Originally Posted by Tugrul Cagri
Well, thanx for the replies first of all. secondly I started a new vh/vh campaign game after I posted about the mongols because I figured out that even if I could beat the mongols there would not be enough time left enough to conquer 45 regions by then. Anyway, so I started a new campaign with Turks. I eliminated Byzantium before reaching twentieth turn. Then I eliminated Egypt right before the mongols arrived. By then I had about 30 regions. I created like three full stack armies and positioned them at the river crossings near edessa. I slaughtered all 12 mongol armies there. So now I am at turn 101 and things will be much easier after this but unfortunately I started working today so I will not have as much time to play.
I did not find the tactics which propose using cannons for river crossing battles useful. They miss when they fire and it takes like forever to reload. Same for the catapults. I rather used like 10 Sipahis in my full stack armies for missile support. Some of my Sipahis inflicted like 70 casualties to the enemy while sustaining very few. They were also crucial for charging the enemy when my shield wall was breached. This way I Have sipahis who have silver experiences. Also I used my sultan in the battles against the mongols and now he has full command. I wonder what he will achieve against the enemies in the west.
I know about the tactics you mentioned in the previous post. I liked playing Panzer General 2 a lot and used concentration of force for penetrating through the enemy and surely I use the train for my advantage. However I have to admit that I am not good in this game in commanding my troops for spontaneous tactics change or for some maneuver and sometimes I cannot deploy my troops the way I want to . They do not obey me some times. I don't have the patch maybe some of the problem is just because of it. Still the AI is very clumsy even in vh difficulty level and easy to beat.
About the city management, I did not exterminate any of the cities I captured and the money I got from sacking the cities supported the terrible costs for fighting and destroying the mongols. yes they do rebel, but if you can manage them well and send many imams soon after you conquer they might not rebel and this means a lot of profits. The only city which constantly rebel is trebizond but I think that is because of me not investing enough there. Also if you exterminate christian cities the pope sends you crusades but they are fun to destroy anyways.
I am aware that I am not there yet especially in managing my economy and all but I seem to improve. Thanx for the comments and the last thing is Sipahis are better than cannons at the river crossings unless......
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