yeah sorry, I should have said that Econ had the save before I left but I was in a rush, busy day yesterday.
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yeah sorry, I should have said that Econ had the save before I left but I was in a rush, busy day yesterday.
1356 is now finished.
Moving on to 1358.
I will be on reserve duty from Sunday, February 3rd to Thursday, February 7th due to a short vacation. I will have internet access during that time and will be on the forums, but I will not be able to fight battles. I have updated the Roster to show this.
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Originally Posted by TinCow
Stuperman you better be around buddy. :beam:
I am open to suggestions on how to deal with the all-cav French stack besieging Dijon...
Bog them down with spearmen and then hit them with heavy infantry. Whatever you do don't let them withdraw after they've engaged. Also your general can often draw a large crowd of them into chasing him around aimlessly while the rest of your army chews up whatever isn't following you.
If you don't have enough spearmen, use lines of archers or crossbowmen stretched as wide as possible with skirmish on. Turn off fire at will and don't let them shoot as the cavalry approach, because while they're in the firing animation they won't retreat. When the charge hits they'll skirmish away, as best they can, blunting the charge and allowing your infantry to close in. As before do not let them withdraw for a second charge, even if it means clicking your men to walk through them when they attempt to withdraw.
Once you get past the charge you should be okay.
The battle would be easier (IMHO) if you could have Ruppel sally out of Dijon, because you have the walls to fall back into and the typical passive AI siege behavior to manipulate, just make sure you don't enter the field directly behind them or get caught with men trying to rout to town square through the middle of their formation.
If Ruppel sallies don't exit the battle before it's over unless his men are all back inside.
:egypt:
I doubt it will be much of a problem. From past indications, the 1358 turn will take until Friday to complete. That will then give us the usual 3 days of Diet followed by 1 day of voting. That takes us through next Tuesday before 1360 starts. I will be back home on Thursday evening which should be at the tail end of the 48 hour period should Lothar really be needed to fight a battle. Even that I think is doubtful, though, because his army is not capable of facing down a triple gold stack as it is. Unless reinforcements materialize from nowhere or Milan is assaulted in 1360 (which I think is very unlikely since it's not currently beseiged) I doubt Lothar will even have a battle to fight until 1362 at the earliest, by which time I will have been home for a long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by AussieGiant
Note that if you attack the French stack, make sure you don't get Ruppel as reinforcements. Otherwise losing means we lose Dijon as well.
Fighting them in open battle with the SHA will be a challenge. IIRC, the formation lacks heavy cavalry or decent spears in any number. You may pull it off with some finesse, but it will be interesting to say the least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tristan de Castelreng
If you set up the battle so that Ruppel sallies and SHA reinforces, the passive sally AI will let the SHA's many crossbows go to town. I think the AI will only send a few lancer regiments at you at a time, so you should be able to shoot them down and drive off the survivors. At least, that's what seemed to happen when I relieved Aleppo (although I was not against an all cav army):
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...&postcount=176
Normally, exploiting the AI would be frowned upon but given the composition of the AI stack and how long FH has been entombed in Dijon, I don't think anyone would shout too loudly if you set it up as a sally.
Go ahead and exploit the passive AI if you can. That stack was originally designed to be a 'companion' stack to a normal army to specifically prevent FH from defeating an army that I did not want him to defeat, but that I feared he would because of his skill with cavalry. I did a similar thing with an all-cavalry army in Outremer that OverKnight took apart over the course of a couple battles. It is an unrealistic force that has outlived its original purpose, is absurd in the current situation, and was never generated by the AI to begin with. It was created as an 'exploit' to defeat the players, so I see no problems with the players using their own exploit to defeat it.
Yeah, I remember that, it was my valiant "keep running until I find a hill, fight a bit, and then keep running until I find another hill" strategy. :2thumbsup:
Good job on the French econ21. I can't wait to see the battle report on that one. Never underestimate a scorned husband with a chip on his shoulder. :laugh4:
just so we all know, me and ramses nominated lothar steffen as best kotr character
Bloody hell Econ, you took the bull by the horns there. :yes:
That move took me completely by surprise.
I agree. TC's done a hell of a job with him. To me he's been a catalyst for many things both dubious and honourable. His reasoning has been complex and believable.Quote:
Originally Posted by gibsonsg91921
I personally like his stance towards supporting the two separate rebellions in Swabia. A few posts in the Diet have been great to re-read.
I also liked the fight in the Tavern.
Thanks for all those nominations at the HoF :bow:
I should hopefully be getting my laptop back today if all goes well (meaning the delivery person doesn't ring the bell and disappear because no-one answers but instead drops it off at the porter) so should have it all up and running by tomorow as I have a few meetings tonight.
What is the HoF?
http://media.canada.com/8c8b3290-2b0...70504_hoff.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by AussieGiant
Ah, geez TC I think you just tanked your shot at "Most Helpful Member".
AG, check out the HoF or Hall of Fame announcement at the top of the Forum. Follow it to the thread, it should explain everything.
Edit: Think of it as the Oscars for the Org.
I think I was just part of a whole lot of people laughing at their computers. :beam:
Well done TC. LOL!!
Thanks TC for the nominations by the way.
Well, not for the current ones as those are for 2007 (01.01.2007-31.12.2007) only. Maybe for the 2008 ones tho :grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by OverKnight
The battle report for the Staufen fight is up.
Nice report Econ! I'm starting to like this Welf fellow and he's a fine general already.
Firstly because I would hate to give up Bruges, and also because I hate to leave all of Swabia as econs and tristans responsibility (not that i dont trust them with it, it just seems unfair), would it be possible to relieve Bruges with whatever units I have in Antwerp within in the next 48 hours? Let me know.
Are you in a position to fight the battle? If so, I don't think there would be a problem with your picking up the save.Quote:
Originally Posted by deguerra
I'm back.
I nominated AG in HoF and would probably mention a few others (Probably some rebels from the Civil War I have in mind) and some people already are nominated two times. Anyway; I certianly think AG deserves the nomination, Duke Arnold is a great character. (As I said in the HoF thread, his biography in the GuildWiki explains alot.) Good luck to all other nominees.
Thanks Warluster. I appreciate that.
I have to have a think about everyone over the last year and get my own nomination up.
That's nearly impossible to do...but I have to try.
I'm trying to find the GuildWiki link with no success. Can you link me up?
AG on the top of the forum page navigate to site tools, drop down wiki, main page and then click contributions and will see the KoTR.Quote:
Originally Posted by AussieGiant
LMAO!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Northnovas
I read the first set of characters and then I see;
Arnold
As if Arnold needs a #$%*@!ing biography!
Played by AussieGiant.
Who wrote that? :2thumbsup:
Tamur, IIRC.