigger guys than us

Im not counting Frisia in that because we went there to try helping SS in taking back a legitimate claim in my book. Gotta be ready to fight when you take a fief that belongs to someone else whatever size your clan is.

Hero Party vs BIRD was a war of the true LLJK successors and was completely legitimate.  Though as you may of noticed, getting a bunch of goons in your clan usually ends horribly no matter what.  Sadly at that point LLJK was corrupted into an FCC vassal and deserved to be wiped out of the game for disgracing its memory. 

Considering how much FCC propped them up with direct support we can't really say we're hypocrites if Occitan got involved as well, considering the idea was to get some clans in NA who could actually sustain a war and play the game properly.  Since we're all still here bitching about wars and having primetime battles across the map (except BIRD lol) instead of the game being abandoned/dead it seems to be going pretty well so far.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Krosis on March 05, 2013, 08:03:33 pm
Regardless of Hosp support, real or imagined, FCC is still going against a much smaller faction.

And you know what? We're going to fuck LL. Then we're going to blow a hot, steamy load of victory all over their faces, tear-streaked from madness and sorrow and rectal bleeding.

And hey, at least we're friends with Teutonic, which is a goodish reason to go to war. Though maybe sneakily giving them gear, troops, and money might've been a better idea. Alas, the time for smart decisions is in the past, and the time of glorious war is upon us!

I'm surprised Kesh liked this post, this is pretty much all he needed to say regarding this war, rather than claiming "proxy"...

this is far more respectable.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Rikthor on March 05, 2013, 08:30:00 pm
Nope

This is why I like Arowaine/Occitan, they are honest and good folks to deal with. Shinock admits why they got involved, just like Arowaine did to me. Gasp, he and I even joke about it still.

Smoothrich still lives in the delusional martyr world where Phantom was big meanie to him, Partyboy got 12k troops from FCC, Kesh controls 100 accounts and his girlfriend is his hand, Smoothrich believes himself to be the master strategic manipulator of the world of strategus, and he was only deadminned for fighting the good fight against cheaters.

So sayeth BOARD Clan.
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Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Smoothrich on March 05, 2013, 08:46:18 pm
This is why I like Arowaine/Occitan, they are honest and good folks to deal with. Shinock admits why they got involved, just like Arowaine did to me. Gasp, he and I even joke about it still.

Smoothrich still lives in the delusional martyr world where Phantom was big meanie to him, Partyboy got 12k troops from FCC, Kesh controls 100 accounts and his girlfriend is his hand, Smoothrich believes himself to be the master strategic manipulator of the world of strategus, and he was only deadminned for fighting the good fight against cheaters.

So sayeth BOARD Clan.
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LLJK was wiped out for being a useless clan that helped no one, and a new territory-alliance sprung up that has led to months of sieges, countless battles, and much more fun.  LLJK-BIRD was the shit fertilizer from which a new era of Strategus could bloom.

Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Rikthor on March 05, 2013, 08:54:04 pm
LLJK was wiped out for being a useless clan that helped no one, and a new territory-alliance sprung up that has led to months of sieges, countless battles, and much more fun.  LLJK-BIRD was the shit fertilizer from which a new era of Strategus could bloom.

A useless clan that won just as many wars as Hero Party did by themselves.  :mrgreen:

Sorry FCC/LL/Teutonics/Occitan, I will stop shitting up the thread with posts about dead clans and keep my talk about BIRD clan to a minimum.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Matey on March 05, 2013, 09:01:14 pm
Your mother's asshole, I tragedy.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: SHinOCk on March 05, 2013, 09:58:32 pm
Rikthor there's something special about your damn avatar...
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Gmnotutoo on March 05, 2013, 10:00:42 pm
Rikthor there's something special about your damn avatar...

He's an adorable historian corgi.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Tanken on March 05, 2013, 10:12:36 pm
Tanken I know you are saying they were moving 10K goods a week or more - but this is my question if they were doing that much - where were they getting the trade goods?  Who would let them steal 10K goods like that from their fiefs - all our free trade fiefs and the other free trade fiefs in the snow combined couldn't handle that much (assuming the other 20-30 people using them didnt take any) and would be 25% taxed, plus going to all those various fiefs would take more than a week each time just to circulate around let alone get over to exchange with eu and then have to run around and find 10K S&D to sell (steal) in.  Where are they supposedly get access get to tens of thousands of S&D without getting attacked every other day?  Who supposedly financed 10K S&D a week in trade and for what purpose?

