The Historic Inevitabilty of Epic Failure

Avindian

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• Apr 11, 2012

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• #361

In your comments post, you mentioned the difficulty of locating enemy forces; why not use spies? I understand that, for the most part, slider moves towards additional spies are suboptimal, but perhaps it might benefit you in the short run.

Then again, you've conquered the world infinitely more times than I have, so I'll leave it to your judgment

 

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I think going Noble Republic reduced your revolt risk by 0.5. Regaining stability helps too. You took the quick peace taking Girona off Aragon. That core is great, but Aragon's already proven rather difficult.

Once you start dealing with the Horde, you have to finish them. You're already settling a province that will bring you into contact with the Nogai. Other Hordes as you know very well are the Sibir, Kazakh, Chagatai, Mongols and Oirat. You do not want the Ottomans taking too much off the Timurids, either.

 

Duke of Britain

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• Apr 12, 2012

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• #363

Oh well, Trollemia always causing more problems for the player, guess it will come back to haunt them later

 

MrQwerty

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• Apr 12, 2012

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• #364

That Bohemia is quickly proving to be an annoyance. I just hate that feeling when I want to fight a nation but cannot because I'm not strong enough... yet .

Also, I can't quite tell from one of your maps, but do you already have cores in all of your Golden Horde territory?

 

vasziljevics

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• Apr 12, 2012

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• #365

I've never seen the GH taking Novgorod - interesting (at least).

I went for the Diplomatic candidate and got an Administrator.

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see Malurous? that's exactly what I was talking about

 

Malurous

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• Apr 12, 2012

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• #366

vasziljevics said:

see Malurous? that's exactly what I was talking about

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Haha, you certainly called that one.

All things considered, it went pretty well. While infamy burn has to be the priority in a game like this, there aren't many better times for a high ADM ruler.

 

Taylor

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• Apr 12, 2012

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• #367

Good going! I still think you should go through Sharjah, then over the straight of Dubai (or whatever it's called) into (presumably) Timurid territory, colonize your way to India and have fun conquering there! (that way, you won't have to colonize so much through poor Timurid provinces)

 

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• Apr 12, 2012

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• #368

The Eastern Front continues to expand, nice to see that the Boundary Dispute mechanism recognizes that it is in the presence of greatness.:laugh:
I would also concur that the Horde is having serious problems...now for a TSC.

 

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• Apr 13, 2012

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• #369

Avindian said:

In your comments post, you mentioned the difficulty of locating enemy forces; why not use spies? I understand that, for the most part, slider moves towards additional spies are suboptimal, but perhaps it might benefit you in the short run.

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I'd assume cost was an issue, Spies are nice but I'm fairly sure if he had more money he would fill up his Force Limit.

 

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• Apr 14, 2012

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• #370

Just go to war with everyone forever! That'll work, right? . . . right?

 

PrawnStar

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• Apr 15, 2012

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• #371

FEEDBACK​

Selenimar - They have only got three provinces so not that scary but mainly I've got used to fighting wars with this sort of suboptimal starting point.

PiriReis - Map coming up, I'll probably form GB as it gets me an extra core - Orkneys - and doesn't everyone want to be cored on Orcs?

Avindian - Using spies to spot the enemy can be very useful (I did a lot of this in my Iroquois AAR to find out what Portugal was up to) but one they cost money and secondly within the HRE hostile armies seem to dodge in and out of neighbouring lands quite a lot. What I'm really looking for is things like failed assaults which generally pin an enemy army in a province for the next three months - so they can either be targeted at low morale or ignored while I attack something else.

Chief Ragusa - I have a horrible feeling I may just have to keep going against the Horde...

Duke of Britain - I need to turn Bohemia inwards so they start consolidating Germany for me.

MrQwerty - I have no cores in the Balkans or ex-Horde lands.

vasziljevics - :rofl:

Malurous - It's strange that given I'm attacking everything in sight the least important stat is Military.

