Originally Posted by
TargetSlayer
Thank you for sharing your Prussian campaign with us mrxirish, and I appreciate your advice Fishering.
I confess . . . I love to turtle. Love building up my economy and tech before marching off to war. Therefore, should come as no surprise that I have played several campaigns as the British. I have also played a Russian and French campaign.
Now, for the first time, I too am trying my hand with Prussia. Just Normal/Normal. Was pleasantly surprised that I was left alone to turtle. Took Saxony and a few settlements from France that was originally held by Austria. Allied with Russia, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, England, and several other minor nations. Fielding elite troops, have a strong economy, and my prestige rating eclipses everyone else. I have no navy as I do not see a strategic importance for one.
So why do I feel so insecure fighting France? I have sent Napoleon back home a couple of times with either one of my spies, which are much more effective than any I have used before, or in actual battle. But the French infantry line troops just seem so strong to me, and my lazy tactics with a just a standard infantry line with howitzers behind them, and a couple of cannons on each side, just doesn’t seem to be working with my Prussian armies. I truly didn’t appreciate just how strong the British and French infantry line units (especially elite) are compared to a faction like Prussia. Seems like they just cut throw my line like butter. I guess playing as the British/French so much has made me real laidback. Now with Austria nearly wiped out, I am relieved each time France agrees to a temporary ceasefire. In hindsight I should have wiped out the minor nations in my campaign objectives much earlier, and then fought alongside of my Austrian brothers against France, since Russia and England seem to do almost nothing in this war.
During my last session the French completely destroyed one of my full stack armies with my typical composition of: 10 line infantry; 4 howitzers; 2 cannons; 1 grenadier; 1 sharpshooter; 1 lancer; and a general. I just haven’t seen the AI move so well with its troops and artillery on Normal. And the higher morale and combat strength of the French infantry is just tearing my lines apart when melee commences. The confidence level with Prussia is simply not there. Hopefully I can reinvent myself as a general or this Napoleon upstart will have all of Europe.
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