KotR Out of Character Thread V

**FactionHeir** · 05-08-2007, 12:17

Actually Gaza is a citadel so they have better chances of getting reinforcements there than in Acre where we already stand at the gates.
The main problem the turks and egyptians have right now is lack of funds anyway. Leaving them the castles won't make them train more as their current upkeep (especially after losing Jerusalem) will be too high with their full stack to the north to hire more.

**TinCow** · 05-08-2007, 12:26

No, they won't train units there, but it will give them time to move armies from other places to help defend the places. Regardless, I don't see how you can complain about their weakness and then push to take more settlements from them as fast as possible.

**FactionHeir** · 05-08-2007, 12:48

I would like to think so, and a human player would do that too, but experience and script files say otherwise.
If you have more than twice the frontline balance of military power (and we have ~4x or 5x) the AI will stay inside its cities and defend those instead of moving armies about to defend a city where you currently are, as they are aware the place is lost.

Right now, the only actual army they can move is north of Adana and that one will at best attack Adana or else just camp near Antioch. They have nothing south of Gaza that they can realistically send towards our position within 4 turns even. Plus even if they could, as I said above, they won't - they'll stay in the regions they currently are in due to "deep_defense"

As you may be aware, I am not complaining about their weakness at all but merely posting observations in terms of comparing to my SP campaigns. The OOC thread is to banter anyway. We have Mongols to worry about soon enough anyway.

**TinCow** · 05-08-2007, 13:29

Yeah, I'm eager to see the Mongols as well, especially with a 1.2 campaign and battle AI. Hopefully we won't be so powerful in the region by then that they won't be a challenge. I would love to a see a crisis caused by the loss of settlements and generals to the Mongol hordes.

What year is it that they finally show up on the map? 1240? 1260?

**FactionHeir** · 05-08-2007, 15:08

1224 the latest, 1208 the earliest I think. That's the warn. 4-8 years later the first wave.

**TinCow** · 05-08-2007, 15:14

Wow, that means they could come in the next Chancellorship and definitely by the one following. I'm excited!

**FactionHeir** · 05-08-2007, 16:11

Dutch_guy is still fighting that battle?

**Warluster** · 05-08-2007, 22:32

So the hordes are pretty close! Excellent!

Thye might also wipe out our enemies (Russia (not war though) Turkey etc) Even Better!

**FactionHeir** · 05-08-2007, 22:42

If they land near Baghdad or anywhere else in the ME, they'll likely hit the Turks or us. If they land in Sarkel, they'll either go for Russians or down to Turkey.
After we patch to 1.2, same religion factions get relations boost, so its likely they might just skip those guys and head straight for us.