KotR Out of Character Thread V

[AussieGiant]

I think we will have troubles withe Mongols too mainly because we lack high star generals. I mean the highest star general we got right now has like what? 4 or 5 stars?
Plus we are kind of behind on technology (the joys of PBMing :p )

We do get to hope though that the mongols behave like they do in my SP campaigns: sit around their spawning point doing absolutely nothing till Timurids invade. Of course we could jsut declare war on them for fun (by sending up an assassin) but yeah.

What is needed to kill mongols: highly experienced mt.sgt. or mailed knights + several long range missile units. Or just several full stacks of mailed knights + a few feudals. But our house rules prohibit that :D
Maybe eventually those rules might get changed as the event advisor says: "New tactics are needed for new foes"

I'd say though that we ought to only consider loosening those rules once we lost a battle or two against them to signify we noticing their tactics and the need to adapt and not before even engaging them. Maybe an emergency session even

Leopold is an 8 or 9 star general.

They did hang around in my SP game on 1.2 for a while, but once they decided they wanted Constaninople they really went for it.

I'd say our parliamentary system will be quite a problem for creating Mongol killing armies, and I really don't know how we can afford serveral full stacks of heavy cavalry. Tactical change is certainly plausible but will it happen fast enough?

The only way to consider loosening the rules is to Role Play, and certainly I would expect the first few engagements to be ugly before an emergency session is called.

[FactionHeir]

Let the sign ups for the first person to assault a multi stack of mongols begin then haha

[AussieGiant]

Let the sign ups for the first person to assault a multi stack of mongols begin then haha

LOL!!

Yes that will surely be a "Folorn Hope"!!

[TinCow]

Let the sign ups for the first person to assault a multi stack of mongols begin then haha

Actually, I'll happily do it. I'd like to write a dramatic death scene. Avatar shortages are essentially over already and we'll probably have too few players for our generals by the time the Mongols arrive, so there's no real penalty to dying, unless you're REALLY attached to the guy.

[StoneCold]

But there is still the question of avatars available in the ME. Austrian are not represented, but relatively near. Franconian's will leave once von Mahren left. Bavarians are left to Max, Otto and once you 2 dies out, that's the end of the line too. Can Max and Otto still adopt? Only Swabians seems to be well represented in the family line, with Henry, Hans and soon Ulrich. They seems best able to absorb avatar casualties and still have a line in the ME.