King of the Romans OOC thread VIII

[Warluster]

Sorry, I won't say any excuses but this: I will try to get the save up, but I'm going mountain climbing!\

I hit end turn but forgot the cash thing, doing that now. Theres a few exciting things happening in 1246! :P

[Warluster]

I am/have uploaded the 1246 save.

[Stig]

Any battles to fight?
Thorn is under siege, can we sally out?

[econ21]

Any battles to fight?
Thorn is under siege, can we sally out?

Given that Warluster is probably up a mountain somewhere, I think it would be ok to take some initiative and sally out. I have not looked, but suspect there is more than one player controlled general in Thorn - can you liase to sort out who fights the battle?

[Stig]

Right, it's an all cav army we will have to fight, and we need to fight it as the Ruskies are bringing up another big army, and we need all the retraining we can get now.

Gibson, DG or myself can fight it. Peter will command it, make it a night battle, Peter will have more command then.
If Gibson or DG don't fight it till tomorrow I will fight it.

[gibsonsg91921]

u can take it stig, im busy

[Dutch_guy]

u can take it stig, im busy

That's seconded. May have holidays, but that's taking up more time than I expected it to

[Warluster]

Okae Dokey:

Stig, you can sally out if you want.

Paris is under siege, Xdeathfire you have the SHA nearby, do you wish to attack?

1246-1.zip save

Theres the save, first to claim is first to play, but say you've got it!

[Privateerkev]

Hello

I've been reading the posts around here lately and I'm really intrigued by this PBM. I've never done one before but I have a.) played MTW2 since the beginning of the year, b.) played STW and MTW from way back, and c.) LARP'ed so I have a grasp of IC and OOC. I do warn you that I am a little hesitant to make a huge time commitment due to being a grad student and working full time this summer. Also I am hesitant to load mods onto my computer because I have this thing for wanting to stick with vanilla and official patches.

So, thank you for being patient with me and keep up the good work. I applaud you all for making a rich story that is fun to read.

^_^

[Warluster]

Awesome,

Seeing as you've read over the OOC thread, I am sure you know, this game doesn't HAVE to take up lots of time, if your playing as just a elector,etc. btw, if you can't fight battles then just Auto it or let someone else fight it.

The game CAN take up lots of time if you fill in higher positions (chancellor,Duke,etc) and if you check the threads constantly :P

[Ituralde]

Also the mod thing is pretty painless. If you follow the quite easy explanations, you will end up with the possibility to play the game modded or to play the game unmodded. I have two shortcuts on my desktop, one leading to the modded game and one to the vanilla version. So your ability to play vanilla will not be hindered.

[Privateerkev]

hmm, that certainly helps my decision. Well, I'm up for joining if you guys will have me. If you have a general avatar to spare I'll take it. I notice that there are five free but I don't know if any/or all are spoken for. While I feel bad that the houses are a little unbalanced, I would prefer to be in one where there is room for growth. That would seem to preclude Austria or Bavaria for the moment. Franconia has 4 free spots but I read on here that up to three characters have aged to the point where the players will need new characters soon. So, if someone with the authority would let me know what my options are, I'll pick from that.

Thanks,
^_^

[econ21]

Welcome, Privateerkev! It seems only Franconia has spare avatars at the moment (the spare Swabian is too old to invest in), so you have a free pick of any of the four available in that House. There are a few details here:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...81&postcount=1

There mugshots and traits may be reported on in the library.

[TevashSzat]

I dled the save and will fight it later today

[Stig]

Haven't been able to fight today yet, and since Xdeath is going first I'll fight it first thing tomorrow.

[TevashSzat]

Okay, I just finished fighting the battle and got a heroic victory yet again. I unfortunately, forgot to take a screenshot of the victory screen statistics, but still remember them. I lost 93 men while I killed 280 and captured 503 French after which I executed.

I have something that has been nagging me, the SHA is just incredibly weak with barely any decent units other than some imperial knights. It would be really helpful given that we have like 30k in the treasury atm to get some new units hired. I am using halberd militia to fight dismounted knights and using mounted sergeants to fight noble knights. If it weren’t for my well placed charges and hoping for a mass rout, my infantry line will literally collapse within 30 secs and everyone will rout. The French also have some really big and scary armies just around the Paris province so yet again, get me a SHA to dream for.

[gibsonsg91921]

u should request that in the diet : P

[OverKnight]

I have to second what gibsonsg91921 said, it's a legitimate complaint, but it should be taken up in the Diet since it's an IC concern. Also it'll make for a good debate there.

[econ21]

Just to say that Privateerkev has been assigned Jan von Hamburg.

[gibsonsg91921]

nice.. more franconians to raise a little heck

[Stig]

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr-1246-3.rar

Fought and won.
Warluster I filled Thorns recruitement queue, up to you to agree to it, but Thorn really needs good infantry as there's a big Polish army coming and I intend to massacre it.

Also, if you think Ansehelm can leave town safely and head to Magdeburg you have my permission to make him move out.

[Ituralde]

Welcome to the House of Franconia, privateerkev!

[Privateerkev]

Thanks Ituralde!

Just have been trying to get caught up. Looks like I picked an....interesting time to join the game. :D

[gibsonsg91921]

lol u should have been there before the last chancellorship election and gotten fredericus voted in.. : P

[Privateerkev]

Well hindsight is 20/20. Yeah I was looking over old threads and saw that. It is safe to assume that Jan would have voted for his dad. But I had only just started posting in the guild back then and didn't even know about PBM. I lurked for a year or two but only in the citadel and the faction guides.

[TinCow]

If Ulrich hadn't been elected, we would've missed out on some good entertainment.

[AussieGiant]

It was certainly some of the most intense PM'ing and back room dealing I've been involved in since the game started.

I really hope we work out ways to keep this going for awhile.

I'd like to give the Chancellor job a go, but I will not be able to do that until October due to work issues.

[gibsonsg91921]

lol i accidentally received a letter from iggy to the austrian electors saying if fredericus got elected the franconians would have their way, so vote hummel

[Privateerkev]

Well, no matter what has happened, a Swabian is Still chancellor. I'm sure that coincidence did not escape them when the wheeling and dealing was being done. ;)

[Stig]

I'd like to give the Chancellor job a go, but I will not be able to do that until October due to work issues.

Same here, but for me it's September