We certainly doEarendilHE said:looks like im the new perm for england (if you accept me )
We certainly doEarendilHE said:looks like im the new perm for england (if you accept me )
Fredrik82 said:Turenne kick ass as always....
And when will the Turks learn its misstakes in India
Absolut said:By reading this it seems that my sub did a good job, thanks.
Ampoliros said:Aye, short report :
After the initial analysis I found France to be in quite a weak state, besieged by an (economicaly) strong Spain and a generaly vastly superior Austria.
In this light, the french army was reorganized. (Don´t mix Cavalry with Infantry - especialy not in mountaineous terrain - use Cavalry as an independent shock-force of it´s own. And, for the love of god, kick out those stupid cannons. I disbanded them. They are next to useless before LT 35 - 41 and they slow you down).
I tried to negotiate primarily with Austria and Venice while I teched towards LT 26 (which took quite long). Austria engaged itself in an ambivalent position which sadly did not permit any real agreemen to be signed.
Hence, I turned to the OE and managed to secure cooperation with this most illustrious gentleman, Waldzwerg.
In preparation of war I constructed big forts on the spanish-french border as well as in Champagne, Paris and the venetian border.
Then I recruited about 500.000 men, waited for the french MP to regain and then dowed in concert with the OE.
Turenne blasted into Lorraine, France Comté and Luxembourgh while Condé engaged the Spaniards with 80.000 Cavalry in the lowlands, subsequently defeating and routing them several times. Spanish counterattacks in the Armanac-Bordeaux area were stalled and contained after some vicious fighting and once the WS was high enough stabhittment of Spain was commenced. Sadly Austria then intervened and from this point onwards France faced a foe of an altogether different quality. The austrian troops were of very high morale, fighting like madmen, making it very difficult to defeat them.
Luckily, Spain soon offered Lorraine and France Comté which I accepted thus ending the war. An acceptable solution.
I went strongly towards a quality - army. I would recommend you continue this policy. Also, I colonized in the area you outlined i.e. southeastafrica.
And the war in the east is going badly, I had nightmares afterwards about the russian hordes storming Poland and Force-Vassalizing it.
Absolut said:Ill keep the things you mentioned in mind, although I cant remember building cannons, but meh, I probably did it anyway.
Ampoliros said:(Don´t mix Cavalry with Infantry - especialy not in mountaineous terrain - use Cavalry as an independent shock-force of it´s own.
Ampoliros said:And, for the love of god, kick out those stupid cannons. I disbanded them. They are next to useless before LT 35 - 41 and they slow you down).
Tem_Probe said:And that's true even for assault armies.
It depends on the situation really,FAL said:I disagree. If you include CAV in your infantry assault armies, you only give yourself more attrition.
Fredrik82 said:It depends on the situation really,
i usually, pre LT35, devide my armies in two groups, Infantary and cavalry.
It's very risky to assault a province without cavalry support, in all kind of terrains, as it give you bonus no matter what. I do however prefer to have my cavalry army ready to engage in a adjacent province.
If that aint possible, i rather take my chances to take a bit of attration.
Cause battles arent any fun if you lack cavalry yourself, especially in key terrains
FAL said:< LT 18, CAV are a must for all armies
LT 18 - LT 35, CAV is still usable, especially on plains and especially with high numbers, but you can already use full infantry assault armies and defending full infantry armies for forests, rivers and mountains.
> LT 35 - LT 41, drop the CAV alltogether, use pure infantry, except for circumstances you have a high shock leader and want to defend plains (like Lombardia). I have used Prinz Eugen this way for example.
> LT 41, bring in the mass cannon-infantry armies!
Lurken said:I will be gone from Stockholm (meaning communication will be iffy at best, and then only trough PMs) to monday. But I should make it to the start. If not, then I shall surrender the two provs currently under russian occupation (the two north of Courland). Because, cheech will take much more, if I'm away and not agreed to his terms. cheech is one ruthless bastard, but he can surely fight a war and win a war. Darn he is good! (Escpecially compared to me, who is a newb to warfare)
This was basically what Austria agreed with Russia when they asked us how far they could go in demands before i would join. Since i thought i would be embroiled in the west and thought the war would go on for some time, this imaginary threat felt more fitting than finishing a war for survival and engaging in one less important.Lurken said:If not, then I shall surrender the two provs currently under russian occupation (the two north of Courland).
He hasn't scared me, he simply beaten me enough to realize that a victory will be hard. Since he can hold the initiative, and I can only react to him.Tem_Probe said:Well I don't know about the terrain, it doesn't looks so bad a situation, but I can tell that cheech's psychological warfare (Read his guide on tactics) has worked on you.
There are a few ways to get better at fighting wars, aside from the trial and error of regular games, where bad fighting skills can sometimes be disastrous .Lurken said:He hasn't scared me, he simply beaten me enough to realize that a victory will be hard. Since he can hold the initiative, and I can only react to him.