Why Turtle

[ArtistofWarfare]

If we're talking about M2TW, I believe the duel to the death thread has conclusively proven, turtling gets destroyed by blitzing.

The power graphs alone are daunting. When one side is ten times the other side in terms of total strength, and the blitzer is capturing entire empires filled with turtle-y goodness (fortresses, large cities, etc), you have one turtle empire versus 5 turtle empires all under the direct control of one blitzer empire. Turtles just cannot do what blitzers can, given equal starting strength, or even a handicap against them. Starting as Oman versus Jerusalem, or Sindh versus the Ayyubids... unless you blitz as well you cannot keep up.

The only way it doesnt work is if the turtle is on the border of the blitzer's empire. And in such a case, it wouldn't be a blitzer versus turtle game, it would be a cage match. And there is a different strategy for a cage match. I am still open to the idea of being proven wrong about blitzers triumphing over turtles 100 percent of the time, but I am still looking for a seriously strong turtle who doesn't fear getting his head smashed in.

Takers?

So hypothetically - in a real campaign and we're both Catholic: You just get excomm'd within the first 10 turns?

I mean if that's the case, any difficulty at all in one of your wars and immediately the turtler could invade you and turn the tables fast. Right, especially if they're a border faction. Now you're screwed.

[Askthepizzaguy]

So hypothetically - in a real campaign and we're both Catholic: You just get excomm'd within the first 10 turns?

I mean if that's the case, any difficulty at all in one of your wars and immediately the turtler could invade you and turn the tables fast. Right, especially if they're a border faction. Now you're screwed.

Care to test your hypothesis in my mad scientist's lab of death incarnate?