Economics of the Golden Horde: How can I get those?

**English assassin** · 11-15-2005, 15:49

Long story short, the player spammed as many untis as he could and managed to place them in KHazar just before the Mongols arrived.

I did this a while back, to annoy the Byzantines, although I certainly wasn't the first because I got the idea from someone else on the Org I think. I dumped loads of peasants in by sea as the English in 1229. Then I went back to attacking Spain and watched the fun.

It does work. Stuff Khazar full of cheap units and you get a superhorde. The unit mix is the same as usual though, maybe it would have been better if you stock Khazar with good troops but that sort of defeats the purpose.

**Vladimir** · 11-15-2005, 15:56

Does anyone know what the code says? The emergence of the horde seems to behave much like a revolt but still has a random element.

**miho** · 11-15-2005, 16:47

Originally Posted by Vladimir

Does anyone know what the code says? The emergence of the horde seems to behave much like a revolt but still has a random element.

I would check but I don't know where to look. It would be a good idea that they wouldn't appear in every campaign.

**Ludens** · 11-15-2005, 18:07

Originally Posted by Vladimir

Does anyone know what the code says? The emergence of the horde seems to behave much like a revolt but still has a random element.

I don't think so. As far as I know, the horde appearance is just a scripted "faction re-emergance".

Spamming peasants in Khazar does increase the Horde's numbers, but perhaps there is an upper limit. For an even greater challenge, put a military academy, master swordsmith and armourer and a cathedral + relinquiry (or grand monsque and ribat) in Khazar. The horde will now have full upgrades, making their units even thougher.

**lugh** · 11-16-2005, 16:24

I'm pretty sure there is a limit and that the numbers don't increase geometrically or anything.
IIRC the guy who threaded his attempts outnumbered the Mongols and ended up just removing all the spam units since it was a horror to organise the pre-battle.
I can't remember if it was EA, but I think the guy was newer

**antisocialmunky** · 11-16-2005, 23:28

If you want a super horde, you need to get atleast gold level armourers and all the morale builds. That makes them ridiculous.

**bretwalda** · 11-17-2005, 12:18

Every Horde can be beaten with a full stack of Varangian Guards (or Ghazi or your fav axe troops) with a 9* general if retreated to the fortress you carefully pre-built. The horde will siege without any siege equipment and you will easily roll over. Just don't leave the fort.