Winter campaigning

[Castellon]

Originally posted by Alerias
Assaults it is then.

Even in MP, I loathe quantity/defensive. I love my shock and morale too much, and quality leads to alot less attrition losses...

How does quality lead to less attrition?

 

[Castellon]

Originally posted by KwangTiger
Well, in sheer numbers, It would reduce the attrition. (Because 50000 units would have steeper losses (Numerically, not proportionally) to 10000 units....
But other then that I dunno

Well it is only important for sieging so just use the minimum, which would be the same number regardless of quality.

 

[Castellon]

Originally posted by Alerias
Yeah I see your point. I might go back some towards Quant, my russian infantery costs 10 ducats now.

As for lower attrition, having larger armies do not raise the supply limits of provinces right? Well that leads to attrition problems for me, unless what you guys do is typically have same size armies fielded anyway and just recruit all the time during the war thus winning the "attrition" war?

The way I was seeing it you were massing 100,000 soldier armies to outmatch smaller but better ones. Shrugs.

Money is not a problem with some countries though. Everyone says France rocks as quantity, but against the AI, umph... Its 1530 in my French Game, GC, I have all the east coast of the US and Canada colonized, beat the Spanish and the portugeuse out of america, got the indians out of central america, conquered india using early provinces there, and in Europe, I have Iberia vassalized, letting them colonize somewhere else before I annex, conquered England, the HRE, parts of the Balkans, all of Italy, and all west africa. Well, my point; I have maxed quality, im mostly naval for colonists, more towards free than serf, yet I pay strictly no attention to costs while recruiting, just manpower, which is plenty large either way. Of course im just on Hard so I dont have to deal with real BB wars...

Well France is one of the easiest nations to play, only a Newbie has a chance to screw up with them in SP.

 

[Castellon]

Originally posted by Bavarian King
Don't you just get fed up reading how good people are in terms of capturing huge slices of the map?

Based on what you say below, I think it is clear you are referring to my post above, about France. So I will take this opportunity to respond.

Its so easy to boast on a message board about how good you are, when there is no way to prove it! Also, not everyone has the time to play the game for hours every single day, thereby learning the game inside out. Whilst it can be important as part of a thread to talk about how you are doing, sometimes it is just such blatant boasting.

But there are ways to prove what kind of player you are.
Read some AARs People tell you right from the start what cheats if any they will be using, then you can see every move they make (depending on writing style). Also there is multi player games and multi player AARs. There is also posting of screen shots (this at least proves your editing skills ). Most telling is what the person says and how they say it. Once you are familiar with the game it becomes easier to tell who knows what they are talking about and who does not. Make your own mental list of who to trust.

The same applies in this post which is meant to be about the effects of winter.

As has been mentioned, playing as France is relatively easy due to the number of resources, although in a past game I played, France were totally annihilated. It is literally possible, within the different continents, for any nation to emerge dominant.

I think you will find that the concessus of the board is that France is the easiest nation to play. An experienced player will not have a problem with France. No matter what the AI does or does not do.

An unfortunate thing that seems to be mildly prevalent amongst some people on here is snobbishness against new/newer players. Remember, everyone starts off as a new player, and not everyone has time to learn a game inside out! I do try to myself, if its one I get involved in that is.

If anything I think this board is very welcoming of new members.
Welcome to the board and congrats on your first post!
SEE!
And just because you are a new member does not mean you are a new player, and visa versa.
NEWBIE is a term of endearment . It is not intended to be snobbish, as you rightly point out we were all newbies at one point. Also pay attention to any smilies in the post they are there for a reason and without them some posts may be misinterpreted.

Anyway, its an enjoyable game to play, and is interesting for the above mentioned fact, that a large nation such as France is not guaranteed to be successful. Also, that it is not necessarily down to the human player to influence this as the AI can cause many variations.

Well we can agree it is an enjoyable game but not with the rest of your statement. I would be very shocked to see Prof. E. lose a game where he played SP France, Especially 1492 Scenario. You see I did not even mention myself, so you cannot accuse me of boasting.

 

[Castellon]

Originally posted by DoctorPlague




Hehe, can't we just put them in randomly?
What the #¤%* does this one mean? --->

It is supposed to be embarrasment.
But it and are often confussed with certian other acts.

 

[Castellon]

Originally posted by Thanak


I think that England is even easier. You start with English and French culture, Henry and Bedford. Beating the french is pretty much a nobrainer in the 1419 scenario.

The problem with England is that it is an Island. This means it will not have a land connection to the capital from hardly any provinces. This impacts many game calculations from manpower to the cost of missionaries.