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Atamara / Re: Future of Atamara

« on: May 07, 2014, 06:36:31 AM »

You ought to learn to see the difference between black and white. Darka was expanding, clear as fact. If you want to deny it, go ahead. Did I say it was at CE's expense? No. Did CE have any kind of progress in the war? No. You looted regions and Darka took them back and had them under full control again when you came back (except when you in the early stages came with several realms armies).

Um, I was agreeing with you? That's pretty much what I've been telling people for the entire last page on this thread.

Except we couldn't even make a dent in Darka by ourselves so far. Not very impressive for a supposed hegemon.

You just can't please some people, I suppose. 

This means then that CE truly does accept Darkas surrender? The contentious attacks and lootings points to other directions, but Im glad to hear you sharing your thoughts on the issue.

... I was going to say something here... but we're not supposed to discuss current IC events here anymore, so I'm keep my mouth shut on this one.

Except those few occasions when Darka was attacking CE i got whined that while i try to negotiate my armies are attacking and negotiations pretty much ended there

I think it's fine to attack during negotiations. I also think it's fine to whine about it on the diplomatic channels. For gods's sakes, what are the diplomats supposed to do if they are not even allowed to whine anymore?

We were not losing, but we were not winning either

I agree completely. I think Darka had slightly more momentum, though.

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Atamara / Re: Future of Atamara

« on: May 06, 2014, 10:07:09 PM »

Concretely, you actually did only win because of the ice. Darka had been increasing its borders since your arrival, and unless you would have brought several armies from the south you (CE) would have gained 0 progress in this war since all you managed was to loot some rurals which Darka reclaimed before your next arrival.

You hear that, jaune? Darka was growing bigger! CE made 0 progress! Darka was obviously #winning!

It was a good thing that the Devs saved us.

Now however CE is attacking and looting a broken, divided and crushed realm. The honour-points for CE keeps on collecting I suppose. From what I hear, CE is refusing to accept the diplomatic surrender of Darka, most likely to build the idea that CE somehow managed to beat Darka by force. If this is not caused by ooc inactivity I consider it truly despicable and dishonourable warfare by a realm trying to manufacture a victory out of falsehood.

You should get some better sources, preferably ones that won't lie to you.

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Atamara / Re: Future of Atamara

« on: May 03, 2014, 06:00:02 AM »

CE did outstanding job, on military sector and especially on diplomatic sector. And our side sucked donkey balls and failed miserably.

Thank you. I think you're selling Darka short though. Someday I will find out exactly how large of a pile of gold Darka is still sitting on.

What are you talking about? CE is obviously strongest realm on AT and is completely a hegemony.

Except we couldn't even make a dent in Darka by ourselves so far. Not very impressive for a supposed hegemon. Maybe things will change now that Darka lost three duchies to the ice and another duchy to defection, but any victory after this will be a hollow one.

In a way, CE is a victim of the ice too. A year from now, people will probably say "oh CE only won because the Devs intervened and saved their butts."

The last war didn't start until after Norland was dead.

I went back and re-read some of the old threats. You're right. My bad. We definitely were fighting Hammarsett, though, which was mostly composed of Norland refugees. (No surprises there.)

As for the future, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Doomsayers have been saying "there will be no more wars on [insert island name here] ever again!!1!" for years. And yet someone always volunteers to put on the red shirt in the end.

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Atamara / Re: Future of Atamara

« on: May 02, 2014, 10:15:04 PM »

I'm not talking about only CE. CE is federated with Tara & Strombran. Thats landmass of over half of Atamara. It is allied with  every other except 20 regions overall on Atamara.

But Darka is not facing Taran or Strombran troops anymore. You are fighting CE forces only.

If you want to go back to when the southern realms were actively working together, it was to defend themselves from the Northern Federation. The match up, as I recall, was CE + Tara + Talerium + Coria versus Darka + Eston + Barony of Makar + Norland + Minas Ithil + Hammarsett + Carelia + Caergoth + Suville. Your side had more landmass, more manpower, and more wealth. Darka did not start out as the underdog.

Your main complaint seems to be "my side lost".

