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Originally Posted by Vonross
Ok so your a tree huger...lol ...
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I guess what I would say about this is that most warring states and their leaders aren't warring because they want to kill people or make them suffer. You aren't attacking an enemy merchant ship because it has some people on it that need killing, but because you want to deny the enemy whatever supplies it may be carrying. The non-combatants on board may or may not be willing participants in the war effort, and killing people who can't defend themselves is considered wrong in much of the world. Even many soldiers have trouble killing their opponents. People aiming high has been found to be very widespread in various conflicts, and wartime propaganda often centers on dehumanizing the enemy because that's the only way many people will do anything but defend themselves.
There are a lot of things warring states can do to make war extra terrible for their enemies. Things like agreeing not to use chemical weapons, or not shoot defenceless people in cold blood are ways of making things just a little less horrible.
As to the topic of the thread, I would have liked some sort of cutscene, or even just a proper summary window as you would find in RTS games like Age of Kings. Maybe sometime I'll record my submarine returning to port and play that for myself if I survive the war.