taken the save
http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1167-4.zip
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taken the save
http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1167-4.zip
Taking the save
Save Back
Would really like it if the Megas did something about public order in Alexandria...
Taking the save.
Here it's back:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4172
Boarded ships, sailing to Italy.
Taking back the save!
Report for 1167:
Battles:
Ragusa was successfully taken from the Venetians! I retrained the garrison as far as possible, but even now Ragusa is once again under siege by a small detachment of Venetians! I wish Tiverios Indikoplefstis the same courage he showed when storming the Castle!
Recruitment:
Ioannis Komnenos used 0 out of his 15 PUs.
Armatos ek Naksou used 6 out of his 6 PUs.
Ioannis Kalameteros used 6 out of his 8 PUs.
Nikolaos Aristenos used 4 out of his 4 PUs.
Apionnas Vringas used 4 out of his 4 PUs.
Methodious Tagaris used 0 out of his 2 PUs.
As requested by Ioannis Kalameteros two units of Skythikon were recruited in Belgrade. The rest of the prioritized units will follow soon.
Construction:
Ioannis Komnenos used 0 out of his 2 PBs.
Armatos ek Naksou used 1 out of his 1 PB.
Ioannis Kalameteros used 0 out of his 1 PB.
Nikolaos Aristenos used 1 out of his 1 PB.
Apionnas Vringas used 0 out of his 1 PB.
The destroyed Town Watch in Alexandria is being rebuilt. After this maybe the recruitment of more garrison will quell the resistance.
A Land Clearance was started in Acre and Dirt Roads are being constructed in Damascus.
Sinop has started the construction of Mines.
In the matter of Edict 6.2. We have the funds to convert both Rhodes and Nicosia into towns. All that I need now is a build queue that let's me do this. I hope this will be honoured in remembrance of Nevoulas ek Philadelphias.
Domestic Affairs:
Andronikos Komnenos has been held up by two smaller Turkish forces at a bridge near Baku. He has to fight to move on!
Although we have some money to construct again it still isn't enough to tackle the bigger projects that are out there. In light of these developments I ask the House of Asteri to cease their detrimental tax policy. The Civil War is about to be resolved and the money is needed to battle Venice and advance the infrastructure of our Empire!
Foreign Affairs:
Ignatios Rossotas, one of our spies has infiltrated Zagreb. I hope he can assisst in the upcoming siege.
Bad news have come to us from Italy. The Milanese have signed a peace treaty with the Venetians!
The save can be found here:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4174
I will take back the save on Wednesday, November the 19th.
Taking the save.
Save is back:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4176
Landed in Italy, heading for Bologna.
The fleet is at the disposal of the Megas.
Taking the save.
:egypt:
Save is back:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ty1ykz...OTR-1168-3.zip
:egypt:
taking the save
http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1168-4.rar
I defeated the army blocking my path and then continued my advance on the castle of Baku. The castle is now besieged with the crown prince trapped inside!
Taking the save.
Here is the save back:
http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/M2...OTR-1168-5.zip
Defeated the Venetians at the river crossing. Took a few casualties.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Again the MOH was brought up and declined once more. The prisoners were offered for ransom of 1335 florins but it was rejected by the enemy.
Moved from the bridge and beseiged Zagreb. Though our agent is inside the settlement it was too low of cahnce to try and attack without seige equipment. There is a small Venetian force NW of the city.
Taking the save
Save back
Sailed closer to destination, also took care of some brigands that were disrupting trade around Kosmopolis, a MotH up for WF. If he accepts, I would like to do a joint story with him.
Taking the Save!
Save is back:
http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1168-7.zip
Taking the save!
Report for 1168:
Recruitment:
Ioannis Komnenos used 0 out of his 15 PUs.
Armatos ek Naksou used 6 out of his 6 PUs.
Ioannis Kalameteros used 8 out of his 8 PUs.
Nikolaos Aristenos used 4 out of his 4 PUs.
Apionnas Vringas used 4 out of his 4 PUs.
Methodious Tagaris used 0 out of his 2 PUs.
