The Shortest Road to Damascus

Duke of Wellington

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Looking good around the Mediterreanean. Those patches of Syria are getting quite a bit more sizable. For which NI to go for I'd probably choose between Engineer Corps or the one that increases force limits. However the latter of course only if you are actually near your limit. Are you short of missionaries at all? That can be a handy idea sometimes.

 

Didaa

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Get Military Drill!

 

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I believe Military Drill is a good idea. It helps me alot.

 

Brandenburg III

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You should get the NI that gives you free ice cream. Everyone likes ice cream.

If the game continues getting so easy for you, would you end the AAR early? I ask because I know how boring it can get once you can do whatever you like when there’s so much time left. Or will you seek to occupy and own all of Europe

 

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Methinks you should go rambo.
Never care about anything else than how to be lone survivor.

 

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Finally Iberia (I know it's only Granada) is under Muslim ruler. If you remember I have recommended to you to go Iberia. Also you can cross Pyrenees mountain. But don't repeat history when Muslim forces meet French forces.

 

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Is there any NI that would give you gunpower? or do you already have that.

I think you need to get rid of Aragon now so you can plot your way to Italy via France.

 

spock2

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good work in Iberia......conquer all of iberia and if u can,go deeper into swahili territory

 

Storey

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• Aug 19, 2009

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aldriq said:

Since I already have two naval NIs I should probably go for something different this time, maybe land-based given that money is no longer a problem. Suggestions?

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You don't seem to be having any difficulty in handling European armies so going for a land-based NI isn't as important as one would think. Any tolerance problems with your increasing diverse empire? Planing on converting those Spanish provinces? I'm lazy about improving my prestige so I like any NI that helps in doing that. Good to see you doing so well.

Joe

 

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• Aug 19, 2009

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Glorious Arms adds morale and +33% prestige for land battles!

 

aldriq

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• Aug 21, 2009

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Duke of Wellington - Engineer Corps is interesting if it accelerates sieges significantly. Still far from my land force limits at the moment.

Didaa - Is Military Drill any use at this stage of the game?

Nodscouterr - Glorious Arms only gives prestige, does it not?

Brandenburg III - I know, that's why this is not a 'play-till-1820' AAR, I stated my goal in the first post: to roughly cover the borders of the classic caliphate. I'm nearly there, how long will it take to finish off Iberia and kick the French out of the Balearic islands and the Pyrenees, we'll see.

Enewald - Who needs Rambo when I have Kowogoconnughariegugharie?

enkhuush - I'll stop just after the Pyrenees as I've said, but I'll make sure I defeat them at Poitiers this time

Sweboy - I'm leaving Aragon/France for a bit later, when I'm fully consolidated in Iberia.

spock2 - Thanks and welcome! I'm not that interested in Swahili and Ethiopia, but if they keep on DoWing me I will have to take their lands

Storey - Well, Muslim units are not too bad after westernisation, but against Castille I still needed a 1:5 to 1 ratio and a good general to win, they were at land tech 23 and I was at 21. France is at 24 and they have a lot more manpower, so I might need some boost. No problems with rebels lately as I'm staying at +3 stability, and I get enough missionaries for being Sunni + holding Jerusalem + decisions.

 

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• Aug 21, 2009

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Is Military Drill any use at this stage of the game?

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Well, for a Latin nation no.
But the fact that your troops are way to inferior than Laitn one. I think yes, it's useful (for you).

 

Duke of Wellington

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If good generals are important to you then perhaps Battlefield Traditions? That can help keep your army tradition up between wars quite a bit.

 

aldriq

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• Aug 22, 2009

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Didaa - OK, I see your point. Is there any way to see the morale values of your armies, i.e. how much is base value, how much is from tech, how much from NIs...?

Duke of Wellington - I don't think I'm going to be at peace for long periods from now on.

 

Vladislav

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• Aug 22, 2009

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On the military screen (where you change maintenance), hover the cursor over the stars near the maintenance slider. Unless I'm misremembering, that should tell you your army's current maximum morale level and all relevant modifiers.

 

aldriq

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• Aug 22, 2009

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Thanks, Vladislav, so obvious and yet I don't think I've ever felt the need to see these values before. Interesting to see how much my current prestige is boosting morale...

 

Didaa

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I think you already have a good morale.
Some more would probably cause lots of causalties (you will win battles beacause of morale but lose tons of troops).

 

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aldriq said:

Brandenburg III - I know, that's why this is not a 'play-till-1820' AAR, I stated my goal in the first post: to roughly cover the borders of the classic caliphate. I'm nearly there, how long will it take to finish off Iberia and kick the French out of the Balearic islands and the Pyrenees, we'll see.

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i believe it'll take at most three updates, heve you got a new project in mind?

 

aldriq

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• Aug 28, 2009

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Didaa - fair enough, although manpower is not a problem at this point.

gabor - That's optimistic, thanks for your confidence I have two projects in mind: one suited for vanilla, another more suited for MM. The latter can wait until MMP2 anyway.

 

Sweboy

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• Aug 28, 2009

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Any hints???