So we're going to remove every other natural advantage of Sunspear? Like being at the back of a desert, and the fact that with only a 100 more men Roland could do disastrously worse than Cayden if he tried to siege Sunspear, in-comparison to Fair Castle?Leusis said:
Fair Isle would never be able to take Sunspear, the desert is almost as good as a barrier as the seaLeusis said:
Most likely dorne wouldn't even attack though, they'd just wait and Roland trying to attack Sunspear in the desert might not even reach the walls, simply because of the desert and Cayden would cut supply linesLeusis said:
Heres the problem, the Martell's would never get past the beaches. Roland can just sail his people near Sunspear, disembark and travel the rest of the way to Sunspear and start sieging it and just starve them out since Sunspear is also surrounded by a city and they have to feed those people and they have no navy so Roland's could just block the port. So they get no imports or fish and they get to food from outside of the city. They all starve or come out and fight and lose. This would never happen to Fair Isle because regardless of where you land on Fair Isle you're within about 40 miles of Fair Castle so you have no choice but to disembark and immediately fight Roland's forces. In Dorne however Roland could just disembark 100 miles away and walk to Sunspear while his ships go to block the port.Archon said:
Well, the blasphemy against the Dormer heralded that page, and we don't talk about what was posted against her highness. Alas, we should remember the good times, when Margery/Natalie's gifs were plentiful and fruitful...Fezzes said:
You forget Roland has ships, he doesn't need to go through the desert.Akio said:
Also, honest question; could you describe what would cause the Dornish to lose so many more men? I'm genuinely curious how a medieval beach defense against far superior numbers could be so effective.Leusis said:
Fair Isle has a navy to transport 3,600 men?Leusis said:
True, although I don't entirely understand.WanderingJester said:Well, the blasphemy against the Dormer heralded that page, and we don't talk about what was posted against her highness. Alas, we should remember the good times, when Margery/Natalie's gifs were plentiful and fruitful...
I netheir confirm or deny thisFezzes said:
Idea is house Martell is fighting without vassals for whatever reasonArchon said:
Certainly possible, though it might be a tie between him/Cayden and Lance for not loving the Dormer.Fezzes said:
Well, in a beach assault your men aren't jumping from their ships onto dry land, they're jumping into the sea, usually waist deep while the defending force stands just out of reach of the water. So essentially you are forced to fight in the water and wet sand while your enemy is completely dry and sure of foot, making their soldiers far more effective. Also when disembark the men will essentially just jump from their boats so they aren't formed up and ready to fight in any kind of formation so they're essentially just a well equipped and trained mob slamming into a fully prepared and organized infantry line (the attacker is also dealing with what I described before). The entire time this is happening the enemy is also being peppered with arrows by the skirmishers of the defenders and since the men getting out of the boats aren't in formatio nthey're a lot more likely to be hit and or die.Archon said:
What sort of story mood? Have you seen Shooter yet?TheAncientCenturion said:
Book or manga?TheAncientCenturion said:
Usually to set a ship ablaze you'd aim for the sails and the flames would build and work down from there.TheAncientCenturion said:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAkio said:
Stop being so Lazy, it's bad!SirDerpingtonIV said:
I'm too biased. I'd say the Eyrie for every single one. I also don't know as much about it as some other people.Archon said:
With the support of the Region it's etheir the Rock or Stormsend. Sunspear is pretty high up there because there are no supplies to take around its walls.Archon said:
Eyrie, Eyrie, Eyrie, Casterly Rock (I'm a little bias for the last one, but mostly for it being the one (by the castle itself, not the region) that would make me really rich and in turn help my family be more powerful. The other being the Crossing, Highgarden or even Oldtown.Archon said:
I'm more looking for something to read, honestly.WanderingJester said:
Anything, really. I lean less typically with manga nowadays, just because they all tend to go in the same direction.Akio said:
For numerous reasons, fire arrows are a horrible idea unless you're planning on covering a field in flammable equipment. The rate of fire is going to be lower than regular arrows, as fire arrows would need a deal of customization to be effective, and even then there isn't a guarantee that they set anything on fire. They won't puncture as well as normal arrows, they won't set enemy soldiers ablaze either.Leusis said:
1. Moat Calin cause you're stuck between the Neck and whats pretty much an unbeatable fortification as well as the entirety of the north literally sitting behind Moat Calin.Archon said:
