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1. Yes, I lead them in land tech but I cannot recall by how much at this time. In truth, we may be closer than I recall.
2. Indeed I have maxed out what I could choose for land units. I have tried to showcase each and every upward step I took as far as that went with screenies.
3. Let's come back to this
4. It IS possible that I may have too much cav in my regular armies, though by this stage in the game, I usually try and have two types - one siege army and another mixed inf and cav. Though I am experienced, my Mexican AAR in Vickie proves I'm not the best tactician which may be part of the equation.
5. Luck could surely be playing into it, but not as much as it seems to on nearly every battle.
6. I haven't used mercs in a loooong time. No need, given how much manpower and money I have.
So, I think it is mostly 3 - the one problem I constantly faced, even with this seemingly constant battle was loss of tradition. Waiting the five years between truces meant I lost so much that the generals I was recruiting were so-so compared to their apparently super-generals. No idea how they got such good ones considering they had less war than I, but this may account for it. I was winning but they were taking many of my men with them as they slunk from the battlefield.
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To all - the next update may or may not be tomorrow. And if not, it will be next week since I am going out of town for the weekend. But I wanted to pose an idea to the readers - given that there is a rather large world outside of my own AAR, I wondered if I might not get some guest authors to write some after the fact "histories" or certain regions. Say someone would take what is left of France and someone might take the Levant, another would take the former Turkish lands and someone would look at South America and so on.
I'd of course provide a guide to go by given what we are left with and there will be a final screenshotapalooza in 1792 so we can see where everything is. Would there be any interest by you great readers and commenter's to tackle those areas? It seems daunting to do on my own and I might give short shrift to certain areas and potential events. Besides, it might be fun to get a few guest authors in here before we are finally done.
If you are interested, let me know and perhaps even suggest an area you would have interest in writing about. I'll try and cover any and all that I can't find other's doing and rest assured, I'll provide a final glimpse of Germany itself and what will be the "take off " point for any alt-history to follow. So what do you say?
This is a very thoughtful comment, Lordban. Thank you so much, sir! There are quite a lot of questions I imagine will be raised once we are done and I have a thought on that. See below.Lordban said:War after war the German steamroller rolls on, hiccoughing yet never quite stopping
And 1792 looms ever nearer; we have gone through most of the accounts written by Friedrich von Manstein and his successors, a work the likes of which does not exist in other countries, offering us unique insight into the workings of one of the major players in the concert of nations which played in the three hundred and fifty years spanning the modern age.
Will war with France be the last of this era? Will it be as successful as Germany's military ventures have been? Will it turn out to be one war too many? To be Rudolf Deneke's consecration, or last mistake?
Whichever it may be, it will be with an intact curiosity and the same eagerness as before that I will turn the page and read on
Thank you, sir. And yes, there is that worry. Believe me, I had it too in-game.canonized said:
Yes, that was Burgundy's last stand, I can go ahead and say. Just not enough time left. As I've said plenty, I should have made her a vassal when these wars staretd and would have been able to annex her diplomaticaly by now. What a maroon I am.WhisperingDeath said:
Quite, and don't think I'll waste these last few years without taking one last crack at the French. Oh yes.stnylan said:
Indeed. It is a very calculated way of looking at things but true nonetheless.Director said:
All good thoughts, Amric. LesseAmric said:
1. Yes, I lead them in land tech but I cannot recall by how much at this time. In truth, we may be closer than I recall.
2. Indeed I have maxed out what I could choose for land units. I have tried to showcase each and every upward step I took as far as that went with screenies.
3. Let's come back to this
4. It IS possible that I may have too much cav in my regular armies, though by this stage in the game, I usually try and have two types - one siege army and another mixed inf and cav. Though I am experienced, my Mexican AAR in Vickie proves I'm not the best tactician which may be part of the equation.
5. Luck could surely be playing into it, but not as much as it seems to on nearly every battle.
6. I haven't used mercs in a loooong time. No need, given how much manpower and money I have.
So, I think it is mostly 3 - the one problem I constantly faced, even with this seemingly constant battle was loss of tradition. Waiting the five years between truces meant I lost so much that the generals I was recruiting were so-so compared to their apparently super-generals. No idea how they got such good ones considering they had less war than I, but this may account for it. I was winning but they were taking many of my men with them as they slunk from the battlefield.
Agreed. Even here at the end, I had the thought to just go ahead and make them vassals now but I wanted Vermandois and Othe to get at Paris with ease. Part of the reason I did not take those earlier was that I did not want the French to have such ease getting to me. And yes, three years is plenty of time.Lord E said:
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To all - the next update may or may not be tomorrow. And if not, it will be next week since I am going out of town for the weekend. But I wanted to pose an idea to the readers - given that there is a rather large world outside of my own AAR, I wondered if I might not get some guest authors to write some after the fact "histories" or certain regions. Say someone would take what is left of France and someone might take the Levant, another would take the former Turkish lands and someone would look at South America and so on.
I'd of course provide a guide to go by given what we are left with and there will be a final screenshotapalooza in 1792 so we can see where everything is. Would there be any interest by you great readers and commenter's to tackle those areas? It seems daunting to do on my own and I might give short shrift to certain areas and potential events. Besides, it might be fun to get a few guest authors in here before we are finally done.
If you are interested, let me know and perhaps even suggest an area you would have interest in writing about. I'll try and cover any and all that I can't find other's doing and rest assured, I'll provide a final glimpse of Germany itself and what will be the "take off " point for any alt-history to follow. So what do you say?
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