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cart6566
10-03-2002, 17:36
Does your crusader army get the general's bonuses if you stick him in there?
Kraxis
10-03-2002, 17:40
Yes, you can even put your king or heir in there...

And that can be quite a boost. Don't want to waste those nice Order units...

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BTW, Danish Crusades are true to history.

You may not care about war, but war cares about you!
TheLastEuropean
10-03-2002, 17:57
I've given up putting ANYTHING into a crusade unless I want to get rid of it. I put 4 Longbow units in a Crusade in Wessex thinking they would come in handy in the battle. I moved the crusade into a HRE province next turn to find 1 Longbow unit consisting of 18 men. The rest had gone. Not to mention the Chiv.Men at Arms and Chiv.Sargeants I stuffed in there too. All disappeared instantly except for 1 depleted unit. What a waste. That is the worse case I've had so far but generally imo, hardly anything you initially put into a crusade makes it to the destination.

Needless to say I will not be adding any 'extras' to crusades anymore.
Kraxis
10-03-2002, 20:29
As it happened you sent you Crusade out in a time of very low zeal (I have several provinces of 0% zeal right now). After 1200 it is dangerous to launch long Crusades, only send them a few provinces where you know the zeal is high enough, such as against the Almohads from Aquitaine or Normandy.

You brought this on yourself by not checking the zeal.

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BTW, Danish Crusades are true to history.

You may not care about war, but war cares about you!
TheLastEuropean
10-04-2002, 21:23
Hmmmm, I'm puzzled, it sounds like you were looking over my shoulder when I did it. FYI the zeal was between 50-60%. So, in actual fact, I should gain units and lose..., well, lose none imo. Except you lose units whatever the zeal rating. Needless to say, you can expect to meet a thousand or more men on the borders of the factions empires and, equally needless to say, I have a great difficulty in battling superior numbers with rag-tag bunches of less than 20 men except for about 700 peasants in an extreme climate.

No wonder I never complete the 4 crusades in the GA in time!