New Grand Campaign Blitz Record. 106 provinces in 14 turns

[LegendofTotalWar]

Hey Everyone.

I know that Grog has held the title for fastest campaign map blitz for a while now, but I decided to try and beat it. So I did.

My record was done with the Turks on VH/VH difficulty with no modifications or console commands. 106 provinces in 14 turns.

I'd love to hear if anyone has done it even faster than that, because I'm quite new to the blitzing community. Happy to discuss anything about my blitzing tactics.
I also thought I'd get called a liar for making this claim to the new record so I screen captured my entire campaign. I'm in the process of doing commentary and uploading it to youtube.

I'll post links to them soon. They should provide a guide so that anyone else can repeat, or better, what I have done.

[Myth]

I'm really curious how you managed it with M2TW's abysmal movement points. I assume Jihads were used abundantly?

[LegendofTotalWar]

I'm really curious how you managed it with M2TW's abysmal movement points. I assume Jihads were used abundantly?

I only used 1 Jihad. At the start of the game, I set the Jihad to Baghdad, since it was kind of out of the way, and ignored it. I intended for it to be the last province I took. And it was. I took it on turn 14, the same turn I arrived at Arguin. In order to get around the whole map in that time i had about 32 generals, mostly obtained through man of the hour, with tiny armies making very risky attacks in order to get around fast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vObLGPSJQU

I explain everything in my youtube guide to blitzing. I've only got 6 of the videos up at the moment so its not the whole campaign yet.
The video does contain some swearing though. I hope that isn't a problem.

Happy to answer any more questions.

[LegendofTotalWar]

Some might consider what I've done as abusing Jihads, which in a sense might be true. However, it doesn't change the fact that it was insanely difficult to maintain my armies once the troops started deserting.

I've started organising my videos into a playlist. It should make it easier for you to view a specific battle you wanted to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vObLGPSJQU&list=PLY8cZUL4pfEDOm-zQQM0dsLIRCOj8jvP_

[Myth]

LegendofTotalWar these videos are great! Might you be interested in joining us at the Throne Room (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?38-Throne-Room) where we play Grand Campaign games versus other human players (hotseats)? We're thinking of starting a Medieval 2 hotseat now (usually we go for mods like Stainless Steel). Check it out, I'd be glad to have such a good player join the fun!

[LegendofTotalWar]

Myth Thanks heaps. That sounds awesome, but I might not have time at the moment due to work. Just burned out my holidays doing this blitz. lol. This is definitely something I want to be a part of down the track though.

Also if you're interested, I just got part 15 online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94d6agbLG7U

[Askthepizzaguy]

Congratulations!

Would you be willing to post the save files?

[LegendofTotalWar]

Congratulations!

Would you be willing to post the save files?

Not without good reason.

[LegendofTotalWar]

Hey everyone,

it's been a while since I updated my post here. I'm up to episode 38 on my youtube series. The content is really heating up as my armies get smaller and my enemies get larger as I expand further westward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onaK6HvZo9c

[Myth]

I was just wondering what to watch on youtube, I was thinking some Age of Empires 2 pro games, but then this sounds better :laugh4:

[LegendofTotalWar]

Hey everyone, it's been a while since I've updated my progress.

I'm up to part 53 now. There are only a few more episodes to go until the conclusion of the campaign.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzd-hcPdPD8

[venomousmonkey]

Very impressive, nice to see someone able to use The Turks as well as that :yes:

[LegendofTotalWar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1pfiV_1uYY

Here is the final episode. All 106 regions were taken within 14 turns. A censored version is on the way for those that don't like excessive cursing.