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[Giggles_Manically]

True.



No game has ever recreated what facing the Mongol hordes would have been like.

Although that was something in Medieval 2 total war.



Poor Russia always got torched.

[KnightofPhoenix]

Giggles_Manically wrote...
Poor Russia always got torched.

Ironically, the Vaegirs (who are based on Russia in the game) got owned badly by the Khergites. Annihilated even. The Nords and Khergits ganged up on them. The Vaegirs were actually a major power and they were able to defeat the Khergits before and they took one of their main cities. 

Then out of nowhere, Sanjar Khan (Khergit leader) personally led his army and not only took back what was his, but took 2 Vaegir cities! And just like that, one of the more powerful factions got reduced to a backwater and then eliminated when the Nords joined in.

So I think my paranoia is justified.

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 18 janvier 2011 - 03:07 .

[Giggles_Manically]

If it allowed for it, it really sounds like you need to start some fires in people's backyards right now.

[KnightofPhoenix]

Giggles_Manically wrote...

If it allowed for it, it really sounds like you need to start some fires in people's backyards right now.

That and secure my own backward.

But I am in a strong position and I do have 3 Khergit Lords in my faction. I can and will deal with them. Just when I get rid of the Rhodoks.

I just need the Khergits to sign a truce for a month now and I will wipe the Rhodoks from the face of the map. So I am being diplomatic and sending gifts. Hopefully it will work.

EDIT: if that doesn't work, then I will declare war on the Khergits, take one of their cities and force them to sign a 20 days truce.

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 18 janvier 2011 - 03:41 .

[Addai]

Better late than never, chapter 20 of The Arrangement.

Back to your regularly scheduled war room.  :happy:

[CalJones]

Hooray. A good chapter and worth the wait. (And my goodness there is too much talk of strategy games in this topic!)

[Costin_Razvan]

Knight: History shows us that whenever a nation expanded too aggressively then it's neighbors almost always teamed up to stomp it out.



As for letting that Marshal go, eh. I am always in favor of turning a defeated foe into a friend, though when dealing with the Fereldan nobility who wages wars over ****ing TREES then ye screw it.



Anyway, in my game of NTW I have crushed the last Prussian Army and taken their last city. Blucher somehow managed to mass an army overnight, but he was no match for Murat.











Now Spain is massing troops on my border, as are the Ottomans. The English have rebelled again and this time they have taken back London ( Ney was on a boat heading for Sweden with his army, but now I have to pull him back ).



Sigh...well to hell with all of them! I will raise another army in France to invade Spain, and I will send Davout there. Let's see how the feared Spaniards deal with the Iron Marshal. Meanwhile I will send a quarter of my army to invade Turkey while Napoleon and Murat push in Russia itself.

[DragonRacer13]

Sarah1281 wrote...

? Why would Alistair be 'not of woman born'? Even if you think his mom is Fiona, she's still a woman.

I think you misunderstood what he/she said. They said MacBeth was killed BY one that was not woman-born. I take that to mean, when in the context of Loghain or Alistair - with no DR, they are technically killed by one "not of woman born" when they slay the Archdemon... since they, in turn, are also killed upon that act.

That, or I totally misunderstood. Ashamed to say I haven't read MacBeth, so don't not what thing that was "not of woman born" killed him.

[Sarah1281]

That, or I totally misunderstood. Ashamed to say I haven't read MacBeth, so don't not what thing that was "not of woman born" killed him.

The man who killed Macbeth (Macduff) had been delivered via c-section.

[KnightofPhoenix]

@ Costin.
Will you invade Turkey via Egypt or through the Balkans?

In either case, please try to be nice with Syria
You can turn it into a protectorate.

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 18 janvier 2011 - 03:39 .

[Skadi_the_Evil_Elf]

Sarah1281 wrote...

That, or I totally misunderstood. Ashamed to say I haven't read MacBeth, so don't not what thing that was "not of woman born" killed him.

The man who killed Macbeth (Macduff) had been delivered via c-section.

Yes. Back then they only considered you "born by a woman" if you came directly out of your mother's...eh...you know. Otherwise, well, you weren't considered born in the normal sense.

[Giggles_Manically]

Flemeth is a bit like the three witches in Macbeth though.

[Addai]

Skadi_the_Evil_Elf wrote...

Sarah1281 wrote...

That, or I totally misunderstood. Ashamed to say I haven't read MacBeth, so don't not what thing that was "not of woman born" killed him.

The man who killed Macbeth (Macduff) had been delivered via c-section.

Yes. Back then they only considered you "born by a woman" if you came directly out of your mother's...eh...you know. Otherwise, well, you weren't considered born in the normal sense.

Skadi being... delicate?    The world must be ending!

[Skadi_the_Evil_Elf]

Addai67 wrote...

Skadi_the_Evil_Elf wrote...

Sarah1281 wrote...

That, or I totally misunderstood. Ashamed to say I haven't read MacBeth, so don't not what thing that was "not of woman born" killed him.

The man who killed Macbeth (Macduff) had been delivered via c-section.

Yes. Back then they only considered you "born by a woman" if you came directly out of your mother's...eh...you know. Otherwise, well, you weren't considered born in the normal sense.

Skadi being... delicate?    The world must be ending!

I know. The "Shameless perversity" region of my brain is still fighting off the efefcts of a week of flu-meds and fever.

[Costin_Razvan]

In Napoleon Total War there is only the European Theatre, so my only choice is to go through the Balkans or use my fleet or rather said my pathetic excuse for a fleet under Villeneuve, which won't work since they are:

a) No match in hell even for the Ottomans.
Holding the equally pathetic Russian Baltic fleet at bay.

It makes me wonder who was more idiotic back in the day: Villeneuve or Napoleon who did not hang him and gave Gravina full command of the allied fleets ( the only admiral who might have actually won against Nelson in battle ).

Anyway, so I freed Romania.



Then fought a massive battle against the bulk of the Ottoman forces in Iasi ( which confirms my suspicion they were planning to invade me ).









and a few turns later this my situation. I gave my southern Italian possessions to Spain to shut them the hell up and retook England for them rebels ( and they rebelled AGAIN, bloody bastards ).

Modifié par Costin_Razvan, 18 janvier 2011 - 05:23 .

[CalJones]

Right boys, if you keep posting boring strategy images, I'm going to post this.

[Giggles_Manically]

[Addai]

Yikes!! That's torturing all of us. Loghain and Alistair most especially. LOL

[KnightofPhoenix]

What do you think is more on topic. This or strategy?

You girls had your fun, now let us have ours


So I finally got rid of the Rhoddoks!

The Khergit Khanate declared war on me (unprovoked, I was trying to be diplomatic. Perhaps it perceived my overtures as a sign of weakness). I quickly managed to take a city from them, but then Sanjar Khan himself led a huge cavalry force to face me. I was outnumbered almost 3 to 1 (they were 2500 or so). I should have lost really, but the main advantage I had was morale. For some reason, Khergite morale was very low and that made their units more susceptible to route and flee. Their mass cavalry proved unable to break my heavy infantry and heavy cavalry and many of them routed (my archers also proved quite devastating).

Still, I sustained very heavy casualties and lo and behold, the Rhoddoks declare war and marched on my city of Praven. I was able to take a Khergit fort, but after sustaining too much casualties, I knew I couldn't fight a two front war. I had two options, either punish the Khergits more and prevent them from licking their wounds, or wipe out the Rhoddoks and stabilize my south-western front forever. I chose the latter. I quickly sued for peace with the Khergits.

Then I rode to save Praven from the siege, a la Rohan (thank God I had the foresight to heavily invest in speed). It had been a while since I played a defensive siege battle, but this one was the most epic. 1400 Rhoddoks, led by their King, vs 700-800 of Naserites.

They sustained heavy casualties and were forced to withdraw, but I pursued and crushed all survivors outside of Praven. But I lost almost 1/3 of my men. Still, it was an opportunity I could not miss, so we marched on the remaining Rhoddoks, rode past their forts and to their city of Yalen and we took it over. I had to force Rhoddok villagers to give me all their food as I was almost out of supplies and I did not want to waste time and go back to one of my cities to resupply. I was merciful, I could have looted and massacred them. After that, we mopped up the survivors and took their last forts. The Rhoddoks have been eliminated, but at quite a large cost. Still, the casualties I suffered were not so big compared to what the Khergits and Rhoddoks suffered.

Here's the map with the new changes.



The circles are the cities and castles I took. The crosses are the two major battles in this war. One near Narra, where I faced Sanjar Khan himself. And the second one is the defense of Praven, against King Graveth.

With my backside secure, now I can finally unleash my wrath on the Khergits and Nords. Now I know how to fight and defeat the Khergits properly. Their initial charge is scary, but with heavy infantry, it's like water on stone. Especially after I already weaken their charge with a charge of my heavy cavalry first.

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 18 janvier 2011 - 11:04 .

[Graspiloot]

Can you tell me what game that is KoP?

It looks interesting

[KnightofPhoenix]

Graspiloot wrote...

Can you tell me what game that is KoP?
It looks interesting

Mount & Blade: Warband.

It is interesting and it's a genre new to me (despite having wanted to play something similar for years).
I am actually not sure what genre it is. A mix of RPG and strategy.

[Giggles_Manically]

Now it looks like the game is going well for you KoP.



Unless the other three sides go against you that is.



Didnt you start working for the yellow nation though?

[Skadi_the_Evil_Elf]

CalJones wrote...

Right boys, if you keep posting boring strategy images, I'm going to post this.

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wub:

[KnightofPhoenix]

Giggles_Manically wrote...

Now it looks like the game is going well for you KoP.

Unless the other three sides go against you that is.

Didnt you start working for the yellow nation though?

Let them. They are all next to each other. I don't have to worry about riding miles to defend my backside.

And yes, I started working for the Sarranid Sultanate and at one point, it was actually the most poweful faction in the game and easily had the largest empire. But then it got a bit fatigued and I convinced its Sultan to declare war on several factions, just so I'd use the opportunity to secede (I had one city and by extension all the villages surrounding it even if they were assigned to others, and a castle). After doing so, I took two cities from them, Veluca and Uxxhal (west of my city of Dhirim, the Sultanate streched that far). 

I am making diplomatic overtures with the Sarranids and Nords though. Better to play divide and conquer.

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 18 janvier 2011 - 11:10 .

[Giggles_Manically]

Plus you ran off with his daughter too right?

That probably stung the most.