If you win a fight that eats up a lot of supplies, do you try again?

[StaceyPowers]

If you are playing a game with limited supplies and you run through a lot of them winning a fight, do you typically go back and retry to save the supplies, even if the fight is pretty hard? I usually do, if I’m not assured of more supplies coming up soon.

[killamch89]

If it was a seriously difficult battle, I wouldn't because in circumstances like that you always stand to use up a lot of supplies and there's every chance you'll lose more than the initial attempt. I'll simply forage for more after that battle.

[Withywarlock]

Sometimes. In Total War you have the ability to play out a battle manually on a field/in a siege, but alternatively you can instantly resolve the conflict via auto-resolve. The latter's not the most reliable at calculating unit strength, health, numbers and other factors that can change dramatically on the field, but it's an easy way of avoiding ~10-20 minutes that might end up having a negligable or otherwise boring outcome. Three cheers for savescumming, eh?

It depends on the mood I'm in. I'm reminded of a political cartoon named The Pyrrhic Victory of the Mulligan Guards: "Another victory like this, and our money's gone!"

Edited May 1, 2021 by Withywarlock

[m76]

I try again if I feel there is room to do much better. If I don't feel I've made any obvious mistakes I don't try again.

[lludawg]

I am not the biggest fan of redoing things so I will usually only redo it if I know for sure I can be more efficient with my supplies. Sometimes I just like to celebrate a difficult win, even if I could have done better!

[Empire]

If it has taken be hours or just so long to get passed that seriously difficult battle then maybe I just move onto the next one and then fail that I have nothing left. Even if you redo it again, how long will it take to redo it and fail just to save your supplies. Games like that I do not like doing. 

[Heatman]

On 4/24/2021 at 12:09 AM, StaceyPowers said:

If you are playing a game with limited supplies and you run through a lot of them winning a fight, do you typically go back and retry to save the supplies, even if the fight is pretty hard? I usually do, if I’m not assured of more supplies coming up soon.

Why in the world would I ever want to lose more resources that I can't spare anymore in a fight I know that wouldn't be an easy one?