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I must send him a note of thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
It seems the pressures of office have caused Arnold to crack (more so at least) and he is now assigning nicknames to everyone like President Bush.
I'm just glad this madness only began at the end of the term. :laugh4:
So does being Mr. Perfect's best friend get me any fringe benefits? Like dates with girls he passes up? *
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I'm starting to crack...can you tell :dizzy2:Quote:
Originally Posted by OverKnight
Zim, you get what ever you want and the best friend. shhhhhh
I've been playing Broken Crescent lately, and I think it's worth considering for the inevitable successor to KotR. I know moving to a mod lessens the quantity of players and potentially makes for other problems, but BC is excellent, and there's great potential for taking on a difficult cause, for example in my first campaign the Kingdom of Jerusalem was wiped out utterly in short order. A rumor also has it that if Mecca and Medina are captured by non-muslims that a jihad is auto-declared or some such. No idea if that's true, but it sounds like fun.
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We could all be stereotypical ignorant white men! NICE!
A mod would also mean I couldn't join. The pro's just keep piling on.
I thought TinCow had some rules laid out for the successor, though.
Speaking of Mods, I'd love to play a KOTR-style game in Europa Barbarorum or Deus Lo Vault. Both mods focus on increased roleplaying traits while altering the campaign mechanics to create a slower, more methodical experience. Those are the two major issues with KOTOR, so I think they'd both be great.
I think econ21 and I both agree that a mod is the best way to go for the next game, simply because they offer a much greater deal of difficulty and many have interesting features that would aid roleplaying and such. WOTS was played with a mod (RTR) and it benefitted greatly from it. The mod I prefer so far is Stainless Steel, but I haven't tried Broken Crescent yet. Regardless, it should be a group decision when the time comes.
FYI one of the benefits of BC is that it's compatible across vanilla 1.3 and Kingdoms. The last time I checked the latest version of SS required Kingdoms, though that was some time ago.
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Yes, SS 5.1 requires Kingdoms, but SS 4.1 is for regular M2TW and is still a vast improvement over vanilla. The trait and title system in particular is incredible. I've been playing SS 4.1 with an AI mod on top of it and it is like playing a different game.
I think I'd have to vote for BC if we're going to play a mod, but I imaginethat deision is far in the future anyway.
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Originally Posted by TinCow
Not to disparage BC, but I can't imagine playing M2:TW without Europe.
I felt much the same, but don't knock it until you've tried it. The variety of forces and territories is actually substantially greater. Expansion across religious boundries is naturally capped by the need to convert a populace, slowly, before local fortresses can become useful for training troops. I question some of their balancing decisions, but that might be because I still don't have the full picture as I've only really contacted the far easten end of things.
Although it's still the MTW2 AI, I've noticed a lot less outright stupidity. Cities at the front have a garrison, and the AI will recruit and use spies and assassins in some quantity.
I haven't tried SS, for obvious reasons. LTC was good, for what it did, but they were the same old units that we all know just how to use to whip the AI for heroic victory after heroic victory. I gave PDR a brief try awhile ago, but experienced a repeated crashing bug and uninstalled it and now it's in Kingdoms only versions too, I think. As far as I could tell PDR was the same old units as well, but I didn't get far with it.
DLV is also the same units as far as I know, but I haven't installed it. I'm up for anything personally, but BC is definitely the most complete mod I've played so far, and it hasn't crashed a single time yet. That scores high on my enjoyment meter for stability alone.
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I agree with Ramses about BC's feeling complete despite the fact that they're planning on adding a ton more features and maybe a few factions. The fact their boards (on that other TW site :no: *) are extremely active (particularly in comparison to those for other MTW2 mods) attest to the mod's quality. Ramses is also right about unit variety being more diverse than any of the other mods I've played (although it's been a while since I've tried Stainless Steel, so they might have changed things up more).
I guess I might be a bit unusual in actually having started to find a change in scenery away from Europe as refreshing after 3 TW games and endless mods I've played. :sweatdrop:
Anyway, I'm sure everyone will agree on something by the time this really comes up. We might even have a few more mods to choose from. :yes:
*:clown:
ok gents...my New York Football Giants just did the impossible and I'm still in shock.....OMG we have won the Superbowl against a team that is arguably the best ever.
