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Post by Boss Tweed on Sept 26, 2022 20:38:07 GMT
Stuck in this level. Enemy takes no time to kill and get the last key city and I can't reach the other two yellow targets in time (don't know what they do anyways)
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Post by kingbutawl on Sept 28, 2022 5:44:56 GMT
Be sure to arrive near the city with 2 archer generals and the old bearded Turk as fast as possible (around 3 turns). Use Pasha as a meat shield  You’ll find a legion with 2 charge and 1 bow, dismantle the chargers and give it 2 camels in the nearby castle, then deploy Timur. Do the same with the other left archer legion, deploying El CID or others (Subutai). The rest is all about holding the city. I didn’t try taking the yellow circles because it was too much of a distraction considering my limited resources. P.S. Remember to deploy Iustinian and Theodora since the beginning, because you’ll need those resources they offer. |
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Post by Boss Tweed on Sept 28, 2022 13:44:31 GMT
Be sure to arrive near the city with 2 archer generals and the old bearded Turk as fast as possible (around 3 turns). Use Pasha as a meat shield You’ll find a legion with 2 charge and 1 bow, dismantle the chargers and give it 2 camels in the nearby castle, then deploy Timur. Do the same with the other left archer legion, deploying El CID or others (Subutai). The rest is all about holding the city. I didn’t try taking the yellow circles because it was too much of a distraction considering my limited resources. P.S. Remember to deploy Iustinian and Theodora since the beginning, because you’ll need those resources they offer. Beat this without using Justinian-Theodora. Mostly just used Fred to give units to Timur to speed up his arrival and to use him as a meat shield. |
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Post by Ralyks on Oct 1, 2022 14:18:36 GMT
Holy smokes, this one is hard.
Its not that the key city falls unless you fully protect it by turn 5, but there's three big drawbacks.
You start quite far, with your deployable squads only appearing on turn two, and on the furthest part, meaning they wont be near at all.
You are only given 5 transport ships, and you have to transport literally all of your troops over the straight. Meaning, you'll have to spend gear points to get caravels and raider ships (cheapest, as there will be no naval combat) to then reequip with whatever you want, leaving few spare tec.
And ofc the city is defended by a weak archer general, that uses Varangian guards. And you cant use drums on him, because its IA controlled. On the first attempt, he didn't add new troops to his squad because IA decided it was better to use those resources to produce some troops on the castle behind. On the second attempt, Theodore slipped through me and finished him.
I could not imagine the frustration of this mission if you didnt raise Varangian, because I think those will be 1-shotted by the enemy lvl 16 troops (that include a few varangians as well).
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Post by Boss Tweed on Oct 2, 2022 3:27:34 GMT
Holy smokes, this one is hard. Its not that the key city falls unless you fully protect it by turn 5, but there's three big drawbacks. You start quite far, with your deployable squads only appearing on turn two, and on the furthest part, meaning they wont be near at all. You are only given 5 transport ships, and you have to transport literally all of your troops over the straight. Meaning, you'll have to spend gear points to get caravels and raider ships (cheapest, as there will be no naval combat) to then reequip with whatever you want, leaving few spare tec. And ofc the city is defended by a weak archer general, that uses Varangian guards. And you cant use drums on him, because its IA controlled. On the first attempt, he didn't add new troops to his squad because IA decided it was better to use those resources to produce some troops on the castle behind. On the second attempt, Theodore slipped through me and finished him. I could not imagine the frustration of this mission if you didnt raise Varangian, because I think those will be 1-shotted by the enemy lvl 16 troops (that include a few varangians as well). Oh and I don't think Garrison Swap doesn't work on him. I tried with Baldwin IV with the city on 0. So you can't use that city for yourself. |
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Post by Dannes on Oct 8, 2022 10:07:55 GMT
Can't even beat it at normal, damn Byzantines not being active and just camping out
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Post by awsome4444 on Oct 8, 2022 13:50:25 GMT
You just kinda have to get lucky if your not p2w. For me the allied gen conviniently left the city open, and I was able to occupy it
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Post by kingbutawl on Oct 8, 2022 14:26:33 GMT
You just kinda have to get lucky if your not p2w. For me the allied gen conviniently left the city open, and I was able to occupy it you want to get at least lvl12 IBC to don’t suffer in this mission. Otherwise it’s not doable without some obsession. |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Oct 8, 2022 17:58:51 GMT
You just kinda have to get lucky if your not p2w. For me the allied gen conviniently left the city open, and I was able to occupy it you want to get at least lvl12 IBC to don’t suffer in this mission. Otherwise it’s not doable without some obsession. Getting to lvl 12 IBC at this point is an obsession in and of itself. Unless you've been spending thousands, I don't see how one can raise them to such high levels. I haven't even unlock them yet. I'll see if the yellow targets are worth capturing. Probably not, given how narrow a victory is in Normal mode and the fact that one has to take both. |
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Post by kingbutawl on Oct 8, 2022 18:15:52 GMT
you want to get at least lvl12 IBC to don’t suffer in this mission. Otherwise it’s not doable without some obsession. Getting to lvl 12 IBC at this point is an obsession in and of itself. Unless you've been spending thousands, I don't see how one can raise them to such high levels. I haven't even unlock them yet. I'll see if the yellow targets are worth capturing. Probably not, given how narrow a victory is in Normal mode and the fact that one has to take both. You can take lvl12 IBC in f2p without obsession. Just look at stoic who had lvl9 IBC for sure some time ago. |
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Post by jonblend on Oct 8, 2022 22:59:30 GMT
you want to get at least lvl12 IBC to don’t suffer in this mission. Otherwise it’s not doable without some obsession. Getting to lvl 12 IBC at this point is an obsession in and of itself. Unless you've been spending thousands, I don't see how one can raise them to such high levels. I haven't even unlock them yet. I'll see if the yellow targets are worth capturing. Probably not, given how narrow a victory is in Normal mode and the fact that one has to take both. I captured the yellow cities in normal mode and all they did was lowering the enemy's morale; we still have to capture the target city.
And for hard mode, I agree, lv12 IBC is not necessary and I beat it with lv8 or 9. It's rather about war drums and rushing 4/5/6 units across the Bosphorus/Marmara Sea in order to shield the allied city.
Thus, viking longboats (deploy Justinian and Theodora for more technology), cheap raider ships, mercenaries with climb/chase and Baldwin on a scout cavalry or pathfinder/helmsman should be considered.
Justinian & Theodora can also repair city walls which helps stalling. And one of the green circle generals will probably be Timur, so woad raiders as third unit might help as well.
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Post by Boss Tweed on Oct 9, 2022 1:39:57 GMT
Getting to lvl 12 IBC at this point is an obsession in and of itself. Unless you've been spending thousands, I don't see how one can raise them to such high levels. I haven't even unlock them yet. I'll see if the yellow targets are worth capturing. Probably not, given how narrow a victory is in Normal mode and the fact that one has to take both. I captured the yellow cities in normal mode and all they did was lowering the enemy's morale; we still have to capture the target city.
And for hard mode, I agree, lv12 IBC is not necessary and I beat it with lv8 or 9. It's rather about war drums and rushing 4/5/6 units across the Bosphorus/Marmara Sea in order to shield the allied city.
Thus, viking longboats (deploy Justinian and Theodora for more technology), cheap raider ships, mercenaries with climb/chase and Baldwin on a scout cavalry or pathfinder/helmsman should be considered.
Justinian & Theodora can also repair city walls which helps stalling. And one of the green circle generals will probably be Timur, so woad raiders as third unit might help as well.
They will never make it in time. I just threw Timur on an existing unit and spammed fred support. |
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Post by stoic on Oct 9, 2022 4:55:04 GMT
Getting to lvl 12 IBC at this point is an obsession in and of itself. Unless you've been spending thousands, I don't see how one can raise them to such high levels. I haven't even unlock them yet. I'll see if the yellow targets are worth capturing. Probably not, given how narrow a victory is in Normal mode and the fact that one has to take both. You can take lvl12 IBC in f2p without obsession. Just look at stoic who had lvl9 IBC for sure some time ago. IBC is definitely a f2p friendly unit (maybe even the best f2p unit and easily accessible T6 unit altogether). I already have lvl 15  |
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Post by awsome4444 on Oct 10, 2022 4:50:59 GMT
you want to get at least lvl12 IBC to don’t suffer in this mission. Otherwise it’s not doable without some obsession. Getting to lvl 12 IBC at this point is an obsession in and of itself. Unless you've been spending thousands, I don't see how one can raise them to such high levels. I haven't even unlock them yet. I'll see if the yellow targets are worth capturing. Probably not, given how narrow a victory is in Normal mode and the fact that one has to take both. I didn't even use IBC for this level |
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