As requested by Ioannis Kalameteros the remaining units of Byzantine Spearmen were recruited in Belgrade. This has resulted in our Council of Nobles awarding us with an additional 500 florins for reinforcing Belgrade.
Construction:
Ioannis Komnenos used 0 out of his 2 PBs.
Armatos ek Naksou used 1 out of his 1 PB.
Ioannis Kalameteros used 0 out of his 1 PB.
Nikolaos Aristenos used 1 out of his 1 PB.
Apionnas Vringas used 0 out of his 1 PB.
The following constructions have begun:
A port in Antioch. A City Watch in Alexandria. Wooden Walls in Scopia. Communal Farming in Bucharest.
The transformation of Castles could not be conducted as I didn't have the permission of the respective Lords.
Domestic Affairs:
Leon Symmachos has proven his worth in a small skirmish outside of Kosmopolis for that he has been granted the patronage of Andronikos Komnenos.
I am pleased to announce that our Merchants have secured the Ivory trade around Dongola boosting our finances substantially.
Foreign Affairs:
Admiral Niphos has besieged the Port of Bologna!
This will be my last annual report. I will present you with a final report of my Megas term shortly after which the Senate Session of 1170 will start. I wish my successor the best of luck in fulfilling the task of leading our Empire!
The save can be found here:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4182
Please do NOT take this save until the Senate Session of 1170 is over and a new Megas Logothetes has opened up the save!
You surely meant your successor...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ituralde in the Megas Thread
Final Report:
Senators of the Roman Empire. This year my term as Megas has ended. When I took up the position Civil War and strife were on the horizon and threatened the integrity of our Empire. Being loyal to one party in this conflict has caused fear in many that partisan politics would lead to even further destruction from the Civil War. I hope that I have proven through my actions that those fears were not true.
All recruitment done by me this term went to waging war against our foreign neighbours, namely Venice and the Seljuks. While the conflict between the Basileus and the Order of St. John has stalled our advance against the Seljuk Turks, I want to recommend Methodios Tagaris for taking down the last Fatamid stronghold.
The war against Venice has started out successfully. Although I must admit that the attack could have been conducted faster. We have taken two of their settlements and are about to besiege two more. I am confident that the next Megas term will see the complete assimilation of our former vassals. This should be enough to fulfill Edict 6.1.
The one thing that held me back most during the last term was our lack of funds. Our Cities have reached sizes where building projects require at least half of our total income. Under such conditions low taxes will get us nowhere. Not only is this hurting our Empire now, but in the long run the lack of development in our Cities will present a bill that is even higher. I strongly discourage the tax policies as they are now applied by the House of Asteri and hope that they will change their mind soon.
With our financial situation in mind I have embarked on building places to trade in our Cities. I am proud to announce that almost every City within the Empire that can support it now boasts a proper 'Market'. Furthermore I have opened new lucrative trades that provide the Empire with Ivory and other luxuries. There are still more worthy trade goods to be found at the far corners of our Empire and the next Megas would do well to exploit them.
I am not getting any younger and probably won't see the end of the next Megas term. There are still many unresolved conflicts within our Empire and without and I would be happy to see some of them resolved before the end of my lifetime.
It has been an honour to serve the Senate of Rome.
Your respectful servant,
Pavlos Chrysovergos
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4208
This is the save to be used after the 1170 AD Senate Session is over. The following changes were made:
Zigavinos Vasilakios - Smyrna and Caesarea ancillaries removed
Andreas Dermokaitis - Belgrade ancillary given
Sophronios Komnenos - Smyrna ancillary given
Magnentios Kalameteros - Caesarea ancillary given
1 or 2 other title ancillary changes I did ages ago and have forgotten
University Traits added:
Aleksios ek Ikoniou - Second level of "Goodbuilder"
Vartholomaios Ksiros - "Just"
Info on which traits to improve were never received for: Methodios Tagaris, Tiverios Indikoplefstis, Ioannis Kalameteros, and Apionnas Vringas. It is now too late to include these traits in time to have them impact influence for the 1170 AD session. However, I will still accept orders for these traits for 2 more game turns. If orders are not received by the end of the 1173 AD game turn, the unspecified University traits for the last Megas term will be forfeited.