The fact that LL was able to freely attack people in Hospitaller lands and be not attacked by them is  a pretty strong sign of where they are aligned (not to mention more than half of them show up for every fight agaisnt us and the the other people hospitaller is making war with).  Waiting for them to strike at a bad random moment like astralis the other hospitaller vassal did to fimbrulvetyr doesn't seem that great an idea and allowing them a nice foothold for supporting hospitaller aggression near our lands is also not something to be desired.  Also, I said 8 million not 12.

Honestly, I probably over-exaggerated the number of goods that were moved around in a week. It was most likely closer to 3-5k. Bulugur (while I had it) had a prosperity of +740 each day, and we met with Wolves in FPF territory every 10-14 days. That was the deal, and each time we would do it we'd gather anywhere from 400-800k. Do the math, it adds up quickly. The armies, as Flowers explained, were not anywhere near 12 million but I'm done defending this cause. It doesn't affect me either way, I just think that everyone at least needs to tip their hat to LL because they were small, and were forced to "restart" this strategus and they did it right. It's awesome, seeing them work that hard made me at times feel like it's a better idea in future strats to start very small and branch out from there, so good job Flowers, Slim, Doom, and Greatsage. You guys have done what larger factions have deemed incomprehensible.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Matey on March 05, 2013, 10:22:57 pm
I think big factions are not nearly as big as people think. Lots of members in the faction doesn't mean lots of active traders nor does it mean lots of recruiters. It usually just means lots of inactives. A faction of ten active recruiters/traders can do as much as a clan of 50 that has 40 in actives. I guess my main point is that it is harder to accurately estimate the abilities of larger clans which in turn makes it harder to predict smaller groups. If a large faction produces x troops and x money in a week then most would assume that a clan with only 20% as many players would produce only 20% of the troops and gold of the bigger group, but that isn't how it works when so many are inactive.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: SHinOCk on March 05, 2013, 10:25:18 pm
I think big factions are not nearly as big as people think. Lots of members in the faction doesn't mean lots of active traders nor does it mean lots of recruiters. It usually just means lots of inactives. A faction of ten active recruiters/traders can do as much as a clan of 50 that has 40 in actives. I guess my main point is that it is harder to accurately estimate the abilities of larger clans.

I like to think that most factions has at least half their members active enough to hoard troops and do other stuff.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Keshian on March 05, 2013, 10:33:04 pm
I like to think that most factions has at least half their members active enough to hoard troops and do other stuff.

hahahaha, I wish, try more like 1/4th with any strat ticks.  Our members get bored with this game faster than most other clans, probably why we are the most aggressive.  i think the average renown is nearing 1 million for our faction.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: SHinOCk on March 05, 2013, 10:38:00 pm
hahahaha, I wish, try more like 1/4th with any strat ticks.  Our members get bored with this game faster than most other clans, probably why we are the most aggressive.  i think the average renown is nearing 1 million for our faction.

So you're telling me the ton of troops you have magically appeared in your fiefs? Can you tell me your trick Mr. magician
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Matey on March 05, 2013, 10:42:02 pm
So you're telling me the ton of troops you have magically appeared in your fiefs? Can you tell me your trick Mr. magician

Kesh is 16 year old Japanese girl remember? She has plenty of "tricks".
Anyone who needs more detail can contact her "manager" bale to discuss how many troops it will cost for kesh to explain in more detail.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: arowaine on March 05, 2013, 11:21:12 pm
hahahaha, I wish, try more like 1/4th with any strat ticks.  Our members get bored with this game faster than most other clans, probably why we are the most aggressive.  i think the average renown is nearing 1 million for our faction.

average faction renown is 2.5 million lol look like we have been more agressive and active then you :)
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Keshian on March 06, 2013, 12:12:14 am
Kesh is 16 year old Japanese girl remember? She has plenty of "tricks".
Anyone who needs more detail can contact her "manager" bale to discuss how many troops it will cost for kesh to explain in more detail.

This is true i pulled many favors for these troops - for Anders, and multiple other factions, both in gold and a little *wink* *wink*
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Kelugarn on March 06, 2013, 01:55:53 am
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I don't know what to believe anymore...
Who am I? WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOORR?!
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: partyboy on March 06, 2013, 02:20:19 am
I still get a kick out of people typing BIRD CLAN like a legitimate thing so really I feel I've come out pretty far ahead b/c of all that stuff.

