Paradox Office Multiplayer Campaign V

[Groogy]

bled groogy dry. No one used scorched earth. That "untappable max manpower" surely would have sunk.

I at most of the war stood in provinces that in total gave me 4k attrition and still managed. I don't think you understand my insane manpower recovery in combination with Polish cavalry and my mercenary build that just completely dominated the battlefield.

I was even subsidizing several of the nation's in the war effort because my soldiers were so cheap it was ridiculous. For me to build 120 000 men cost me like 750 ducats which is nothing and the maintenance was so low it wasn't noticeable.

Like I said sometimes before "Russian lives are cheap"
But in last session the Russians were cheap but led by 23% discipline high morale and 3 star generals, aided by Polish cavalry with almost 100% combat ability.

 

[ragingrondo12]

In the finale mamluks and bahamanis took very bad fights with -2 penalty. Also everyone brought too many cannons, in those massive 150 vs 200 battles having more than 25 cannons doesn't serve anyone. Next time have tons of infantry for such fights.

Also the mughals and bahamanis could have taken more fights in the mountains and bled groogy dry. No one used scorched earth. That "untappable max manpower" surely would have sunk.

Scorched earth isn't really scorched earth. Unless battles are being fought else where the MP drain from scorched earth wouldn't have really done much but dent his monthly regen.

Scorched earth would only work if:

1. Groogy used insanely large stacks (talking 90+ (Which is a full combat width back and front with some spare)-> which rarely happens.

2. Multiple provinces were scorched and Groogy happened to be sieging them all at the same time.

So yeah Scorched earth =/= not effective.

 

[funguide]

Scorched earth isn't really scorched earth. Unless battles are being fought else where the MP drain from scorched earth wouldn't have really done much but dent his monthly regen.

Scorched earth would only work if:

1. Groogy used insanely large stacks (talking 90+ (Which is a full combat width back and front with some spare)-> which rarely happens.

2. Multiple provinces were scorched and Groogy happened to be sieging them all at the same time.

So yeah Scorched earth =/= not effective.

Maybe they need to improve scorched earth......

 

[OldmansHQ]

Thanks for playing guys, it was super fun. That salt was really funny, but well justified. Daniel really deserved one of these trophies... And he got one. From awhile back I was rooting for Mamluks, so it was satisfying to see them advance just before the end. Johan said you won't be playing next week, any chance of that changing? What about one after that?

 

[funguide]

Thanks for playing guys, it was super fun. That salt was really funny, but well justified. Daniel really deserved one of these trophies... And he got one. From awhile back I was rooting for Mamluks, so it was satisfying to see them advance just before the end. Johan said you won't be playing next week, any chance of that changing? What about one after that?

Don't think they will be playing in March. Probably April.

 

[ForzaA]

Thanks for playing guys, it was super fun. That salt was really funny, but well justified. Daniel really deserved one of these trophies... And he got one. From awhile back I was rooting for Mamluks, so it was satisfying to see them advance just before the end.

*bows*

Johan said you won't be playing next week, any chance of that changing? What about one after that?

I imagine GDC is the main reason not to start a campaign right next week. Also gives everyone a little time to go back to normal after the adrenalin rush and feelings of betrayal of this campaign

 

[TehJumpingJawa]

Curious if StarNAN could have swayed Carsten's Mamluks to their side if they'd conceded Fernando Po to them.

With the ticking score from that score card, and the chance of retrieving their remaining Ottoman score card as part of the war, they'd have had a real chance of displacing the Mughals 3rd position.
Not that StarNAN would sell out Johan in such an underhanded way

 

[Johan]

I copied Wiz tactics of onions, and never telling a direct lie..

Bahmanis was the one all i would stand by to the end.

next tine, i should be more ruthless. I shouldnt have let groogy survive.

 

[CassCD]

next tine, i should be more ruthless. I shouldnt have let groogy survive.

Agreed, with one tweak: Let Groogy keep 4% of his land.

 

[generalolaf]

There needs to always be a bonus trophy.

