Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 20:50:34 GMT
Sided with Rome in the conflict against Han, this tiny country at the east will face Han forces the first turn. It's quite a difficult conquest, although not because of being hard to beat but rather how tedious it can become if Rome decided to flip a coin and got "have the gauls recreate the sack of Rome circa 2021", and you have to save them by capturing every single city they have lost+cities in Gaul. Of course, that is assuming you play actively and not have your allies in the east lose as well. So here's a guide on how to conquer Han and it's allies, along with a hyperaggressive strategy that makes playing Albania a lot more tolerable.
As Albania, you are given a measly city with just an Albanian cavalry general as a start. He's quite good tho and can pull his own weight so no worries. Playing passively is fine in conquest, but not this one, as the Han would start sending units to siege the city. You have 2 choices of approach here:either send the Albanian general south to help conquer parthia, or send him north to assist in defeating the Han. There's also the choice of leaving him and letting him deal with the Han units, as long as it's temporary and send him somewhere else.
As for bribes, just bribe Dacia and declare war against Boii. This makes It so the Romans can concentrate on Boii and not have Dacia separate their forces. Then bribe sugambri later.
The general strategy is to send a cavalry general or 2 against parthia, and the others against Han. The difficulty lies in the Han, and the thing to keep in mind is to avoid major cities and go for minor ones, unless the major city is you defended and you are confident that you can take it in one turn. Losing some cities is fine if you can't defend them, as your goal is to disrupt the Han so that Armenia and friends can have some breathing room. Don't give cities for free if you can afford it tho. For parthia, protect the cities at all cost, as you want to crush Parthia as soon as possible, so your allies can start marching towards Gaul.
For the hyperaggressive strategy, you need to have a few things to be able to pull it off. It's either your own general made into a cavalry general with March at lvl 5 with an item that gives 3 movement, or any general, preferably a cavalry general, that has March lvl 5 and 2 items that give a total of 6 movement. There's a reason for that, and the reason is to capture a major Han city turn 2.
Turn one is to send the Albanian general north. Then build a stable to build a light cavalry. Then place your cav general on it. Bribe Dacia, declare war on Boii. Then force March the Albanian General towards the nearest Han city.
Also, here's the reason why mobility is needed for the strat:
Turn 2,enemy cavalry attacks the stable. All you need to do is to attack the enemy city, use destroy on it, force March on the cavalry General, and let the Albanian cav Gen capture the city. Also, bribe sugambri(do keep in mind that by adding a legion to your cavalry Gen, it would tip the belligerence to aggressive, making the bribe 15 silvers cheaper. Not game breaking, but still saves some resources)
Turn 3 is when you March northward with your cavalry general and by using force March, reach the small city in the north and destroy it. Your Albanian cav gen can either go south to Parthia, March north with your cab Gen, assist the Armenians, or defend the newly conquered city. While this is going in, either build another light cavalry for another cavalty general to attack parthia, or just protect the military camp with an auxiliary unit and upgrade it, as the annoying cavalry from Han would be harassing your base at this point.
Afterwards, it's just a matter of taking the small cities, and preparing some defenses with your captured cities. You can either upgrade military camps for elite units to place your generals on, or just capture major cities later on and then do that. It's fine if you lose the first city you captured, just don't make it easy for the Han.
Just a visual summary of recommended route for your cavalry general. The other cities you can capture with other generals or units, or even let your allies capture them, but it would take a while if you do so.
Of course, you don't need to follow the hyperaggressive strategy, what needs to be followed tho is the general strategy. I haven't mentioned others ways to go about bribing enemies and the neutral countries, but I don't think it's too important in the grand scheme of things.
As Albania, you are given a measly city with just an Albanian cavalry general as a start. He's quite good tho and can pull his own weight so no worries. Playing passively is fine in conquest, but not this one, as the Han would start sending units to siege the city. You have 2 choices of approach here:either send the Albanian general south to help conquer parthia, or send him north to assist in defeating the Han. There's also the choice of leaving him and letting him deal with the Han units, as long as it's temporary and send him somewhere else.
As for bribes, just bribe Dacia and declare war against Boii. This makes It so the Romans can concentrate on Boii and not have Dacia separate their forces. Then bribe sugambri later.
The general strategy is to send a cavalry general or 2 against parthia, and the others against Han. The difficulty lies in the Han, and the thing to keep in mind is to avoid major cities and go for minor ones, unless the major city is you defended and you are confident that you can take it in one turn. Losing some cities is fine if you can't defend them, as your goal is to disrupt the Han so that Armenia and friends can have some breathing room. Don't give cities for free if you can afford it tho. For parthia, protect the cities at all cost, as you want to crush Parthia as soon as possible, so your allies can start marching towards Gaul.
For the hyperaggressive strategy, you need to have a few things to be able to pull it off. It's either your own general made into a cavalry general with March at lvl 5 with an item that gives 3 movement, or any general, preferably a cavalry general, that has March lvl 5 and 2 items that give a total of 6 movement. There's a reason for that, and the reason is to capture a major Han city turn 2.
Turn one is to send the Albanian general north. Then build a stable to build a light cavalry. Then place your cav general on it. Bribe Dacia, declare war on Boii. Then force March the Albanian General towards the nearest Han city.
Also, here's the reason why mobility is needed for the strat:
Turn 2,enemy cavalry attacks the stable. All you need to do is to attack the enemy city, use destroy on it, force March on the cavalry General, and let the Albanian cav Gen capture the city. Also, bribe sugambri(do keep in mind that by adding a legion to your cavalry Gen, it would tip the belligerence to aggressive, making the bribe 15 silvers cheaper. Not game breaking, but still saves some resources)
Turn 3 is when you March northward with your cavalry general and by using force March, reach the small city in the north and destroy it. Your Albanian cav gen can either go south to Parthia, March north with your cab Gen, assist the Armenians, or defend the newly conquered city. While this is going in, either build another light cavalry for another cavalty general to attack parthia, or just protect the military camp with an auxiliary unit and upgrade it, as the annoying cavalry from Han would be harassing your base at this point.
Afterwards, it's just a matter of taking the small cities, and preparing some defenses with your captured cities. You can either upgrade military camps for elite units to place your generals on, or just capture major cities later on and then do that. It's fine if you lose the first city you captured, just don't make it easy for the Han.
Just a visual summary of recommended route for your cavalry general. The other cities you can capture with other generals or units, or even let your allies capture them, but it would take a while if you do so.
Of course, you don't need to follow the hyperaggressive strategy, what needs to be followed tho is the general strategy. I haven't mentioned others ways to go about bribing enemies and the neutral countries, but I don't think it's too important in the grand scheme of things.
