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Post by AlterFritz on May 9, 2020 16:57:50 GMT
I did Serbia 1914 btw (53 turns - campaign IX tech, 5 heavily invested generals). I have screens but I don't know how to load them here, I'm kinda new to this forum. I think this conquests is easier on challenge than in normal mode since you have a lot of starting troops + a fort. It still neeeded luck and technique in the First 5 turns: - declare war on Bulgaria turn 1. You can take Sofia at turn 2 if you're lucky (Bulgaria has to spawn a mortar and let the city unguarded, and you have to hope victory rush triggers. Happens like 30% of the time). I had heavily invested plumer + ivanov as general - on turn 1, build industrial area on belgrade and don't spawn any troop. This way, you Will get to 240 tech on turn 2. On turn 2, let the city unguarded again (it won't fall if you take down Bulgaria), and build a large Fort. - on turn 3, declare war to Turkey and start attacking Instanbul fort. It can fall in 2 turn since you have 2 artillery generals to storm it, while one of your cavalry generals defends Sofia and the other attacks Turkish cavalry preventing it from moving and freeing space for further ottoman spawn. Russian navy Will destroy Instabul defenses on turns 3-4 for you. Sacrifice 2 mediocre infantry generals on militia on turns 3 and 4 to defend belgrade and your large fort in construction. On turn 5, you can finally take Instanbul. You now have a decent economy, 2 forts guarding Belgrade, and 4 healthy generals on good units. From then on it's completely feasible: you can defend the balkans with militia + Fort spam while you expand in Austria with Italian help using your generals. You will have to prioritize militia spawn on the balkans over everything else for a long time. I took Vienna on turn 16 and Berlin on turn 27. The second half of the conquest was a long and uninteresting war against ottomans in Russia and Turkey. Happy first official post here, when you reply, theres a button in the top-right corner says add image to post. For mobile phone imgbb.com is quite useful. |
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Post by krobbi on May 9, 2020 16:58:58 GMT
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on May 10, 2020 13:54:50 GMT
krobbi , strangely when I tried your strategy none of my generals survived the onslaught, and jackson was left to hold two crumbling fronts at once. This was even after I splurged 20 medpacks to keep my generals alive (and they died oops) 
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on May 10, 2020 13:56:16 GMT
How do I prevent my generals from being wiped out while attacking Constantinople? That was where Stepanovic, Putnik and Beseler died for me. Jackson was defending Sofia so he was the only one left to take the city
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Post by AlterFritz on May 10, 2020 15:04:01 GMT
Oh and I did Cuba in 29 turns for 1861 challenge, just wondering if its troubling anyone else before I share my guide haha Could you make a guide with screens? |
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Post by Navia Lanoira on May 10, 2020 16:35:10 GMT
Oh and I did Cuba in 29 turns for 1861 challenge, just wondering if its troubling anyone else before I share my guide haha Could you make a guide with screens? , time to guide  |
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Post by Navia Lanoira on May 10, 2020 16:36:40 GMT
Fun fact: the when he finished the conquest, it is in oct 1918, where the ww1 ends. |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on May 11, 2020 4:38:05 GMT
Oh and I did Cuba in 29 turns for 1861 challenge, just wondering if its troubling anyone else before I share my guide haha Could you make a guide with screens? hehe sure, will send by today. |
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Post by kanue on May 11, 2020 13:56:46 GMT
krobbi , you tactic works pretty well !!! It was quite a grand debut of you for posting a guide for Serbia 1914 Challenge as your first activity on this forum. And, yes, like you say, Serbia 1914 Challenge actually turn out to be easier than the normal one. I guess a guide can only be as far as you already mentioned because anything after that will be very different from one conquest to another.
