Fighting against two 3 star generals... yay...

[giovdb]

This is not a question or anything important. Other than showing a screenshot of my enemy having two 3 star generals... all I have are one stars... I just got done fighting defensive wars against Castile, Portugal, while still fighting Ming (at least I repelled Ming invaders). Say your goodbyes. Lol.

 

[giovdb]

Just realized Ottomans allied with Shonghai... and they honored the call... lol. This just gets better and better...

 

[giovdb]

Yeah, I think that calls for a restart. I outnumbered him 2 to 1 and lost twice as much. Funny I beat the Europeans and I'm getting my ass kicked by another African nation. Lol.

 

[I'm gaming]

Hire generals with you military points or from noble estate.

 

[giovdb]

Hire generals with you military points or from noble estate.

I did have a general in there (ignore the troop thing on the left). My army tradition is just low, even though I've been fighting most of the game. I keep forgetting about hiring generals with the estates though. Good point.

 

[Sfan]

It's also the army composition... You have 20 freakin cav... It's 1677, you are way over the combat width, use your money for more cannons instead of those cav who can't fight and will just passively lose morale.

 

[giovdb]

It's also the army composition... You have 20 freakin cav... It's 1677, you are way over the combat width, use your money for more cannons instead of those cav who can't fight and will just passively lose morale.

I think the 5/5/4 general is making a bigger impact than anything else, but thanks for the feedback.

 

[Sfan]

I agree, that's why I said "also". But you can't magically roll good generals with low AT, while you can do something about the composition.

 

[giovdb]

I agree, that's why I said "also". But you can't magically roll good generals with low AT, while you can do something about the composition.

Gotcha. When would you recommend transitioning away from Cav and more into Artillery? Economy wise it has been a struggle all game. Not being able to lower the army maintenance tab during peace time has screwed me up (to increase professionalism). I'm going for the Kongo entire Africa achievement.

 

[creativitypersonified]

Gotcha. When would you recommend transitioning away from Cav and more into Artillery? Economy wise it has been a struggle all game. Not being able to lower the army maintenance tab during peace time has screwed me up (to increase professionalism). I'm going for the Kongo entire Africa achievement.

Cavalry is really good for the first years. It's better than early artillery ( which is trash for anything but sieges ). By the time you hit tech 14 though cavalry should be reduced to a token force or none.

 

[indika_tates]

Cavalry is really good for the first years. It's better than early artillery ( which is trash for anything but sieges ). By the time you hit tech 14 though cavalry should be reduced to a token force or none.

Early game artillery is not trash. It's better to have a backrow full of "trash" doing something that having the backrow empty. The defensive early cannons that have 1 pip on shock/fire defense should add 0.5 pips to the infantry/cavalry in the front row if it's not rounded to cero. And cavalry depends on the nation you're playing. Full drilled manchu banners on plains wreak havoc. Even late game!

 

[nwil10]

Early game artillery is not trash. It's better to have a backrow full of "trash" doing something that having the backrow empty. The defensive early cannons that have 1 pip on shock/fire defense should add 0.5 pips to the infantry/cavalry in the front row if it's not rounded to cero. And cavalry depends on the nation you're playing. Full drilled manchu banners on plains wreak havoc. Even late game!

It rounds down.

 

[indika_tates]

It rounds down.

If it's rounded down then I have to agree it's trash.

 

[giovdb]

Why did people disagree with the fact I was screwed? Lol. Fighting 2 three star generals and Ottomans at the same time, while I just got done fighting Portugal, Castille, and Ming. These put me too far behind. Won't be able to finish the Africa conquest achievement.