2/14/2012: An Imperial Bride

[Shosuro Aroru]

Mar 20, 2012 17:13:34 GMT -5 Jay Luo said:

I'll try to be more cautious about promising timeframes for things in the future.

...I realize that this promise was in the past, but can we expect CotSS to end at least sometime this week, if not actually on Tuesday?

[Hida Joji]

Mar 25, 2012 0:21:17 GMT -5 Shosuro Aroru said:

Mar 20, 2012 17:13:34 GMT -5 Jay Luo said:

I'll try to be more cautious about promising timeframes for things in the future.

...I realize that this promise was in the past, but can we expect CotSS to end at least sometime this week, if not actually on Tuesday?

I'm under the feeling there would be another round of actions before the culmination of the battle/siege/armaggedon ? Or is it the taint speaking?

[Tamori Koichi]

Mar 25, 2012 9:38:34 GMT -5 Hida Joji said:

Mar 25, 2012 0:21:17 GMT -5 Shosuro Aroru said:

...I realize that this promise was in the past, but can we expect CotSS to end at least sometime this week, if not actually on Tuesday?

I'm under the feeling there would be another round of actions before the culmination of the battle/siege/armaggedon ? Or is it the taint speaking?

I sincerely hope not. It's nearing 6 months already. Let it end.

[Tamori Manji]

I agree with Koichi. Not even real life sieges take this long

[Togashi Homsar]

Seriously. I went on a cruise in November and the siege was running. I'm leaving for another cruise on Friday. As fun as it is, I'm getting a bit tired of napalming Lions.

[Hida Joji]

I agree, tottaly agree!

But I thought there was one more round of actions... something more dramatic to finish a big big big battle in EE.

[The Blue Ronin]

"Not even real life sieges take this long"

Kandar in Krete was besieged for about thirty years... but yes, point taken.

[Tamori Manji]

True, but the siege of Candia was a notable exception and the longest siege in recorded history (lasting 21 years if I'm not mistaken). Castle sieges usually take only a couple of months since the supplies available, before the troops start dying from starvation and thirst, are much more limited than what could be found in a city, especially one with access to the sea. That and, since the CotSS siege started during the autumn, I have difficulty seeing how the Lion could have properly replenished their food and water stocks, with the Dragon armies at their doors, before winter arrived.

EDIT: I may be working under the wrong impression here though. So, if that is the case, feel free to correct me about it.

[Togashi Homsar]

Yeah, but those other guys were chumps.

[Akodo Kenzo]

Mar 26, 2012 1:59:11 GMT -5 Tamori Manji said:

That and, since the CotSS siege started during the autumn, I have difficulty seeing how the Lion could have properly replenished their food and water stocks, with the Dragon armies at their doors, before winter arrived.

And the exact same point could be made for the Dragon, who are surrounded and cut off from their supply lines. Let's not pretend that real military concerns have any bearing here; this contest has enough troubles and inconsistencies of its own already without trying to bring in more.

[Tamori Manji]

Yes and no Kenzo. The Dragon had ample time to prepare, descend the mountains, cross the river and then decide on which manner of attack it wished to launch against the Lion, all that before Winter arrived (and all that happened "in game"). The Lion was fighting on Toshi Ranbo and Permission City then, immediately after, on Castle of the Swift Sword and Crossroads Castle, which means that not only its troops are under stress, but also its supplies (since, although they are fighting either on their own home territory or near it, the battles in which they are/were involved are on the opposite sides of their borders). That said, I was only voicing my opinion that this battle has already lasted more than enough, even if we were to use real life standards (considering the circumstances of all the armies involved), so, no need to "worry" about I've said, (tl;dr)I do not intend to turn this into a real life medieval warfare discussion of any kind. I simply want this battle to end.

[The Blue Ronin]

I think Kandar could be supplied indefinitely from the sea and the siege only really ended because the Venetians gave up, so in a sense it wasn't so much a siege as a prolonged camp-out.

But having said that I know sieges that lasted for more than a year weren't that uncommon during the European middle ages... I know less about Japan, though.

[Kitsune Poxo]

Real life Siege Warfare does not apply! We are pretending to be magical samurai. Who's to say they didn't use portals or something. I mean there is a spell called Walking the Way which punches holes in reality to make a silvery yellow brick road to another location. It's Magic I aint gotta explain shit.




Edit: Though From a meta game stance It has been long, just saying fluff way not really un-realistic.

[Tamori Manji]

Yeah, I agree and I have absolutely no intention to cause the deaths of countless cat girls.

[Kitsune Poxo]

Think of the cat girls! Who is going to serve me my tea without them!