Quote Originally Posted by Kefa View Post
No, we've both misunderstood... I thought the original premise of the thread was that defeating an enemy with 170k archers is impossible. My only point was to attempt to demonstrate that such a thing is not impossible, even when the troop count is much higher.

I honestly never meant anyone to think that I had single-handedly defeated an army of 800k archers with one single attack - that IS impossible. But with time and strategy such an army can be defeated.

There are hundreds of pages of war reports, and I could page through them and find some other key attacks, but really, should that be necessary for you to believe that a large army can be defeated? Whether a large army can be defeated or whether it is truly impossible is my ONLY point. The fact is, it can be (and has been) done, but it takes allot more effort than simply sending 70k archers in a single attack.

As far as total troop losses to the entire alliance, I couldn't say for certain, but yes, my personal losses were under 100k in total in that particular skirmish, mostly warriors, and all of those were lost in initial attack waves against his cities. I can honestly guess that combined, total losses were under 200k, but finding all the reports to verify it would be more task than it's worth because my point isn't whether my alliance can defend itself with minimal loss, my point is that a large army can be realistically defeated. Attacks alone won't do it. Starvation alone won't do it. Defense alone won't do it. It takes an effort of strategy and careful timing, but it can most certainly be done. I and my alliance can't be the only ones in all of evony who have seen a player with such an army defeated.
Well I was sure led to believe you had done it. Seems like you are changing your story now that your bluff has been called.
Everyone knows that with enough allies and enough attacks you can defeat 170K archers - but at what cost?

Shoom is going to show how it can be done with Cavalry and Cataphracts. Aren't you??