Save is open until I take it after the 24 hour minimum time-limit.
Taking the save.
Done, Magnentios picked up some troops from Markianople and I moved a couple Asteri members by request.
Ioannis Kantakouzinos received an adoption offer. I minimized the window.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4216
Taking the save.
Save is back:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4220
Currently besieging Bologna. Two Venetian armies (one full stack and one half stack) will reach Bologna within one turn. Reinforcements (if necessary mercenaries) would be much appreciated.
Taking the save!
New Save: http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1170-5.rar
Moved Theo and his fleet to port of Tortuga .. eem.. I mean Tortosa and then moved Theo towards Theopolis.
Taking the save.
OverKnight has a denfensive battle, and after that, Andres will probably have a defensive battle against the Venetians.
http://rapidshare.com/files/173517699/LOTR-1170-6.zip
Did TinCow get a chance to take the save? I think he was going to kill off some inactive avatars and recruit some RGBs for a couple people. :yes:
No, I didn't, sorry. I will do that this evening.
[edit] Or rather, I will do it as soon as possible. I cannot do it while the game is holding on defensive battles on the AI's turn. They must be resolved first.
Scratch that. :clown:
48 hours have now passed since the battle was posted for OK. I would like to keep the game moving. I have not looked at the save, but if the battle can be autoresolved with a victory, then please do so and move it onwards. If an autoresolve results in a defeat, I will give OK another 48 hours before forcing it.
OOC:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
OOC:
I am making an exception for OK if it risks his death since he hasn't been online in 2 days and it's the holiday season when people tend to be AWOL more often. The rules are clear on autoresolving though, and it'll have to be done eventually, regardless of the result.Quote:
1.3 – Battles: A player whose avatar leads an army that is involved in a battle will be expected to fight that battle. This will involve downloading the savegame of the battle, playing it and then uploading the resulting savegame. Uploading the post-battle save must be done within 48 hours of the pre-battle savegame being uploaded. If the deadline expires, the battle is autoresolved. If a player cannot fight a battle that is assigned to them, the battle may also be fought by any player whose avatar will also be present in the battle. Under no circumstances will a battle be fought by a player whose avatar is not present in the battle. If there is no player available to fight a battle, it must be autoresolved. If there are no allocated avatars involved in the battle at all, it must be autoresolved.
OOC: OverKnight has now had 92 hours to play his battle. He has been online at least twice since that time. He has not read the last two PMs I sent him, dating back to December 9th. He did not vote in the Seventh Senate Session, and has not posted anywhere on the Org for nearly a month. Accordingly, I have no choice but to autoresolve the battle and get the game moving again.
IC: Ragusa has fallen and Tiverios Indikoplefstis has been killed.
LOTR-1170-7
Savvas ek Militou (Andres) is now under attack by the Venetians in Italy. It is a very difficult battle.
Taking the save.
Save is back:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4232
Savvas suffered a clear defeat and got severely wounded. Unfortunately, I forgot to take screenshots :shame:
Lost some 200 men vs. 400 or so enemy casualties.
As it has been 2 days since the last battle was fought and Ignoramus has not finished the turn up, I loaded it myself to get the job done. However, it seems there is yet another defensive battle to be fought this season. This time it is Aleksios ek Ikoniou (Northnovas) being assaulted by two Venetian armies. Good luck!
LOTR-1170-9
New Save I think: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4240
The save is at the Sicilian turn I didn't go to the end of the AI movement.
Venetians defeated in an ambush.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Zagreb was captured and sacked. Will need some time to resupply and rebuild.
Will decline adoption from post below.
I have advanced the game through the rest of the AI turn to keep the game moving. The save is now open for all to use. The save will close when Ignoramus says it will, but not sooner than 48 hours.
LOTR-1171-1
End of turn scrolls:
Aleksios ek Ikoniou (Northnovas) has a Man of the Hour adoption up. Ioannis Kantakouzinos (Kagemusha) is the adopter. However, as he has not posted in the game in 3 months and is being moved to Inactive status, Northnovas is allowed to decide whether the adoption is accepted or not.
Ireni (wife of Basileus Aleksios, mother of Basileus Ioannis) has died.
