Experimental Update
I'm glad to be seeing this dwarf undead in action. I've been experiencing a brutal concentration of attacks mostly by humans. This is good because the impact of science can be monitored. My losses have been relatively heavy, as my enrmies are faster and scientifically superior. The good news is the dwarf undead build has sustained.
So far, no CF has been offered. I'm reminded of one of my favorite scenes in cinematic history ~
The Humungus: There has been too much violence. Too much pain. But I have an honorable compromise. Just walk away. Give me your pump, the oil, the gasoline, and the whole compound, and I'll spare your lives. Just walk away and we'll give you a safe passageway in the wastelands. Just walk away and there will be an end to the horror.
The Next Day.
My tally is roughly 4000 elites and 3000 mixed spec losses. I'm counting 23 attacks since May 21 YR 6 including several ops and sabotage.
Losses on my part are generally high because most encounters begin with my full army home.
Edit Today:
Things are more interesting as we've been engaged by 2 kingdoms and some concerted orc participation from both sides against yours truly. I've not yet had the opportunity to march on the orcs, but look forward to the exchanges. One is a larger tac province that seems to be an enforcer. We've offered CF but my hope is they attempt to continue farming. Not many of us retal, which is inherent in ramshackle retirement ghettos.
While I expect kingdoms to act in their best interests - meaning, I'm expecting more reprisals than I can retal with equal force - the experimentation can continue so long as they ignore the CF. Neither kingdom has a war win or any honor(game honor; I'm sure they're honorable people) to speak of, but they are a worthwhile step up, if only for their size advantage. I struck a dwarf mystic that attacked me first, but he's not showing a willingness to bang heads. Thus, I will honor his apparent decision to pass and let the orc take over.
( It's important to remind the reader that the kingdom I'm part in has no rules other than activity. While I'm still concerned about the welfare of my teammates, the premise of these experiments is to confirm that dwarf undead is capable of anchoring center nw. So far the build has proven itself despite a science deficit. The experiments have to be thorough in microcosm so they can be applied to TVKs greater strategic theater. If the dwarf undead can hold ground against all comers then the valance core has a reliable zone constable to rely on.)
New Edit:
We have an ongoing conflict and I'm absorbing my fair share of damage. Humans certainly can dish out punishment and can bottle obscene nwpa. Still, I was able to both cast and steal vs a human sage today with admirable reliability.
This is far from a conclusion as I'd imagine the player is highly concentrated in particular sciences. Additionally, the honor gains are not even scraps. There are no barons to attack and lots and lots of knights.
Kingdoms are settling into stratas with less intermingling between skill levels and organization. The ghettos should note this because honor gains will yield a wackamole mindset from higher stratas. Yes this always goes on, but seems more linear this age. I'm afraid this offers us little choice but to crush one of the transgressing ghettos or be crushed. We both require a head to step on to move forward.
TLDR, my dwarf undead was able to steal gold and runes and cast tornadoes with the stolen runes on a human sage. - oh, and my full army was hit at home and I countered him with trad and ambush. My target countered with an ambush of my ambush and his kingdom mate trad marched my province.
After some 3 on 1 action we offered CF and our enemy accepted. I'm showing a loss of 3000 elites and an odd number of specs. The enemy launched a dragon so a correct fount of spec losses would be skewed. It was an honorable exchange and I got to see one of their players use some savvy tactics.
Originally Posted by Bishop
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