Talk:James Ironwood/@comment-162.197.96.15-20150706055748/@comment-25555436-20150706223619

@Shadow: -If they needed scouts, just send dozens of robot scouts, not a single person involved. Problem solved. No need to send the army first.

-So that's what you meant. Alright, this doesn't really counter my point, it doesn't respond to the problem, it barely evades it. Let's say those robots are resources. Atlas has them by the millions if not near billions. But a billion is nowhere close to infinite. They may be able to waste millions of robots without any care, but it doesn't mean they will always have more. Either because the number of robots it's finite, or the resources used in the production are finite themselves.

-"It's not his country, he's not responsible for it's defense". Alright, but then, WHY would he send that many robots, airships, Paladins, and even WARSHIPS? Even if the problem wasn't that small, if he's not responsible for Vale's defense then why would he send such a big number?

-The first point already answers part of this. Like you said, he's not risking men, he's risking robots. What, you think that only applies to the front-line soldiers? Nope, it's equally likely he uses robots for scouting as well (hell, would be more effective).

Besides, even if he knew of the missing Paladins (and hasn't stopped them from keep stealing them, nice general), he didn't knew the WF kept them there. He should have sent scouts to at least verify, if they found the hidden outpost, that the Paladins were there, before trying to send the whole army. It's called Practicality. Of the most basic kind, even a noob at strategy games can do that.