Ohai. so, with my taking CK II finally I tried some Byzantium, especially with the Legacy of Rome DLC making me hype.
However, the Muslim doomstacks struck again! But I had a few strategies I tried, some being successful. But overall leaving me dead.
The First strategy would allow the 15k army of Seljuks to have their way with my territories and strike them when they depleted their numbers enough to destroy themselves. This worked for a while, up until the Fatimids declared war on me and it was all over. So the flaw in this is that it depleted my own army vastly (from 11 k to 3 k) and left me wide open for an attack.
The Second strategy would be to destroy the army by being behind a river as well as being on a hill-y area. While it ended the army, my leader died unexpectedly. Which just brought down everything as the factions were becoming powerful and destroyed me from within.
That's most of what I've done, but it seems the Seljuks will be the biggest and most dangerous part of a Byzantine player in the early years (20 years or 30 years. 1066 - 1096), as it leaves you open for civil war even if you do win or they take Armenia and you'll be forced to comply with them at your border. And, of course, lose the Patriarchate of Antioch.
What have you guys done in the early years? Or your first 30 years, rather.
However, the Muslim doomstacks struck again! But I had a few strategies I tried, some being successful. But overall leaving me dead.
The First strategy would allow the 15k army of Seljuks to have their way with my territories and strike them when they depleted their numbers enough to destroy themselves. This worked for a while, up until the Fatimids declared war on me and it was all over. So the flaw in this is that it depleted my own army vastly (from 11 k to 3 k) and left me wide open for an attack.
The Second strategy would be to destroy the army by being behind a river as well as being on a hill-y area. While it ended the army, my leader died unexpectedly. Which just brought down everything as the factions were becoming powerful and destroyed me from within.
That's most of what I've done, but it seems the Seljuks will be the biggest and most dangerous part of a Byzantine player in the early years (20 years or 30 years. 1066 - 1096), as it leaves you open for civil war even if you do win or they take Armenia and you'll be forced to comply with them at your border. And, of course, lose the Patriarchate of Antioch.
What have you guys done in the early years? Or your first 30 years, rather.
glorious day! And with the pope doing what he does best, setting up a crusade, my future was secured. Syria fell to my armies, the muslems kept fighting eachother and a thousand civil wars while i kept eating the small break-away revolters every time untill i could go toe to toe with.the fatimids