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    Praeparet bellum Member Quillan's Avatar
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    Default Re: Fall of Vienna

    When I was playing Byzantium, Hungary had declared war on me. I caught the fortress of Bran defended only by a general, who suffered a mysterious fatal accident. That left the fortress undefended and I waltzed in and occupied it. I saw a large Hungarian army northeast just on the other side of the mountain range, and worried about it, but for about 10 turns it didn't move. I thought the AI was being passive, and moved most of the troops out of Bran to deal with a rebel army that appeared southwest of there.

    Well, it wasn't being passive; it was waiting for another army to be completed. Because it started moving, only not alone. The large army (or what I thought was the large army) swung around the mountains through the pass and besieged Bran. The LARGER army (which I never knew about, teach me to keep spies out in advance of the borders) moved down and besieged Bucharest. I could only relieve one. I relieved Bran and lost Bucharest, but took about 1/3 of the army out defending against the assault. I had to go back and lay siege to Bucharest with an all horse archer army because I hadn't teched Bran up to build infantry, then wait until it starved out to retake the city.
    Age and treachery will defeat youth and skill every time.

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    Default More aggressive AI Re: Fall of Vienna

    No doubt the campaign AI is more aggressive than in Rome. This is the first time since MTW that I lost 2 provinces in a row...

    On France H/H, I had taken Genoa, Milan and Venice from the original owners. After my 9 star commander died of natural causes in Venice, however, the pope's armies took Genoa and Milan, and the Sicilians took venice. In all 3 cases, the AI assaulted after a short siege.

    I did exact revenge (killed the Pope in Rome! ), but only 10 or so turns later...
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