Help with Succession War: brother never runs out of troops?

[unmerged(343149)]

Recently, my main character died, leaving half of his territory(approximately) to each of his two sons. I took control of the primary heir, and immediately went to war with the other heir to reclaim my old titles.

Initially, the war went well, I killed all of his troops, and started to siege his cities. However, the enemy heir started spawning multiple levies from all of his territories as soon as I killed his standing troops, in amounts of 50~ per territory, no matter how many of his troops I kill.(I've killed a half dozen of these waves and am running out of standing army to fight them) Meanwhile, I can only spawn one initial levy, and then a smattering(20 troops or so from 1/5 territories) of troops every now and again. . . I'm losing the war due to the enemy's levy respawn rate, and I don't know why. Is there something that I'm doing wrong that's preventing me from regenerating levies at the same rate as my opponent, or does the computer just get an advantage in levy spawn rate?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[Drakken]

Initially, the war went well, I killed all of his troops, and started to siege his cities. However, the enemy heir started spawning multiple levies from all of his territories as soon as I killed his standing troops, in amounts of 50~ per territory, no matter how many of his troops I kill.(I've killed a half dozen of these waves and am running out of standing army to fight them) Meanwhile, I can only spawn one initial levy, and then a smattering(20 troops or so from 1/5 territories) of troops every now and again. . . I'm losing the war due to the enemy's levy respawn rate, and I don't know why. Is there something that I'm doing wrong that's preventing me from regenerating levies at the same rate as my opponent, or does the computer just get an advantage in levy spawn rate?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

AFAIK, the AI doesn't cheat on that. Maybe he has tons of money, allowing him to hire tons of merc troops.

Also, is your Brother ruling over a Pagan land?

 

[Mach1av3ll1]

If he's pagan (norse), once you killed his armies his levies restore pretty quickly. You should try to siege land or atleast keep 100 stacks all over his territory so you can instantly kill the relevies

 

[nemuri_no_kogoro]

Since your brother's troops got destroyed, he was able to lower his levies. When levies are lowered, they begin to refill since they got time to rest. Technically, you can do the same thing, so its not really "cheating".

Seems to me like you just aren't strong enough to handle an equally powerful foe, sadly...
Just assassinate the dude next time, its more efficient if he doesn't have kids.

 

[raw]

Since your brother's troops got destroyed, he was able to lower his levies. When levies are lowered, they begin to refill since they got time to rest.

Am I the only one here who thinks that "levy refill" should be alot slower? In real life, if your levies get wiped your ability to wage war is pretty much over for the next few years. In CK2 you can throw in human wave after wave as if they breed like rabbits.

 

[Rhion]

Don't worry, I've got the same problem with the Sultan of Egypt. Only this guy throws several thousands of troops at you.

God bless those Holy Orders though

 

[unmerged(343149)]

Wow, thanks for the fast replies!

I'm a duke in france, so no, not pagans. I didn't know that levies replenished faster if they weren't active, that might be what's happening, still, it seems really quick.

 

[Rhion]

Wow, thanks for the fast replies!

I'm a duke in france, so no, not pagans. I didn't know that levies replenished faster if they weren't active, that might be what's happening, still, it seems really quick.

What you can do, is trying not to whipe out your enemy's army entirely. Beat them in battle as many times as it takes for their total number to be insufficient to siege, but without destroying the army completely. That way, the army will wander around without being able to much harm, but the provinces from which the army was levied, won't be able to provide extra troops on the field, but will just add them to the garrison.