FH, shouldn't you be Hans by now? :P I think Econ was asking if u are going to join the crusade IC.
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FH, shouldn't you be Hans by now? :P I think Econ was asking if u are going to join the crusade IC.
Yes, but I am still elector at the same time (for example Henry is elector I)
And econ asking in the crusader council doesn't mean Hans who is not part of it gets to hear it
FH: A good thought on archers, but unless there's an avatar commanding, all battles are auto-resolved.
Ignoramus: We took steps to compensate, we were about to start rolling over Europe, I just hope we haven't over compensated. It'll take a few more turns to tell though. Still, I have no idea if the Crusade will be successful, or if we can hold off all of Europe from jumping on us. Which makes things more dramatic. Particularly with this line of obstinate Popes. . .
I don't like Ulrich's avatar much, but I'll live. What's harder is roleplaying an actively disloyal general. :help:
I told you to wait for another :p
I think you got 3 main options as Hümmel:
Dread - Warmongering, Fear-instilling, Harsh justice, Iron-fisted
Disloyal - Disobeying orders, doing your own things, secretly working against common policy. Limited by Royal ties however as you have a claim (however distant) to the throne now.
Religious - Pious, supports christianity (not necessarily papacy though, could even be disloyal to them), wants to spread faith.
Pick a few and mix-match :)
I don't want to be too disloyal though; disloyalty doesn't give you influence or promotion.
I think I'll make Ulrich conform as he gets olders, or something like that.
Ulrich's overall loyalty stat is ok now - it's just the disloyal trait that raises eyebrows. You could play him as an independent "rebel" type, who will have his own ideas and argue the toss but ultimately is part of the team (chaotic good in DnD terms). Or you could play him as a schemer - who is loyal only because he wants "influence or promotion". But given his overall loyalty stat, I would not see him as being actively disloyal - FLYdude's character had that dubious honour last time I looked.
That's only because you're aware of the cheating. I 'cheated' to create the Appolonia crisis in WOTS, but since no one but econ21 knew, it was all fun. As long as we have fun, I don't think the methods we use really matter, and I think this is definitely more fun than steamroller European expansion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ignoramus
The 100,000 florins seems to have been so effective that I'm thinking of using it at the very first turn of a new SP campaign. Not much different than playing on VH in RTW.
I'm going to be away from an M2TW capable computer from 9th April to 14th. During that period, [b]Overknight can fight any battles our crusade stacks stumbles into. I may have access to the internet via dial-up, but otherwise GH will have to do the honours in terms of overseeing the Diet.
BTW, the patch is out this Thursday - let's pray it is savegame compatible. Otherwise, we may have to install a second copy of M2TW each if we want patched SP games (which I know I do).
EDIT: It is probably wise to delay engaging that scary cavalry heavy French army besieging Dijon until the patch is out. Our massed Swabian spearmen will have an easier time if the shield bug is fixed. If the patch is not savegame compatible, I think we should make some fixes of our own - to deal with the shield and 2Her bugs in particular.
I disagree econ that Hümmel would be CG as he does have dreadpoints and not chiv points. I would argue the case for LE or LN whereby he is furthering his own goals by his own interpretation of rules but ultimately keeping to the overall aims of the empire.
I think maybe we hould have given the AI 50k and not 100k btw lol. Oh well, the 100k should last it for longer than a chancellor's period possibly.
Patches by CA usually are savegame compatible to a certain extent. Basically if it changes any files that are normally found in the plain data folder and data/text folder, its backwards compatible but the other stuff would only be seen on starting a fresh campaign. Thats what I learned from my own testings anyway. Once its out, I'll have a look at their traits and ancillary files mainly to find if they added any new traits/ancillaries and changes to their triggers and what is still lacking/incorrect to fix those.
We should engage a cav heavy AI army with spears and cav ourselves and possibly with a few merc xbows (depending on whether the AI has ranged units or not)
If they charge their cav, we counter charge our cav and move in the spears to then massacare their cav (cav vs cav charges do almost no damage btw).
If they have loads of infantry, I would suggest a general charge by our cav to instantly kill 60-80% of their infantry, retreat the cav backwards carefully and then go as above. If they have ranged, they usually move those forward at an entire army disance which makes them vulnerable to our cav.
Thats of course based on the AI actually moving towards us when they are defenders. If they are not (i.e. they feel outnumbered) they will be passive which means our own cav vs infantry charges will be much more effective as they won't counter with cav.
