I noticed in the game options you can select the comp to autobuild and autotrain. Now has anyone actually ever tried this throughout the whole game. Now this would definately take you down to the comps playing level if you did so. I've turned it on after the campaign was going and still trained units in key provinces but noticed the comp was training 50/50 on junk units to good units even though it could train better units in some of the provinces. The unit selection was'nt too bad but the building selections were usually horrendous. I'm been tempted to do give this a shot but with a few exceptions. I'll tech up 1 province for ships and only train ships out of there and let the comp build whatever it wants from that point on. I'll take complete control over 1 other province and completely tech it up for the high end troops. The rest is up to the A.I.

Note once you que a unit(for training) or a building the comp wo'nt overide that. As I have said I have only done this when the game is won just to see what the comp does for you.

So have any of you Ironmen out there tried this and what were the results

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Haven't tried it. I've considered an "all peasants, low level spearmen, light cav, and base archer" army system. That would be quite a handicap on expert. I can see it now, building white armour/weapons peasants for melee...

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god, no. i like a challenge, but i'm not a masochist

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Sounds like a great idea for all those people who are asking for a more challenging MTW campaign.

I wonder how many of them would be so masochistic to apply them though.

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Probably not the same, but I once did a WC as Byz using only Byz Inf, Byz cav and Treb archers.

Curiously, that game had some of the most fun MTW battles I've ever had playing the game.

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I don't like to limit troop-choice, but I limit myself in regards to who I can attack, often limiting myself to defensive wars, max. taking 2-3 provinces pr. decade even if more are available. I often also deny myself the right to eliminate opponents completely.

That said, it might be fun to try your approach. Maybe allowing yourself to build ships is too much of an advantage though?

Lets hear from someone mascochistic enough to try it.

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@ Qilue, just using Byz inf, treb archers and princes leading them is probably enough for the Byz in the vast majority of cases.

unstoppable in early and still viable later on.

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Well, is it any fun though?

I mean I love challenge and have always wished for some "Hell" difficulty in MTW but playing low level units doesn't sound like fun at all

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Sorry I control my campaing not the AI, and no, low level units, forget it.

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Gee none of yas have even thought of stooping that low? Oh well with RTW on the way I do'nt think I'll get enough time in to give it a go

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How about a gaelic horde - scots clansmen, gallowglasses and kerns only?

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Sounds VERY painful - no thanks.

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I've done gaelic horde idea before with some fyrdmen and archers as suppliments for my english game in which i used prototype armies.

I've also had to fight for a decade or two mainly using vanilla spears, archers, and UMs in my blitzing games or early on as HRE.

jobaggies and szeks also made up for something like 80-90% of my hun armies at times.

these actually aren't that painful but often require huge micro esp. the jav/HA combo.

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Ok, final suggestion. :)

Gaelic horde, only one stack allowed.

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