The Will of the Senate - out of character thread III

**econ21** · 09-06-2006, 23:23

Unless anyone protests, I think I'll extend the voting period to 48 hours to let DDW and Braden vote. We don't have that many active players and these are among the two most participatory.

Originally Posted by Wonderland

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Oh, and we have to give Viberi to the Germans the second the next Consul loads up the game, even before ending the Spring 255 turn. I know DDW tried, but he didnt' add a money donation so that should be tacked on.

Just curious, but why do we have to give away Viberi? Have you seen the Summer 255 savegame I uploaded? We did not give away Viberi, but there was not a problem, AFAIK. I clicked ahead a few turns and there were no CTDs either.

**GeneralHankerchief** · 09-06-2006, 23:31

Regarding the Consul election, I have contacted Mount Suribachi to see whether he's interested in being my co-Consul. I plan to run either way, but it would be nice to ease a little of the burden.

My manifesto will be based on his reply, so look for that shortly.

**TinCow** · 09-06-2006, 23:34

Due to the same work issues, I won't be able to get to the Library update tonight. I will work on it tomorrow night (post 7pm EST).

**Death the destroyer of worlds** · 09-07-2006, 00:07

Originally Posted by econ21

Unless anyone protests, I think I'll extend the voting period to 48 hours to let DDW and Braden vote. We don't have that many active players and these are among the two most participatory.

Just curious, but why do we have to give away Viberi? Have you seen the Summer 255 savegame I uploaded? We did not give away Viberi, but there was not a problem, AFAIK. I clicked ahead a few turns and there were no CTDs either.

That's nice.
I've looked at the save. When it rebels it becomes a rebel town. So the best course is indeed to just let it rebel, as that will provide a better barrier as when we give it to the Germans. I will adjust my motions accordingly.

GeneralHankerchief, that's great news. I wonder if Mount Suribachi dares to be your co-consul. It seems to be a hazardous job.

TinCow, take it easy

**econ21** · 09-07-2006, 00:28

Just to highlight another couple of things from the Summer 255 save we will be using - the Iberians have marched a 3/4 stack army to near Jenuensis.

On a lighter note, Valerius Paullus (aka Mount Suribachi) has become a Legate and re-spawned the Legio IV banner.

**Death the destroyer of worlds** · 09-07-2006, 00:42

You should at least have added a spoiler warning to that.

Let them live in fear, that's my motto.

**econ21** · 09-07-2006, 09:18

Originally Posted by Death the destroyer of worlds

You should at least have added a spoiler warning to that.

Just to clarify - the Iberian army roaming around Jenuensis is there in the Summer 255 save. It's not a "prediction" based on playing ahead (which I don't generally do unless to explore a technical aspect like CTDs). In your report, you said it would be important to know if Iberia attacked us between turns. I'm just saying it did not, but did move its army across the alps towards us.

Let them live in fear, that's my motto.

Indeed.

**Braden** · 09-07-2006, 09:39

Actually that is concerning and something I didn’t put together.

The Iberians are moving armies about but not really doing anything…..neither are is Carthage (on the islands after landing).

Does anyone know if these are connected? Just seems odd to me that we’ve suddenly got several “invasion” armies in our regions who have decided to just sit there and do nothing for several seasons/years.

This is one of the reasons I've proposed my motion to "confront" the Iberian army - to try and stimulate the AI into action of some sort.

**econ21** · 09-07-2006, 10:02

I think they are unrelated.

The Carthaginian inactivity is a clearly a bug - I think specific to the islands geography and/or naval AI. It bothered me before, but given that we are moving on their homeground, we can probably ignore it. (Although personally, I think the second Consular army going south should expell the invaders from the islands first, just for roleplaying reasons.)

Iberia not attacking us need not be a bug. It's arguably a smart move on their part - IIRC they are not as strong as Seleucia or Egypt, and we actually have pretty decent armies near them. It will be interesting to see what they do. I wonder if they will strike if they wander near a powerly defended province? (I suspect a weak border defence may trigger war - it did in MTW, IIRC). Remember Macedon "menaced" us a lot during FLYdude's first half term, before ultimately making an opportunistic attack on a weakly held settlement.