Taylor - It will all need taking eventually - and when you see the map of the world you may change your mind over fun levels in India.

blsteen - A Horde TSC would be nice but I'm still smacking down hard on their troops if they go near my settlements.

Angry_Norway - Cost is a big part of it - I don't have as much money as I'd like.

Northcutt - If I was going to do that I'd play a Horde!

 

PrawnStar

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• Apr 15, 2012

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• #372

CHAPTER SIXTEEN​

So lets look at a few screenshots from around the country shall we?

The Economy

Lots of interesting things here. Notice colonial maintenance at 5.1 a month - not colonies this is the cost of settling the Nomad territories. I’m lagging badly on tech.

The Military

Ideas and Sliders

Comparative technology

As we’ve already established, I’m well off the pace.

Armies

Otherwise known as why I fear Bohemia.

Pies

I’m really struggling to get conversions going. Three or four provinces in North Africa - Granada is still Sunni!

Troop Deployments

This is England

This is everyone else

Vijayanagar appears to have formed Hindustan. Well done the AI.

 

Malurous

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• Apr 15, 2012

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Aragon seems to be doing well tech-wise - it might be a good idea to seriously weaken them before they reach Land 18 for the Military Tactics boost or they'll be quite a pain in the behind in the west. After all, you're bound to only get it a couple of decades later.

How's Bohemia's Land tech? The army numbers are scary so hopefully there isn't a huge tech discrepancy.

 

loki100

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• Apr 15, 2012

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same sort of question about the tech, given you don't really have a huge numerical advantage are you in danger of falling really badly behind someone with a big army + tech lead = real problems?

find the idea that your population is 50/50 Catholic and Sunni in an odd way very amusing

& from a more selfish point of view that your AI Ming has outperformed my own rather laggard expansion with them ....

 

PrawnStar

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• Apr 15, 2012

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Malurous said:

Aragon seems to be doing well tech-wise - it might be a good idea to seriously weaken them before they reach Land 18 for the Military Tactics boost or they'll be quite a pain in the behind in the west. After all, you're bound to only get it a couple of decades later.

How's Bohemia's Land tech? The army numbers are scary so hopefully there isn't a huge tech discrepancy.

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loki100 said:

same sort of question about the tech, given you don't really have a huge numerical advantage are you in danger of falling really badly behind someone with a big army + tech lead = real problems?

find the idea that your population is 50/50 Catholic and Sunni in an odd way very amusing

& from a more selfish point of view that your AI Ming has outperformed my own rather laggard expansion with them ....

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Bohemia has the same Land Tech as me now (1503) - overall they have the same problem as me lots of uncored provinces dragging on tech speed. One on one I expect I would win but of course it won't be one on one so I'm working around them. In time I'll have enough money and troops available but that might be a couple of centuries yet!

Aragon is a potential problem and I do look at taking them down a bit - they aren't likely to do much more consolidating.

 

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• Apr 15, 2012

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Nice map !
now ... what is the blue in SE Asia? brunei on the road to form Malaya?
a bitt gamey , bou you oculd conquer the OE , and link north Africa to it , then move the capital in Anatolia or at Byzantium , to avoid having tariffs in all of Asia for a very long time!
you could always put it back to London after the WC is completed!

 

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• Apr 15, 2012

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England! Cha cha cha!

 

Selenimar

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• Apr 15, 2012

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Is it me, or does the map of England look like a hugely upset smiley face with a tear?

 

Avindian

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• Apr 15, 2012

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Selenimar said:

Is it me, or does the map of England look like a hugely upset smiley face with a tear?

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It... does. That's kind of creepy, actually. Some sort of game engine commentary?

 

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PrawnStar said:

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It seems a relatively near time improvement to your monetary situation could be gained by going for naval level 10 and building some barques. The investment in these ships would pay of very soon, even if you were to go over your force limit. Of course, workshops are available sooner, but much more expensive. What are your plans?