Well, as far as I'm concerned, any wartime victory condition that precludes the acquisition of resources is completely useless to me.
If all you care about is which side stands on top at the end, and disregard whether or not they can survive afterwards, it just feels cheap.
All that food, all that natural flora and fauna, all that wood, and you just throw it all away for some mineral resources that you can't even confirm are actually there in the first place?
I mean, really. I can see it happen, but it wouldn't be a victory, especially as the desertification would increase dramatically as a result of the clear-cutting. Several generations down the line those people are going to be looking incredibly stupid once they realize what they lost.
Sounds like RL, really.
If all you care about is which side stands on top at the end, and disregard whether or not they can survive afterwards, it just feels cheap.
(08-28-2014, 02:42 PM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote: Um Ul'dah would be burning down trees. Think of it as just clearing some brush so they can get to all those delicious minerals.Yeah, no, I can't think of it this way. It's just too many levels of stupid for me to accept.
All that food, all that natural flora and fauna, all that wood, and you just throw it all away for some mineral resources that you can't even confirm are actually there in the first place?
I mean, really. I can see it happen, but it wouldn't be a victory, especially as the desertification would increase dramatically as a result of the clear-cutting. Several generations down the line those people are going to be looking incredibly stupid once they realize what they lost.
Sounds like RL, really.
