Quote Originally Posted by daigaku View Post
Hi @Cyprian2,

hey, great epic story-telling, really! And, with all this battle-trouble going on, how did you find the time to make all those cool screenshots?!?

Not being a storyteller myself, it is real fun to read how you put pieces of history together with the development of the game, like the bit about the "cousin" - I wouldn´t have thought up something catching like that myself, for sure. Keep telling more, please!

What makes me wonder a bit (playing 1003-VI/now1004e-VI myself) is the high stats of your Leaders - I´d love to start out with 6 influence and a heir this loyal in my games as Norse. Is this a 1.1 vs. 2.01 thing? Or a bonus for playing "veteran"? (sniff) never had those starting-stats for my guys up in the grim North...

Never having played the Spanish in Redux, I also never met one of those Rogue Knights. Are they something like Rebel Champions down south there?!?

Eager-to-read-more greetings

daigaku
Greetings right back at you, @daigaku. Your words of encouragement are much appreciated!

For screenshots, I use the F2 capture method. That way, the battle isn't interrupted and I can simply go to my TGAs folder and sort the pics as I please. It's kind of a scattershot approach, so you have to separate the wheat from the chaff, as it were.

This being my first AAR, I'm still learning a lot about pacing. I'm basically clutching at straws to find elements that might make an interesting story, but the main idea here is to tell it as fast as possible. Otherwise, I'll be stuck writing hundreds of pages. This is, after all, just a few turns into the campaign so far! But thanks for your kind words. It helps to know someone is enjoying this as much as I am. :P

The high stats seem to be luck of the draw mostly. My king started with ridiculously good stats. I think they tend to get a little worse as the years go on, especially if no new conquests are added to your realm. Some people advocate using the green_generals switch, which makes all generals start with lower stats. Things are definitely easier when you have a jedi or two!

As for the Rogue knights, they appear to be a later addition. I don't recall seeing them in earlier versions, or certainly not before 1003.

Well, stay tuned for more. (Hopefully by the end of the week.)

regards,

Cyprian