King of the Romans OOC thread X

I'd like some time before I think of any possible interactions. Ideally I'd like to finish the battle report before I decide anything.

Too bad about Salier. I hate to see a good man take the fall for a good story, even a fictional one Still, it's worth it to give the Mongol's a chance since three flawless victories in a row would be pretty boring.

Now I'm wondering how different the Timurids will be, as I've had little experience with them.

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Originally Posted by Cecil XIX

Too bad about Salier. I hate to see a good man take the fall for a good story, even a fictional one Still, it's worth it to give the Mongol's a chance since three flawless victories in a row would be pretty boring.

Now I'm wondering how different the Timurids will be, as I've had little experience with them.

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I predict the Timurids will probably whip the !@#$ out of us. Their "panzerphants" will be avatar killers. I only hope I have an avatar in Outremer when they come. It will be great fun! :beam:

I certainly hope we are still playing when the New World and the Timurids come on line.

Timurids aren't so bad because you get to recruit elephant mercs yourself by that time. Besides, elephants love flaming ballista.

mercphants are fun but their reload time is so slow I can only get two of each kind in my SP games. And I end up losing them due to attrition.

GH, put a placeholder for your battle. I've got a report of my own coming up.

You are supposed to use them to defend your line, not to storm the enemy's :tongue:
As I said, once you get the Timurid's elephants to run amok, you can sit back for the next 30 mins and watch some carnage before you go in for the kill.
Oh, that of course means that you need to be attacker, not defender.

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OK You still need to respond to the letter

Battle report up. I'm going to bed.

I'm not trying to be rude but are we all 10 star generals?

It seems FH's fixes turn everyone into a Demi-god very quickly.

Am I misinformed or does that not seem to be the case?

Love the battle report GH!!

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Feels like I was there. :beam:

im 10 star night attacking, but otherwise im 6

Oh Dear...

....do I detect more followers of the DARK SIDE emerging??? :inquisitive:

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Originally Posted by AussieGiant

I'm not trying to be rude but are we all 10 star generals?

It seems FH's fixes turn everyone into a Demi-god very quickly.

Am I misinformed or does that not seem to be the case?

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The star progression is just about the same as in normal M2TW (with the exception that some bad governing or inheritance traits are somewhat rarer resulting in overall slightly higher ratings) with the recent update to 1.27, where the GoodCommander thresholds were upped to slightly above default levels. As I said in that announcement, this will mainly affect low star generals and hold higher star generals at their current level longer.

It is quite normal even in vanilla to have 10 stars when attacking or defending due to the various circumstancial boni involved. Usually, generals who had several battles will have between 3-6 command stars displayed when static.

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The star progression is just about the same as in normal M2TW (with the exception that some bad governing or inheritance traits are somewhat rarer resulting in overall slightly higher ratings) with the recent update to 1.27, where the GoodCommander thresholds were upped to slightly above default levels. As I said in that announcement, this will mainly affect low star generals and hold higher star generals at their current level longer.

It is quite normal even in vanilla to have 10 stars when attacking or defending due to the various circumstancial boni involved. Usually, generals who had several battles will have between 3-6 command stars displayed when static.

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Thanks for the explination FH.

Not sure if my next story is going over the top. Let me know. I have some spare time right now so I'm getting creative.

That is quite supernatural AG. Not unheard of in tales though, so its not too over the top.

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That is quite supernatural AG. Not unheard of in tales though, so its not too over the top.

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LOL!! Ok great news. As long as he doesn't crush wind pipes with some unseen force I guess I'm ok :laugh4:

Battle Queue 1278

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1278.zip

Count Hans

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Our campaign against the Mongols will have to be delayed to deal with the Turks. I have dispatched you to face their army. It is mostly siege engines and militia, but it is a threat to Adana and Antioch. Crush them so we can return to dealing with the primary threat.

Count Fritz von Kastilien

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You face a major Danish invasion northeast of Hamburg. I want them scattered so we can turn our attention to the small Polish raiding parties near Stettin.

Duke Gerhard Steffen

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The Sicilians have finally managed to mount a threat to our lands to back up their inane declaration of war. They have two armies coming towards Rome from Naples. You have brought south some professional troops from Innsbruck, and your army has been augmented with the Merchant Cavalry from Rome. Destroy both Norman armies to your southeast.

Good work on the battle reports and stories, everyone!

As previously discussed, I am allocating Helmut von Hamburg to Kagemusha, although he can decline.

Taking save now.

I just rewrote my latest story.

It takes me ages to fix up fiction writing no matter how many times I proof read it before posting.

Battle won. Field day for cavalry.

Odds: 2:1
Victory type: Clear
Prisoner status: Released
Screens:

https://img352.imageshack.us/img352/1748/0000xc9.jpg

https://img352.imageshack.us/img352/1306/0001rg4.jpg

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1278-1.zip

Excellent story AG, extremely creepy and sinister without any hint of fantasy about it. It reminded me of a collection of medieval russian folktales I read many years ago.

And yes, we're getting some great battle reports & the story thread is a wonderful read just now. Nothing like a dead King to get the writing going.


edit: good heavens Hans, you may want to spot the enemy a couple hundred casualties to leave them a bit of their honour! ~:)

So what's happening with that recruited general?

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Battle won. Field day for cavalry.

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Wow - that result certainly supports CAs planned rebalancing to weaken cavalry. It's a shame the rebalancing will only apply to Kingdoms, not the grand campaign. It would have been good if the 1.3 patch allowed us to apply it here.

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Oh Dear...

....do I detect more followers of the DARK SIDE emerging??? :inquisitive:

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haha peter is like 6 or 7 dread now AG, this is getting pretty cool

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Originally Posted by AussieGiant

I'm not trying to be rude but are we all 10 star generals?

It seems FH's fixes turn everyone into a Demi-god very quickly.

Am I misinformed or does that not seem to be the case?

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On the other hand look what happens when one of them dies. :laugh4:

*wakes up and tiredly makes his way to the computer.*

*reads AG's story*

Did someone install the starwars mod when I was sleeping? :inquisitive:

I'll make a couple hours avaiable tonight to get my battle fought (8-10 hours from now).

Do I have the legal authority to march on Naples After my battle?

and very good stories all around, GH, PK and AG :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

well, we said we'd counterstrike at sicily if they attacked us, didnt we? i say go for it.