Romania and EDEN
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8-3=1
I am writing this article in English as it might be of some importance also for the non-Romanian readers.
First of all, I would like to wish all eCitizens (both PHOENIX and EDEN) a Happy New Year!
As most of you are aware, Hungary attacked Romania (against 10MPPs) and conquered two regions: Crisana and more importantly Transilvania. Two Q5 defense and hospitals were also lost during the attack. Now the campaign continues with an attack on the region of Maramures.
The attack brings into the game some RL issues that not everyone might be aware of. Transilvania (Erdely in Hungarian) is a RL sensitive issue for both Romanians and Hungarians and any attack will be regarded by Romania as a top priority. That is why many players were dissapointed (some of them even outraged) by the lack of support from EDEN regarding defense of Transilvania.
If we are to completely disregard RL issues, EDEN strategy was successful. Some important battles were won (Croatia wiped out Slovenia, erasing their MPPs; Spania conquered Paris-France; high-iron regions in SE Asia were recovered from PHOENIX and are now under EDEN control). The way was opened for EDEN to have full control over Western Europe (with Polish and Spanish advances, supported by Sweden). The price paid sofar for this: the loss of Romanian regions.
If EDEN is to be successful until the end, now the allies should rush into Romanian help. There is no other important war to justify not helping. Also some compensation should be discussed between Romania and EDEN, not necessarily a financial compensation but perhaps sending EMC to fight in RW in Crisana, helping build the lost hospitals and defense systems, helping recover Transilvania as soon as possible, providing support for further offensive campaigns of Romania etc.
EDEN should not underestimate the importance of Romania in the Eastern sector. While EDEN will be able to control Western Europe, Romania and Croatia are the strongholds in the Eastern Europe dominated by Hungary, Russia and Serbia. A neutral Romania will imbalance the Eastern Europe even further in the advantage of PHOENIX, opening way for an invasion from East towards the West.
Let's hope diplomacy will sort out this as soon as possible and then military and economy will follow the lead.
Hail Romania and EDEN!
Comments
Dlaczego mam wrażenie, że Rumuni ciągle żyją wspomnieniem swojego azjatyckiego Imperium?
Jak Węgrzy zjadą Rumunie a Turki Grecję to będzie niedobrze ;/
plunio: We are talking now about defensive wars, not offensive wars. EDEN should help defend, no?
bediziom, do tego czasu my podbijemy eNiemcy, a Hiszpanie eFrancje, więc Rumuni i grecy będą mieli znacznie większą pomoc.
plunio7 bo Rumuni ciągle myślą, że są najsilniejsi.
8-3=1 - so...did Eden start war with Bulgaria?
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Gabriel Lavanche 45 minutes ago:
"As I said before attacks against Turkey and Bulgaria, that they will lead losing some of our regions as we cant be everywhere at once. Both Romanian and Greece answer was, that they are even ready to get sweaped out from map, if they can get something to do for their people."
You have taken a risk. So please do not claim a compensation.
Borzymir: this is called "twisting the arm". We can twist EDEN arm as well if we go out of EDEN. If we say we are prepared to lose our territories for a good cause, we mean it. So what have we got to lose if we kiss EDEN bye-bye and defend (or we are not able to defend) by ourselves?
Mr Gabriel Lavanche spoke without thinking too much I suppose.
If you look well, no one is claiming any financial compensation.
But RO army fought many wars for EDEN, now we want the favour to be returned and you fight for Romania. It is fair, no?
"For a good cause"? It was YOUR INITIATIVE TO TAKE A RISK AND ATTACK. Have you asked, for example Poland, before doing this?
Your were WARNED it could finish with erasing Romania from the map. And now you claim a "compensation" from EDEN for 2 regions lost?
It's ridiculous!
The fair is to expect from Croatians to fight for Romania NOW. Not yesterday or a day before. Don not expect Croatia or Poland will be helping in defend of a region you for the price of been attacked by several main P*NIX countries and beeing destroyed. You must understand STRATEGY first.
Gabriel Lavanche said Romania is now top priority in EDEN strategy.
So? What are you still doing in Germany? 🙂
Of course I am joking now. Tactics dictates you erase Germany completely unless you want all MPPs coming back to you (it is also best strategy for your baby-boom)- this is not strategy. We completely understand the main strategy of total dominance of EDEN in Western Europe. However the article says you should not neglect Eastern Europe. If Romania is erased or we pull out of EDEN, Poland cannot defend from both sides (East and West). You are quite exposed to multiple attacks.
In your article you demand a COMPENSATION from EDEN countries. It's just RIDICULOUS!
It was your decision to begin the war even for the price of ALL your country to be conquerred by enemies. You were warned by EDEN and now you dare to speak about expecting ANY compensation for your light-heartedness and losing 2 regions?!? COMPENSATION?!? Ma-an, it must be a joke, noone is shameless like this.
Borzymir: poland told rom government that bulgaria-turkey plan wouldn't succeed and was in fact suicidal.
Vingaer: Turkey-Bulgaria plan was suicidal for us to drain PHOENIX damage and allow EDEN to take over Western Europe. Poland did not risk anything during Romanian attacks.
Now you conquer West Europe but forget about your allies who need your help because we kept Hungary+Russia attention away from you. That is the whole point and the whole strategy. It is fine if you think this way, it is just good to know it. It is just a pity that you don't act the way we expected.
To clarify once for all: compensation means military support, not money.
This comes from a RO warrior, not from the RO government. I would like also this to be clear. And soon we will see that you also need help. Once Romanian resistance will get weaker, the attention of PHOENIX will come to Germany.
@Borzymir: let's discuss when you lose initiative with Germany. I really hope your plan to conquer them for good will work out, but the way things are right now you will not succeed. If we stop our resistance, you will fail.
Well, I still think eRomania deserves our help, regardless of previous tactical mistakes. Do not let people to argue about the responsibility for that defeat.
@cyb3k: I as soldier think that we either live or die together. I always said when I was a diplomat that EDEN is an alliance of countries who have equal say, opposed to PEACE (now PHOENI😵 who is monopolised by few nations. This is harder to implement, as many equal voices mean many quarrels and interests. But it is better in a long term.
If EDEN did not agree with Romania actions and we were so foolish and stupid in our actions in Bulgaria and Turkey, why did EDEN did not expell us from the alliance? Why are we still equal on paper to everyone else but we don't deserve anyone's help? Is this correct?
PS: I still say that attack on Bulgaria was not a tactical mistake, on the contrary. It was expected that we will not get too far, but it achieved the main purpose to take away the damage you needed to start your German campain, Spain to start their French adventure and USA their Asian conquest. Perhaps this was not explained very well, since I keep hearing comments that we attacked because people just wanted some war to fight. If it was like this, we would have just attacked Hungary.
Do not understand me wrong, I was writing my words for people from ePoland who dare to deny the help for eRomania. We do undestand how important is eRomania for the entire EDEN, although most Polish are too absorbed by war against eGermany.
Personally, I think you should not fight vs Turkey attacking their core region (though it was still one of your greatest battles). But your first assault on Bulgaria was OK.
@cyb3k: I know exactly what you mean. But look at the damage in the battle Romania-Turkey (with all their MPP). Turkey won by more than 1mil damage. If all this damage was distributed to other fights then EDEN might have lost out other important battles in W Europe and Asia. We were the kamikaze of this mega-campaign, that is where some frustration comes when we find ourselves alone against the enemy in our original territories.
But am sure we will work things out and it seems help is on its way. Let's win!