_____________________________________________Originally posted by Sapura on 05-10-2000 03:33 PM
Comments, suggestions? Questions?
Sapura
Originally posted by Sapura on 05-11-2000 02:49 AM
Dragon,
There's alot more in store, in the last 5 parts, indeed What happens in the first posted 6 AAR's is childs play compared to what occures in the last 4-5 =)
Btw, the bloodless victory against the Danes was not totally bloodless. Had they managed to transport their army from Jytland, I'd have been in serious trouble and they would have not folded so easily. It was because of my victorious naval war over 3 months that forced them to deal.
Greven,
I didn't personally put in the AAR. What I did was write the AAR info out using word, in .doc format, creating screenshots along the way. I then converted them to 150k jpeg's. After that, I zipped the whole thing up and sent it to Johan, he handed the stuff over to Patric. So really, its a case of just writing it up, zipping, and sending it on!
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Hmmm... Good ! Thank !
I've been playing the Pope lately. Come to the magic year of 1513. Actually if my game is continuing the way it does Poland-Lithuania will be a Superpower in the 17th century. Never since such luck !!
/Greven
Originally posted by Sapura on 05-11-2000 11:34 AM
'Commander Poland perhaps?'
Why not HighChieftain White Eagle of the Federated Noble Families ?
Sometimes I can picture those Polish Light Cavalry units (like Texas Rangers) patrolling the Vast Steppes of Ukraine battling bands of Zaporogian Tatars where ever they plunder...
'Now, how do you go about converting conquered provinces to the true faith?
I don't think you can convert individual provinces to a different religion.'
Sap, I don't now but I think that you maybe missed my topic 'Converting the Masses' in the Beta Forum...
Actually you can convert individual provinces. First, one should seperate State Religion and Provinsial Religion. The State Religion decides together with the Regent's manipulating of the Tolerance ledger, how the masses in the provinces will react.
If you want to convert a individual province , logically you need to lower your tolerance towards it, or better not tolerate them at all. The consequence is massive revolts caused by your repressive spiritual policy. When the population is 'exhausted' enough you can send in your clergy and convert them.
Unfortenantly it is a bit technical, and I can't penetrate the subject deeper, as I don't want risking my neck in telling to much.
But the fact is you can. That is what is important. It is hard, dangerous, and takes time, but also a hell of a fun.
A curiosity: I once conquered most of Germany as Poland and set myself to recatholize it. Numerous revolts broke out. I really thought I had armies enough, but... Country after country started to resurrect, like ghosts from the grave my old victories paraded in an inverted fashion. This countries, Saxony, Brandenburg, the Hansa, Hannover et al soon join in an alliance against me; The Evangelic Pact (in an alternative fashion), not very long there after they were besieging Warsawa.
/Greven
Originally posted by Sapura on 05-12-2000 05:32 AM
concede that the difference in religion divided people, but language and culture wasn't that important until the time of masspropaganda, i.e. the Thirty Years War.
'What you forget however, is that the Poles and Germans have been at each others throats since the early 10th century when Mieszko and his descendants fought several wars against Germans wanting to extend the realms south & east of the Oder. Not to mention the battles with the Teutonic Order.'
No I don't forget but you are talking about enemy dynasties here. But during the period you talk about Germans freely lived in the cities of the Provinces of Western Prussia and Posen, and 'Little Russia'. Not also that Danzig (A German City) freely merged with Poland, a countr that at the same time was at war with the Teutonic Order. Another example is the German Archbishopric of Riga turning to Poland for help from other Germans (i.e. the Teutonics)
Note also that in every Russian source until at least 1517, the Russians call Swedes, Danes, Poles, Teutones; 'Germans', by that denoting there Catholic Faith. Faith was interesting cultuere/language wasn't.
'They were tradtitional enemies always willing to stab each other in the back.'
And Yet Poles accepted a German King ? August II, and they also accepted fighting Swedes sideby side with their 'Archenemies' the Germans(i.e. Saxons) ?
I believe that the Polish-German enemity came later, much later, and has been heavily 'historized' by those winning political point in doing it.
'After the 2nd battle of Tannenberg, in WW1 one of the German generals said that this was the revenge for the loss that occured there to the Order in 1410. Talk about deep seeded Not to mention that it was the Russians they had defeated, not the Poles, but I guess the 'Slavs' were all the same to him.'
I think it was Ludendorff. But this is exactly the political historization I am talking about. It is a modern reconstruction of history. The WW I was the Birth of Modern Nationalism, not funny that such arguements comes into the Political Rhetorical Propaganda.
'Well, thats very un-sporting of them You'd have no chance against an active alliance such as that, no matter who you play.'
No exactly ! You barely survive, if they are generous.
'That must have been an extremely long war. Going on by what you say here it probably last atleast 8+ years.'
I think it dragged on for 14 years something, my Catholic provinces didn't revolt though. But then again my Government made sure that they were liked. And then it took perhaps 10 more to Catholicize Germany, but these provinces was more torned down than after the Thirty Years War, or perhaps this war TYW in an alternative world.
Maybe you can a screenshot of your conquests by the end of the game, it'd be quite interesting to see
No sorry this was way back, when I was testing 'the Convert Mechanism'.
/Greven