Good point - I was forgetting that.Quote:
Originally Posted by FactionHeir
PS: Updated link to your fixes as requested. :bow:
Are we using another patch or something?
Well, Heinrich will probably keel over before that time, but I'll see what I can do.Quote:
Originally Posted by econ21
I had not thought of that. I think the game may slow down a little now - it sounds like the next turn is going to be a humdinger, with quite a few battles.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Thanks, I should be able to keep in touch - but if the worst comes to the worst, you could always role-play the Imperial administration (sort of like the way the Soviet Union kept functioning in the early 1980s despite virtually deceased Presidents).Quote:
... but I'll see what I can do.
Warluster: von Salza is next in-line after Henry. Are you happy to chair the Diet if required (and when Henry dies)?
The battle report on the Fall of Venice is up.
In case anyone's interested. :beam:
Speaking of battles. I just received the savegame from Dutch_guy and send it on to GH. He gets his fight against the Pope.
Yes, I was waiting to read some good news.:2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ituralde
Chair the diet, yeah sure, sounds very intresting. Hope I don't get beate,bashed,punched,murdered etc,etc by angry electors!
Nice battle report and storyline to GH I guess that solves FH predicament on character development Elector vs. Hans. If only I could have the same dilemma. In time, in time......
That was FactionHeir's idea. Luckily it just so happens that I got a killer screenshot that worked nicely with the storyline (btw, the Kaiser *did* fight all those people).Quote:
guess that solves FH predicament on character development Elector vs. Hans.
:laugh4: I have a feeling that Austria will get some more avatars soon.Quote:
If only I could have the same dilemma. In time, in time......
Cool. :bow: If Heinrich dies and I'm incommunicado, the new Prince - who should be von Salva - can take charge of the Diet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warluster
They were killer I really liked the church scene that was a nice touch. If there was an award for screen shots that would be my nomination. The battle scenes were also good to the story but church shot, that added to the story.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
Well written as always GH :)
Nice and fitting ending for an ally of the aged emperor, who should see a few extra years and the ensuing victory of the empire over the papacy.
GH: Good story as usual, you weren't trying to have the Kaiser go out in a blaze of glory were you? Forget Forlorn Hope, if you want quick promotion join the Kaiser's bodyguard, new positions are opening daily. :laugh4:
Edit: Ituralde: A gripping battle report as well, worth the wait.
I was thinking of doing a year by year chronological history of the PBM. This would integrate the Diet, Chancellor's Report, Battle Report and Stories threads using links and summaries. All the threads are great, but there is nothing linking them together. In order to catch up on the game, a newbie would have some difficulty hopping between the threads to keep them in order. Most likely, as I did when I caught up on WotS, each thread would be read as a whole and not chronologically with the others.
Has this been tried before? Or is history produced so quickly it is impossible to keep up with it?
Thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
I think it would be an excellent idea, OverKnight. It's adds to the feeling that we're creating history.
I tried at one point, not too long ago, to compile a concise history of the WOTS' Republic, focusing only on military history. I only got through the start of the first Gallic war before the high time consumption of the effort caught up with me. Still, I don't really have time to get into lengthy diatribes in the Diet either, so I think it would be doable. It would be a bit easier, since all the events are still fresh. The start of the WOTS was now nearly a year ago, and I did have to read through all the early material, though I can't complain, as it was very interesting. Why do you suppose I was so familiar with the origin of Section 3.3 (Motion 13, Senate session of 275 BC, proposed by Quintus, seconded anonymously, passed unanimously, first used by Consul Lucius Aemilius to declare war upon the Gauls), and why Heinrich did so terribly violate its intent?
my folowing of the stories thread has been spuratic at best, but that was a really good story GH. what's the current status of the game?
I'm sorry to have to bring this to you, but something has come up and I will be gone to a funeral until Friday evening. I won't have internet access for the whole time.
I hope the recent report has given you enough fuel to last until Friday evening. I will then happily resume playing. If you don't want the delay, I uploaded the current savegame. kotr1170.
See you all on Friday and enjoy the game!
See ya!
Wow, the Kaisers dead, this is the next stage of the game I say.
See you then Ituralde. Sad thing about Heinrich but that must be due to Otterbach not winning...just too much for the old emperor to bear.
TC: Please do make sure you got the newest fix version when you add Heinrich to the Mausoleum using the last 1168 save. Otherwise some traits ay not appear correctly (due to thresholds) :)
I would comment on Heinrich's passing in the diet, but my avatar just happens to be in Zagreb ...