 

[Da9L]

So a long and thanks for all the miss-clicks!

What actually (did not) happen

The mp was fun and a great pleasure to finally beat down the dark lord Britain!
See you at World War Wednesday!

 

[JoanK]

Well, I stand corrected. Thank you all so much for a truly exciting finale. Austritaly certainly deserved one of those trophies, and Russia will always have a special place in my heart. I'll root for Groogy next time.

 

[Groogy]

Black Border - External Border, the border a state projects and will defend
Red Border - Internal Border, this land kind of belongs or belonged to someone

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## STATS FOR MP ###
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Current Score

1. Bahmanis 26065 (+13.92)
2. Mughals 18510 (+1.39)
3. Mamluks 17075 (+11.60)
4. Italy 16501 (+2.78)
5. Great Britain 15632 (+6.70)
6. Ming 11708 (+6.53)
7. France 10484 (+9.28)
8. Burgundy 9915 (+0.92)
9. Russia 8016 (+6.70)
10. Portugal 7694 (+4.64)
11. Ottomans 7371 (+0.00)
12. Denmark 6038 (+8.81)
13. Revolutionary Spain 4624 (+1.05)
14. Bohemia 2462 (+2.78)
15. Poland 865 (+0.00)
16. Lancastria 62 (+0.00)
17. Spanish Apalnosee 58 (+0.00)
18. Maryland 49 (+0.00)
19. Japan 29 (+0.00)
20. Gotland 26 (+0.00)

Development

1. Bahmanis 2018
2. Portugal 1996
3. Mamluks 1752
4. Russia 1739
5. Italy 1616
6. Ming 1529
7. Mughals 1294
8. Ottomans 1150
9. France 1019
10. Great Britain 971
11. Burgundy 915
12. Denmark 727
13. Revolutionary Spain 722
14. Spanish Apalnosee 702
15. Bohemia 665
16. Poland 641
17. British Frink 582
18. Mamlukean Sattisa 409
19. Queensland 404
20. Spanish Rewhannock 357

Income

1. Bahmanis 439.88
2. Mamluks 350.17
3. Italy 204.58
4. Portugal 183.78
5. France 183.08
6. Russia 172.53
7. Denmark 153.02
8. Ming 126.92
9. Ottomans 116.28
10. Great Britain 108.37
11. Bohemia 105.46
12. Spanish Apalnosee 86.94
13. Revolutionary Spain 66.62
14. Poland 58.45
15. British Frink 44.95
16. Japan 43.19
17. Persia 39.79
18. Mughals 36.36
19. Spanish Rewhannock 36.21
20. Queensland 35.91

Max. Manpower

1. Russia 313K
2. Italy 248K
3. Bahmanis 225K
4. Mamluks 202K
5. Ming 152K
6. Bohemia 137K
7. France 131K
8. Ottomans 129K
9. Denmark 107K
10. Poland 100K
11. Spanish Apalnosee 91,422
12. British Frink 78,967
13. Mamlukean Sattisa 72,087
14. Portugal 70,450
15. Revolutionary Spain 67,316
16. Great Britain 64,382
17. New Francia 51,812
18. Mughals 51,450
19. Maryland 49,250
20. Spanish Rewhannock 48,436

Standing Army

1. Russia 333K
2. Italy 277K
3. Bahmanis 266K
4. Portugal 169K
5. Bohemia 137K
6. Ottomans 134K
7. Great Britain 129K
8. Mamluks 120K
9. France 88,068
10. Spanish Apalnosee 82,865
11. Denmark 80,424
12. Mughals 79,947
13. Ming 71,745
14. Japan 66,000
15. British Frink 65,000
16. Revolutionary Spain 59,000
17. Poland 47,848
18. Mamlukean Sattisa 45,000
19. New Francia 45,000
20. Queensland 44,000

