Crusade Recover

Well, I would like to dedicate this thread to human players' inability to move crusade freely. I'm currently playing Polish campaign, started on high period. My kingdom is financially stable. I make about 3000 florins a year. I own most of steppe regions and Teutonic Order owns the rest. After I beat the Russians my retainers took a break but it's been too long. Swedish (suprisingly) got big and is sitting next to me now conquering most of German lands. I prepared to take on them and I turned on Matteosartori cheat to see what's going on. Everybody's fighting and growing. French, Hungary, Golden Horde, Swedish, Danish, Almohads and Teutonic Order are growing big but only French who doesn't seem "beaten" even after two excommunication. Therefore I decided to not allow their crusade to pass my land. I destroyed it. Years later they launched another and got destroyed again. Unfortunately Saxony was high in zeal. The crusade moved there, picked up more troops and went on using their fleets. Now the cross mark is in Lesser Armenia. :san_cry:

Their destination is Tripoli and it's owned by the Danish. I'm just hoping the Danes won't give it to em. Danes is currently the strongest. They own most of Iberia, Antioch, Lybia and Tripoli. I might end up backing the French if they go to war. I don't know, I have to set up a council for this. :san_embarassed:

all other things being equal, i'd bash the French, but then i usually do...
can you use it strategically? or does it affect your economy?
have you not been ex-comm'd for messing with a crusade?

The first time was fine by the Pope but for some reason I got excommed the second time lol. Then again I made up with the Pope. He likes me and still gives me money once a while despite the fact Polish can't crusade.

Danes are everywhere now. Swedish and Golden horde are about to lose. Hungary and Teutonic still hangin on. Germans seem to have a negative income cus of the war they had since they re-emerged. English are isolated in the Isle. French had a civil war and they currently have only two provinces, Anjou and Champagne. I'm not at war now. I'm just trying to capture French ex-provinces. I need to form alliance with Hungary cus they seem healthy enough to help me take on the Danes.

*starts the game*

i always get excommed for messing with crusades...:san_angry:

i had one occasion where a French crusade sat in Venice and repeatedly used not just my ships but someone else's as well to get to Antioch, attack, lose, come back to Venice, pinch more of my men, do it again. after a couple of turns of this i broke the sea link while they were in Antioch...and they promptly came back anyway and then marched overland through the rest of my provinces...sigh

This is why I like England, what sort of idiot sends a crusade through England?

The HRE sent one through Wessex to hit the Almo's in Morocco with the benefit of my entire six ship fleet. I was allied and gave the crusade a few spearmen, archers and RK that were sitting around soaking up my limited cash.

mfberg