Then I'm not too sure what you asked ^^' Sure, all three sides could be used outside of battle, but your original question asked if defensive moves can be used as offensive moves and cause damage, to which both Kingofheart and I said yes and why. Then you started saying that offensive is better, defensive can't deal damage, and that castles are great defensive but not offensive, which isn't necessarily true. While the castle alone is defensive, the people within are offensive. A castle, given the right time period, was considered almost impossible to penetrate, especially during a siege. The castle would have archers all along the walls and roof, it also has people dumping tar on the sieging army, those exiting the castles to fight, those fighting inside the courtyard if some manage to get inside, etc. Sieges almost never succeeded, and when they did, the casualties would be large and almost not worth it. And the last statement of slower and defensive can't last against speed is wrong too. Think of the Gladiators (or Spartans, not sure which). They had the numbers, and the defense. When charging, their front lines moved slowly, shields next to each other, creating an almost impenetrable line. Once close enough to their opposing army, who were running in full charge, they would use the shields as weapons, thrusting the heavy wood and metal into the person charging, thinking the could get through. One or two strong hits will kill that person. Those that managed to get behind the front line would be met with arrows from the back line. Those who survived would be fought with the mid line, swords and other melee weapons in hand, possibly on the backs of horses. We've taken this technique for riots. Police officers use riot shields as they line up in preparation for a riot. Then they'd move slowly towards the rioters, and slowly surround them. The don't hit the people as hard as the Gladiators (or Spartans) but they still use the shields in a similar manner. Those who made it past would be squirted with fire hoses. And those that past the fire hoses were wrestled to the ground and arrested. So going back to my original statement, I'm lost. We answered your question but it seems you already had an answer.... in this post, I tried to explain how defensive can be offensive, which was your original question, but it's up to you to decide which you prefer.
Isn't that a blockade? I thought a siege is when a group attacks another for something they want. Case in point, with the castle example, charging the castle in order to gain the inhabitants land. I could be wrong, but that's what I thought it was ^^' As for starving people out, the blockade could still fail if done properly, just has a lesser chance of doing so.
I'm going to make character designs based on what you chose. My characters, Jonah and Stella, will be the example models so you guys know what the style will look like ^^ It's a simple style that should be easy to animate, but it's also appealing to the eye, or at least it is to mine ^^' And actually, now that I think about it, can the characters you guys make be from the island? I wanted them from all over the world, but then I started wondering about voice acting. I can do a little bit of some accents, like British, but that's it. And my boyfriend can't do accents almost at ^^' So it'd be kinda difficult if we have characters from all over with various accents and patterns of speech.
I can't even do stereotypical, and I'd like to avoid that if I can ^^' After all, there will be comedic moments but it's not a comedy, thus the accents will then stop being funny and start being offensive. As for British, I'm not terrible. I think I'm okay, but I know I'm not bad. I love acting (hence my love for RPing) and things like certain accents and some silly voices just come natural to me. I just have stage frieght so I don't like acting on a stage. But even in random conversation, half the time I won't realize it, I'll end up speaking in an accent, mostly either British or er... Country? It's not exactly Southern, though that's what it's called. It's uh more Western though. Anyway, those two accents kinda make sense to come naturally. My great grandma is British and I was born in Texas. I spent about two years there, which is during the language development stage. So I could have picked up on those accents. But that's just a guess ^^' All I know is that those two accents are very natural to me.
Maybe ^^ I'm not really sure. It's been like that for as long as I can remember. I noticed it when I would sing songs done by a band from another country (mainly with Aqua). I'd be singing it, and I soon realized that I'd be singing it in the accent they were. No matter how hard I tried to stop, I couldn't until well after the song unless I just stopped singing altogether. Then the accents started dappling my speech. Um, I think it's been like that since I was maybe 4? My mom would always put on music to get me to fall asleep, and I'd sing until I did ^^' No lullabies either. She'd put on a burnt CD with Go Away Jack, These Boots, 123, ABC, etc. Whatever the case, I don't really consider it a talent because I can only do some accents, and not heavily.
Welcome to the group ^^ Personally, I'd love to have and Australian aboard ^^ I was just suggesting the character being apart of the island to avoid terrible accents. But if you're about to voice act, by all means, make you're character Australian ^^ The last thing I want to do is limit people too much.
