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Not the former, certainly.

I hear the troglodytes have developed a taste for grognard meat as of late.

I don't know. I've literally never seen it in action.

Yeah, those are the veterans. Lost their armour in Yomi, got cursed in Mictlan. Probably survived Fomorian decay. Always marching, always fighting.
The promise was the Art of Hover Farting would heal all those wounds with a Gift of Health, but lately he couldn't spare the time.

Anyway, I'm not sure I have the fortitude to keep being a nuisance. If I can't conjure it by the deadline I'll just set myself to AI.
Those veterans are still kicking, but there's no more cash, and soon no more gems. Attrition is getting out of hand too.

When you feel it will no longer alter any outcome, could you provide some commentary on the war? I am honestly very curious.

Not much to say. I found out while fighting Yomi that I don't really have anything to counter SC and thug spam other than my lumbering armies. Of which I had two and they couldn't be everywhere at once, not even with gateway.
Which basically meant that until I could get to elemental royalty, I would be doomed to fold if you attacked me instead of your other neighbours. And while I did get to conj8 soon after the war started, I figured it's a bit too late, and I might cause more damage by casting the lightning global. So I alchemised the shit of my stocks to get some 90+ in overcasting. But it was still taken down the turn after. I choose to blame R'lyeh. I probably should have summoned a whole lot of gandharvas instead.
Anyway, that's why I've been largely ignoring you - I figured I could cause more lasting damage by countering actual armies with mine, rather than chasing glamorous thugs around. Maybe if I had six more months to prepare, I'd have something.

From a wider perspective, I probably shouldn't have allied with Rus early on. This made my territory snaking and hard to traverse quickly. Hard to defend, with too many neighbours. Had we fought it out, one of us would be out of the game, but the other would end up in a more tenable position.
That the only one commander who could cast/forge anything useful has been my pretender hobbled me greatly throughout the game. Too many things to do, too little time.

Aww, shit. For a moment there I thought you were talking about the best high of your life.

I have terrible spending habits. I know I should pause all construction projects and fanciful road building to prioritise demetalization and industry. But I keep building shit. Just one little road across the mountains. Just one more hospital.

As it hasn't been mentioned yet, Russia is throwing a whole bunch of mudlike substances, trying to get at least some to stick. Usual MO, hard to tell what's true (apart from the wanting to take its ball home and refuse to play nicely in the one international agreement that actually exists), so read it as you will.

I have my suspicions, but that's beyond my ability to call.

Nice footage from the drones e.g. here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9tNwORmwro

It takes some skill to hold a sledgehammer and only 'beat' another person.