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Atamara / Re: Future of Atamara

« on: May 02, 2014, 08:24:17 PM »

I think the stories of CE having taken over the entire island are just a tad exaggerated.

Well, jaune is the only one saying that, and he is obviously biased. If you are getting beaten, you would want to describe your opponent as some unstoppable monster, so that you don't come off looking too bad for losing.

CE might be the strongest realm on AT (debatable), but she is far from hegemony. Being able to defend herself is a very different thing from being able to subjugate the entire island.

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Atamara / Re: Future of Atamara

« on: April 29, 2014, 06:27:27 AM »

Darka tried to expand to previous Lyoness lands. Darka tried to co-operate with other realms effected ice. Both were failures.

The Hawthorne duchy flies the Darkan flag now. Darka has every single Lyonesse region that is not covered by ice. How is that a failure?

CE destroyed our army and looted 3 regions to rogue and other realms never replied to our Queens messages as far as i know.

Two regions, which Darka promptly retook when CE withdrew to refit. And if you think your Queen is being ignored, then either someone is lying to you, or my PM is creating an elaborate fake conversation with your Queen for some bizarre reason.

We're lathering on the victimization rather thick here, aren't we?

My assessment:
Darka: Annexed Lyonesse. Made out as well as it could have under the situation.
Lyonesse: Was previously reduced to a single duchy realm. Managed to piss off both Darka and CE somehow. Probably would have been annexed by Rieleston, if the ice didn't get to them first.
Rieleston: Lost the duchy of Icegate. Annexed Eston and gained the duchy of Barad Lacirith. That's a net gain. I give them an A+.
Minas Leon: Lost their northern holdings, but they are in no danger of being destroyed, so they can afford to make long term plans, instead of making short term gambles. They are certainly not being idle.

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Atamara / Re: Future of Atamara

« on: April 28, 2014, 08:23:15 AM »

I'm sure the dozens of Falasani, Carelian, Hammard, Ithilian, Estonite, and Makarian nobles who fled to Darka over the years will think of some way to keep fighting CE.

I see that one plan has already been set into motion.

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Helpline / Re: A bug with monster spawns?

« on: April 25, 2014, 06:48:36 AM »

You guys really need to start writing test code. 

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Helpline / Re: Daimon Help

« on: April 01, 2014, 08:41:52 AM »

Piggybacking on this thread.

I currently have 4 active nobles and a paused adventurer. I've just recently retired one of my nobles.

Your character limits are: 13 characters total, 5 active at the same time, 5 of those can be nobles

When I try to create a Daimon:

You already have enough Daimon characters. You can't create more.

Sad panda.

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East Island / Re: Sigh...

« on: March 31, 2014, 06:31:12 AM »

It could be worse. I was explaining to a returning player the current political situation on Atamara. Then I got confused and started contradicting myself. It's a giant mess right now.

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Atamara / Re: Atamara Update?

« on: March 12, 2014, 08:55:53 AM »

Ottar is not the Tyrant anymore but he's not retired, just like KKC is not the King anymore but also not retired.

Does that count as abandoning Carelia?

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Development / Re: The Battlemaster Newsletter

« on: March 08, 2014, 07:18:59 AM »

Are you allowed to tell us exactly which realms have received advantages?

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Atamara / Re: What's happened to the North?

« on: February 07, 2014, 07:03:38 AM »

It's okay. People would be suspicious, of course, but no one's getting banned due to family ties. We've even had Merlins' granddaughter or somesuch joining CE a while back.

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Dwilight / Re: Most infamous nobles of Dwilight

« on: February 07, 2014, 06:59:52 AM »

A lawful evil villain may have a personal (as opposed to traditional/legal) set of rules, but he would loath to change them later on, even for personal gain. He may make his own rules, but he sticks to them.

Another trait is that lawful evil villains consider promises and contracts to be binding, even without the threat of enforcement. You don't have to worry about him reneging on a deal.

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Atamara / Re: What's happened to the North?

« on: February 03, 2014, 01:56:27 AM »

I'd tell you, but I might accidentally let slip some IC information, and we're not supposed to do that in the forums anymore.

So your best bet is to join CE and ask with your noble.