You've already heard my other statements. Beyond that, if we DO end up doing Titan Cannon, the Metal Personal Option has decent chance of synchronizing with it. If nothing else, it will make up some of the gold we spend.
Honestly I quite favor your plan save for "Stabbing with guns".
I will not vote for any plan that doesn't involve approaching the bright college.
Into the Roots talks to Averland and Hochland in its current state.[X] Plan Into the Roots:
I would prefer to talk to Averland while also doing the horse talks instead of Bright College but all the other choices are great
At the same time, bringing the Gold College in is something that we've already spent multiple actions to set up, both in the actual turn and during Frederick's visit to Nuln.I'd prefer the Bright College to the Gold College to be added next and since there were problems and Action(s) to be taken to solve those problems in order to fully integrate each College of Magic we brought to Ostland I see no point in bringing two Colleges of Magic fully into Ostland at the same time since we will then be stuck trying to figure out which Magister Integration Actions to take first at a point in time when we already have a glut of must take Actions to pick and choose from. I'm taking Stabbing With Guns because the only other Personal Action available right now is to resurrect the +1 to Diplomacy Teeth Action which is/was controversial among the player base while it was a regular option for a Personal Action.
At the same time, bringing the Gold College in is something that we've already spent multiple actions to set up, both in the actual turn and during Frederick's visit to Nuln.
We discussed it, but I don't recall any actual actions we spent on it.And we haven't been trying to bring in the Bright College for longer? Like there has been talk of doing so since the fight with Gruber introduced us to Odelia. Also the Personal Action Old Metals will improve our relationship with the Gold College so it's not like my plan has no action towards our relationship with the Alchemists.
We discussed it, but I don't recall any actual actions we spent on it.
Hm. I also wouldn't mind swapping Bright College/Stabbing Guns with Open Hand/Gold College in @Dmol8 's plan. Pretty ambivalent about that part of the plan, so any combo is fine with me. The key issue with the Amber College integration seems to have been Amber Wizards casting buffs that warped soldiers' minds during battle without warning them, and I'm not sure that the Bright/Gold colleges would have the same effects. Not super familiar with WHF, but using magic to torch enemies directly or to buff cannons is probably significantly less concerning then giving troops a berserker mode and I'm not sure if those winds would do similar sorts of widespread buffs as the amber one.
There's also the fact that the Gold College journeymen are likely to interact primarily with our gunnery/engineering people, who tend to be more open-minded.
I'm just talking action economy here. We spent actions involved with the trident, but that wasn't intentionally building towards having Bright Wizards, as far as I'm aware, and has had a large number of other effects and benefits stemming from them. None of the rest was stuff that actually took time away from other things.Uh like any Action taken to better tie the Northern Trident together. And the various Trident Meetings that culminated with Odelia and Frederick talking about Alcohol which sparked an interest in character in the Bright College. Then Odelia undertook that final Magister trial of hers and we got the option of taking the Action to recruit from the Bright College for Ostland's armies.
I'm not sure why people want bayonets over more gold wizards in our employ, not super vital at the moment.
Gold wizards in battle give active buffs to our units armor and stuff so won't face nearly the same issues as Amber wizards.
I'm just talking action economy here. We spent actions involved with the trident, but that wasn't intentionally building towards having Bright Wizards, as far as I'm aware, and has had a large number of other effects and benefits stemming from them. None of the rest was stuff that actually took time away from other things.
In comparison, we spent a regular turn action on contacting the Gold Order, and an action in Nuln to personally meet with them. I just want the full return on investment of that.
I mean, at least they're doing it to the enemies.Yes because the first time a Gold Magister casts Embodiment of Chamon on themselves and becomes a Gold Murderblender or starts throwing Final Transmutations around the troops will react in a calm and rational manner and the Witch Hunters we have integrated into our armies won't start twitching for their weapons from the sheer WTfuckery of such a scene on a battlefield.
I mean, at least they're doing it to the enemies.
Jade Wizard healing got a pretty good reception. And they cast spells on crippled veterans(albeit admittedly in non-combat situations).
The Amber Wizards did something to the Elector Count's sons that made them behave like violent wild animals.
I'm curious if you might consider going for coordinating with Hochland instead of the Bright College? It seems more time-sensitive to me at least.[X] Plan Gold and Albion
-[X] Making The Wolfways
-[X] Gauschdorf
-[X] Hard Knock Shipping
-[X] Hard Drinking Markets
-[X] Approach The Bright College
-[X] Horse Trade – Averland
-[X] Lumbering Heat
-[X] The Stone Beneath Wulfenburg
-[X] Bases Of Nature
-[X] Science of War
-[X] Gold Journeymen
-[X] Old Metals
Edit: Removed DD for now.
I'd be willingly yes, but Dmol made it clear he wants Bright College and horses and doesn't want to spend actions on Albion.I'm curious if you might consider going for coordinating with Hochland instead of the Bright College? It seems more time-sensitive to me at least.
...And? He's not voting for yours...I'd be willingly yes, but Dmol made it clear he wants Bright College and horses and doesn't want to spend actions on Albion.