James Helle on 8 Oct 2003 01:18:23 -0000 |
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RE: [eia] limited access revisions |
As do I. -----Original Message----- From: eia-bounces@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:eia-bounces@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Everett E. Proctor Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 5:54 PM To: public list for an Empires in Arms game Subject: Re: [eia] limited access revisions I strongly disagree that you should be allowed to attack and lay siege to cities that you have just accepted a surrender from. -Everett On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 19:59:52 -0400 "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, since the majority prefers JJ's interpretation of how to handle > reinforcements after a peace treaty, I think that a former enemy's allies > will already be potentially at too great an advantage to also allow them to > use the former enemy's cities as free "bases" where they cannot be > threatened but from which they can raid the retreating enemy's supply lines. > I hereby withdraw my suggestion that players leaving FET should not be able > to lay siege to cities containing enemies on the way out. (And if someone > else should re-introduce it, my vote will be no.) > > kdh > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Helle" <jhelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:58 PM > Subject: RE: [eia] limited access revisions > > > > Well, here is my two cents. I agree with everyone else that 12.4 through > > 12.4.3 are somewhat vague in wording. However, 12.4 does clearly state > > that: > > "Instead (of force repatriation), when peace is made, the former > enemies > > have a period of automatic limited access (and here's the kicker!) to get > > their forces out of the former enemy power's territory". > > Although it does not prohibit any other actions it is clear that the > *only* > > express purpose of the limited access is to leave! I oppose any rule that > > allows any further troops to enter a FET whether by crossing a border into > > the FET, by reinforcements through a valid supply chain, or any other > > method. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: eia-bounces@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:eia-bounces@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > > Kyle H > > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 3:10 PM > > To: public list for an Empires in Arms game > > Subject: Re: [eia] limited access revisions > > > > > > Danny is right. We are already putting the country who is leaving FET > > at a disadvantage by saying that it cannot lay siege to enemy allies that > > are still in FET. Sometimes those enemy allies will just be remnants that > > are not looking to continue the fight (as is the case right now with the > > British in Spain). But I can foresee other instances where the enemy > allies > > will very much want to continue the fight against a retreating enemy. > > Allies of the former enemy will be able to bring new corps into FET, they > > will be able to fully utilize their supply lines to get reinforcements > after > > battles, and (if my previous suggestion goes through) they will get > > automatic protection inside cities as well. Allowing allies of the > former > > enemy all of these privileges while withholding them from the country > whose > > forces are in the process of withdrawing from FET seems extraordinarily > > one-sided to me. > > For example, suppose Russia had advanced further into Austria before > > Austria surrendered. Suppose there were a Russian army at Pest, supplied > > from Nemirov. Russia has been fighting Austria and Prussia together, but > > now Austria surrenders and Russia remains at war with Prussia. What JJ > and > > Joel are saying is that the remaining Prussian army should have the right > to > > pummel the retreating Russians month after month. The Prussians would > have > > the right to bring in new corps, reinforce old ones, and even hide > > automatically in Austrian cities. But the Russians would just have to > take > > their losses without any hope of reinforcements until they reach the > Russian > > border. That does not seem fair to me at all. > > As Ariel Sharon recently insisted, a country has a right to > > self-defense! If you deny corps that are withdrawing from enemy territory > > the right to reinforce, that makes them easy targets for enemy allies. > This > > suggestion makes enemy allies way too powerful, especially in combination > > with my previous suggestion. In fact, if JJ's position on reinforcements > > carries the day, then I'll have no choice but to change my vote to "no" on > > my own proposal. If retreating armies aren't allowed to reinforce, then > it > > would be too unbalanced to allow enemy allies to hide in FET cities > > automatically. > > > > kdh > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Danny Mount" <mount.23@xxxxxxx> > > To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 7:35 AM > > Subject: RE: [eia] limited access revisions > > > > > > > I agree that no other existing corps should be allowed to enter into > FET, > > > but I disagree that we should restrict reinforcements by supply-chain. > > > Think about a situation where a corps need to move through or out of FET > > and > > > is walking into another battle. This seems to put them at a serious > > > disadvantage. So I think that if the valid supply-chain is there then > why > > > should we be the ones to basically declare that supply-chain invalid. > > > > > > Danny > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: eia-bounces@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:eia-bounces@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > > > J.J. Young > > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:59 PM > > > To: public list for an Empires in Arms game > > > Subject: Re: [eia] limited access revisions > > > > > > > > > I agree with Joel here. When I speak of restricting new corps going > into > > > FET, I'm talking about corps already existing outside of FET marching > into > > > FET carrying factors that weren't there before. I don't care about > > > restricting the placement of new corps markers in FET, as long as they > are > > > using preexisting factors. > > > > > > I have no problem with the placement/removal of leaders into FET. > > > > > > I am for the restriction of any new _factors_ into FET after peace is > > made, > > > either by marching in or by supply-chain reinforcement. It seems Joel > > > agrees, and Kyle disagrees. Other opinions ? > > > > > > -JJY > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Joel Uckelman" <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx> > > > To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 6:09 PM > > > Subject: Re: [eia] limited access revisions > > > > > > > > > > Thus spake "Kyle H": > > > > > That is *not* what I was picturing. I was thinking that no new > > > mobile > > > > > units (such as corps and cossacks) could enter FET after a peace > > > agreement > > > > > was reached. I did not think that peace would stop a country from > > > > > reinforcing normally across valid supply lines. Hopefully no one > > thinks > > > > > that peace would prevent new leaders from arriving to take command. > > In > > > a > > > > > similar vein, I would not think that peace would stop supply lines > > from > > > > > functioning to reinforce depleted armies. > > > > > If I'm in the minority here, I'm willing to accept that. But I > > just > > > > > wanted to make it known that I was not thinking of reinforcements to > > > > > existing corps as new land forces entering FET. > > > > > > > > > > kdh > > > > > > > > Corps, division, company, etc. are just organizational units. In > > reality, > > > > there's no reason to care how many formerly enemy corps are in > operation > > > in > > > > one's territory independently of how many soldiers they contain. (That > > > > may not carry over exactly to the game, since the way forrage works > > might > > > > make me wish there were a single ten-factor corps in my territory > > instead > > > of > > > > ten one-factor corps.) Any reinforcement of a corps in FET necessari ly > > > > involves more soldiers entering FET, and that is presumably what a > real > > > > power would be concerned with, not with how the soldiers already in > FET > > > > are organized. > > > > > > > > In my view, there's no problem with constructing new corps in FET so > > long > > > > as the factors in them come from corps already in FET; the problem > > arises > > > > from putting more *factors* in FET. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > eia mailing list > > > > eia@xxxxxxxxx > > > > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > eia mailing list > > > eia@xxxxxxxxx > > > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > eia mailing list > > > eia@xxxxxxxxx > > > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > eia mailing list > > eia@xxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > > > > _______________________________________________ > > eia mailing list > > eia@xxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > > > > _______________________________________________ > eia mailing list > eia@xxxxxxxxx > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > _______________________________________________ eia mailing list eia@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia _______________________________________________ eia mailing list eia@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia