That is what I thought, thanks.Austria has the best AI. Or, more accurately, Austria can survive AI mistakes, Prussia cannot - except with the sort of huge bonus Loki had to give it![]()
I have caught up now, quite an interesting read.
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That is what I thought, thanks.Austria has the best AI. Or, more accurately, Austria can survive AI mistakes, Prussia cannot - except with the sort of huge bonus Loki had to give it![]()
well the optimism over the Weisbeer is a bit premature .. poor Kollowrat has just had his ace column taken by Lucchese, but yes I feel every AAR needs some Scots just for authenticityI enjoyed this update for three reasons:
1) Kollowrat grew some stones and became a badass.
2) Weisbeer and Pilsen are safe and therefore the beer is safe.
3) You used the word "humped".
It could only be better if you used the term "pure humped" or "banjoed".
So, is the alliance crumbling a scripted event?
thats useful to know, I've not really paid a vast degree of attention to the battle reports as I know why I'm losing (outnumbered and poor generals)Just a short note : the fact that all the leaders in the box are "one-star" does not mean that the leader of the stack (the guy whose picture you can see) is not a 2-star guys, as his stats is not included in the box.
Any back-up plan for when the French will be out of the war ?![]()
Cumberland seems to have rid himself of the annoyance of actually commanding anything, it looks like the British units he originally had are all with Heinrich and Brunswick, so he sunning himself in Eger (probably waiting for the beer supplies to be restored).I think I've pointed out before that 'humped' in the US certainly does not refer to any kind of fisticuffs, so I have some unfortunate mental imagery with that term. 'Banjoed' makes that even worse, with its Deliverance overtones.
Overall, a sort of stalemate-update, but with Narwhal's ominous hint-dropping, I can't help but be fearful for the future. Is Cumberland (and his other British chum) getting ready to cross the passes into Bavaria?
yes, I mean why bother to besiege Stade if you can't nip over for the wedding and back.These last few updates show how frustrating everything seems at present. Both yourself and Prussia constantly dancing around one and other unable to land a crushing blow. Still, as you have said keeping things at a stalemate is not awful, but time is running out. However the way of breaking this stalemate is quite obvious, offer tickets to a royal wedding of their choice to those of your force who crush the Prussians! After all as those French forces showed during this last update, clearly royal weddings are of great importance to your men.
I'm about a third of the way through so far. Nice work on the AAR and the game so far.
Does anyone have thoughts on which side has the best AI for a first time single player campaign?
Austria has the best AI. Or, more accurately, Austria can survive AI mistakes, Prussia cannot - except with the sort of huge bonus Loki had to give it![]()
I think I'd agree with Narwhal, this 'if inactive, no move' rule is a really good balancer. OK I've lost quite a lot to supply by mistake but that has cost me about 4 corps worth in itself over the game. Without it, I think the Austrians will just overwhelm the Prussians by sheer numbers.That is what I thought, thanks.
I have caught up now, quite an interesting read.
Yes, on looking at it Amburg is a bit hard to understand, ah well if I could manage to lose all my battles that way, I think I'd end up winning?To answer your question: according to Wikipedia, Hannover has the world second-largest Oktoberfest in the world, so it stands to reason that they have beer. I think you should celebrate that victory (especially if the French make haste in bowing out - you might not get many more victories up there, when that happens).
How did you lose that battle in Amberg on day seven? I mean, you didn't lose a single man, while your opponent had 350 soldiers dead. I know this is just a game, but I struggle with finding any kind of plausible scenario to explain this.
Good luck with the next turn(s)! Go hurl some French armies forward!
the next turn is much the same, but sort of in reverse, I win a load of battles I either expected to lose or never expected to fight.Curses! I was impressed with how well things were going for you in the first few battles of this turn and then your French forces seem to fall apart in that run of four loses. Nonetheless whilst that does detract from the turn, overall it seems to have been a decent one.
quickly on this, the smallest unit in the game (I think this is standard across AGEOD) is a company/cav squadron or gun, now these are bracketed into (in ROP at least) battalions. I'll pick out this in the next update, but after a while your battalions consist of a number of very weak companies. If you carry on losing men, sooner or later the battalion ceases to exist. So whats happening with the French in Bavaria is they are now largely fighting fairly fresh British forces, so my losses are being quickly translated into lost elements and the British battalions are strong enough to absorb losses for now.It made me wonder in some previous updates. From what I noticed, the amount of national morale lost/gained depends a lot on the amount of elements lost. From the screenshots I noticed many battles that were classified as your victory, but with you loosing a lot of elements while the AI lost none. In the log it say that you won and gained a lot of NM from those battles but I think it might be wrong. Is it possible that the log is wrong and you actually lose NM around Nuremberg (even if 'winning' battles)? That would surely explain the widening gap in NM.
