What? Watching provinces flipp? And cannons don't help anything in assaults.. At least I have never heard that they do. Only infantry assaults.
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What? Watching provinces flipp? And cannons don't help anything in assaults.. At least I have never heard that they do. Only infantry assaults.
hmm.. i dont know.. i had the feeling that with cannons infantry dont looses all of its morale and keeps assaulting till the last man.. at least i think with NA it was so.. without cannons they could stop assaulting much earlier, because of the morale.. thats why i had 1-2k cannons in my 8-16k Inf/Can Stacks..
But i dont know if thats really correct..
But i dont know if thats really correct..
Heh, you just built 20k cav in no time, me thinks you are taking it easy on france 
Heh, you just built 20k cav in no time, me thinks you are taking it easy on france
Well he did loose 15k. How is manpower looking? Loved the huge overrun. :rofl:
But i disagree - Winning sieges can win wars!
Wowz, Gaul is nearly yours. Shame they have forts.
Caesar was far more lucky since the Gauls had fewer forts than.
And you don't even have cannons. :wacko:
Cannons, schmannons. The only time I use art is when I play ETW, which I don't anymore since the game runs like utter carp on a state of the art pc
It went very smooth, the war was over in a jiffy. Too bad that I wasted the lives of 15k soldiers, but stuff like that happens during concentration lapses.
Great job.
And to top that off.. It was a 21/27 stack. 48 regiments in one blow. That always warms my heart.
Even though this AAR has been pretty devoid of infantry, I'm actually an advocate of using 11k inf armies for quick sieging and storming. This game won't see much of that, but my next AAR (If it aint a HoI3 one) will see 11k inf stacks used in copious amounts!
I rather like them for storming myself, standing around is for the cavalry
Flipping is taking control of the provinces. And AFAIK cannons give a bonus when assaulting a fortress with infantry and/or whilst doing a normal siege.
Cannons help
Heh, you just built 20k cav in no time, me thinks you are taking it easy on france
15k cav was build, Im a sucker for stuff like that. If I lose 15k I'll build 15k
MP is in tip top shape, more than enough to go about even with building 15k troops.
Winning sieges can lead to WE, which leads to rebels, which helps win a war. But you still gotta trounce their armies
You know, artillery is cool and scary.
And it should also give bonuses when assaulting fort I'd think.
And it should also give bonuses when assaulting fort I'd think.
I do it myself after a while when I have enough money and manpower, but in this case I just meant a little one to retake what France have taken from you. If you get in right after they have left, the assault is just a walk in the park. I use that tactic quite often, following an enemy stack with a small inf stack to take back my provinces.
Yes, but he was talking about standing around watching them flip while I talked about assaulting. I didn't quite get that..
But how do cannons help in assaulting? I have never heard of that before. Always when I have read about assaulting it clearly states that inf is the only unit who assaults.. They do help in sieges, no question about that, but assaulting?
You know, artillery is cool and scary.
And it should also give bonuses when assaulting fort I'd think.
According to the manual it does reduce siege time and helps assaulting as it causes more damage. The question is whether a high-siege general is better value for money than 2 art. regiments for the same purpose.
Argh, everyone knows that pdox made artillery under powered.
Too slow, too expensive, not enough good compared to anything.
Why is there artillery in the game???
Too slow, too expensive, not enough good compared to anything.
Why is there artillery in the game???
Hmm... Yes I checked that part also now but there it says quite a few things that I'm pretty sure isn't correct.. I would guess that the manual is something in between reality and EU3...
Sorry for OT by the way. I won't post anything more about this here.
You know, artillery is cool and scary.
And it should also give bonuses when assaulting fort I'd think.
It does afaik.
I do it myself after a while when I have enough money and manpower, but in this case I just meant a little one to retake what France have taken from you. If you get in right after they have left, the assault is just a walk in the park. I use that tactic quite often, following an enemy stack with a small inf stack to take back my provinces.
Yes, but he was talking about standing around watching them flip while I talked about assaulting. I didn't quite get that..
But how do cannons help in assaulting? I have never heard of that before. Always when I have read about assaulting it clearly states that inf is the only unit who assaults.. They do help in sieges, no question about that, but assaulting?
If I have infantry I tend to use em in that manner as well, if memory serves I cut off a French army in the first war in the exact same way
Yep.
I'd like to see usefull art, perhaps in Eu4?
Hmm... Yes I checked that part also now but there it says quite a few things that I'm pretty sure isn't correct.. I would guess that the manual is something in between reality and EU3...
Sorry for OT by the way. I won't post anything more about this here.
Im splitting up the troops to start sieging. Im also getting rebels coming in from Poland and spawning in former Polish lands. I will need to be paying some attention to this sooner or later.
Sigismund dukes it out with some of the French remnants. You can clearly see what influences the outcome of a battle dice wise
I place relatively large armies (5k) in the front border zones, directly facing large amount of FoW. When Im pretty sure they are save, I use smaller armies, but I try not to go under 3k.
This is to prevent getting overrun, but still cover as many provinces as possible.
It's becoming quitte an issue now.
The Generals are obviously alloted to the armies near the large parts of FoW.
By doing this I can be sure that the 5k armies will hold out long enough for the relieve armies to arrive. I keep 1 15k cav army in *reserve* for a short while to deal with the armies France keeps building in their heartland.
Good news all around.
The real news is actually hidden behind the siege notification. Sigismund has beaten the stuffing out of the last sizeable French army and is following up as we speak.
As seen here.
This war is pretty easy and straight forward when compared to previous wars. If not for me losing 15k cavalry, it would be a complete victory.
After dealing with the Frenchies, Sigismund is send to the east front to deal with the rebel uprisings. Especially the rebels that pop up in other states and then walk over
The reserve army makes quick work of the rebuild French regiments. I chose this general for this specific job because of his nifty 5 maneuvre which is invaluable when you are operating in enemy turf.
Even with a proper general, attrition can be a huge problem. As long as your tech levels are low, the supply limits will likewise suffer.
I guess it's a done deal now.
I havent shown the dozens of White Peace offers. But this one is just too stupid to let it slide. They want money from me? They havent even seen a single soldier yet, they are damn lucky I don't have a fleet, but they will surely get what they deserve in the long run. Insolent bunch.
Another nice and crappy event. Beats a comet though.
And some more splitting up and sieging.
Shame you don't have a huge infantry army that could clear one fort per month.
But the French are beaten just as easily with only a cavalry force!
But the French are beaten just as easily with only a cavalry force!
Lo and the Pink Horsemen were unleashed on the Western Empire! For should the Latin Kingdoms fail to stop them then shall the world fall under their heel!
Shame you don't have a huge infantry army that could clear one fort per month.
But the French are beaten just as easily with only a cavalry force!
I wish I had some infantry right now. The next update will be lacking because of my missing infantry.
Seems your most dangerous foe for the rest of the game will be rebels
Ill need to keep WE under control, that's for sure.
Just England and Castille left
It seems France didn't leave any defenders for the home front, typical
Well all their defenders were present in their home land. They dont really have any other place to put em
And now for a very un event full update. There is really nothing special I can say about this batch of screenshots.
It's also very small
I can only say: He served me well.
Really, the only thing that happened was me running around mopping up. The only thing I can add is that it's vital to not let your guard down even when you won the war. The enemy will still create new armies and you will lose siege groups if you aren't carefull.
It's also very small
I can only say: He served me well.
Really, the only thing that happened was me running around mopping up. The only thing I can add is that it's vital to not let your guard down even when you won the war. The enemy will still create new armies and you will lose siege groups if you aren't carefull.
