Quote Originally Posted by CherryDanish
Ahhh ... the viking zerg. I love this tactic as it involves an early aggressive stance and forces you to simultaniously build a trade system to foster growth. Aggression in the early game is more feasible and fun.
Agreed CherryDanish, its also almost essential. Unless your playing the Byzantines, English, French or HRE you really do have to expand and play aggressive early, because if you dont the AI will. The Baltic is teeming with rich rebel provinces and although its sometimes fun to build up a little empire first, how can you pass up livonia, Lithuania, pommerania, and Prussia?

I only sack provinces if I am desperate, its certainly a viable tactic to conquest I cant argue that but If I am going in to a province its to defeat the garrison, rape the land of its resources and hear the lementation of the women.

I do agree with Fuddha that this is a great way to take out a larger power, but would caution against ticking off a big boy unless you have the reserve forces to handle a war. I would check thier alliances first see if you both share some that are crucial. The Danes for instance, if you go pillaging the english and they are allied with the HRE and you are as well you might endanger your alliance which makes you vunerable on a second front.

Dosent mean the AI will invade, but my point is this tactic requires the contigency to have ample forces to deal with protracted war with a larger faction, if you have those forces why not just take the province and hold it?

As to the original question, I dont think there is a limit to excommunications. I cant recall seeing more then a couple at a time but if there is a limit it ought to be in the manual somewhere and mine is burried in a heap of books somewhere.