Part 15: Turn 12b: Finishing that huge update
Update 12b: Finishing that huge updateWe start off with sieges!
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Countess.
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Countess again
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You are god damn right.
This is where things went to shit for a bit. Moving armies halfway across the map takes a lot of time, so I've got no backup at the Bishops side yet.
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I tried to lure them into the swamp, but got my ass kicked anyway.
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But at least he didn't break the siege... yet!
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I think this is one of the Countess' I am unsure at this point. It was a haze of sieges.
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Around this time I realized I can screenshot the above image and know exactly where everything is! This is dead center. Also I realized my morale is complete shit and I'm probably going to start losing armies.
On a side note, I checked this army after the siege and they have GREAT morale. Except when they siege, then it turns to shit.
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Setting it up.
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Here you can see the army movement of mine. I've been making armies and hiring mercenaries, combining them, and then marching for the top. I don't need half this many armies, but it's fun to win by a lot.
Invincible Knight time!
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This will be tricky. 200 peasants against 20? I will really need good hit and run tactics, or a mud pit to survive.
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God damnit. It's crossbows and axes. I'm fucked. Say goodbye to the Knights
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They still had better than a 1:1 kill ratio! They will be avenged.
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Trying to break the Baron.
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And the Countess in the middle.
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The Earl's farewell message.
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I'm popular!
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The large army from the Baron that just took out my 200 archers attempts to break the siege.
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He has archers below this screenshot that are hammering my swordsmen.
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Operation "kill the archers" commences. Notice how close his army is from reaching my archers. I really screwed that up. I should have pushed forward some more.
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He closes with my archers in some spots.
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My swordsmen finally reach the enemy archers and make short work of them.
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This will set the siege back some....
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Maybe not! The castle comes down!
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I prepare more engines for the Countess.
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See what I mean? The men are terribly pissed off when they siege, but have GREAT morale otherwise. Except for that "the men are uneasy" comment... Damnit.
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Black team go!
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Remember these assholes? My knights will be avenged!
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The axes never reach me, and now it's a war of archers vs xbows.
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Archers have more range, I need to get closer.
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And now it begins in earnest. Note that his men are twice as happy as mine.
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Go crossbows, go!
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Oh god damnit.
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Wait! Yay!
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Vengence is barely mine!
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Best of all? The siege wasn't touched. That was a bullshit army of crossbows I'd been running up the map with.
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Countess, top left of the map. Her starting county I believe. I storm an unfinished castle and see 25 troops.
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They broke and ran immediately after the archers opened up on them.
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The map as it stands now. You can see I just took top right from Countess, and there are two counties that don't have
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Go go gadget armies!