What do you like to do when you're not dead yet?
 

In multiplayer, there comes a time in many a nation's story when they realize that they are pretty much doomed to obscurity, and have very little chance of winning.

What do you like to do when this is your nation?

What aggravates you about other player's choice of actions?

I think almost every time I'm killed or am doomed to die, I've chosen a different path. Anyway, if you've got an answer that's not in the poll, I'll update this post to include it.

To start, here's the options I can think of (leaving out vanishing/disappearing, which is not nice IMO). I think at one point or another I've done all of these. The two times I've done world-ravaging, I at least thought I had a small chance of victory, by trying to kill off all the mages and destroy the income of other nations. Well, one time I had a small chance of victory, the other time I'd have to characterize it more as a miniscule chance.

- Fight to the last man
- Choose another nation to help win
- Ravage the world/Scorched earth
- Ignore the bigger picture and fight your own little wars
- Donate all your gems & items to your conqueror and go AI
- Donate all your gems & items to your enemy's enemies and go AI
- Just go AI
- Ignore the game and let your nation stale
- Use it as a chance to test weird ideas

Re: What do you like to do when you're not dead yet?
 

You should add hurt the player who's responsible for you loosing as much as you can.

Re: What do you like to do when you're not dead yet?
 

yes that is what I would do :D

Re: What do you like to do when you're not dead yet?
 

I've put that under ignore the bigger picture and fight own little wars.. but it might as well fit under fight till the last man, not mutually exclusive. After that I donate to my enemies enemies and go AI (when my army and provicne are gone)

Re: What do you like to do when you're not dead yet?
 

Oh, I think that's what I meant by "fight to the last man." Or if you're talking about pillaging your own provinces, that's "scorched earth".

I should have probably made "ravage the world" and "scorched earth" separate choices, because I've only done the former. But there's only 10 poll options.

Re: What do you like to do when you're not dead yet?
 

If I were doomed to irrelevance, I'd generally just fight my own little wars until the inevitable. Although if one of the major contenders had been a longstanding, friendly nation to mine, I'd probably back them up as a sort of vassal empire, and assist them where possible.

I think it's also a good time to test stuff out, and if utter ruin arrives, hand all you have you to your most loyal ally or your conqueror's worst enemy.

Re: What do you like to do when you're not dead yet?
 

I rarely play MP, but when I do and it seems hopeless I'll "Ignore the bigger picture and fight your own little wars".


Grab what you can and so much as possible ;)

Re: What do you like to do when you're not dead yet?
 

Fight to the last man! And help somebody else if I had allies/friends (such as is possible in a game of "There can only be One!").

Re: What do you like to do when you're not dead yet?
 

I tend to like having good friends in game, and sending them a last dispatch by a dying messenger with my last gems and wills seems thematic and nice :)

Re: What do you like to do when you're not dead yet?
 

Short Answer: retribution

I rarely start wars so there is always someone who has chosen to take me out. In some cases Ive been able to see that they really had no choice such as having taken every indept between us and must reach someone else but I am in the way. Those I let off the hook.

On the other hand, being someones fodder, or "because its a war game", tends to draw my response. My choices of nations are often capable of harassing someone even after Ive lost my castle and provinces. My response tends to be "OK you have taken me out in your effort to win so my parting action will be doing whatever I can to make sure you dont either". Either harass or send my goods and information to his enemy for as long as possible.

You dont have to be able to win to be able to help decide the winner