Nov 21st 2017, 17:05:10
I am killing a guy who quintuple tapped me early in the reset.
I have not played tourney in months since I always seem to have to end up killing some one.
Let Rostow be your guide. He was a famous economist who applied his talents to the study of effective warfare.
His theory and it works well in this game, is not to attempt to destroy all of an opponents' buildings in a shock and awe type offensive but rather to shut down an enemy's economy by decimating a single leading sector which in turn shuts down the entire country. The classic example was to wipe out a country's ball bearing production, inventory and trade access. When the country runs out of ball bearings it can not produce hundreds of products needed not just for war but also for every day living by the civilians.
So, once you have decided to kill a viable thriving nation, decide which special attack is most likely to prevent his economy from recovering from your initial salvo. In my case because I am killing a commie, I had to destroy his potential sales and his buildings before I could revert to the classic stir rebellions. So instead of stirring rebellions I bombed air bases and destroyed structures. He no longer had enough jets to sell and could not produce enough new ones. What generally happens when the target realizes they can not grow their economy is they quit and you are left beating a dead horse, as I am in this case. Using this strat you can kill someone whom you could never just straight destroy with a single offensive.
Months ago when people saw how long it took me to kill the leading player in the set with this strat, they claimed they could do it in nothing flat. A challenge was issued and to this day no one else has been able to kill the top player in any reset. Someone picked out the weakest country in the top ten and killed that country. They then lied about having met the challenge. When they were caught in the lie, they said only jerks, my word not theirs, kill the top country. I laughed about that one for several nights.
I would not hit myself for a beer. I would for some aged tequila but not for a beer.
Edited By: clintonista on Nov 21st 2017, 21:13:24