This just didn't seem fair

[Forward Observer]

Although I have played MTW2 on a regular basis since it came out, I have never played much past the point of winning the long campaign. Somewhere in the later game I would get bogged down slugging it out with the Mongols and/or Timurids and just go on to a new campaign.

Consequently, I never even bothered to try to go to the new world because I always satisfied the long campaign requirements long before getting the world is round message and even if I did--- by that time I had my resources tied up with the previously mentioned Mongol/Timurid slug fest.

Well, playing as my usual favorites (The English) I decided to go for it this time and conquer the known world (leaving Rome to the pope of course).

I didn't try for the new world until I had finished off all the factions on the continent and by that time I had acquired totally teched up armies including several merc gunpowder units.

Not knowing what to expect, I sent 5 such armies towards the "Indies"

I landed with my first army at the lower most section that had only one Indian "rebel" village of about 600 natives. My full stack included 7 arty units--2 ribaults, 2 culverins, 1 mortar, and 2 ballistae. I also had 2 units of Retinue LB, and 3 units of arquebusiers. I'm not sure why they were labeled as rebels since they were the only village on this section of the new world. I mean who were they rebelling aganst?

It was an embarrassing slaughter. I never committed a single mêlée troop, but simply surrounded the village with my artillery and missile troops. The indians started out massed in the village plaza, but started running back and forth as my mortar and culverins slaughterd any who happened to be standing in the wrong spot.

I kept my shorter range missile troops positioned just so that when one of the Indian units would move to the village perimeter, they would get pelted by musket or archery fire. All the time I moved my ballista units around picking off other units standing in one spot for too long.

When I had the villagers cut down to about 30%, I moved my missile troops and ribaults in close enough to fire at the reminants of the "rebels". and wiped them out to the man.

I did lose 6 or 7 men to return missile fire, but that was it, and as I said, my melee troops just set on the sidelines for the entire battle (well, a few tried out the local surfing, but that was pretty much the extent of their involvement)

I almost didn't have the heart to go on, but figured the Aztecs would be a little more of a challenge. They were, but not much. Oddly, two of their three cities had Muslim architecture, which I thought a bit strange.

After it was all over, I didn't feel like I had accomplished much. What I mean is that feather headdresses, annimal skins, and obsidian clubs just don't stand much of a chance aganst armor, guns, and cannons.

I know it's just a game, but I wonder if Cortez ever had any remorse of what he did? I just wonder

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Nah! Screw it--kill them all and let God sort it out!---LOL