Pics & History of your Empire

[rabcarl]

At this point, it's a full blitz in all directions if I want the 60%. I lost 10-15 years of progress due to the "banking crisis", if I had attacked the French from the start I would have had richer lands, sea trade, and better borders. Provincial improvements will be at a minimum, it's all about the military now.

It's been really interesting playing without agents. Aside from the starting Princess, the only agent I have recruited was a Cardinal from the Cathedral captured in Bavaria. I've lost a few generals to Assassins and Inquisitors, but it's been manageable. Zeal on most core provinces have been down to 0%. I could use some Spies to improve the province happiness, but I just don't have the time and money to build the Brothels.

The AI played into my hands several times early on. With no real missile troops or cavalry, it would be very difficult to beat a large force on the attack. But for some reason the big battles have been on the defense (including the battle where the French King was the meat in a pikemen sandwich, served on a bridge ). Maybe it's a minor faction thing, or the army strength ratings are off for my units and the AI thinks it has the upper hand. The Good Defender virtue line has gotten some action.

The Swiss have it tough but you really have begun a great campaign here! Good job.

EDIT: Sorry for my earlier post it was an accident, delete it if you wish!

[nzd07]

I began a Vanilla Aragonese campaign a few days back, and I've really enjoyed them. They are nearly identical to the Spanish troop and building wise, but present a much tougher challange.

First, I bribed the Navarre rebels, then the Valencia rebels: who's general was a 6 star commander. I built up some jinetes, men-at-arms and some feudal sergeants. I quickly took Cordoba and Granada, then bribed the Portugese rebels. The Almohads had some fairly large armies down in Tunsia and Morocco, and the Spanish appeared as if they were on the border of whether to attack me or not. A few years passed, and what do you know: both attack at the same year, and are allied. I quickly proposed a ceasefire to the Almohads and luckily only lost Cordoba. Then I picked off a few Spanish generals with some assassins I had trained earlier. With their morale down, I launched my armies and wiped them out before the Pope had enough time to excommunicate me.

I moved onto the rest of the Almohad land. Since a lot of their lands had gold, I soon began reeling in the florins. The Egyptians presented a problem, as they had taken over a few Almohad provinces, Cyrencia and the one to the west of it. They had large armies fit for fighting in the desert, so I just allied with them and built up a large trading empire. Once the florins were overflowing my treasury, I declared war on both the Turks and Egyptians and wiped them out. I left the Byzantines with 2 small islands, after I completely forgot about reamgerging, and the Almohads tore through my South african provinces. After I took care of them, another problem was present, the Golden Horde. And, after I expanded my trading empire, I realized that the French, yes the French, had taken over England and Germany, and was pressing on east of Poland. Since me and the French controlled about half the map each, I allied with them so I could continue the florin income. When the horde came, I was ready. I quickly took over the provinces they had invaded. The Hungarians, who had recently grown a pest to the French, lost their king due to illness with no heirs present. I took advantage of a few provinces left behind. And, just to my luck, the Germans reappeared. Half the French empire collapsed because of this reappearance.

Phew, I know it will be hard to read all of this, but it truly is a good story. I leave my empire with a few Golden Horde provinces left and some Russian ones to, the Italians without any florins I assume, about 4-5 full armies and only 3 small provinces to support them. Western Europe is soon about to fall into my hands, as both the Germans and French will both be weak, and I can invade from all sides of Europe.

I will keep you updated soon!

[nzd07]

I almost forgot my Pic!

[Martok]

That's pretty impressive, nzd07. While not quite as tough as the Polish or HRE, I still find Aragon to be one of the more challenging factions in MTW, so I commend you on your progress thus far.

[Knight of the Rose]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts about playing the Swiss Drone, and well played I might add. Forcing the AI to attack you plays a lot of cards in your hand.

And what a campaign for the Aragonese nzd07, in wintertime some of your jinites must be wondering what they are doing in cold mother Russia, when there's sangria and sunshine in Spain!



/KotR

[jedi121212]

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English. Medium.

I just got gunpowder units and am deciding on if I should use them because I use longbowman and Pavise arbalesters.

[esbono]

hey guys, sorry for bothering you but i just have one question concerning assassins and other agents
what is the highest rank they can have? it sounds stupid but what can you expect from a noob :(