Quote Originally Posted by WesW
In regards to becoming a better player, I would concentrate on playing shorter games, rather than 3-era marathons. Once you are twice the size of the next largest faction, the rest of the game is just mopping up, imo.
Mopping up sounds about right and I guess that could get old, very quickly, when the resistance against you isn't up to much. Conversely, I reached the boredom threshold in my Byz/Conquest/Normal campaign at a point where I was attacking a multi-stack Spanish force, having met them halfway across Africa. The game crashed before the battle began and I left it in that state. Just the amount of 'admin' needing to be done each turn was becoming a drag. Resistance against me was strong and I could see a long slog ahead, which I couldn't stomach, on the day. I may still go back to it later but the HRE/GA campaign continues to hold my interest, precarious as it is.

I could speed up the process of learning about High/Late units simply by starting a fresh campaign in the relevant era. I only recently realised that you get ready-made Citadels in Late, for instance, which saves a lot of time and money. My tendency toward economic mismanagement suggests to me that the chances of building one for myself, in a 3-era game, are quite small by comparison, which means not getting to even see the better types of High/Late units, let alone use them.


I wasn't aware that earlier versions of your mod were still available, so I really ought to take a closer look at your website. Thanks for mentioning this.