So with that being said 1358 will end and we are up for another Diet session.
It will be up in about 30 minutes from now.
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Ramses your save 1358-12 is before the battle not afterwards. Can you please check and repost the save?
Yer pm box is full AG, so I'll reply here:
I'm on it now, but are you sure it isn't Stenkil attacking the captain led stack that was south of the ambush spot? He has to do that before he can advance, and I was careful to save it before that attack so you could auto-calc or retreat as you felt appropriate.
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I see what you mean now. When I withdrew from the battle, Fritz didn't move on the strategy map, so he is being called as reinforcements for captain Eusebius. I don't have much experience with ambushes so I guess that's the way it's supposed to work? I pulled up the menu to save it so fast I didn't notice.
The question is, is it appropriate for me to take a second shot at Stenkil? I might be able to do a little more damage to him, but ultimately I still don't think I can take on his heavy cavalry and infantry with the men I have so I'll probably withdraw again.
This is getting humiliating for Fritz. :laugh4:
Anyway, give me a ruling and if I can fight Stenkil again I'll take a run at him (Probably in around 3 hours when the lil one naps would be the earliest chance).
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I'll clean my in box Ramses.
But otherwise have another go at him. Whittle him down a bit.
I'd like to have 1360 up tonight for the Diet start.
I'm going to have to make a trip to the doctor (Nothing serious), so it would be tonight before I could have another go at him. Just withdraw and move on, I'm much more interested in getting to the Diet session and not holding things up. Stenkil has no chance of taking Arhus with that army anyway.
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Where do you want me to move you to?
Hope the doctor thing is very minor.
When Ramses said "withdraw and move on", I think he just meant withdraw from the battle so that the game can move on to 1340. (As I understand it, we are in the defensive battles stage so we can't move per se.)Quote:
Originally Posted by AussieGiant
Seconded. ~:grouphug:Quote:
Hope the doctor thing is very minor.
Move me? Just hit withdraw from the battle screen and the game'll take care of it. No reason to treat it differently from any other withdrawal; it wouldn't really be fair to give me another chance to abuse that army's infantry anyway. When the next year starts I'll see where I am and go from there.
The doc thing is rather absurd, I got pink eye from my kidlet, which acted like some kind of gateway infection or something, because I then got strep and an ear infection. The antibiotics are knocking it out fine, but I still can't hear out of my right ear. The doc says I'll probably need steroids, but she wants to take a look at it first to make sure it didn't burst or something. Had a lot of ear infections as a kid, so my ears are already a little funny.
edit: Just to be completely, 100% clear, going to the doctor is just eating up my free time today, nothing to do with my larger availability. Unless the AI sneak attacks from my right I should be okay. ;)
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Econ, how come when you cite a date from ingame you're always 20 years late ?Quote:
Originally Posted by econ21
I've noticed that you do that quite often... Nostalgia ? :yes:
Sorry not thinking straight.
I think I'm still drink from last nights "blow out"!!
30 minute bell!!
I got a wedding request for the Becker daughter. Not bad actually. 2 Chiv high loyalty and piety.
Do I take that...econ?
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I'm going to say no because we have two reserve duty avatars in Austria already.
Senility. It's hard to keep up with you young 'uns. :embarassed: Being 20 years out of date OOC is not so much of a problem, it's when I start mixing up provinces in character, and calling Bavarians "Austrians", Maximillan "Manfred", Friedrich "Fredericus" etc that I risk getting into real trouble. :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tristan de Castelreng
Good call. :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by AussieGiant
Great job on the Chancellorship, BTW. :2thumbsup: :balloon2:
Might be a smart idea for you young'uns to check on the stories thread.
Remember, no meta-gaming.
To answer your question in the Diet thread Ramses, new Diet threads are only started after 20 pages. We're only up to 13, by my count, so speechify away.
Thanks for the congrats Econ. It was quite an experience.
And as I suspected...the general momentum has waned a lot in my opinion.
The Diet is like a morgue. Arnold's going to wait and see for the moment, but it is tempting to run again and see what can happen when I'm not trying to juggle disease and no money.
My computer is almost dead. So I'm going to be unavailable for a few days, since my internet is going to be unavailable too. Since I don't have an avatar right now it's okay, but I thought I'd better tell you guys, in case an available avatar came up.
I'll be back ASAP.