Turkish "Delight"?

**King Kurt** · 07-11-2006, 14:02

On the strength on my current campaign, the Sicilians are fun - especially if you try a high start. for a fuller picture see my thread See Naples and die"

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=65937

They are a "smaller" power, so you build up a trade empire, defend your borders, make the odd grab at provinces, work up to the odd crusade etc. You do things in small spurts as opposed to a steamroller, blitzkrieg style of approach. You have to pay attention to cash and work at alliances and diplomacy. The High start is good, as you kick off with some nice troop types as opposed to all those peasants, Um style of armies where a spearman is an uber troop which you have with an early start.

So why not give it a go - you do get generals called Maciavelli!!

**caravel** · 07-11-2006, 14:25

Originally Posted by King Kurt

So why not give it a go - you do get generals called Maciavelli!!

Only with Irish christian names!

There's supposed to be a fix for that but I've never got round to downloading it...

*goes to search the org*

**Tony Furze** · 07-11-2006, 18:31

Nice name-change, Caravel!

Thanks for all the (as usual) good advice from everyone. I' ve got 20 days left before the job kicks in again,so I'm eager to get a win on 'Normal' by then. Once the job starts...it's back to 45 mins to 1 hour MTW a day...

Just started Al Mohads and on GA, why is it El Cid's so hard to bribe yet so easy to beat? He sits in the middle between two bridges and you can march your men at their slowest from the unguarded bridge side and whip him.

The hybrid Hungs sound my style. I tried the Byz and couldn't get used to their gradual obsoletisation (???) They become hard to handle.

The Spanish I got my first win on Easy.

**caravel** · 07-11-2006, 19:26

Originally Posted by Tony Furze

Just started Al Mohads and on GA, why is it El Cid's so hard to bribe yet so easy to beat? He sits in the middle between two bridges and you can march your men at their slowest from the unguarded bridge side and whip him.

I've often wondered the same. Also he was supposed to be an important noble and general, so why is he a Jinete general with such a paltry force at his disposal? Maybe a reflection of his later life as a mercenary? Anyway, it usually takes several attempts to bribe rebel generals posessing a few command stars so this is normal.

**Sensei Warrior** · 07-11-2006, 22:02

I haven't played the Hungarians in awhile so I forgot about them. Add them to the list as well.

**Geezer57** · 07-12-2006, 02:12

Originally Posted by Tony Furze

I'm eager to get a win on 'Normal' by then.
<STUFF DELETED> why is it El Cid's so hard to bribe yet so easy to beat? He sits in the middle between two bridges and you can march your men at their slowest from the unguarded bridge side and whip him.

Bump up the difficulty to "Expert", and I think you'll find the A.I. becomes somewhat more sensible. I've had numerous bridge attacks (on Expert) where one bridge was undefended at the start - but as soon as I started any of my troops towards the vacant crossing, the A.I. sent a sufficient counterforce to stymie my crossing attempt.

**Tony Furze** · 07-12-2006, 20:14

I m a long way from expert yet...but the al Mohads are tussling over ownership of the Iberian Peninsula.

Somehow getting rid of the \spanish threat early means less of a headache later.