War Fleet

1. Great Britain 139/13
2. Bahmanis 140/0
3. Mughals 74/0
4. Mamluks 69/0
5. Ming 52/2
6. Burgundy 49/0
7. Denmark 43/0
8. Italy 30/3
9. Ottomans 10/20
10. Portugal 22/0
11. France 20/0
12. Japan 7/11
13. Revolutionary Spain 10/0
14. Spanish Apalnosee 9/0
15. Queensland 5/0
16. Gotland 0/5
17. Syria 0/4
18. The Land of Land 4/0
19. Brunei 3/0
20. British Frink 2/0

Trade Fleet

1. Bahmanis 151
2. Italy 105
3. Denmark 69
4. Great Britain 56
5. France 51
6. Portugal 48
7. Ming 46
8. Spanish Apalnosee 39
9. Mamluks 35
10. The Land of Land 32
11. Queensland 25
12. Antarctic Francia 25
13. British Frink 25
14. Spanish Rewhannock 23
15. Mughals 22
16. Maryland 22
17. British Kameloso 21
18. Ottomans 20
19. Mamlukean Sattisa 17
20. Gotland 12

Technologies

1. Mamluks 96
2. France 96
3. Antarctic Francia 95
4. Mongolia 95
5. New Rosellón 95
6. Ming 95
7. Buryatia 95
8. Chahar 95
9. Yi 95
10. Revolutionary Spain 95
11. Nepal 94
12. Little Francia 94
13. Portugal 94
14. Spanish Apalnosee 94
15. Spanish Rewhannock 94
16. Maryland 94
17. Syria 94
18. Spanish Sattisa 94
19. Bohemia 94
20. Spanish Vett Ib 94

 

[Groogy]

The Baltic Union was a monetary union created by Tsar Fyodor II with the states that were on the Empires border. Denmark, Bohemia and the Polish Cossacks. Denmark and Russia has since long been engaged in exclusive trading and dealings with each other and only came natural. Bohemia being part of Russia's Sphere it only came natural that they joined the Union as well. An Ataman Governor were appointed in Warsawa by the Tsar to lead the Cossacks on behalf of the Empire which in the coming war proved essential.

Fyodor knew a war was coming and he prepared the entire Union for it, subsidizing and building up the various member states. As the members grew and the borders between them safe the economy of Russia flourished and reached a peak being one of the richest nations in the world. Then His Imperial Majesty departs from this world too early and his.... son..... inherits the throne. Still a young-ling the cabinet takes power over the state and continues on with the policies the young Tsar's father set.

Unfortunately Antonio is remembered as a failure of a Tsar as he came of age he let the cabinet continue managing the Empire. The great war had already broken out and he was forced to lead his warriors in Central Asia and proved to be on par with the great Generals of Russia. He was born in the war, he was forged by it and baptized by it.

LONG LIVE THE BALTIC UNION!

 

[JoanK]

AAR when?

 

[Voigt]

Nice map of the world Groogy, but no Special Name for the Imperial Republic of Gotland?

About:

So yeah Scorched earth =/= not effective.

Scorched Earth has really only one use: If you have lots of forts on the border, and you see a retreating war comming. Place 1InfMerc on every Fort Province, and as soon as you are in war Scorch Earth. You get lots of extra Defensive Stats, and Attrition rise. If the Forts are in Jungle or Mountains and you have Defensive Ideas they take endless to siege. And in all this time they take attrition (sadly in most MP Games not enough to make a difference.)

 

[Groogy]

AAR when?

Already writing one so don't feel like writing another right now.

 

[StarNaN]

Overall very fun, just wish I had a nation that had more potential in winning land wars.

Curious if StarNAN could have swayed Carsten's Mamluks to their side if they'd conceded Fernando Po to them.

With the ticking score from that score card, and the chance of retrieving their remaining Ottoman score card as part of the war, they'd have had a real chance of displacing the Mughals 3rd position.
Not that StarNAN would sell out Johan in such an underhanded way

Oh I tried all I could. Offered him the Island in return for him switching sides. My allies accepted it but Mamluks chose to stay on the dark side.

 

[Oahkoah]

Groogy needs an award for most dedicated roleplayer

 

[Groogy]

the dark side.

History is written by the winners. We won, that makes you the bad guys.