crusade question

[Rufus]

Couldn't find this in the guide/faqs, so here goes: As the HRE, I created a crusade marker in Lorraine with target Antioch. I have a complete line of ships from Frieseland to Antioch, but want to swing through Spain (traveling by sea) to soak up some of their troops (would do so for France but they're excommed). So first I go to Friesland (rather than dropping the marker on Antioch for the crusade to find its own way there), and the crusade takes some of my troops there. Then the only move I'm allowed to make with the crusade after that is straight to Antioch. Antioch is the only province highlighted and the only province the computer lets me drop the crusade marker on next.

So I guess the game requires you to go to the target province as soon as you arrive at a port connected to the target province?

I would've tried to go through France to Spain but assumed France would've denied access since they were already excommed anyway.

Thanks

[makkyo]

That's right. If I had it my way though, I'd dance all over europe sucking troops away from everybody (which is probably why it is like that)

[katank]

that's why you may want to move away your fleet near friesland for a turn or two so you can pick an alternative route.

[Imperial Buffoon]

Or you can move your fleet in front of Antioch away, you then have a route to some other province close to Antioch and (maybe) via Iberia.
IIRC, you can take either the quickest land route or the quickest sea route, when they are the same length, you can go back and forth between the two...

[katank]

that's quite true and nice if you can flip between high zeal provinces to suck up huge number of troops.

force your catholic neighbors to move away their stacks or face huge losses from crusade marker.

attack them afterwards and they should fold like a card house

[Goofball]

The annoying thing is that the AI is free to meander its crusades willy-nilly back and forth through your territory seemingly forever if it wants to.

[ah_dut]

sorry mate the AI always cheats, so deny them access and kill the pope