crusades

[someone]

when i was the english i send a crusade against someone that i cant remember now. but before the crusade conquerd the castle i tried to send another crusade but pope told me only one crusade at the time.

now when i play the turcs the spanish send a crusad against antioch, and the next year they send one to tunisia, both of them is still in spain not going anywhere.

so i wonder is it only human player that cant send more then one crusade at the time?

[The_Emperor]

There can only be one crusade active for one faction at a time.

So if they sent two crusades one soon after the other, you can bet the first one was a dismal failiure (ie had no retreat, or very few men and everyone wound up dead within a few turns)

The AI sucks at doing crusades because it is not smart enough to add units to it as it progresses, as such most of the AI crusades seem to be full of Peasants and Fanatics with a handful of Knights, Order Foot Soldiers and any other units that may have joined up along the way.

This is another reason why many Catholic factions implode with Civil War on the map, because the dramatic loss of influence brought about by a failed crusade, caused global loyalty drops... and makes civil war very likely.

Of course Muslim Jihads I find far more useful because they can be used against ANYONE (even other Muslims) and you can have more than one going at a time... the Downside is that you can only target provinces you once held, but this can work well if you attack a province you don't intend to hold with a small force, and then withdraw and call up a Jihad later... Suddenly you have a larger army, your kings influence and Piety is better, and you are in a much better strategic position.

[someone]

well on my map, spain have 2 crusades going on, but both is just standing in cordoba doing nothing, havnt done anything in the past 30-50 years, cant remember realy when anymore when they started.

maybe its a bug

[KukriKhan]

Maybe you're seeing the little brown crosses that indicate that a crusade is available, but not yet activated. That just means that Spain has purchased a crusade marker, like buying a fort or church or any other building. When Spain activates one of those crusades, the cross-marker turns into an army-looking icon, and will start moving across the map.

[lancer63]

I have seen more than one french crusade waiting to cross my biz empire too. And once as the Egyptians there was more than one german crusade on the field. That's the AI cheating imho.

[someone]

Im sure there is 2 crusades armys.

how do i know that?

well if i right click on them i see units in them and i can see where they are heading.