Do Armenia. See if you can survive being squished between two major powers and a rising one.
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Do Armenia. See if you can survive being squished between two major powers and a rising one.
Thanks for suggestions guys. It's either Armenia or hospitaller order (if that's the right term for them). I was reading Maloncanth's report on his campaign and it sounds good.
Gotta question re XL. I downloaded both the small version and large version prior to my current game. I thought I installed large version. When I started it I can see the new provinces (eg. Khazar and Lesser Khazar) on the map, and I can also see new factions. I also get the XL background.
But, I don't get any different music. Also, I read that XL gets rid of peasants, but I'm sure my enemies have had the odd peasant unit. Does this make sense? Should I definitely get the music, and should I not see a peasant unit anywhere at all?
I've never noticed any peasants in XL and I don't think you should but if it's just the occasional sighting I don't think it's a big problem. I actually find the lack of peasantry rather annoying. While I admit having the AI spam them is much worse for the game, I kind of do miss them for my own garrison purposes and it's very weird using arbalesters and crossbows to do it when I lack slav warriors.
I think there may be a few peasants on the map to begin with, but they're not trainable in XL after that.
Just train two units of urban militia. That's their job after all. Peasants till the fields and militia guards the castle. There may be a couple peasant units floating around when you begin, but you can't train them.
To hear the new music, you must play as one of the new factions. You'll discover this yourself once you've begun your Hospitaller campaign. :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by General Dazza
As for the peasants, macsen rufus is correct: A number of provinces just happen to have peasant units as part of their initial garrison. I'm not sure if VikingHorde did so deliberately, or if he simply forgot to edit them out; but either way you won't see any more peasants besides the ones that are there at the beginning of the game.
I hardly found the Irish hard at all, with their island location and all. In fact, I conquered England pretty quickly, took some Danish/North German provinces and annexed the Scandinavian area as well.
Gael Gaedhils really own :2thumbsup: Such a pity they are in such a tiny unit though. The gallowglasses' attack is more hyped up then it should be though, at least as I see it.
The Lithuanians are cool, I just wish those Lithuanian cavalry were beefed up a helluva lot more. I mean, they don't even have irrestible charge, and they are the 'royal' unit?:idea2: That really scares me. Lithuanian wariors are only good for forrest combat or under certain conditions, so I may have to work on my commanding skills.
XL rocks!
Yours,
Vytautas LT
The trick with the Volga-Bulgars, maloncanth and anyone else listening, is to spam kazanchi's and camp in the forest. :D Thats the easiest way to butcher the Mongols; in fact, you can darn near slaughter them that way. Have a spare unit in there (or two) to use as a lure, so you can get the Mongols to come into the trees and play with you, but after that...bam! :D
By the by, the Serbs are fun to play.
Yeah, I played the Volga Bulgars and my latest game were with the Aragorns...
needless to say, the Aragorns were in a much better situation by the 1230's than the Volgas...
I have yet to play the Irish/Scotts/Armenians, so I figure I should try with them
As far as the Serbs, I have seen the AI play them in several games, and they seem to take out the Hungarians/Venetians.. so yes, they seem to be fun indeed
Well, all this talk about Armenia, got me wanting to play a game...
Currently it is 1110...The first 2 turns I allied the Byz, and by turn 4 I allied the Eggys...So the Turks knew they were gonna be hard pressed...
I went West, then to Rum and then Armenia..The Eggys took Edessa & Mesopotamia...so the Turks are out...
Now my real problem.. I have 2 allies, with very good generals surrounding me.. and both are rich, and can grow fast
The only thing I have is my Heavy Cav which has won me several battles verses the turks, and the Armored Spearmen...so I am concentrating on defensive power...
I figure I'll go south, but I have a feeling the Eggys will just over-power me soon.. even with a 5-star King and 2 4-star princes...:(
Serbs dominate.
Shielded Bowmen are a great archer unit. Serbian Cavalry, though expensive, are fantastic all-rounders.
The only quandary I found with them was whether to use Voynuk Bladesmen or Latin Auxiliaries! Both are great at what they do.