Royal Scythian Campaign

[Slaists]

glad we could help ;) I hate the agent spam... they were literally wrecking my armies

The AI agents become a non-issue if you hide your armies in ambush stance wherever you go. Sure, makes it a bit slower to move around, but at least, you don't get poisoned and then attacked.

On top of that, you having the ambush stance on results in the AI moving around in forced march stance like there is no tomorrow. 95% of the field battles turn into ambush battles in your favor.

The thing with the forced march stance against your ambush stance is that if your ambush fails, the AI army stops since it has discovered you and ends up captured within your sphere of influence.

Since the AI cannot do anything about the stupid stance for a turn (cannot get out of it, cannot attack while it is active) it gives you a free ambush on your turn.

This could probably seen as an exploit. But, at least on legendary difficulty (+ to AI's morale and other goodies), the AI probably has an advantage in an ambush situation since it immediately sees even your hidden units. So, I just set up for a normal field battle in most of these ambushes.

[Hooahguy]

On top of that, you having the ambush stance on results in the AI moving around in forced march stance like there is no tomorrow. 95% of the field battles turn into ambush battles in your favor.

The thing with the forced march stance against your ambush stance is that if your ambush fails, the AI army stops since it has discovered you and ends up captured within your sphere of influence.

Since the AI cannot do anything about the stupid stance for a turn (cannot get out of it, cannot attack while it is active) it gives you a free ambush on your turn.

This could probably seen as an exploit. But, at least on legendary difficulty (+ to AI's morale and other goodies), the AI probably has an advantage in an ambush situation since it immediately sees even your hidden units. So, I just set up for a normal field battle in most of these ambushes.

Thats why the Radious mod, among others, removed the forced march ability completely. Personally I wish that being attacked while in forced marched would just result that all your units started out as tired or exhausted. And that makes much more sense than being ambushed, but nobody has seem to have had any success in modding that in.

[Slaists]

Thats why the Radious mod, among others, removed the forced march ability completely. Personally I wish that being attacked while in forced marched would just result that all your units started out as tired or exhausted. And that makes much more sense than being ambushed, but nobody has seem to have had any success in modding that in.

Yup, the forced march stance surely does not help the AI.

I do not care as much about ambushing the AI as about hiding from its agents and capturing single stacks within my zone of control (which allows me to attack them on the next turn). If the AI was in normal stance: would not make a difference to me; except, probably, I'd get attacked after being discovered. Fine with me as well.

[Kamakazi]

I miss the forced march to be honest... takes forever to cross map an army

[Kamakazi]

Finally got the win! Had to break NAP with Rome (they hated me anyway) and throw my lot with Carthage. Very good campaign and luckily I got through it without a patch breaking it or something going crazy.






Hope yall enjoyed me blabbing on and if anyone wants some tips on Royal Scythia feel free to ask me. Im not an expert but I have experience ;)

Now on to an Iceni run.......

[Slaists]

Very nice! Seems you were playing 4 TPY?

What was your ruling party's influence near the end of the campaign, BTW?

I have a legendary RS campaign in the process now; but play it only now and then. Fighting the other horse archers seems hard since RS does not get any foot archers of their own.

[Kamakazi]

Actually its only radious mods so unless they change it it is 1TPY

My politics were actually almost dead even

601/1200 nobles

50% Royal Family
50% Other Nobles

I didn't even try that either I just loaded up my last save in that area. Prolly around 2 turns before win