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Yes I went a little overboard but it was extremely boring with you all not saying anything.
The language is colourful without going too far...I hope:laugh4:
It is role playing of course. Arnold does have some type of foul mouth trait. And as for the Queen, well as much as she is the Queen, some humour is always welcome.
Been reading the :gah2:zette just now and found the M2TW articles to be well written. And TC's comment about the early internet was more than a funny read.
Almost feel tempted to let 3/4 of the empire rebel :D
You might be joking FH, but engineering a mass rebellion (a civil war being impossible with the game mechanics) might serve as an effective OOC brake on our expansion. I still want to take out the Aztecs and see Panzerphants.
Think of it, the Reich's rolling along, triumphant but for a few hiccups and suddenly, with the death of Kaiser Henry perhaps, half or a quarter of the provinces rebel. It sounds far fetched, but large empires often fragmented after the death of a strong ruler. Think of how we would have to scramble to reestablish control while our enemies circle around us gobbling up loose provinces.
I'm sure it could be doable by abandoning cities or console commands. Of course it would require a OOC vote.
Just a thought.
Hmm, a rebellion would work. I was thinking of perhaps waiting for the Black Death but that's way off.
A rebellion would be interesting, but it wouldn't really seem right unless there was a serious split in the Diet between two very different parties. It could happen in long-term sense, but right now there simply isn't enough conflict to justify it. Several players will be dying and getting new avatars relatively soon. If they chose to play dissenters or otherwise ally themselves with radical groups, it could build to something.
I wasn't proposing a Civil War (avatar vs avatar), just a peasant uprising/fragmentation where the Diet is intact but several territories go to the rebel "faction".
Nice as that is, I doubt any players would be willing to give up their city to rebels.
Hmm... there's an idea for future game rules (not KOTR). Rebellion mechanics. Is it possible to give cities/castles to other factions by console? Autorebellions might be interesting, but there would have to be an easy way to do it. Knocking down all the happiness buildings and disbanding the garrison would be annoying.
i think we should focus on attacks from the exterior before we have interior woes.
I'd say we keep plugging away.
The plague will hopefully do something when it comes, plus the Mongol's should do some damage and well as the Tank Elephant Nation.
I'm cooking up some stuff, so it should get interesting sometime soon.
I think we are at a tipping point - the AI posed a significant challenge at the end of my term in office. We had to pull back from Krakow; were stalled - and counter-invaded - when we went for Thessalonica; had to give up on Edessa. We took only one European province in 10 turns (Rheims) and lost another (Thorn). That gave the AI time to build up significant forces. The battle Kag just fought with 50% losses is an example of the result.
But if we start taking bites out of France, Hungary, Venice and Denmark, it will soon be all over. If we do want to spin the game out long enough to get to America (which I do, although I am not fixed on that), I think we should hold the present frontiers for a while - if we have to conquer something, give it back (without demolishing everything). We are big enough already and should find something to do other than just expand everywhere. This is mainly OOC reasoning, but even from a role-playing point of view, Medieval nations did not ceaselessly try to expand their borders.
Agreed.
We could start coming up with IC issues. Not that they should be artificially created to fit the OC reasons, but there were many issues to expansion that were greatly effected by the internal working of medieval nations.
I just took a look at the game and, contrary to what I had been led to believe, France is not out of it. Just from what I can see with FOW on, they have several full stacks defending their cities and near our borders. The Danes also have big stacks around the area and we already know that the Venetians and the Hungarians are causing problems. Top that off with the arrival of the Mongols and I think we'll have more than enough battles to worry about without even thinking of expanding. Let's just let things play out naturally and I suspect it will be fine.
Even with full stacks, we've proven that the AI armies stille can be thumped quite convincingly.
I am worried that with a fully fledged empire it is now up to us to how quickly we win.
On another note, do any of the KoTR veterens want to join Magna Carta as non-playing barons? I understand that not everyone's keen on fighting multiplayer battles, but I would welcome up to 5 non fighting players(like the Will of the Senate Upper House).
Yeah, I think we'll have enough in store for us without creating problems OOC just yet. Not that I'm opposed to an IC rebellion that is.
Sorry for my absence of late, but I have been busy and have fallen into a small motivational pit. I'm back on top though and have just surveyed the situation.
The situation around Damascus is tempting to strike at the Mongols. Mabye go down in a blaze of glory, but taking four other avatars with me, might not be considered good sportsmanship. Have to find another way to get out of this one.
We can always hope another obscure game mechanic will blow up in our faces, just like automatic Crusade ambushes did. :laugh4:
well, we could always try and re-conquor the roman empire of a thousand years ago, but an IC rebellion sounds like more fun.
and last night sucked, Ottawa lost, then I go to console myself in M2TW and find that while gerhard has lost the warts, his 'feeling poorly' has gotten worse to 'hypocondriach(sp)' with -6 hp I'm a little hesitant to send him into battle.
You could always have a glorious death. There are plenty of Steffens to go around.
Yes it's looking grim for the Senators now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuperman
Gerhard's just not have a good time of it now hey. Maybe it's time to just retire and take a new avatarv :)
that's what I was thinking, although with 1.25a the no-going back trigger is gone I think, there may be hope after all.
Personally, I think Factionheir should just use the consol to remove those witch traits. Gerhard is still young and it would be a shame to waste the avatar. Maybe wait out the 4 turns or whatever it was in the abbey, but after that he's served his time and should be rehabilitated!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuperman
He will be rid of all the witch traits except Hypochondriac eventually, but I think using console to remove all bad traits is maybe a bit over the top considering we like to RP our characters.
That said, there is still hope for him if we capture a Byzantine settlement with Public Baths or a Muslim settlement with a Bimaristan to cure him of that too.
Besides, having low HP to begin with makes it easier to get Brave and BattleScarred :)
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On another note, I'll be trying to either speed up or slow down the game this week. I got a major thesis due next Wednesday and still have much work to do.
I agree with FH, the console shouldn't be used unless the traits were acquired due to a bug. Anything that is acquired naturally, good or bad, should be dealt with. Remember, I had to turn Max into a religious fanatic simply to justify the addition of a retinue member. That was not the path I had wanted to take him on. If it hadn't been for that one retinue addition, Max would have been Heinrich's right hand man the whole game.
Oops, looks like gibsonsg's avatar bought the farm in the battle for Durrazo. He will have to be assigned another Avatar now.
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econ: Its time for you to battle with Bayan the Wrathful who leads a large Mongol army to attack you. Odds are 3:2 in your favor.
Has Kag finished the Durazzo battle!!??
I also got him killed in a second fight. He was shot in the back of the head with a crossbow bolt :dizzy2:
AG, looks like kag finishes his battle and now it is econ's turn.
FH, so the mongols initiate the battle? cool... :D
AG: In my first try at that battle I didn't lose anyone by using the tactics I sent you. When I tried it again, I think Jonas bit it against the initial MK charge as he ended up walking into the mass of them for some odd reason or another instead of letting his GB fight.
TC: If its legal, can you add Knight to the titles of Ehrhart in the Mausoleum?
Ok so Kag is done and yes the mongols have pulled the pin and gone straight for the big enchilada of the HRE...
...the pipe hitt'in Henri they call him, and boy is this one gonna be a hum dinger!!
Now econ...will you replay this if you lose? :)
FH, so what is going on with the 2nd Crusade by Leopold?
I believe Elberhard is not yet a crusader, maybe have him join up as a crusader too and send him off with reinforcement to Leopold?