Since I decided to be arrogant and start a war as I told you in my last blog, I have been rebuilding and trying to figure out what went wrong with my army ever since. Maybe my civilization was just not developed enough or maybe I didn’t plan my attacks well enough, or maybe the other civilization was just a lot smarter then I was. I won’t find out until I decide to go to war again (which I am planning on doing so I can get my self confidence back). I think that unless your civilization is completely developed and stronger then any others, there is no reason to go to war, it will only hurt you in the long run.
I think that even if I did win my first war, all of the damage, time, and people put into winning the war, would not have been worth it. I would have been better off just sitting back and playing the good guy who shares with everyone and doesn’t upset anyone. These are the types of things I am learning by playing this game. Every decision that a civilization makes can have its positives and negatives in the long run.
I’m sure civilizations in the early times went through the same decisions that I am going through with right now, for example in guns germs and steal it is explained how the Europeans took over the Indians in American. But what if the Indians were the ones with the new diseases or more powerful weapons, it was all chance, and the Europeans came out on top lucky for them.
I hope to find out how my civilization recovers and if I can ever become strong and powerful enough to take my chances with another war. This time I will be able to learn from my mistakes and wait for the perfect time to strike. Failure is not an option. Oh yeah.
2 comments:
You bring up a good point that you have to make sure that you're stable and powerful enough to go to war before you actually do. And you said you learned from what happened last time, but you also said that you plan on going to war again soon to regain your confidence. Regaining self confidence by going to war again would not be one of my main worries personally. I know it may feel good to win a war and be powerful, but it's best to stay out of conflict and take care of your own civilization. Be sure that your defense system is sufficient, and then develop your culture and agriculture so that you can become a stable society. In my opinion, war should be avoided if possible.
I agree with you that if your empire is not that advanced then going to war is not worth it because even if you do win then your army will be beaten up and few in numbers leaving way for another empire to declare war on you and giving the chance for that empire to completley wipe you out. Right now in my game I am "just sitting back and playing the good guy who shares with everyone and doesn’t upset anyone." I am building up my economy and with that I am building an advanced army. I am the only empire who has entered the gun powder era, so I do not need to build up my army with a ton of numbers because my advancements would overtake any empire that has not already done so. In my last game I did not advance fast enough and when someone declared war on me they severley depleated my army, so after I declared peace with that country another country declared war on me because they knew that I would be easy to overtake. The empire wanted more land and it would have been extremely easy, but I was fast enough to offer a trade proposal of a peace tready for just about every resource I had.
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