Burning Atlanta?

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Originally posted by Dorsey4Heisman

I am against the burning of Atlanta, btw. But I am all for an event burning New York City.

Well, the rebels almost did in 1864. There is an interesting article about it here:

http://americanhistory.about.com/library/prm/blattackonnewyork1.htm

 

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Originally posted by azid
then it should be possible to first destroy your opponents infrastructure industry everything then sign a peace agreement... muahaha imagine your opponents reaction when he sees his destroyed cities im evil....

absolutely agreed here. Perhaps questionable morally its a viable military tactic to destroy cities and raize them and send a message to your enemy.

The Mongols perfected it, and if I have the chance in an SP or MP game to use that tactic you bet I am going to do as much damage as possible to my enemy unless the city lays in a province I want to annex.

This is a tried and true military tactic and one that would be awesome in game, how will it be or will it be? I dunno but it would change the military aspect of the game tremendously in my view.

Odin

 

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Originally posted by Odin1970
absolutely agreed here. Perhaps questionable morally its a viable military tactic to destroy cities and raize them and send a message to your enemy.

Well, it wasn't considered good style to do such things in the victorian age, so it should give you some badboy-points (unless it's some sort of heathen village you burn)

 

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Originally posted by Dorsey4Heisman
My great great grandfather had a home in a part of Atlanta that didn't burn (it was actually outside the city a bit). His family had evacuated on the last train out of the city before Sherman got there (he was fighting in Virginia at the time). The home didn't get burned but a cannonball was left on the diningroom table as some sort of message.

I am against the burning of Atlanta, btw. But I am all for an event burning New York City.

Sure any city should be able to burn ! I hope the Atlanta burning isnt an event in the game that would negate potential alternative outcomes. I mean what if you avoid the CW and then bam "Atlanta burns" that would suck.

P.S. small off topic note: Miami is great but wait till they get to the ACC, and besides one of these days B.C. will beat them....

Odin

 

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Originally posted by Frodon
Well, the rebels almost did in 1864. There is an interesting article about it here:

http://americanhistory.about.com/library/prm/blattackonnewyork1.htm

Good stuff