Re: Death and Taxes... well mostly taxes...
OK as I see this thread it goes like this. Some feel that the tactic (my favorite tactic that I often bring up) of increasing taxes to the max (the max being an important point), pillaging, blood hunting, all for the purpose of poisoning the land in case its taken back is a cheesy tactic. OK, it probably is.
Doing it to the province around a castle while the defenders are shoved inside is cheesy. OK.
Its not realistic? then we need to check history. The concept of armies pillaging, living off the land, salting the earth, generally making the countryside unproductive either to increase its own army or to decrease its usefullness to the enemy is pretty well documented in any major war of any age.
Its not a good thing for the game? Too easy to do? Shouldnt be allowed at all? Then we need to offer an alternative.
So its either a bad realism (and we suffer historical discussions) or its a bad tactic for the game to support (and we need formulas which answer the pros and cons)
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