How to keep interested on a steamroller

**The Electric Celt** · 06-23-2005, 14:57

Now then comrades,my current campaign Scilly/high/hard/g.a V.I having crested the 60% shenanigans without much fuss and now at 1306 ,is getting a little bit beige. The goals are still unimaginativly 'keep control of malta'I Lead the HRE by 5 points and am dutifully 'giving them the good word'on 2 fronts No more competition worth mentioning since the Almohads went all Jihad and I've knocked'em back with 2 successive successful crusades.
I've right enjoyed this one and want to do it justice before starting another.Any ideas to keep my interest up?that still retain an air of realism.

**edyzmedieval** · 06-23-2005, 15:13

Command personally all the battles.... Also, do some sieges with cannons and use Organ Guns on the battlefield.....

**antisocialmunky** · 06-23-2005, 16:19

Play a faction, conquer their historical territories. Build as big of an army as you can and take over the whole without reinforcing your army(s).

**Uesugi Kenshin** · 06-23-2005, 20:49

Just keep comparing your land size and army composition to famous empires, such as the Golden Horde and Rome.

Playing all the battles and excessively using cannon is good too.

**Sensei Warrior** · 06-27-2005, 07:15

What I usually do to keep things interesting is, surgical strikes. You see I am not much of a battler. I do well enough but my timing is off and the AI typically catches wind of my battle strategies. So when I've womped the game into subbmission, I try to take land with the smallest force possible. If I am gonna attack a prov that has a 3* gen and a developed (peasants don't count) 1000 men. I send in a 3* gen and 500 men. I send 1/2 of what he has. Then I have to rely on tactics and positioning and all the things I typically don't bother with when I have an uber-army.