Sofia is ready to upgrade.
New noble mission to garrison Acre.
I did not have time to do the suicides or queue up the RBGs this morning. That will be done when I get home from work.
Taking the save!
Moved Theo to Theopolis.
Set taxes to Normal.
New Save: http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1171-2.rar
taking save to capture Baku
http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1171-3.rar
The settlement of Baku has been captured though the crown prince of the Turks inflicted heavy losses on the infantry. The settlement was occupied.
Taking the save.
Save is back:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4243
Quote:
Originally Posted by Report written in a hasty handwriting, marks of blood visible on the parchment.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Taking the save.
Marched west to Iconium to resupply on the way to Italy (it was at about the end of my move radius).
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4244
Taking the save for the Christmas Massacre.
LOTR-1171-6
The following avatars have been killed off:
Nathanail ek Korinthou (BananaBob)
Makedonios Ksanthopoulos (Privateerkev)
Vissarionas ek Lesvou (Ramses II CP)
Klimis Dokeianos (GeneralHankerchief)
Nikolaos Aristenos (YLC) has requested a temporary stay of execution for IC reasons. He will continue to live until YLC tells me otherwise.
A total of 14 RBGs have been queues up in Constantinople and the 4 other settlements closest to it. If for some reason recruitment needs to occur in any of those cities this turn, the Megas (Ignoramus) is free to remove the RBGs and queue them up elsewhere.
The above deaths, as well as other recent events, have left the title retinues completely mixed up in the game. I will be sorting this out shortly. Please notify me if you are aware of specific retinues which need to be transferred.
In his last will, Makedonios Ksanthopoulos (Privateerkev) left all of his retinue to Armatos ek Naksou (Cecil XIX) to either use himself or distribute to others as he saw fit. The retinue available for Armatos to redistribute is: Fine Armour, Shieldbearer, Veteran Warrior, Iron Crown of Lombardy, Priest.
Taking the save
Moved Rossahh's character towards Belgrade. He gave permission in his SOT and I understand the turn is moving through today, so I figured it was prudent. :yes:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4246
Taking the save:
http://rapidshare.com/files/176619789/LOTR-1173.zip
Report for 1171:
I have purchased the castle of Benghazi from the Sicilians. This came at the cost of a tribute of 4200 florins to the Sicilian Crown for 4 and half years(3 turns). I also concluded an alliance with them, which should assist us in driving out the Venetians and avenging the deaths of Savvas and Tiverios.
I note that the town of Bari has fallen to the Sicilians. Thus I shall be forced to make my invasion of Italy at the north of the peninsula.
Taking the save!
Moved Theo to Tortosa. Lowered taxes in Theopolis and raised taxes in Antiokheia.
http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1173-1.rar
Taking save.
Save back.
Custom Battle, as part of the remainder of the War of Words. This custom battle is being fought by YLC to determine the fate of the war between Nikolaos Aristenos and Michail Arianitis. Avatars that are killed in this battle will be eliminated in the game, and casualties will be represented by disbanding units. If Nikolaos Aristenos wins, Durazzo will be considered captured and will become his possession. This battle is being fought by YLC against the AI with the explicit permission of both YLC and pevergreen. This is how they wish to resolve the war.
The setup has been created to mimic the in-game situation as accurately as possible.
Nikolaos Aristenos' Army (Byzantium Faction):
1 General's Bodyguard with 2 silver chevrons
3 Spear Militia
1 Militia Cavalry
Nikolaos' army has been supplied with 2 ladders and 1 ram. As the army is small and has few build points, I decided that siege towers could not have been constructed in the short time that has elapsed since Nikolaos arrived outside of Durazzo.
Michail Arianitis' Army (Portugal Faction - Chosen as the unit stats match Byantium's perfectly, except for the General's Bodyguard which is missing 1 point in Charge)
1 General's Bodyguard
3 Town Militia with 1 Bronze Chevron each
(Note: In the game, Michail's army has a heavily depleted (around 25 men) unit of Spear Militia with 1 bronze chevron. As I cannot duplicate a partial unit in-game, all three town militia have been given a chevron of experience to compensate.)
