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You get bolt action rifles and water cooled machine guns and massive artillery pieces that can lob poisonous gas at enemy lines. Oh, and we'll all be stuck in trenches for years with stagnant lines. Not exactly my idea of fun...

I mean, poisonous gas shells are even more possible with today's tech, just people are unwilling to use it.

Those are all technically true, but...

AIRSHIPS, MOTHER FUCKER!! Nothing is cooler than an airship!

I don't care if you have a whole fleet of airships. This ain't Battlefield 1. It's not gonna be fun.

Our wars would focus on a lot more than the actual frontline fighting, remember. The fact that we'll be using NS stats also plays into it, since your strategy might not amount to much if you encounter a Colby-killer issue.

Hmm... I have no idea where to claim.

Regardless, I still don't like WWI. It's too stagnant. We need a more fluidic war.

-I know this is a faux pas me posting here but I gotta remark-

Seems like you guys don't like the Victoria games, eh?

Also I wanna play

Anyway, as you were... It's just like I never invaded your guild...

-I know this is a faux pas me posting here but I gotta remark-

Seems like you guys don't like the Victoria games, eh?

Also I wanna play

Anyway, as you were... It's just like I never invaded your guild...

Girl, you're more than welcome to join us! Come on in and speak with us!

-I know this is a faux pas me posting here but I gotta remark-

Seems like you guys don't like the Victoria games, eh?

Also I wanna play

Anyway, as you were... It's just like I never invaded your guild...

Girl, you're more than welcome to join us! Come on in and speak with us!

Yay

I'm always willing to talk

Also I like the idea on an NS RP, especially one set on an earth-map. It sounds fun

I think y'all need to read this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2vgopo/why_did_trench_warfare_stop_after_ww1/

The more I'm reading into WW1-era warfare, the more I realize that I know next to nothing about it. It would seem that the stagnant "Trench Warfare" that arose in the Western Front was not the norm, but rather caused by a variety of geographical and doctrinal influences. In fact, it appears that maneuver warfare was actually pretty common in some war fronts.

Though as Laurentus said, this RP probably will focus on way more than just war (remember how PvC never even reached war, except that one incident where Science surrendered because we had relatively no military). In those cases, I think WW1 would probably be more interesting. Also don't forget that this is a nonserious RP, and we'll probably have some wonky fictional tech that would render usual WW1 fighting tactics useless.

This also brings me to the question: What will the global culture be like? Would it be closer to modern times? Those things could also influence, among many other things, how war is waged.

After reading that, I feel like an idiot. And yes, the Aesir style is most definitely mobile warfare. And seeing as how trench warfare arose from those situations, I don't really see it being used in the RP.

Of course the RP will focus on more than just war. Just war can get boring and monotonous. And the reasons why we never broke out into full war are because Colby had no ability to strike back at Miri by the time Miri got around to striking him and my militaristic society didn't want their asses to get handed to them.

My Aesir culture is, and has always been, an evolution of Ancient Norse culture. Whether you consider it to be more modern or not is up to you.

It is also worth noting that the commanders in the first world War were often wildly out of touch with reality. Many believed the moral superiority of their cause would overcome all obstacles. Obviously, it didn't work.

That said, I do wonder what our backstory will be. This world didn't just fall into existence. Once we've figured out our territory, we can discuss the relations between our nations.

I'll probably end up modeling my new nation closely on Laurentus States, so expect many of the same values, traditions, and strategies.

It is also worth noting that the commanders in the first world War were often wildly out of touch with reality. Many believed the moral superiority of their cause would overcome all obstacles. Obviously, it didn't work.

That said, I do wonder what our backstory will be. This world didn't just fall into existence. Once we've figured out our territory, we can discuss the relations between our nations.

I'll probably end up modeling my new nation closely on Laurentus States, so expect many of the same values, traditions, and strategies.

The Roman Empire never succumbed to Papacy, but rather to the Potatacy, and never actually ended up falling entirely, instead becoming a state unified by the One True Faith. 

A history that expansive can cause problems. Like, why isn't everyone embracing the Potato if the faith goes back that far, and stretched across such a vast empire?

Should we even be bound by real world history?