Americas Campaign: Apache

[Gaius Terentius Varro]

Don't Koitsenko have same melee stats as guachichil warriors? So one can melee test Guachichil against Onde's men and decide which is better. Guachichil will win of course every time and to that result add the amount of kills Koitsenko will rack up with their bows before the lines meet and subtract the dread Onde's men cause . Verdict: Onde's men good against cavalry but I'd rather have Koitsenko's in a scrap any day.
Oh and I ran test campaign with just apache braves recruited and got hunter's wigwam and then hunter's longhouse so they do count towards the missile units recruitment total. At same time as i got koikotsenko (hunter's longhouse) i got raiders wigwam even without making a single melee unit. So i retested and made only rabbit boys and same result: when i got to hunters longhouse i got raider's wigwam with it without making a single melee unit. Tried one just recruiting medicine men and got nothing not a sausage, zip.

[Bernhard of Clairvaux]

I was surprised to find how easy an Apache campaign has been so far. I took captured all nearby rebel settlements and advanced east until I met the french in close to Lousiana. I brought four stacks (no onde or koitchenkos). I won all battles against the French without much trouble. I followed the advice to outnumber but before the reinforcement arrived I always found that I had won. Now I have gun infantry and cavalry and the french live on only because I have not finished them.

Economy is not a problem ever. Cheap upkeep means you can mass recruit all the time.

Maybe it will get tougher but with gunner I doubt it. Fun but very easy. The French troops are too few to be able to win. Especially braves can be very useful for breaking morale of superior troops in a critical moment.

Apache remind me of Russia in the GC. Much missile and much room to expand. The favour of deciding when to do battle is just too favourable to make you fail.

Playing on VH/VH

[DrZoidberg]

How do I get my reinforcements to actually reinforce? Whenever I attack with several Apache armies my reinforcements just stand there from where ever the entered the map and don't budge, until my head force is wiped out. I put them in aggressive mode. Doesn't seem to do the trick. How does it work?

[Cheetah]

How do I get my reinforcements to actually reinforce? Whenever I attack with several Apache armies my reinforcements just stand there from where ever the entered the map and don't budge, until my head force is wiped out. I put them in aggressive mode. Doesn't seem to do the trick. How does it work?

Are you sure you have checked the proper boxes before the battle? There is a list showing generals and armies and you have to allow the AI to controll these armies and use them as reinforcement (i.e. check both boxes). IF you did so then the general's unit card will appear in the upper right corner of the screen during battle. Just select the unit card (which selects the whole army) and then left click on the spot you want them. Also you can select the stance. Probably you just forgot to order them to move with left click.

[DrZoidberg]

Are you sure you have checked the proper boxes before the battle? There is a list showing generals and armies and you have to allow the AI to controll these armies and use them as reinforcement (i.e. check both boxes). IF you did so then the general's unit card will appear in the upper right corner of the screen during battle. Just select the unit card (which selects the whole army) and then left click on the spot you want them. Also you can select the stance. Probably you just forgot to order them to move with left click.

I thought they'd behave just like they do in ordinary MTW2. Thanks

[icek]

How many times will french land with their expeditions ? Im in 55 turn.

[Monsieur Alphonse]

10 times. Gives you plenty of fun to practice your skills. The last stacks will be led by a captain who is also faction leader. Assassins can do the job for you.