Nikolaos Aristenos vs. Michail Arianitis - 1173
YLC may download and fight the battle whenever is most convenient, as it does not impact the current save.
To install the custom battle, unzip it to this folder:
\Medieval II Total War\Stainless_Steel_Mod\custom\
Then go to Single Player -> Custom Battle -> Load Battle
Please take a screenshot of the final results. Please also attempt to save the replay, which is done by pressing the camera button on the results screen. Then upload the replay to the Org.
Victory is complete and total, with the Michail the Brave (or Foolish, depends on who you ask) having died in battle during the siege while trying to rally his men. Nikolaos Aristenos has signed the proper papers and has now retired, leaving the Protoasecretes to execute his will.
This save implements the results of the Battle of Durazzo. Michail Arianitis was killed in the battle and has been killed off in the game. Nikolaos Aristenos retired from public life after the battle (IC), and has been killed off in the game (OOC). As per Nikolaos' will, his newly conquered province of Durazzo and his Veteran Warrior have been transfered to YLC's next avatar, Helarionas Anargiros, who has also been moved to Durazzo. As YLC's only action this turn was to fight a battle which involved no movement, he may still move Helarionas this turn if he wants to.
Casualties in the battle have been resolved as follows:
Nikolaos' Militia Cav took few casualties and have thus been left as they are. 1.5 regiments of the 3 Spear Militia were killed. However, Nikolaos also captured about 100 of Michail's Town Militia. For IC purposes, some of these men have agreed to join the militia of their new Lord and have filled up the ranks left in the depleted Spear Militia regiment. Thus, the total losses are both avatars, one of Nikolaos' Spear Militia, and all of the defenders. This leaves 2 regiments of Spear Militia, the Militia Cavalry, and Helarionas Anargiros (YLC) as the new Durazzo garrison.
LOTR 1173-3
I am aware that there are a very large number of retinue changes that need to be made in-game. I know I'm procrastinating by not doing them now, but I will get around to them very shortly.
I just realized that I forgot to accept the adoption offer that is currently up. As stated before, this adoption is for Ioannis Kantakouzinos (Kagemusha). However, he is inactive, so I am making the decision for him. pevergreen wants to take the offered avatar (Matthaios ek Thivon) as his new one, so whoever takes the save next, please accept the adoption offer.
I have tried to accept the adoption offer, but each time, no matter how hard I try, Mathias dies :sweatdrop:
My install does not like Mathias it appears.
I get the same result as YLC. As such, please disregard the adoption. pevergreen will have to pick a new avatar. If anyone can shed some light on why the game has decided to do this, I'm eager to learn.
I'm not sure how helpful it is, but I've had this happen to me a lot. Sometimes it seems to happen during MOTH hits where the captain died, but I've seen it happen during MOTH and regular adoptions for no good reason from time to time, in both RTW and MTW2.
Taking the save
Save back
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4274
Taking the save.
All done. Magnentios is setting sail and I moved Zigavinos as per an earlier request (hopefully not presumptuously).
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4275
Ignoramus said he would return on January 4th to get the game moving. It is now January 6th and he is nowhere to be seen. I am thus imposing a 24 hour limit on the current turn. It will end at 12:00 GMT on January 7th. If Ignoramus does not reappear to run the game by January 8th, I will evict him as Megas Logothetes and appoint someone else in his place.
Sorry guys for my inactivity. I got delayed on my holiday by a day, meaning that I didn't get back until the night of the 5th. I meant to move the turn yesterday, but I forgot, for which there is no excuse. I will get the game moving again today.
In that case, I'm taking the save to teleport some of the newly selected avatars to their chosen start positions.
Markos ek Sinopis (TheFlax) moved to Iconium.
Aleksios ek Pigis (Andres) moved to Zagreb.
Anyone else who I have either missed or who hasn't stated where they would like to start can either PM me with the starting city by the beginning of next turn, or use the move_character or character_reset console commands to do the move themselves.
LOTR-1173-6
(If it's unclear, Ignoramus can now end the turn whenever he wants and the game is back under his control.)
Taking the save.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=4280
Moved Markos to join Magnentios.
Taking the save: