Hello, fellow players.
This is a boast and yet still, it´s a voicing of my uncertainty. I am pretty unsure what it is, really. Where should I begin? From the start perhaps?
Okay, this is how it goes: I started the Americas campaign on VH/VH with the full intent of making it extremely hard and a fight for survival on every turn with my savage Apacheans. The campaign startet out really dull - the races for the the center of the villages, utterly crushing them with more fighters than they had. No roads, long travel times. When I met the first few factions, it was always the same. Due to the campaign on VH settings, they agree to trade rights and declared war on me ( as planned ) a few turns later. Nothing new. I accepted no marriages ( since there were only proposals for the wrong bloodline - my leader died and his only son took over, but none if his daughters were proposed. ), no adoptions, etc. when suddenly the Taracans attacked me at a bad time. They killed my chieftains only son. In a cry for revenge I marched him south, capturing, conquering, slaying and executing every single one of those yellow+%#*%%*#$. Ended up with a 10-18 command rating ( great warrior, legendary commander, etc. all the fluff stuff ) and a 10 point dread rating. Just the mere looks of him caused whole armies to go stale.
I was SEVERELY outnumbered in every single fight - i attacked at night, I took down tarascans armies in the thousands. Eagle warriors and even the MAquaihuaitls (2 handed club thingies ) elite troops were no match for my apachean braves. My people knew - if they´d run, the worst thing was behind them, not in front. I lost 200 people whilst slaying 2000 in every fight for every turn in about a dozen consecutive rounds.
I was so overconfident, I even attacked a bridge - there were CLIFFS on the other side, with archers on top of it and eagle warriors holding the bridge - I took it with a 5 to 1 kill ratio in MY favour.
Yet... the downside. It does not feel like an accomplishment. In MED 1 when I vanquished a far superior force, it felt glorious. Reinforcements arriving at the battlefield - mayhem - routing and regrouping - falling back on the supply lines - change of formations - the battle for higher ground - flanking and faking - and finally the winning blow.
Yet, in my campaign I only win by the enemy being - handicapped?
- Eagle warriors charging - stopping - and then marching in front of my braves to the unit on the other side of my lines and finally routing, due to the number of casualties taken.
- Archers walking in the range of my bows - only to walk some more. Then loosening the formation - loosing 60 men - reloading - and finally routing before even firing a shot.
- Enemies taking the direct route. Not because it is the only route, but because it is the shortest - even if it leads up the steep way instead of the slow rolling hills on my left flank.
- The french conquerers being slain in ratio 2 to 1 in MY favour, due to the stupidity of their defensive setup. Seriously - the musquets are a joke. And crossbows? Dude, laughable. Hide behind some trees and even the cavalry is a mere joke.
- My archers in firing range of the enemy archers on the same altitude level, yet the enemy archers do not respond. - this happened at the bridge battle. I fired dozens of volleys from 5 or 6 units before taking the bridge - 8 seconds before the time was over.
So, I do not know. Am I the best singleplayer general the world has ever seen? Or do I suck and only win by bug abusing? HAve you made similiar experiences?
I know, multiplayer has quite another feel, yet - multiplayer battles are not quite the thing for me.
I´d seriously like some recommendations from you seasoned Total war veterans: What is it you do, to make it challenging? I already considered my rules iron. Iron to the point of my faction being on the brink of extinction every round ( my leader was 58 years old, when I finally accepted a marriage. ) Having to fight with just on general most of the time was challenging as well - yet even in captain vs captain battle, there is no real danger of loosing the battle. Medicine men to the front ( nearly unroutable ), braves second throwing spears, and dogs and koitsenkos decimating the enemy - a clear win. Just need to remember to turn off skirmishing for the archers. ;)
Ok, that´s it. I hope that wall of text hasn´t demotivated you.
Have a nice day.
This is a boast and yet still, it´s a voicing of my uncertainty. I am pretty unsure what it is, really. Where should I begin? From the start perhaps?
Okay, this is how it goes: I started the Americas campaign on VH/VH with the full intent of making it extremely hard and a fight for survival on every turn with my savage Apacheans. The campaign startet out really dull - the races for the the center of the villages, utterly crushing them with more fighters than they had. No roads, long travel times. When I met the first few factions, it was always the same. Due to the campaign on VH settings, they agree to trade rights and declared war on me ( as planned ) a few turns later. Nothing new. I accepted no marriages ( since there were only proposals for the wrong bloodline - my leader died and his only son took over, but none if his daughters were proposed. ), no adoptions, etc. when suddenly the Taracans attacked me at a bad time. They killed my chieftains only son. In a cry for revenge I marched him south, capturing, conquering, slaying and executing every single one of those yellow+%#*%%*#$. Ended up with a 10-18 command rating ( great warrior, legendary commander, etc. all the fluff stuff ) and a 10 point dread rating. Just the mere looks of him caused whole armies to go stale.
I was SEVERELY outnumbered in every single fight - i attacked at night, I took down tarascans armies in the thousands. Eagle warriors and even the MAquaihuaitls (2 handed club thingies ) elite troops were no match for my apachean braves. My people knew - if they´d run, the worst thing was behind them, not in front. I lost 200 people whilst slaying 2000 in every fight for every turn in about a dozen consecutive rounds.
I was so overconfident, I even attacked a bridge - there were CLIFFS on the other side, with archers on top of it and eagle warriors holding the bridge - I took it with a 5 to 1 kill ratio in MY favour.
Yet... the downside. It does not feel like an accomplishment. In MED 1 when I vanquished a far superior force, it felt glorious. Reinforcements arriving at the battlefield - mayhem - routing and regrouping - falling back on the supply lines - change of formations - the battle for higher ground - flanking and faking - and finally the winning blow.
Yet, in my campaign I only win by the enemy being - handicapped?
- Eagle warriors charging - stopping - and then marching in front of my braves to the unit on the other side of my lines and finally routing, due to the number of casualties taken.
- Archers walking in the range of my bows - only to walk some more. Then loosening the formation - loosing 60 men - reloading - and finally routing before even firing a shot.
- Enemies taking the direct route. Not because it is the only route, but because it is the shortest - even if it leads up the steep way instead of the slow rolling hills on my left flank.
- The french conquerers being slain in ratio 2 to 1 in MY favour, due to the stupidity of their defensive setup. Seriously - the musquets are a joke. And crossbows? Dude, laughable. Hide behind some trees and even the cavalry is a mere joke.
- My archers in firing range of the enemy archers on the same altitude level, yet the enemy archers do not respond. - this happened at the bridge battle. I fired dozens of volleys from 5 or 6 units before taking the bridge - 8 seconds before the time was over.
So, I do not know. Am I the best singleplayer general the world has ever seen? Or do I suck and only win by bug abusing? HAve you made similiar experiences?
I know, multiplayer has quite another feel, yet - multiplayer battles are not quite the thing for me.
I´d seriously like some recommendations from you seasoned Total war veterans: What is it you do, to make it challenging? I already considered my rules iron. Iron to the point of my faction being on the brink of extinction every round ( my leader was 58 years old, when I finally accepted a marriage. ) Having to fight with just on general most of the time was challenging as well - yet even in captain vs captain battle, there is no real danger of loosing the battle. Medicine men to the front ( nearly unroutable ), braves second throwing spears, and dogs and koitsenkos decimating the enemy - a clear win. Just need to remember to turn off skirmishing for the archers. ;)
Ok, that´s it. I hope that wall of text hasn´t demotivated you.
Have a nice day.