Look at the Amberg battle as an example: you lost twice as many man and 19 elements to Prussia's 0. The log says you gained 7 NM (so quite a lot) out of it, but I`m not sure if it makes any sense.
Anyway would like someone else to answer, as it's rather a feeling that any factual, proof-backed observation.
I just read an AAR on the AGEOD forums on Revolution Under Siege. I know it's a different game, but it runs on (basically) the same engine. An interesting tidbit was that the player set his small garrisons on a 'fight to the death' aggressiveness, because, according to him, surrendering units would really hurt his NM in a way that completely annihilated units would not. Keeping that in mind, I did notice that the day 3 battle for Nuremberg shows that the Prussians captured 86 (I believe that should read to be 8600 men, right?). I wonder if that feature of RUS is also present in ROP - if it is, it might help explain the huge plunge in your NM.
It's disturbing to see how your 'victories' over the two Heinrichs bled your army so badly. If you weren't set to lose the French pretty soon anyway, I'd be doubly worried. I think Pyrrhus would sympathize with you.
In the next post I put some effort into tracking the NM changes ... its pretty opaque what is going on, esp as I had none of those 'convert EP to NM' messages. The French army in Bavaria desparately needs a break from operations, the good thing is I think the Prussians are in a mess too, and the British suffering now I've chopped off their reinforcement routeIt made me wonder in some previous updates. From what I noticed, the amount of national morale lost/gained depends a lot on the amount of elements lost. From the screenshots I noticed many battles that were classified as your victory, but with you loosing a lot of elements while the AI lost none. In the log it say that you won and gained a lot of NM from those battles but I think it might be wrong. Is it possible that the log is wrong and you actually lose NM around Nuremberg (even if 'winning' battles)? That would surely explain the widening gap in NM.
Look at the Amberg battle as an example: you lost twice as many man and 19 elements to Prussia's 0. The log says you gained 7 NM (so quite a lot) out of it, but I`m not sure if it makes any sense.
Anyway would like someone else to answer, as it's rather a feeling that any factual, proof-backed observation.
My fundamental issue is I need to retake Prag but I can't risk the Austrian army (but then it is pretty strong at the moment and its sort of now or never) - I don't know when France goes & the AI is moving much more widely than it has before, which also makes me a bit cautious as opportunities may open up.Interesting developments. Interesting and also frustrating due to your NM, although at least you do seem to have an idea of why it has dropped so low. I think you are right to remain relatively passive, simply reacting to Prussia at present, although I do hope they continue to leave Berlin open to the raid you are considering, the morale change could prove very useful. At present things seem quite tense however that seems par for the course!
Russia is odd (in the game, at the moment). Its out the war, but I still hold Koenigsberg with a fixed (now Austrian) garrison. So that gives me some hope that if France does retire, I keep the Rhineland, even undefended, it'll tie down a few Prussian troops on the sieges & keep them out of Bohemia.So...Russia is out.
France sticks around until the very end...Russia should be back in it in 1763, I hope. I don't know about Bavaria and friends though.
Good to see the AI reacting to your troops threatening Berlin. That should alleviate some of the pressure in Bohemia...we hope!
It does look like the AI wants Bremen back. Going from what Narwhal has written, the British reinforcements are no critical to the Prussians so makes some sense.Your NM is still pretty low...
I think you will want to wait before engaging in any large battles in front of Prague until your NM has stabilized somewhat with respect to Prussia.
Looking at Prussia's dispositions, I'd say they are going to try to regain Bremen this year. This ought to give you an opportunity, since they won't be focused on bashing on Austria.
How much gain do you get from Berlin vs. marching south into Saxony from Magdeburg?
It may be, that Berlin lies in ruins quicker in the Great Patriotic War than this AAR, the option starts to open though.Good to see that somehow, Königsberg is still yours. And the fact that you have forces hanging around Magdeburg is also promising (I want to see Berlin burn!).
Great overview map of Central Europe - it really helps to tie the different fronts together.
How soon do you see yourself moving on Prague?