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Interesting battle OK. Kind of sad the Byz did not engage, but to be fair, they were the defenders, so they had no reason to.
I suppose you could describe it as the Byz trying to move their army across to outflank you, but you got the high ground first and managed to pepper them while they continued their march onwards to Antioch, unable to get up the cliffs.
Ok, thats it FH, I want to know how you do that! I mean, yes, I can see how to win battles with cavalry, but somehow I always manage to lose quite a lot of the poor nobles doing so. How on earth do you kill/capture so many damn people and yet lose so few. Surely it takes at least SOME time befor they all turn tail and run!
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Timing. I normally play small unit sizes and that helps in bestowing you with an instinct of when the right time for a certain cavalry move has come. Its kind of a natural flow in a way, where you just know exactly which point to click and when.
Not something you can properly teach. You need to learn it on your own by fighting many (and I mean many) battles with only a few cavalry units and mainly infantry. Sounds weird, but that's when the AI actually gives you the time required to perfect your moves. So just use say one cavalry regiment and see how far you get rampaging through the enemy lines. With some skill, its entirely possible to kill 60% or more of the enemy numbers with a single cavalry regiment if played well.
That's about the size of it, FactionHeir, my first defeat in the PBM. In hindsight I could have been more aggressive, or brought the English into the fight, or maybe even been better off sitting on the bridge. We'll see.
But, Matthias talks a big game, and he can't just sit on his arse. However, if he looses his army, he's screwed because he can't instantly recruit a new one. Either Byz army is a match for his, so I guess I'm lucky I was able to whittle one of them down a bit. Still, I gave up a chokepoint.
As you can see, I'm conflicted over the outcome. :laugh4:
Edit: deguerra, I think I'll keep the simple Outremer design for Matt's personal coat of arms. He is the King, and has technically severed ties with Bavaria.
I think you did quite well actually in that one. Even if that stack attacks you during the AI turn, your chances are definitely better in terms of beating it.
Some defeats are more glorious than a victory.
Indeed, I think you did well. Matthias has probably the most daunting task of all of us ahdead of him, as he is effectively cut off from the rest of the world. I think preserving what army you have is top priority there.
edit: new outremer shileld posted in CoA thread
Well done OK.
A necessity in my mind. You're really going to have to pull out all the stops to get Outremer back on track.
Very astute move keeping the English out the conflict for the moment. Without considerable help the Byz would rip through them in a flash. Best to let the diplomatic option hold the line rather than troops.
Econ,
Excellent story. Really a great read.
Pity Arnold's too old...
I certainly liked Mein Herr complete lack of answer when asked about the Duke :laugh4:
And there has been no burning of bridges my friend...if you blinked you'll notice in the IMS that Becker has made an announcement.
If it were a solo game I would've drug in the English, but given the larger situation and the losses already taken reclaiming Damascus and Aleppo it probably would've been a disaster in the coming years. I'm foolishly aggressive, but I think I would've gone after that stack in front of you first. You know if you beat them then the cavalry stack is far less of a threat, and if you lose at least you took a shot at them while still at full strength. :shrug:
Looked like a good fight though, you did all you could and kept your losses to a minimum.
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To be honest Ramses, I don't think I can beat the stack to the north with my current forces. The infantry is silver chevrons, they've got 2 bombards and two trebs, and six units of Byz guard archers, which is pretty good in a melee. Their only weakness is no cav, but my own cav is depleted.
If I had a full strength army with 5 or 6 pavise Crossbowmen, I could probably take them. However I'm not willing to bet the farm on it with my current rag tag army.
I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm just saying I couldn't do it.
The cavalry situation is problematic, but I think you can safely count on the AI hanging it's artillery and archers out to dry. The question would be whether or not the artillery fires at all. A lot of times the AI's artillery crews do a little shuffle back and forth and never fire a shot... but sometimes they do shoot. If they did open fire before your cavalry cut them down you'd be in trouble on morale grounds even if not losses. Those gold and silver chevron units just don't break.
Anyway, my point re: the aggression thing was that I tend to think I can always beat the AI and that only my own mistakes lose battles. MTWII has a way of making a player arrogant like that. :laugh4: I'm trying to fight that instinct with Fritz because there's an intellect drawing up the AI armies now, so I totally have sympathy with your situation.
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TC,
I did name Roadkill Count of Vienna in the House Austria thread number 296.
Cheers
AG
Thanks. I looked through there before writing it, but must have missed it.
Ignoramus, you PM box is full. Please make some space.
Just to make an announcement, I have finally fixed my MTW 2 (More like I just bought a new disc) and I got kingdoms to tag along with it. So I can resume playing once more!!!!
Just wondering though if I install Kingdoms will I be able to still load the KOTR saves.
yes, a number of us here have it installed.
That's why we need M2 patched to 1.3 to play, from what I understood.
TC, your sig... I'm totally jealous. "Absolute power only corrupts those who were pure to begin with"... :2thumbsup:
Seconded, awesome sig :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Warmaster Horus
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Since there are no mechanics to incorporate wealth back into the normal KOTR rules, I assume it will all essentially vanish. Spent it while ya got it.
Hmm. So can I spend seven wealth to put two more buildings in Prague's build queue before the Gunsmith is finished?Quote:
Originally Posted by TinCow
Sure. You'll then just have to make sure the next Chancellor doesn't remove them for his own reasons.
The thing with building queues in M2TW is that they do not subtract the florins from the treasury unless they are about to be started, so you can queue a huge cathedral and an armor factory after your grain exchange and not be charged for it until your grain exchange is finished (and then you'll only be charged for the huge cathedral)
As the cataclysm ends, we will be subject to florin limitations again unless TC and econ decide that the HRE can get regular cash infusions to use up the wealth spent before 1340.
Ah, since that's the case... no build queuing.
Are we going to hold a vote to continue the cataclysm? I personally am looking forward to continuing with the "normal" game but I know in the beginning there was talk of keeping cataclysm rules if enough people wanted it and someone else was willing to run it.
:jumping: Would definitely be nice to continue it.
I do not think the cataclysm needs to continue. Everything is wrapping up very nicely and I think the game will naturally be back at something of a 'normal' state in 1340 anyway.
Plus, I've promised my wife I won't do any more.
I believe the cataclysm did what we wanted it to do. So I'm happy with ending it. But if the majority of the game wants it, and someone will run it, then I'll think of something to keep me busy in the game until I can get an avatar. :D
How about placing one additional building at the start of the queue, then? That way all the money will be subtracted immidiately.
I would even volunteer to continue to cataclysm if there's demand :grin: Not too busy till after the new year anyway.
Regarding placing a building at the start of the queue, that would indeed work, if there is already a building in the queue on which construction has commenced at least one turn before. I think you might even be able to stack as many as you wanted in that case (up to the limit of the queue itself). At least this works fine for repairs (stack all repairs before the building you are currently building and next turn all is repaired AND your building is continued)
Watch out with saying stuff like that - you might find yourself in a position you might regret. It would be nice to continue the cataclysm, but TC has already done so much... Thanks again, Tincow!Quote:
Originally Posted by FH
I second that. Lets get back to the normal game. I think we achieved the objective. I almost forgot how we were playing before the cataclysm. It will be like starting a new game.Quote:
Originally Posted by TinCow