Well we did attack BIRD with no real reasons but to expand around WeyyCOCK and have a foothold in NA which is basically preying on a smaller clan but yeah ever since then we've been up against much bigger guys than us

It's posts like this that makes me glad that we fell to Occitan.  The frankness that you guys display when dealing with everyone else in a cesspool of shit talking and propaganda.  A+, would die to you guys again =]
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: SHinOCk on March 06, 2013, 03:02:24 am
I still get a kick out of people typing BIRD CLAN like a legitimate thing so really I feel I've come out pretty far ahead b/c of all that stuff.

It's posts like this that makes me glad that we fell to Occitan.  The frankness that you guys display when dealing with everyone else in a cesspool of shit talking and propaganda.  A+, would die to you guys again =]

Were done killing beautiful and peaceful birds, I'm happy you could relocate your flock somewhere, long live BIRD CLAN!
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: partyboy on March 06, 2013, 03:11:49 am
Were done killing beautiful and peaceful birds, I'm happy you could relocate your flock somewhere, long live BIRD CLAN!

Wanna sell me a fief down there?  I'm always looking for more.

edit:  ooo, actually, things are looking pretty blue down there :(
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: SHinOCk on March 06, 2013, 03:23:28 am
Wanna sell me a fief down there?  I'm always looking for more.

edit:  ooo, actually, things are looking pretty blue down there :(

Lol yeah Its not such a good spot for peaceful trading  down there just yet, I'm surprised the sand didn't turn red on the strat map yet after all the blood that's been shed so far. We will see what the future holds!
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: lcrispyl on March 06, 2013, 08:12:03 pm
This doesn't suprise me at all tbh, looking forward to the battles to come and the xp to be had!!!! Lost Legion! Brothers of the sword, I rather fight beside you than any army of thousands! Let no man forget how menacing we are! We are Lions!
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: lcrispyl on March 07, 2013, 06:00:52 am
FCC does what they want... case closed... they attack such a small clan for their benefit, they want to see what hosp is doing that is all. If that small faction doesn't adhere to FCC's liking then they will punish them... which makes FCC a dictator.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Artyem on March 07, 2013, 06:12:06 am
Well, I'm obliged to support FCC's reign as lead dictatorship since I'm their #1 vassal.

I for one am forced to welcome our new FCC overlords.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: _RXN_ on March 07, 2013, 10:05:32 am
The FCC's common sense shown in this battle. (http://c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#!?page=battledetail&id=2750)

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Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Matey on March 07, 2013, 10:33:18 am
twas a fun battle. our fortified forward spawns served us well.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Arathian on March 07, 2013, 11:54:21 am
Covering your forward spawns with protective ladders is a valid and long used strategy.

These aren't skyladders. What are you gonna do? Put a rule about how many ladders per square meter we are allowed to deploy?
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Dutchydave on March 07, 2013, 12:55:41 pm
After 5 pages I feel 1 very important fact is missing.LL members are united and motivated by 1 hate and that is Teutonics. When the mighty KUTT empire was being attacked at the begining of this strat Teutonics where our ally's who Tanken had given army's to.Instead of helping us with the army's gifted to them they turned them on us while we where on the brink of extinsion.Backstabbed us just like kicking a man while he is on the ground.A dog act in any language.LL members are what remains of the once mighty KUTT(apart from KUTT that reformed) and our hate for Teutonics will never die.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: _RXN_ on March 07, 2013, 01:06:55 pm
These aren't skyladders.
Rly? You probably missed the physics lessons at school ...
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Jack1 on March 07, 2013, 01:15:14 pm
I wasn't a part of strat at the time couse I kept getting teleported duchy, but as far as I knew, you gave us nothing, all the stuff we had was gained by us alone
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Keshian on March 07, 2013, 01:32:02 pm
Rly? You probably missed the physics lessons at school ...

Every ladder there had a base on the ground.  A skyladder is when you place a ladder on top of another ladder where nowhere does any part of the ladder touch the ground.  I think the last patch even made that impossible so you don't even have to worry about it.  Those ladders were certainly no worse than all the many many ladders DRZ did in slezkh castle.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: _RXN_ on March 07, 2013, 01:44:05 pm
Keshian, so why, when this is done by someone of the "Axis of Evil", it is called skyladder, but when this is done by you, it's not? :) Fnd the difference http://forum.meleegaming.com/strategus-issues/siege-shields-on-top-of-skyladders/msg673351/#msg673351
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Keshian on March 07, 2013, 01:57:29 pm
Keshian, so why, when this is done by someone of the "Axis of Evil", it is called skyladder, but when this is done by you, it's not? :) Fnd the difference http://forum.meleegaming.com/strategus-issues/siege-shields-on-top-of-skyladders/msg673351/#msg673351


??  i never posted in that thread, but it looks like you put siege shields on top of the ladders so you had sky siege shields which under the list of rules is not allowed.  We did not even have siege shields in that last fight.  Just look at the official list of strategus rules mate and you won't run into any problems like that in the future, we did and strictly adhere to them.  Would love if unbelievable ladders floating at 90 degree angles off castle walls were not allowed too, but devs said to difficult to enforce.  So only no sky ladders and sky siege equipment.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: _RXN_ on March 07, 2013, 02:02:03 pm
It's not about the siege shields on ladders, it's about the ladders, placed in the same way, but called different.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Keshian on March 07, 2013, 02:20:37 pm
It's not about the siege shields on ladders, it's about the ladders, placed in the same way, but called different.

To quote Anders from that thread:

"Except none of those ladders are skyladders.

They all touch the ground at some point. Sky ladders are Ladders built on top of OTHER ladders, not ladders just really high up.

Though to the second point, I believe that the shields would constitute "sky laddering" as they are material built on top of another material(minus siege towers)"


By the way that thread is really old while they were finalizing the rules on this.  Its pretty standard right now - sky ladders and sky equipment are not allowed, some part of the siege equipment must touch the ground.  All our siege equipment was touching the ground and the main concern in that other thread was that siege shields could not be placed floating on ladders.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Mongolista on March 07, 2013, 02:23:58 pm
Lol is this seriously even debatable? I mean do you have to have a brain to understand all this shit would in reality fall right on the ground? no matter how you call it, it may not be a sky ladder in a sense to be built on another ladder, it may be a sky ladder that makes an impossible high ground against the law of physics, and obviously the archers are even misusing it to their own advantage, sometimes people make me sick with their twisted ideas of how to go against the law and call it a different name, and I thought we were pathetic by laying the ladders around the flags against the cav since there is no other equipment for such purpose, now I see people can go even further than that and exploit the bugged physics, yay, congratulations, you may not have breached the law but you have certainly became the new assholes of the strategus!
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Mongolista on March 07, 2013, 02:29:49 pm
Not to mention on the first three pictures you can see like 2 ladders not touching the ground with any of its part ;) they are in the horizontal position and laying on other ladders, which physically would be fine, but it is against the law as the ladder has to touch the ground at some point, sorry
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: kinngrimm on March 07, 2013, 02:34:12 pm
so many things i want to say ...

1) Attacking smaller factions no big deal. FCC claiming first you wouldn't intervene in wars inbetween smaller factions and stay out of those, but then doing it anyway, is understandable in retrospect on loosing a friendly faction towards you and gaining a faction(LL) in that area which may not be that friendly towards FCC. So in a strategic term fully agree on that move, in the way you claimed to do things not that coherent, therfor a "-" on propaganda.

2) Giving information on deals in between factions, even if you are not part anymore of those, is not seen lightly and i will remember that for future interactions Tanken. Nevertheless you did tell some truth, that LL managed to do this on his own. F.E. a vassal of CFA managed to buy 2k fully equipped troops in NA with cRPG gold and they were also very ressourceful before that on the map, a faction of 5-6 dudes pulling of major attacks with stuff they scraped together all over of calradia. I like to think of LL also as a very ressourcefull and also reliable trader. As is FCC.

3) M&B ladder mechanics are fucked up, the ladders which touch ground but intersect in the air, thereby holding up each other are debatable, but i am not the judge for that.


...Also, LL, Hospitallers, Occitan... aren't you all just the same clan since strat 2?
that stuff again, isn't that like asking, aren't FCC, Cavaliers, TKoV,NH all the same clan? at least 3 of those had been allied since strat 2.0 and next round if NH doesn't make a huge turn around ...

saying we are "attacking" them makes it sound like we went out of our way to declare war on them and are currently sending armies at them. Last I checked, LL was trying to finish off a clan that was already in bad shape from their last war and we - due to various reasons - decided to help that small clan against the hordes of troops being sent against it. I don't know if we have any plans to launch any offensives against LL or not, but I think it is a pretty big stretch to say we are attacking a little guy here.
You defenitly didn't went out of your way, but i would formulate it differently.
You have strategic interests that you see through to be secured. Any clan you help there, is for that reason first and overall. Nothing about oh we are the good samaritas, get of this attitude and i can take things serious you say otherwise just same bs propaganda drums we have to endure for a long time now.

Well it seems odd that we have been doing a lot of trading ourselves and had more members than LL for a period of time but the gear they have would overly bankrupt us 10 fold. I think FCC has a good reason for attacking.
As Kesh said, if a faction is overly inactive like only 1/4 doing something, then surly there is not much you can invest with. From what i know of LL, yes they are small but they have like at least 70% active guys doing stuff. And this claim of 12 million gold makes me giggle, if we would have been the source of that dude i would have steamrolled a lot in EU ^^, Wolves only without any other faction of CFA is doing NA trade as far i am aware of and we do trade with any NA faction who is willing to and those may not like that but i don't quite give a crap aslong i make a profit of those parties ;) may it be chaos, FCC, LL, Hosp or whoever is there at a time we are with goods to swap or in other words if you get more goods to a place we agree on you will do more trade then others you wouldn't want us to do trade with.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Rikthor on March 07, 2013, 03:02:42 pm
Stop being nerds about ladders tia.

Every single large battle in the open field, at least in NA for the past few months, has seen them used in that way regardless if it was FCC, TKoV, Occitan, Hero Party, Hosipi, etc. It's a dumb complaint made by babies. Each battle that I have been a part of for the last couple months has had at least one active admin in it, who shockingly enough, say when there are skyladders regardless of his or her side.

Do the ladders in M&B work like real ladders? No.

Does much of this game work like things in real life? No.

Is the Strategus Community awful? Yes.

Is the Strategus Community filled with babies and spergs who will find any excuse to latch on to if they lose? Yes.

There is your common sense post of the day.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: oprah_winfrey on March 07, 2013, 03:24:26 pm
Lol is this seriously even debatable? I mean do you have to have a brain to understand all this shit would in reality fall right on the ground? no matter how you call it, it may not be a sky ladder in a sense to be built on another ladder, it may be a sky ladder that makes an impossible high ground against the law of physics, and obviously the archers are even misusing it to their own advantage, sometimes people make me sick with their twisted ideas of how to go against the law and call it a different name, and I thought we were pathetic by laying the ladders around the flags against the cav since there is no other equipment for such purpose, now I see people can go even further than that and exploit the bugged physics, yay, congratulations, you may not have breached the law but you have certainly became the new assholes of the strategus!

It doesn't really matter what is defined my physics, more important is what is aloud in the game. So while these ladders wouldn't work in real life, they work in the game, and are ok by the rules in place. It may be dumb, but I don't think mid battle discussions of whether the ladder agrees with the current rules of physics is a good idea either. Specifically ladders that are borderline as to whether they would work or not.

Stop being nerds about ladders tia.

Every single large battle in the open field, at least in NA for the past few months, has seen them used in that way regardless if it was FCC, TKoV, Occitan, Hero Party, Hosipi, etc. It's a dumb complaint made by babies. Each battle that I have been a part of for the last couple months has had at least one active admin in it, who shockingly enough, say when there are skyladders regardless of his or her side.

I agree, although I don't think anyone has taken it as far as FCC has here. Of course the fact that they have more archers has a lot to do with it, as opposed to other clans that are mostly doing it to protect their shit from horses. Besides it looks cool, like a nest.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Wesleysnipes on March 07, 2013, 04:08:00 pm
After 5 pages I feel 1 very important fact is missing.LL members are united and motivated by 1 hate and that is Teutonics. When the mighty KUTT empire was being attacked at the begining of this strat Teutonics where our ally's who Tanken had given army's to.Instead of helping us with the army's gifted to them they turned them on us while we where on the brink of extinsion.Backstabbed us just like kicking a man while he is on the ground.A dog act in any language.LL members are what remains of the once mighty KUTT(apart from KUTT that reformed) and our hate for Teutonics will never die.

Let us never forget and always bring it up. To have a grudge for that long is pathetic. Me and Tanken worked it out after. Obvs you are still/ always mad. A 3 month plan ending in 5 days! Our empire will remain!
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: oprah_winfrey on March 07, 2013, 04:26:28 pm
Let us never forget and always bring it up. To have a grudge for that long is pathetic. Me and Tanken worked it out after. Obvs you are still/ always mad. A 3 month plan ending in 5 days! Our empire will remain!

Meh, a lot of clans hold grudges over different iterations of strategus. To hold one within one version of strat isn't very uncommon.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Casimir on March 07, 2013, 04:44:51 pm
I think people tend to hold grudges when they have suffered a grievance and the other side shows no remorse.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Mongolista on March 07, 2013, 05:01:58 pm
Quote
It doesn't really matter what is defined my physics, more important is what is aloud in the game. So while these ladders wouldn't work in real life, they work in the game, and are ok by the rules in place. It may be dumb, but I don't think mid battle discussions of whether the ladder agrees with the current rules of physics is a good idea either. Specifically ladders that are borderline as to whether they would work or not.

Sigh, why would you even respond to the comment if you did not understand it in the first place? You basically said exactly what my comment was pointed against... Let me rephrase it: Justifying the abuse of unrealistic game mechanics by saying it is not against the rules and/or interpreting the rules in your own way (oh well the ladder may be built in a totally fucked up way but hey, it has one end on the ground - not to mention this rule is in itself arbitrary) may satisfy the ears of admins who dont give a shit anyway, but you will remain a complete asshole in the eyes of the rest of the playing community.

And for those trolls who have to call everyone a dick for trying to make this game any better just to show off how cool they are, remember it is us, the players who make this game, and it is up to us which way will we choose, for me the way I play mirrors the person I am, I like to play it the hard way to earn the credit, if I feel something (like slashing through door) is really stupid and I dont want the others to do it, I dont do it myself, I have encoutered several people rather opening the door and risk getting the attackers in than exploiting the bug to cut smbdy through the door, so yes, it actually does work.

I know there will always be people who will keep on trying to abuse the game mechanics to their very best and I will keep fighting them till they are gone or change their mind. This is the reason I was fighting Greys all since the very beginning I have joined this game and saw them joining on the opposite side in strategus battles just to teamhit all their teammates and practically win the battle through this filthy way. I will fight dishonesty, exploiting and cheating because I believe this (strat & crpg) world still got a chance.

Ni!
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: KaMiKaZe_JoE on March 07, 2013, 07:04:00 pm
Making fortresses out of ladders is absolutely retarded. But it's allowed, and it's allowed because it works within the unrealistic, retard-fest that is M&B.

The defending side in any battle will, of course, want to have the chance to improvise fortifications. I think that it's only natural, and it's something that the defenders should be able to do. This must be understood in light of the flag-cap mechanic, whereby, in open-field battles the defenders must protect a really long line of flags from the enemy. It's not wise to just sit on them, so you need to fortify some distance ahead of them. However, the fortification will necessarily have to be bigger than if it were actually on the flags, because the bad guys can just walk around it. So, you need to make it even fucking bigger.

Right now, though, defender's options are rather limited. Siege shields work, but are limited in number and cannot deny the enemy access to a particular area--not like a few ladders can.

You can throw down c-sites, I think, and that big pile of wood can block shit. But, again, it doesn't take up much of an area and it's easy to kill.

Siege towers just go straight up, and the enemy can just go around to your flags.

Ladders are, god dammit, the best defensive tool in the defender's arsenal for some ungodly reason. Perhaps its because they're the closest thing that we have to Lego blocks. You can build in whatever direction, including vertically, with ladders. They're cheap, too, and they work. Don't fucking complain if something so helpful for a team's victory, which is legal, is thoroughly used by a faction in strategus. It's a competitive environment with lots of nerds who care a lot about winning. I think that a field battle is fun it's a straight up battle--no ladders or fortifications, but sometimes that's fun too. chadz plz fix.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Rikthor on March 07, 2013, 07:08:34 pm
And for those trolls who have to call everyone a dick for trying to make this game any better just to show off how cool they are, remember it is us, the players who make this game, and it is up to us which way will we choose, for me the way I play mirrors the person I am, I like to play it the hard way to earn the credit, if I feel something (like slashing through door) is really stupid and I dont want the others to do it, I dont do it myself, I have encoutered several people rather opening the door and risk getting the attackers in than exploiting the bug to cut smbdy through the door, so yes, it actually does work.

Funnily enough those same trolls play the very same game you do, so their opinion of game mechanics weighs just as much as your e-honor filled one. I actually didn't call anyone a dick, I called them babies and spergs. You fall in the sperg category with your post, the more you know. Also, that wasn't a troll post. tia.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Jack1 on March 07, 2013, 07:13:38 pm
I personally want a strat fight to be played like a hockey game....  Just couse your on defense doesn't mean you have to sit on your flags. It's an even fight with the same flag problem on both sides.

So why does defense never just push and make use of forward spawns like attackers do? You can trap them on their flags just as easy.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: oprah_winfrey on March 07, 2013, 07:24:13 pm
I personally want a strat fight to be played like a hockey game....  Just couse your on defense doesn't mean you have to sit on your flags. It's an even fight with the same flag problem on both sides.

So why does defense never just push and make use of forward spawns like attackers do? You can trap them on their flags just as easy.

Because the attackers are under no obligation to attack. Attackers are due to the clock.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: kinngrimm on March 07, 2013, 07:51:17 pm
...

So why does defense never just push and make use of forward spawns like attackers do?
You can trap them on their flags just as easy.
timer & distance & respawn times

If time runs out attackers loose, so defenders try to prolong the fight as long as possible ... playing defense
If one side goes over the point where they are half the way to the enemy, they loose momentum and gear can be more easily picked up from the other team. The attackers as they are under pressure because of the timer use therefor the forward spawn to decrease distance and can be more compactly grouping up. The only real counter pushes you will see are mostly to get rid of those forward spawns.
Also when a defender has the same gear level, stays closer to his spawn he gets full troop strength constantly, only coordinated pushes of the attacker can get then an even k:d ratio. If the attacker fails that way, you will see them spawning and pushing slower and slower and close to the end an experienced defense commander will do pushes till they reach attackers flags and maybe even take them down as the attacker then can't compensate for the bad respawn times of his mercs.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: The_Slim on March 07, 2013, 07:59:10 pm
Regardless of Hosp support, real or imagined, FCC is still going against a much smaller faction.

And you know what? We're going to fuck LL. Then we're going to blow a hot, steamy load of victory all over their faces, tear-streaked from madness and sorrow and rectal bleeding.

And hey, at least we're friends with Teutonic, which is a goodish reason to go to war. Though maybe sneakily giving them gear, troops, and money might've been a better idea. Alas, the time for smart decisions is in the past, and the time of glorious war is upon us!

Thanks for the honesty.


As  far as that open field battle yesterday...my God.  I don't give two shits if they were sky laddering or not(it didn't look like they were doing anything that I haven't see before in field battles with ladders)  We were not able to put ladders down for a good amount of the fight due to the item number being too high, cavalry ran on us hard because of it.  Melee being engaged 100% of the time in a constant NA_1 brawl allowing archers to shoot the shit out of us.  Well played, like your whole team was spamming at the end, GG
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Turboflex on March 07, 2013, 09:51:31 pm
I personally want a strat fight to be played like a hockey game....  Just couse your on defense doesn't mean you have to sit on your flags. It's an even fight with the same flag problem on both sides.

So why does defense never just push and make use of forward spawns like attackers do? You can trap them on their flags just as easy.

Unlike hockey, there's no potential reward for aggressive defence.

It would prolly be better if the maps weren't random, but designed so there were some defensive strongpoints in the middle of the field or at least a bit off the flags, givings both sides map spots to contest for potential advantage.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Jack1 on March 08, 2013, 01:18:57 am
The thing that I was trying to say was that you don't HAVE to stay at flags. By the hockey metaphor I ment that you are just as able to take their flags as they are to take yours, if your willing to play the risk of going all out offence, even though it will fuck you over sometimes.
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: Turboflex on March 08, 2013, 02:53:53 am
The thing that I was trying to say was that you don't HAVE to stay at flags. By the hockey metaphor I ment that you are just as able to take their flags as they are to take yours, if your willing to play the risk of going all out offence, even though it will fuck you over sometimes.

sometimes? 95% of time
Title: Re: Holy ground FCC Declares war on LL
Post by: partyboy on March 08, 2013, 06:45:35 am
The thing that I was trying to say was that you don't HAVE to stay at flags. By the hockey metaphor I ment that you are just as able to take their flags as they are to take yours, if your willing to play the risk of going all out offence, even though it will fuck you over sometimes.

Have you never been in a field battle before?  I've seen defenders cap flags plenty of times, although usually because the attackers went way too offensive and didn't leave anyone to guard their flags.  Not because the defenders did a dumb thing like waste tickets on waves of attacks.