Their gunpowder armies are useless at defending cities against militia, as long as you send in the militia to take the buildings and then send in professional soldiers to shoot at the defenders. I don't know why people don't want to invade France or Spain, however. I know the AI doesn't usually think like a guerrilla soldier, but I don't want them to have the opportunity to use my own tactics against me. I don't often invade Prussia, as they can train a lot of soldiers and move them around their territories quickly. Then the defenders fire their ammunition, and engage in melee combat in the streets as your elite infantry approaches. You've not seen anything in the game until there are over a thousand soldiers firing at their enemy as they march against their defences, as a barrage of artillery destroys most of the city and many of the defenders. Even with my best infantry, backed by Ferguson Riflemen, it takes a lot to break the morale of their Siberian troops. The distances are vast, and their armies are large, and always seem to gather around their important cities. The faction that makes me want to be able to exterminate the settlement is Russia. I've never been attacked so tenaciously by the AI before but Courland did it. In fact, I'm not even sure how I did win it because I didn't have the firelock units to use this time. Still the same turn I am attacked AGAIN! This time with about 3/4 of a stack of units I already beat the dog-doo out of the first 2 times. not the firelock units) have been brutalized. I win again but now the units that were garrisoned there otherwise (i.e. I still have the firelock civilians so I'm a bit concerend but not overly so. The same turn they hit me again with another half stack. I win that fight, took a bit of a pounding on my regular units though but not too badly. The battle was about a half stack for them and the same for me but that's including 3 or 4 firelock civiian uints. When I was recently playing as Sweden I had that province just to the east of Courland when they attacked me but the city was fortified (I can't remember if it starts that way or not but by the time I was attacked it was). In the indian theater none so far, mughals have dwindled thanks to Maratha and Marathas are weak thanks to my French forces.įor me it's Courland as well. They can be pretty wild and hard to control especially in battle in north America i choose to have 2 full stack armies for that theater and im always outnumbered when im trying to slowly recapture these lands. In the American theater (same GC) I fear Cherokee nations thats IF they take many regions like in my GC they've taken regions, Texas, New Mexico, Panama and both Louisiana's and Florida. Now i try to avoid Prussia and Austria since its a waste of time. Sometimes i lose the battles and when i try to counter attack with another large army i just can't seem to break through and vice versa. The ratio is pretty even so both sides can expect many losses and no clear winner. We often had many territorial standoffs but once we get into battle with my full stack s on. When playing France VH/VH I had shared my border with Austria and Prussia who are very annoying. I saved my artillery, but the cavalry charged their course and smashed into the rear of some elite infantry of mine and broke the spirit of my army when that unit routed. Sheer numbers aside, during the battle with the Inuits they used a smart combination of melee infantry charges, with arrows and artillery raining down on my lines, and cavalry that made a looping run around into my rear area. They sent a full army at me, plus reinforcements. Laugh if you wish, but I built an army on Newfoundland and landed it on Inuit terrain fully expecting trouble and getting more than I bargained for. The other faction that has earned my respect is the Inuit Nations. I now have a distinct respect for pirates. A similar invasion on another pirate island yielded similar results, this time against mostly musket troops. I underestimated the forces I would face, and was cut to pieces. My first incursion onto pirate territory ended in disaster when giant mobs of pirates swarmed out to greet my army. The only two factions that has done this to me to date, are the pirates (on land) and the Inuit Nations. Is there a faction that sends a chill down your spine when you realize who you are fighting? Is there a faction that you hate to fight?
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