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on May 12, 2020 2:26:49 GMT
krobbi , you tactic works pretty well !!! It was quite a grand debut of you for posting a guide for Serbia 1914 Challenge as your first activity on this forum. And, yes, like you say, Serbia 1914 Challenge actually turn out to be easier than the normal one. I guess a guide can only be as far as you already mentioned because anything after that will be very different from one conquest to another. It works? Oof how? I'm sure I'm doing something wrong if the guide works for someone else... |
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Post by kanue on May 12, 2020 9:38:22 GMT
krobbi , you tactic works pretty well !!! It was quite a grand debut of you for posting a guide for Serbia 1914 Challenge as your first activity on this forum. And, yes, like you say, Serbia 1914 Challenge actually turn out to be easier than the normal one. I guess a guide can only be as far as you already mentioned because anything after that will be very different from one conquest to another. It works? Oof how? I'm sure I'm doing something wrong if the guide works for someone else... I was just luckier than you. Even if you do things neatly, luck still plays a big part. Nevertheless, without this guide, I would not even have thought about trying this conquest because the normal one is already a madness. Here's what I can share. Defeating Bulgaria in turn 2 is a must but capturing Istanbul as fast as you can (say turn 5, as mentioned in the guide) is also crucial for preventing Ottoman armies from overwhelming you. So this is another piece of luck because you need to rely on the Russian fleet. My suggestions on defending Istanbul are 1) Build a new large fort on the same place of the old one 2) Have at least one artillery (w/wo general) to weaken land troop that tries to cross the channel 3) Do not kill the weakened troops around Istanbul because their attack stat is greatly reduced so they just help blocking newer troops from getting close to Istanbul while doing little damage themselves. Other things, try changing items around for specific situation. For example, At the beginning, stack +gen ability items on Beseler at the beginning because you need firepower for taken out Bulgaria and Istanbul. Then stack +def/HP items on the sacrificed infantry gen on militia in Belgrade, and double med-wagon (+60 HP per turn !!!) on you cavalry gen who fights the AustroHungarian around Belgrade. |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on May 12, 2020 11:54:45 GMT
It works? Oof how? I'm sure I'm doing something wrong if the guide works for someone else... I was just luckier than you. Even if you do things neatly, luck still plays a big part. Nevertheless, without this guide, I would not even have thought about trying this conquest because the normal one is already a madness. Here's what I can share. Defeating Bulgaria in turn 2 is a must but capturing Istanbul as fast as you can (say turn 5, as mentioned in the guide) is also crucial for preventing Ottoman armies from overwhelming you. So this is another piece of luck because you need to rely on the Russian fleet. My suggestions on defending Istanbul are 1) Build a new large fort on the same place of the old one 2) Have at least one artillery (w/wo general) to weaken land troop that tries to cross the channel 3) Do not kill the weakened troops around Istanbul because their attack stat is greatly reduced so they just help blocking newer troops from getting close to Istanbul while doing little damage themselves. Other things, try changing items around for specific situation. For example, At the beginning, stack +gen ability items on Beseler at the beginning because you need firepower for taken out Bulgaria and Istanbul. Then stack +def/HP items on the sacrificed infantry gen on militia in Belgrade, and double med-wagon (+60 HP per turn !!!) on you cavalry gen who fights the AustroHungarian around Belgrade. hmm looks like I have to ensure a fast capture of Costantinople then, unlike what I previously experienced. Thanks! |
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Post by Justin on May 15, 2020 3:48:37 GMT
Oh and I did Cuba in 29 turns for 1861 challenge, just wondering if its troubling anyone else before I share my guide haha BS. Please post your guide |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on May 15, 2020 9:13:43 GMT
Oh and I did Cuba in 29 turns for 1861 challenge, just wondering if its troubling anyone else before I share my guide haha BS. Please post your guide oops sorry, will post now. Forgot to |
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Post by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr on May 15, 2020 9:26:05 GMT
 ^easiest 1861 challenge conquest. Peru is much much harder, but its still a whole lot easier than Greece/Portugal 1865, without even mentioning tribal union 1914 or moroco 1917  
Basically just dismiss one of the starting generals for more income (if not you wont be getting any due to overpopulation). I placed Beseler, Jackson and Hipper on the given units. Capture Richmond, and the confederates are basically ruined. You may want to bribe Spain/Iroquoi/Canada/UK out early in the game, and bribe Mexico in early too. After the Confederates are defeated handling the British/Canadian spam might be daunting, but its very light as compared to other conquests. When you destroy the spam, it should be a smooth path from here. |
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