Originally Posted by
Mordrek
As a complete "has-been" and someone who would probably be seen as a n00b by a larger part of the top players if they knew me... TheRock, are you out of your mind?
First and foremost, the conflict between my kd and Mercy wouldn't have degraded into war earlier if there had been a different declare range. I know that you know the game mechanics fairly well since you brag about it in this thread. Given that, you still decided to wave a pumped orc kd about the size of your bulk while you also had a huge cow who inflated your kd nw. Hence, you had the benefit of a cow while we had the benefit of relative nw gains. Your choice and it's more or less a fair deal. You also knew that we would have to hit Mercy down a lot before being able to declare, hence your decision to wave could look more like you hoping that we would give you a free wave because your cow was so large and frightening. However, your objectives with the wave is not important since the result, us finally declaring, wouldn't have arrived earlier had the nw ranges been different. We in Monument had some pre-war goals which included taking down your faes as well as taking control of your bank and the war was declared as soon as our pre-war objectives was reached since we had stripped you of enough nw at that time to declare.
Now, since your wave and our retals have been used by you as a standard for top kingdom mechanics gone wrong then sure - Mercy having a huge bank forced us to make half of our declaration wave as a normal wave because you were out of range but that's about it. However, whining about KDRN gains is just stupid. Why? Because you knew about it and still decided to run a cow hence inflating your kd nw and making it more profitable for other kds to hit your bulk than it is for them to retaliate. There is no hidden mechanics, no unknown factors or nothing except different decisions on a kd wide level and your kingdom decided upon the bank even though the bank also resulted in the other provinces being more vulnerable.
It does sound like you're angry because the current mechanics doesn't allow you to eat the cake and still have it for later. A cow grants your kingdom huge benefits, just look how you aided some of your provinces during the war, but any good game brings counter-play and your bank brings some disadvantages that others can use and abuse. It's called adaptation and is a trademark for good players so just please leave the Mercy vs Monuments conflict out of this discussion and treat Sheister like the good player he is.
That is, unless you want to admit that top kingdom mechanics is different from any other mechanics, and that any disadvantage to the current preferred strategies is illegitimate since it can be used and abused to harm the big egos that inhabit this thread.
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