Guides for XL factions

[King Kurt]

As the person who started this, I would be happy to do something on the Teutons as my campaign develops.

My thoughts in originally suggesting it was that having it in one place, if only as somebody's campaign reflections,would be useful for people starting XL - i.e. like me!!!!
Hopefully Froggy will be happy and we can get a nice little section of useful advice.

[Deus ret.]

What about an entire sub-section for all Mods, not just XL.... ?

[Don Esteban]

I can't call myself an expert on any faction but I could certainly give a few pointers for the Crusaders, Bohemians ands Scots.

[Peasant Phill]

I would be very interested in a guide for the Volga-bulgars and a guide for the papal states. I've just started an early Volga-bulgar campaign so I could help to with a guide for them.

[Martok]

I could write one for the Swedish in High and help with the Serbs in High, but that's pretty much it. I have played as all the factions, but never pulled through an entire campaign as I usually quit once I get bored.

Personally, I don't believe it's absolutely necessary to have completed a campaign as the faction you're helping to write about. It's pretty much an open secret that most MTW players rarely conquer 100% of the map, and a fairly large fraction of us don't always make it to the 60% "minor" victory either. (Not that *I've* ever quit a campaign before reaching 60% -- mercy, no!)

I think that realistically, faction guides don't need to give step-by-step instructions on how to conquer the entire map. All they really should do is show how you can get that faction to its "critical mass", where you're big enough that you can handle pretty much whatever the other factions throw at you. (Examples: Once the Almos/Aragon/Spanish conquer the Iberian peninsula, or the Byz/Eggies/Turks gain control of the "Great Triangle", the world is pretty much their oyster.)

What about an entire sub-section for all Mods, not just XL.... ?

That's actually what I suggested to FBE.

[King of Bavaria]

Sounds lika a good idea.

I don't think my skill/experience with the new factions are enough for a guide (my studies are stealing too much time from playing MTW, unfortunately ), but I think I could add a little bit about the Scots, maybe.

Generally, I think more people will join, if someone starts.

Normally I get bored when my faction gets overpowered, so I agree that it's unnecessary to write a guide until 100%, imo the problem is mostly the succesfull start of a campaign, and not the conquest of the last enmemies territories.

Maybe it would also be a good idea to add strategies for the "old" factions, if the strategic situation is an other, as in the unmodded game.

[Peasant Phill]

(like I said) I want to start a guide for the Volga Bulgars. Do I wait for a subforum or can I start a new thread?

[Martok]

(like I said) I want to start a guide for the Volga Bulgars. Do I wait for a subforum or can I start a new thread?

It's been determined that it would be best if the Guides forum were restricted to just the factions that are in the vanilla game, so you can go ahead and start a new thread.

[Vladimir]

Do a search for "Vladimir" and "Armenia". Sorry, don't have much time to post.