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Old 2013-08-17, 15:13   Link #155
CrazyPerson
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Originally Posted by GenjiChan View Post
We can't tell unless we try....

You're too pessimistic, have faith.
Really? You actually think they should just randomly give things a try and hope for benefits? What army in the world does this for the off-chance for benefits? No army makes gambles unless they absolutely need to or the benefits outweigh the problems. Almost every post in the thread has pointed out why it's not intelligent to tie an army up somewhere with no supply line.

It seems your main point is that an army in the trees can forage supplies for itself and the titans can't climb trees.

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-Second: There's no raising livestock in huts or raised platforms. Livestock need food and space to grow, lots of food and space. You're not going to be farming/foraging enough for them. There's also no way to build enough platforms space for them to be self-sufficient too. Now that the chickens are on the ground you'll be attacked every time you went down to raise/catch a chicken. Don't say "go get them when titan's aren't there" because the whole point of the outpost is to attract attention. They're always going to be there. Can't even play the distraction game either, if you're there long enough, they'll be there in enough numbers that they can't all be distracted away. (Abnormals too) Sure, they'll avoid livestock, but the livestock will get trampled as well. Not only can you not feed the livestock, there's no place to keep them.

-Third: What about non-food supplies? Those blades break, those gas canisters go empty. It's been specifically stated that the hardened steel (and gas) they need to make and maintain the 3D gears is produced by the heavy industries in the cities. Can't move those industries to the trees; they'd need a supply line.

-Fourth: You just have a high-risk outpost with supply caches along the way. So you drain resources from the city, risk an army 24/7, and probably not attract all the titans away from the cities anyway. The giant forest is East of Higansha, so all the titans North and South of that city will go to the city anyway. Congratulations, you've just distracted 1/3rd of all the titans away from a city that was built to distract titans anyway. Department of redundancy department!

-Fifth: You can't infinitely forage for even a small squad infinitely. Eventually they eat all the berries or kill all the animals. Hunter gatherers back then had to migrate to keep fed. They can't migrate out of the trees for more foraging area. Might take a little while, but it'll eventually happen.

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Originally Posted by GenjiChan
So you're worried about small problems the same way as big ones.... learn to check which is more beneficial..... every way has its risk. Its better than doing nothing. Show me a strategy that has no problems and risk...
You're wrong here. In economics the "do nothing" option is considered viable if you lose less than doing something. You wait until a more beneficial option appears before acting instead of going acting on a bad decision immediately. Those supposedly small problems are cumulative too.

Last edited by monir; 2013-08-17 at 22:59. Reason: spoiler
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