Quote Originally Posted by Anri View Post
Ahh yes, i acted as a blocker vs absalom pretty much every single age back then. I still believe it was way better back then compared to how it is now. The small KDs with skills and knowledge could defend itself and hold its ground better, it often lost land but could still cripple the top KD somewhat. Also you could enter a mintime war and cover your losses very good vs the bigger and stronger KD, you could play it smart and even outgain them by min time. Without the WW bonus the top was less aggressive and greedy for land, they had to fight for it much harder. On top of this if banks ran low def you could nail them hardcore for it, preventing them from pumping on low def. Its just a bunch of things that made the separation between the top and the rest as big as it is today. There is pretty much nothing you can do to defend vs a bigger KD today and that is just VERY bad.
If we were to fix these problems the game would become so much better. But i never seen Bishop really address these problems. And lets not talk about science and explore.... Fix the broken things before doing anything else Bishop....
Ever heard of Greek Gods vs Pyro? It's really easy this age to FSU a KD if you know what you're doing... OOR declaration now gives no WW bonus. Sure, the top KD can take a bit of bank land, but you can utterly destroy their core in the process.