i seen this kind of thing in video games, in books, movies, comics, cartoons, anime. if the enemy keeps attacking the same points, its not only their way of looking for or making a weak spot, its also always drawing the defenders to those locations. for example, if every enemy force is attacking all but the south wall and the west wall (this is an example) then the defenders will naturally start going to the north and east sides out of habit, to already be in position to defend against the next attack. this would leave south and west unguarded or minimal guards, easy to breach if you go for assault, or easy to slip a small elite group of assasins or sabotage agents over or under or through. if no one is watching those sides, or at best a token guard force, someone can slip in, slit a few throats, then open the gates for the rest of the enemy. by the time the defenders realize whats happened, surprise, the enemy is INSIDE the castle and probably hitting your backs.
There’s a decent chance that the majority of these armies have no clue what they’re doing and are just being used as unwitting pawns by the real mastermind.
I like the way Cube apparently pages through a book via viscosity in the last panel. Right now he’s probably finding the page he wants to show to Dorilys and Presti, but I do get the feeling that Cube reads by sense of touch/taste.
It is not very surprising that the attacks are all against the perimeter, but keeping them distributed like that forces the defenders to protect all of the wall. It does keep the defenses focused on the perimeter, which is unwise in a world where there could be aerial attacks, burrowing attacks, or teleport/portal attacks.
Maybe these are fake and weak attacks, because the big villain(s) know that the princess is a fake one. But the big villain(s) don’t want the protagonist to know that they know. It would be twisted way of thinking, (poor cannon fodders), but a somewhat funny one too.
Is that so unusual in a fantasy (or sci-fi) setting where not all the people are human? I mean, that was the Scarecrow’s whole thing.
The smartest character in my Starfinder party is a robot.
My prediction? It’s all a distraction. Something else is going on and someone has ’employed’ (cajoled, paid, or just slyly suggested) all these different forces attack in this manner, but the attacks aren’t expected to breach their defenses, just tie them up and pin them down.
I just realized… either our heroes are all gonna gain 3 levels during their //individual// //single// adventures (going from 9th to 12th), or the chapter title scheme is going to be wildly off once this third installment is completed (I mean it is already but… bah, you get what I mean).
Most wars are largely ones of attrition, wear the enemy down by making them react to many small attacks, get them to expend their munitions and steadily sandpaper away at their defences until there’s a general unnoticed weakness that gives a major assault a better chance against tired defenders low on ammuntion and with cracks in their walls.
Throughout history there were many, many more sieges than full scale battles and the beseiged have limited resources while the siegers can resupply constantly.
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Cube (translated): “Are you @$#!ing *blind*?”
Sometimes a blind random attack is just a blind random attack 😉
If it were really random, there would have been a repeat attack by now. What are the chances that none of these groups are after the same thing?
i seen this kind of thing in video games, in books, movies, comics, cartoons, anime. if the enemy keeps attacking the same points, its not only their way of looking for or making a weak spot, its also always drawing the defenders to those locations. for example, if every enemy force is attacking all but the south wall and the west wall (this is an example) then the defenders will naturally start going to the north and east sides out of habit, to already be in position to defend against the next attack. this would leave south and west unguarded or minimal guards, easy to breach if you go for assault, or easy to slip a small elite group of assasins or sabotage agents over or under or through. if no one is watching those sides, or at best a token guard force, someone can slip in, slit a few throats, then open the gates for the rest of the enemy. by the time the defenders realize whats happened, surprise, the enemy is INSIDE the castle and probably hitting your backs.
There’s a decent chance that the majority of these armies have no clue what they’re doing and are just being used as unwitting pawns by the real mastermind.
Or masterminds. The Viscount did answer to several beings.
Wait, that alt text…
So Cube actually invested in int score…
That explains some things…
I don’t think cube has ever been stupid. If anything, he’s probably invested a lot in movement.
I like the way Cube apparently pages through a book via viscosity in the last panel. Right now he’s probably finding the page he wants to show to Dorilys and Presti, but I do get the feeling that Cube reads by sense of touch/taste.
And he doesn’t even need a stick!
It is not very surprising that the attacks are all against the perimeter, but keeping them distributed like that forces the defenders to protect all of the wall. It does keep the defenses focused on the perimeter, which is unwise in a world where there could be aerial attacks, burrowing attacks, or teleport/portal attacks.
Typo: that word in panel 3 should be spelled “unfortunately.”
Fixed, thank you.
So why aren’t the various armies making use of each others’ attacks and joining in, even if at a different spot, when seeing attacks in progress?
I was thinking the same.
Maybe these are fake and weak attacks, because the big villain(s) know that the princess is a fake one. But the big villain(s) don’t want the protagonist to know that they know. It would be twisted way of thinking, (poor cannon fodders), but a somewhat funny one too.
Except that the heroes already know that the villains know. But maybe the villains don’t know that the heroes know that the villains know…
Remember that the good guys don’t know that the princess is a fake!
Only Roxy, Derek, and Mimic know that. (Cube has probably figured it out, but have any of the other defenders?)
They don’t want the other guys to get the advantage of their fighting.
Strange situation, where one of the most clever among you, quite literally, does not have a brain
Is that so unusual in a fantasy (or sci-fi) setting where not all the people are human? I mean, that was the Scarecrow’s whole thing.
The smartest character in my Starfinder party is a robot.
My prediction? It’s all a distraction. Something else is going on and someone has ’employed’ (cajoled, paid, or just slyly suggested) all these different forces attack in this manner, but the attacks aren’t expected to breach their defenses, just tie them up and pin them down.
Gee, you think those guys the Viscount bargained with might be involved?
They should realize that Cube’s better at getting an angle on things.
You could say he’s looking at it from all sides.
He can’t stand the thought that their enemies might have the edge.
He’d like to square up to the opponent.
Well, that answers my question from the previous page: Cube really does just engulf the book and read it inside his own body.
I take the “patroling blindfolded” thing. It can work.
I’m still trying to figure how she could read his secant with it on. XD
She’s blessed with secant sight.
I just realized… either our heroes are all gonna gain 3 levels during their //individual// //single// adventures (going from 9th to 12th), or the chapter title scheme is going to be wildly off once this third installment is completed (I mean it is already but… bah, you get what I mean).
Most wars are largely ones of attrition, wear the enemy down by making them react to many small attacks, get them to expend their munitions and steadily sandpaper away at their defences until there’s a general unnoticed weakness that gives a major assault a better chance against tired defenders low on ammuntion and with cracks in their walls.
Throughout history there were many, many more sieges than full scale battles and the beseiged have limited resources while the siegers can resupply constantly.