How should I set military focus in a vassal swarm WC? I was thinking supportive for countries close to military fronts, defensive for a few vassals deep in HRE, and siege for the rest, or should I set everyone to either support or siege?
Best Vassal Military Focus?
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Support is only interesting if you're fighting wars near their territory or if you're actively giving carpet sieging instructions or allowing troops to attach to yours (which in my experience is a rather poor choice after you've a few mil ideas and a discipline advisor, since the AI's troops will suck compared to yours). If none of these apply they'll basically stick in their territory until a battle starts - and the latter will be over by the time they arrive.
Aggressive is a good choice if they can hold their ground in battle. Look for mil ideas. Particularly morale/discipline/combat ability NIs, Offensive, Defensive, and Quality.
Siege is a good choice for the other vassals that are close to war theaters. They'll stick to carpet sieging, with you and your aggressive vassals handling the battles. You still need to have a few mercs hold forts at their side, though - because they'll sometimes abandon sieges to participate in nearby battles.
Put the others on Defensive duty (aka rebel management) or outright Sleep mode if the war theater is really too far away from their borders and/or when they can't contribute anything useful. There's little point in having vassals try to go all the way to India from Germany if the war is basically over by the time their troops get there.
Alternatively, just set everyone to Aggressive and call it a day - you can't go wrong doing that. ;-)
Aggressive is a good choice if they can hold their ground in battle. Look for mil ideas. Particularly morale/discipline/combat ability NIs, Offensive, Defensive, and Quality.
Siege is a good choice for the other vassals that are close to war theaters. They'll stick to carpet sieging, with you and your aggressive vassals handling the battles. You still need to have a few mercs hold forts at their side, though - because they'll sometimes abandon sieges to participate in nearby battles.
Put the others on Defensive duty (aka rebel management) or outright Sleep mode if the war theater is really too far away from their borders and/or when they can't contribute anything useful. There's little point in having vassals try to go all the way to India from Germany if the war is basically over by the time their troops get there.
Alternatively, just set everyone to Aggressive and call it a day - you can't go wrong doing that. ;-)
Repurposing this thread for a new question:
How do vassal navies behave under the different military focus settings? I have a march that I would like to stick to defending its own lands with its army, but help blockade my enemies with their sizable navy. Will a passive or defensive setting also cause their navy to stick close to their own coasts, or will the navy roam and blockade regardless of what their armies are doing?
How do vassal navies behave under the different military focus settings? I have a march that I would like to stick to defending its own lands with its army, but help blockade my enemies with their sizable navy. Will a passive or defensive setting also cause their navy to stick close to their own coasts, or will the navy roam and blockade regardless of what their armies are doing?
aggressive is usually best. Big vassals will actively rebel hunt and engage OPM armies and siege if they think it's good idea.
It is best fire and forget setting.
Defensive might be good for a march if yo want the march army to reel people sieging their forts.
It kinda depends on how big your sbject is.
A few powerful PU set to aggressive can lead to them fighting all wars for youu. But a march protecting your border might be better off set to defensive.
It is best fire and forget setting.
Defensive might be good for a march if yo want the march army to reel people sieging their forts.
It kinda depends on how big your sbject is.
A few powerful PU set to aggressive can lead to them fighting all wars for youu. But a march protecting your border might be better off set to defensive.