Out of character thread XV

[TinCow]

Generally, I find we ought to have more defeats against the AI. We lost a few regions, but mostly due to lack of player intervention and not due to overwhelming AI. Thus, I would enjoy seeing some more difficult battles that require a lot of skill to win (i.e. losing more than half your army) rather than easy chain rout battles.

I've ramped them up this turn and will continue to do so when I want battles to be hard. My 'tough' armies are now full triple gold chevrons with max weapon and armor upgrades. Here are the locations of the 'tough' armies I created for this turn:

Near Bologna - Byzantine army
Rheims - 1 of the 2 French armies
Antwerp - Danish garrison boosted as above, though not to the max
Magdeburg - 1 of the 2 Polish armies
Near Ragusa - Venetian army
Budapest - 1 of the 2 Hungarian armies
West of Stockholm - 2 Danish armies, 1 is invisible because it is in ambush
Bordeaux - 2 French armies, designed to try to eliminate Portugal, not directed at the players.

More will be generated as needed in the future, though I will still use un-upgraded or less upgraded armies (or a mix, like at Rheims, Magdeburg, and Budapest) when I want the battle to be less of nail-biter.

Seems to me that a few avatars, esp. those group together for the defense of Budapest, are not much in the game other than providing support for Karl? Maybe TC should not place that big multiple stacks there but disperse the Hungarians?

I have repeatedly given them all options to break out on their own, but they have refused. They are staying there on their own, not because I am preventing them from leaving.