Aaand there goes my cannon, the last unit in my Western assault force.
Now I am screwed!
I get a Great General (who can join a unit to give it extra power, as well as giving out 20 experience shared across all units in the square), but he is so horribly late for the party!
I am, however, now able to make machinegun units! And just in time too, Mond looks like he's gonna launch a counter-attack!
Oh right, Machineguns? They are BRILLIANT at city defense! I mean, even against the Navy SEALS, it's still gonna take about two units to take down one Machinegunner! And since the game automatically chooses the healthiest defender in the square to defend, it means that for each wave of enemies I survive against I get to heal them back to full HP!
Oh...kay, maybe it WAS too late.
Bah, Lavender Town wasn't really productive anyway, it was in a lousy location.
Meanwhile, I send a lone Grenadier and Galleon over to the Orange Continent. So that if Mond does take my cities, I still have units abroad, and therefore don't lose the game outright (I set "Complete Kills" mode on, meaning that an Empire is only defeated once he loses his last unit as opposed to just his last city.
Mond sends his first wave of attackers, consisting of Infantry and SEALS. And I've got squat-all defences up!
Let's see if I can even last the turn.
Oooh, yes I can! By just one unit at
4% health left! Talk about close!
Unfortunately I'm still screwed next turn.
I also make an Ironclad vessel to deal with the enemy naval units that're bombarding my cities defences.
In the midst of getting invaded, we still seem to feel the need to vote for a Secretary-General. Since Team Green isn't eligible for the position, it's just us two. And I vote for Mond because, bah, there's no way my team has nearly enough population to out-vote them!
Well there goes Saffron City anyway. Ah, good times.
Although it is somewhat anti-climactic that after all those years of culture-conflict between it and Miridia, it just ends with a hostile take-over.
I completely abandon Celadon City to Mond's advancing forces and move my units into Fuschia City. Simply because I know well that I still haven't built up enough of a defence force to be able to hold it, so keeping units there is just going to result in him squashing them!
And, embarrassingly enough, it's only NOW that I actually realise just
what it means to Hurry Production! Which is to say, you get to build units INSTANTLY if you have enough Gold! Ugh, that would've been REALLY useful if I had realised that before!
And only now do I get the Police State civic, which is the one typically used for when you're at war. 'Bout daisies time!
...
Aaaand I instantly regret converting to it.
Why? Because now I can't Hurry units anymore, since it replaces Universal Suffrage! And because I'm getting such a mass profit in gold, it'd be far faster to Hurry production than the increased speed in military production that Police State gives!
I give Zara pretty much ALL of my tech for free now! Why? Because me and the Dutch are so horribly screwed at this point that my best hopes lie with Team Green!
Somehow, despite being on a remote island far away from the mainland, Taoism still manages to spread to Cinnabar Island.
Aaand there goes Celadon City.
At this point, not counting the island settlements, I only have two cities left.
But hey, free General! And hey, it's Ivan the Terrible!
No, not THAT Ivan the Terrible! God, it sure would be screwed up to have the
Tsar of Russia working as my minion! This one was a SS guard in the Treblinka extermination camp, who was accused of several war crimes.
Yes, I have the Nazis working for me now!
I incorporate him into one of my Machinegun units. FREE EXP FOR ALL!
Oh yeah, see that big list there? That's how many Machineguns I have in Fushcia City
alone!
Yes, I have a LOT of defenses now!
And oh hey, just in time, it seems. As the Greek forces have now arrived to join in the fight!
And unlike Mond, the Greeks are a LOT more ruthless and unforgiving! Whereas Mond will go straight for your weaker cities and leave the workers and stray units alone, Perciles prefer to destroy EVERYTHING in their path, whether it's infantry, workers, or farms!
I send Ivan down to Cerulean to help defend against the weaker units Mond's sending to Cerulean city.
He is successful!
While that's going on, the Greeks are about to invade now, and have started bombarding the city defences with cannons.
As well as that, they also assassinated my governor (which means I have one turn of Anarchy there)
Shit.
Aaand I send all my Cerulean City defenders up to Fuschia City, because Mond just got his act back together and have sent in the big forces! I ain't sticking around for the firework display.
Seriously, LOOK at that unit line-up! I wouldn't have lasted 5 seconds against a force like that if I kept my Machineguns where they were!
Now Mond has control of the UN. And, y'know, the entire city.
Fuschia City is my last hope now. Since the islands are still shot for productivity!
In hindsight I really should've rushed the production of those island buildings...
Oh, gee. It's only when I'm down to one major city that Zara actually starts being respectful of me!
Aaand they've started their invasion now! ....for some reason, they seem to think sending horses up against Machineguns is a smart move.
They also seem to think that invading from across the river is a good idea. To point out, attacking across a river gives the defender an extra bonus against them!
Oh that Perciles!
Okay, I know that the SAM guns are meant to be anti-aircraft weapons, but I still can't help but laugh at how they're using little uzis to take down machinegun placements instead of the giant gun on their backs!
See that list of 15 units on the side there? That's the rundown of all the units the Greek have in that single square...
after their first turn of attacking! Now account of all the units he lost, as well as those 7 units coming from behind, and that's how big of a force I have to deal with here!
...although then again, quite a number of them aren't suited for this combat, like SAM infantry and cavalry, and... wait, did he seriously send a
Horse Archer?! UGH!
Aw man, the SAM dudes managed to take down BOTH my Airships! And I had them for so long too...
The Greeks get back to their horrible attempt at trying to kill my guys. But NOBODY DEFEATS IVAN!
Ivan can take multiple artillery blasts to the head... AND STILL KICK YOUR booty!
I'd like to know why he brought Anti-Tank units along though. I mean, that's not the first thought I have when I think "Apparently they're building nothing but Machineguns!"
Perciles is so god damned retarded...
Unfortunately, because of the whole Gettting My booty Kicked thing, my score is... umm... actually surprisingly constant. I mean, you'd imagine that when you're down to just one major city your score would plummet...
Seriously, how does that keep happening?
Wait... "The world considers you a villain"? OH COME ON, the Blue Team comes in, conquors my cities, destroys my towns, while I'm doing nothing but defending, and... apparently
I'm the bad guy in this?!
God daisies you American propaganda!
Okay, dude, I know you like sharing and all, but I'm sorta in the middle of a massive invasion here.
Err... oh, umm, apparently I'm not anymore! Yeah, I actually managed to wipe out the entire Greek invasion force!
...except for that one guy by the uranium supply. What the heck is he even doing there?!
Dude, I told you, I don't want your bloody stuff!
Okay, NOW I've defeated the Greek force!
Ivan is the kick-assiest of generals ever!
OKAY, FINE, I'LL TAKE YOUR BLOODY MOVIES ALREADY! GEEZ!
