Discovery 4.86 Storyline: Tau Conquest

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Well, just reading this storyline.
I strongly think you should change it to something more believable.

Because of:

1. Gallia starting a war over something that happened over 800 years ago.

That's just what they're propaganda says. The leaders actually just want to conquer everyone- remember, in FL, everyone lies to everyone else, even the "good guys"... if there are any.

2.They've managed to build a massive fleet, despite not being at war with anyone for hundreds of years (rebels don't count).

I fail to see how not fighting wars keeps you from stockpiling warships. Rather the opposite, actually, if you fight for too long you run out of them. In vanilla, Rheinland had an absurdly huge fleet when the 80-Years War started, and they were under the impression they would never need to fight a war. Gallia knew ahead of time, you think it would be more reasonable for them to just put it off and hope no one finds them?

3.They've no real combat experience, yet can steamroll through everyone with ease.

They've fought a pair of civil wars, have vastly more ships, and everyone else is badly battered from the Nomad War and more recent conflicts. Bretonia, for instance, is simply running out of ships. Not to mention that the other houses vastly underestimated their capabilities- for much the same reasons you do.

4. Gallia was a failure to begin with.

I'm sorry you think that way, but that's not really a valid argument. The GRN| are quite active, and it's a rare day they don't interact with people and come back with awesome stories. I must flatly disagree here.

I was seriously trying hard not to laugh when reading that storyline, it really was that ridiculous.

Also, I think the whole Kusari regime change thing was an all too convienient excuse to keep Kusari out of a war with Gallia.

It was more than convenient. Kusari doesn't want to fight its third war in two decades, especially with no real gain. The old regime was too proud, so a new one came up and signed peace. Ever heard of the Bolshevik revolution?

Besides, what's to say they won't enter the war later?

It also is hugely obvious you are using this as a way to populate Gallia, that plan didn't work with Kusari and it won't work with Gallia.

It's been writing on the wall for a year. Anyone who didn't see this coming was plugging their ears and going "lalalalalala" (unfortunately, that seems to describe a few people here quite well). Plus, Leeds (where the war is) is actually rather active, I've been in quite a number of fleet battles there.

I'm going to quote the above sentence 6 months after the release of 4.86 just to say I told you so

And also why is Bretonia getting beat YET again.

Bretonia could sue for peace like Kusari did, but they're too proud. Hell, "yet again" is a bit unfair... Kusari got totally owned in the Nomad War, while Bretonia was barely touched. Besides, even just holding their own against the Royal Navy is a feat of heroism- given their bad luck, they're being pretty awesome. This isn't "everything is the same for everyone"lancer, if nothing bad ever happened it would be boring. 4.86 is a lot darker than previous versions... lots of people will die, and not every faction will stand strong.

Don't get me wrong, I repect what Igiss and the dev team do, but you really dropped the ball with this one.

Pardon me when I don't believe you. It rather looks like you're saying "this is stupid and you all suck". Your emotional response is noted. If you wish to discuss the logic, please take more than a moment to think about the political factors involved... there is a lot more going on than meets the eye.

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