What Army Traditions Are You Using?

[Seyavash]

I am using a 4 turns per year mod which really allows me to develop and role play generals, agents and armies something I have never really done with a TW game before. I am still experimenting with the army traditions and I am curious to see which ones other people have found most useful?

So far I am focused on defense for the deployables and the missle range, but after that I haven't figured out which ones I prefer. What do you guys like?

[Hooahguy]

I had a melee-centric army so I concentrated on zeal mostly to increase melee damage.

[Bramborough]

When available (not all factions seem to have it), I rather like Unrelenting Force for the extra movement range, which is always useful.

Of the combat-related traditions, I tend to avoid situational traits which need particular battle types in order to be activated (ambush buffs, etc). I prefer buffs which will always be in effect. I also tend towards melee/spear infantry buffs over missile/cav traits, but of course that's playstyle-dependent.

[Sp4]

Movement range and night fighter to stop AI reinforcing battles with 60 stacks of 1 general.

[Myth]

Always go for unrelenting force, like i said in my starting guide back in autumn. The most value you can get out of one army is if it is fast enough to get where you want it. Preferably it can hop from one settlement to the other in one turn.

I'd consider ambushes if i am ever on the back foot, i.e. I'm a gaul or german and the Roman war machine is methodically pushing inside my home provinces. I was expecting this to happen, but it hasn't so far. Sometimes I actually miss the cheating Roman AI from R1.

[Nelson]

Woody Allen said that 70% of success is showing up. Unrelenting Force helps you do just that.

[Kamakazi]

Always go for spear/ sword buffs and ive recently been going for dread I think its called. -10% enemy moral ;)

[Slaists]

Always go for spear/ sword buffs and ive recently been going for dread I think its called. -10% enemy moral ;)

That dread seems to have no particular effect on VH/legendary. Probably, because AI's morale is boosted. Even in ambushes (-25% morale), I have a hard time routing the AI on legendary; just end up killing it. On normal, yes: dread + ambush = almost an insta-rout.

[Myth]

You finally got around to playing Legendary despite the lack of a tactical map and saving?

[Slaists]

You finally got around to playing Legendary despite the lack of a tactical map and saving?

I play it, but I get really pissed when I get the slow-down in rain or in siege battles when the fire missiles come out. Tactical overview was a workaround for those situations.

I do not find much difference between VH and legendary (if any besides the missing radar map) though. I know there is a slight handicap to happiness, but that is not making any dent in my play. I know my agents get handicaps, but I am still succeeding with them left and right. Diplomacy? No worries either: I can make half the map my staunch buddies if I choose to do so (like in the screen I sent you). This is definitely not the legendary difficulty of Shogun 2.