Danish campaign: Lands to Conquer

[Askthepizzaguy]

Excommunication of course. I'm a turtler, so I find your blitzing amazing

Well the events following my excommunication won't be "amazing"... unless you mean amazingly bad! LOL

I've done enough playing for today, I'll have to continue the campaign tomorrow.

[Dragunija]

I vote for turtling and regenerating.Well,i'm myself is a turtle an blitz only then i need it.Since i usually like to build up economy and use high-tech armies.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I vote for turtling and regenerating.Well,i'm myself is a turtle an blitz only then i need it.Since i usually like to build up economy and use high-tech armies.

A very sensible plan. One I would choose if I were in it to win it. This time, anyway. In vanilla there was no need to EVER put your foot on the brakes. The more provinces you rolled up, the more armies you could field, hence the more provinces you could roll up. And so on.

This time, cooler heads will prevail. And for fans like yourself who actually want to see victory, I will also be posting the real results of the campaign after avoiding certain excommunication, mass rebellion, and the destruction of my greater empire.

This way there's something for everyone.

Do I get any kind of credit for being entertaining? Someone nominate me for something.

[Monsieur Alphonse]

I nominate you for pizza delivery boy of the month.

I think that your blitzkrieg is based upon two things: you get to much money out of the AI (diplomatic deals or sacking) and an abundance of to powerful mercs. Although you won a victory with cheap militia your main campaign was won with crusader mercenaries, mercenary spearmen and mercenary crossbows. These last two are much to powerful in the early game. I think that Lusted has to do something as well about them to stop speeders like you from blitzing.

So keep on turtling and create some order in Europe

[Askthepizzaguy]

I nominate you for pizza delivery boy of the month.

I think that your blitzkrieg is based upon two things: you get to much money out of the AI (diplomatic deals or sacking) and an abundance of to powerful mercs. Although you won a victory with cheap militia your main campaign was won with crusader mercenaries, mercenary spearmen and mercenary crossbows. These last two are much to powerful in the early game. I think that Lusted has to do something as well about them to stop speeders like you from blitzing.

So keep on turtling and create some order in Europe

Thank you. I nominate you most tolerable French person of the month.


Yes, secondarily, my blitz strategy is based upon florins to be gained from assaults or diplomatic maneuvering.

However, primarily, my strategy is based upon assembling the mightiest force I can afford, even going into debt if neccessary, and then assaulting my enemies at their weakest point, thus assuring victory and forward progress in the campaign.

In The Long Road mod, I was able to blitz successfully with:
1. pitiful amounts of sacking florins... more useful actually to leave the town intact
2. poor starting economy... most towns could barely afford the militias to defend themselves
3. No crusades. Took too long to get to the Pope, and with the cities so far apart and public order/economic bonuses so terrible with distance, it truly was a waste of time to crusade
4. AI did not give me any money via diplomacy. They didn't have any to begin with.

So, therefore, I merely did what my core blitzing strategy involves... under-defending my core provinces and assaulting with every soldier I can muster against poorly defended rebel settlements and weak AI faction provinces.

Eventually, I become much stronger than the AI, which is usually still in turtle mode. Since they are busy defending, they haven't the resources to attack me. Thus the defenders are unnecessary.

Against a human, maybe defenders would be necessary... but the AI still hasn't mastered building up assaulting forces quickly and attacking without mercy. Therefore blitzing always sends the AI scurrying. At least, on the games and versions I've played.

So it may look like I rely on sacking florins and diplomacy to win... but those just add fuel to the fire. I am perfectly capable of winning without them, as I will show Lusted as soon as he fixes the sacking/diplomacy to be less exploitative. Thus, giving me a true challenge.

I think too many people turned away from The Long Road because of how difficult that game was in the beginning. But frankly, that's the level of difficulty it takes to really put a damper on this author's blitzkreig. Slows me down, but still doesn't stop it.

I might have to post a Long Road blitz campaign one of these days, as I'm sure some will demand to see proof of such a thing.

EDIT: You know, after re-reading this, it almost sounds as if I'm one of those characters from that South Park episode that are so self-congratulatory that they spend all day sniffing their own farts.

I'm actually not like that. And you're gonna have to trust me on that. I'm not sure how else I can explain it.

<----Me