Quote Originally Posted by Garvanko
Exactly. People on here are too used to blitz strategies.
I must say blitzing has become a lot harder, or at least in my experience. I'm playing the Saxons on M/M and am currently just getting myself some breathing space. After conquering Campus Frisii I got around to capturing Campus Chattii (Which was finally NOT besieged by the Burgundii) with the aid of a large army of my Frankish allies which just stood around there. In the meanwhile the WRE attacked Campus Frisii, so I quickly finished the Rebels in Campus Chattii and send most of my army westward. Quickly the Franks stabbed me in the back and captured Campus Chattii from me (it was only lightly defended). So I had to send my depleted army back after defeating the Romans to recapture Campus Chattii, in which I succeeded (with heavy losses). After that I relentlessly killed every Frankish army that came near my territory and after doing that for a while the Franks got tired of it and proposed a ceasefire. Next turn I was able to ally with them once again. This was one of the funnest little wars I had with RTW, and it actually stopped me from expanding (as my army, which was just not too large to deplete my treasury, was needed to defend my borders). Now I captured Colonia Agrippina from the WRE Rebels, but I'm carefull about where to attack next as Augusta Vindeloricum has a huge WRE garrison (despite the fact the WRE has lost about half it's territory) and an enormous Lombardii army (still my allies, though) is hanging around Alamannii territory.

And yes, AI must have gotten better. Although still easily defeated in battle, it has generals sticking to armies now and besieging armies actually taking cities (which only happened to me once in RTW). Also, it seems quite capable of knowing who to attack and who not.