Rhyfelwyr
04-05-2008, 19:55
I've played quite a few campaigns now, and I've noticed that some factions clearly do better than others on the whole. Take for example Poland, the most monstrous faction in the game. Maybe its due to the spamtastic Polish Nobles, but when I use the 'toggle_fow' function every ten turns to check the map, Poland always looks gigantic. Poland will nearly always advance as far as Kiev and Caffa, and will take Sarkel 50% of the time, and sometimes even Bulgar! On the western front, I've noticed Poland tends to take Magdeburg, well into the HRE heartland, and usually takes Prague as well, although sometimes the HRE beats them to it.
Another overachiever is Milan. I've noticed either Milan or Venice tend to focus on each other, and the victor will absorb the loser after maybe 70 turns. 90% of the time, the victor is Milan. In my last campaign, Milan took all of Italy, the Balkans, and western France, and even parts of southern Germany.
Spain tends to do well in most cases once if goes south. Usually Spain will take southern Iberia from the Moors pretty quickly and have Marrakesh and Algiers by the mid-game, if Sicily don't beat them to it.
For the underachievers, the Scots are no.1 at performing poorly. In one campaign, they had failed to conquer anywhere by turn 80! Sometimes they will take Inverness, Ireland, and if they're really lucky York and Wales, but they never make it onto the continent.
The Moors also tend to perform poorly. They tend to lose either their Iberian or African provinces, depending on whether Spain or Sicily strike at them first.
I've also noticed the Byzantines struggle a lot. The tend to have some success against Venice and will often take the Balkans early on and make assaults on Crete and Rhodes, but I've only once seen them advance into Turkey, and they often lose Thessalonica and even Constantinople to the Hungarians, the latter also seeming to be a popular target for Jihads.
The Danes always appear to be doing well early on, always going into Antwerp rather than the Scandinavian provinces first. But after that they tend to get stagnant and take an age to conquer the three provinces to their north, although Russia often beat them to Helsinki.
Anyone else had similar experiences with the AI factions?
Another overachiever is Milan. I've noticed either Milan or Venice tend to focus on each other, and the victor will absorb the loser after maybe 70 turns. 90% of the time, the victor is Milan. In my last campaign, Milan took all of Italy, the Balkans, and western France, and even parts of southern Germany.
Spain tends to do well in most cases once if goes south. Usually Spain will take southern Iberia from the Moors pretty quickly and have Marrakesh and Algiers by the mid-game, if Sicily don't beat them to it.
For the underachievers, the Scots are no.1 at performing poorly. In one campaign, they had failed to conquer anywhere by turn 80! Sometimes they will take Inverness, Ireland, and if they're really lucky York and Wales, but they never make it onto the continent.
The Moors also tend to perform poorly. They tend to lose either their Iberian or African provinces, depending on whether Spain or Sicily strike at them first.
I've also noticed the Byzantines struggle a lot. The tend to have some success against Venice and will often take the Balkans early on and make assaults on Crete and Rhodes, but I've only once seen them advance into Turkey, and they often lose Thessalonica and even Constantinople to the Hungarians, the latter also seeming to be a popular target for Jihads.
The Danes always appear to be doing well early on, always going into Antwerp rather than the Scandinavian provinces first. But after that they tend to get stagnant and take an age to conquer the three provinces to their north, although Russia often beat them to Helsinki.
Anyone else had similar experiences with the AI factions?