Originally Posted by
Lance Runolfsson
Axalon I really enjoyed this thread. I am not a really good player but it inspired me to try something different to see how fast I could go with the Danes.
That's great man! I certainly hoped for that as I wrote my first posts here. Anyways, trying new stuff and things can be very interesting at times. This thread and its forwarded results show that. I mean it has definitely changed
my views on MTW (more then once actually), and especially so with the raw game, but also regarding my own mod/project Redux as well... I will happily admit that I
initially had serious motives of investigation, reference and experiments in mind - at first - but eventually all this ended up as sheer frivolous sport after my “HRE-run”. It was very hard for me to take it seriously after that…
Originally Posted by
Lance Runolfsson
I assume that you fight a lot of low odds tactical battles every turn to get the expansion rates you do?
Yup, I had fight plenty of tough fights (and I have lost a bunch too, due to not having enough and/or right troops available) with the Danes - actually that goes for any faction that played these express/turbo-games on. Not that I have done that many - its about 5-6 games in total maybe. I only did 3 games with "Valer-rules". So most (or all?) of them have been posted here. In the case of the Danes, French and Byzantines it was the first time I have ever played them. I have played the HRE some 2-3 times before, prior to this experiment...
I think much of my success is due to that I have played "muchos" MTW, and for a long time. I know fairly well what each troop can endure in battle before they break and flee. I have also played tons of Redux which is much harder all over in comparison. You (eventually) adjust to that (harder environment), and once you go back to Raw-MTW (for whatever reason) then basically everything is easy. At least for me.
Originally Posted by
Lance Runolfsson
and must be putting down rebellions left and right if you don't use peasants for garrisons?
I usually relied on towers (and borderfort) more then anything... Whenever I could get my hands on spies, I used them too... I basically can't waste precious troops for garrisons! I have no time or resources for that essentially, I need them (the troops) to fight on!
Originally Posted by
Lance Runolfsson
it is very hard to build anything.
This is true... I rarely have enough cash to build like I want in these turbo-games... Its hard to avoid...
Originally Posted by
Lance Runolfsson
Oh and! Currious as to what type of troop mix you were running with the Danes? I was running just Vikings and Thralls the Bowmen don't seem to do much compared to Shogun. But I was sad I did not build some Horsemen later on.
For the Danes I used mostly viking-units. Using the "Valer-rules" I would have now thrown in some spearmen for additional numbers. Also, once I get enough eastward I try to build some steppe cavalry, as they are very useful in these extreme games.