Chapter 1: Ethiopia (Part 2)
Mhmmm, peanut butter and jelly.
Anyway, I built up a new army, which involved taking out a loan and depleting my manpower. I also went and did a blitz on government; I should obtain Gov2 by 1449, yay! (This is one example of Paradox not knowing its stuff about Ethiopia, but I still love you guys
). So we march to Shoa. Both of our armies get their on May 1st...maybe that is a good sign?
/headdesk
I moved the mercenary regiment I created with my second loan of 17 ducats up to Gojjam, where I will stage my third grand army. Hopefully the terrain in Kefa will be better for my spearmen. You'll see some good news in this screen; I allied with my vassals Adal, and my stability increased to -1. But then I had to take out my third loan.
I don't even know how many loans I'm at now. Six, maybe? You'll see in this screenshot that I have discovered the Mameluks, and crazy people want me to attack it. No thanks; I just hope they are embroiled in a war of their own. You can also see in the screenshot that I am up to a 7,000 man army; I'm going to wait until I get one more unit, so that I outnumber them two to one. You should also see my general has changed; I went ahead and converted my ruler to a general. Hopefully he doesn't die; if he does I will have to give up on Ethiopia.
So, I'm already, about to into Kefa- WHAT? Independent Mutafa? And I'm not even at war with a province that just succeeded? Why? Why aren't you automatically at war with a country that just succeeded from you? Oh, and to top it off attacking Mutafa will cause a -2 stab hit when I'm already at -1 and chock full of rovinces in red on the revolt ma. I guess I'm just going to have to wait.
So I went into SHoa to retake it, ran into the rebel group, and had to retreat or be destroyed. Despite out numbering them two-one. *Yelnoc blows out a breath*
Oh, and what's up with this screenie? I have, what, four cassus bellis and yet I get a -2 stab hit for not having a cassus belli? What?
I waited around to get back to 0 stab, then invaded and annexed them, accruing -2 stab 4 infamy, and then I went bankrupt. I guess that's what taking 10 or so loans out does to a country. Does this mean I get the IMF or someone to come manage my finances? Because that would be pretty sweet. Oh, and I just remembered I can mint money. Maybe I should do that?
And now everybody is revolting. I'm almost hoping this king dies; every time we go up against a numerically inferior foe, we lose.
So the islamic rebels got themselves killed by the animist rebels, but when I tried to mop up the animists, I got my ass whupped. I honestly do not understand what is going on here. Oh, and Yemen warned me. Wonderful.
Another question, why is that my army, which has perfectly green moral, go completely red once the battle starts? Is there some game mechanic at play here which I do not understand?
Yes, finally! I won a battle. 8,000 vs 400and my troops didn't break and run!
Hmm, a tapestry would be nice. Oh and look, we've broken even with stability!
Alright, so I have overcome the moral issue. I guess when your stability is the negative, your troops will not fight. Now I need to figure out how to run Ethiopia's economy. Any suggestions? I'll leave it here, though amazingly the king of Ethiopia is still alive.