Post by lizardpianist on Jul 10, 2024 4:53:51 GMT
It was amazing.
All setup for victory at R27.
Waited for resources to max out at R30.
Amazing dub. I maxed out the achievements.
I'm also pretty high up he leaderboard with only 7 generals that maxed nobility but ranks only halfway. (All princess except Maria. Maria still waiting forever to join. I didn't kill her.)
Conquest Report
What went well or even better?
- Early game optimizations. They weren't all exact, but I followed the video mostly with many S&L in AI turn to keep it as similar as possible. (went well)
- Antonio Luna's 5 tips in this thread were also followed while I did the S&L (went well)
- Sophia just destroyed Netherland small fort at the start and also the netherland infantry. (even better)
- Ottoman city southeast of Clujnapoca was left empty, so I just took it. (even better)
- Factory and Stable south of Belgrade were empty, so I took them. (even better)
- Thanks to Dumouriez and Desaix, I took Zurich. (went well)
- The Swedish actually nearly destroyed Denmark. The large fort was killed, Christiania was taken. They only had 3 weak and low-HP infantry, 1 coastal fort, and 1 frigate which Hotze and Rosenberg destroyed easily. (even better)
- The Portuguese actually destroyed Spanish army, so it didn't take long to destroy Spain. It took a bit longer to starve though. (even better)
- In the late-game part, only Ottoman spammed forts, which was easily taken care of by Lusignan. French didn't spam forts. (even better)
- I continued to utilize the light cavalry in Russia, and captured Russian farms for more resources. (even better)
- Naples killed Napoleon on their own (even better)
- I spammed privateers from port below Barcelona early before starvation, so I was able to quickly take out toulon and spanish fort at the sea. (even better)
- I took over some cities in Britain at late game, and also stopped their motion to protect Moreau. (even better)
What went wrong?
- The Polish Heavy Artillery, in Polish turn, attacked L'Estocq for some reason... and got killed, and Prussians took over it. They left it empty 1~2 turns later so I took it.
- Factory next to Paris and east of Paris were taken back by the French. Desaix took a while to kill (east factory) but I had Sophia to kill him in about 3 hits. Paris factory was also regained after taking out Massena.
- Ushakov moved 2 rounds after the video. Also they kept killing Copenhagen and Denmark spawned new defense... and this went on for about 3 turns.
- Prussians stole Amsterdam
- Swedish took Christiania
- Nelson didn't move out of his port
- Some french buildings were defended unlike the HRE video. Examples: City Lyon, lv1 city north of Paris, Factory Marseille
- I wasn't able to take the Prussian Factory northeast of Berlin. I took Danzig instead but much later on.
- I took the city below Dombrowski, but Dombrowski took it back. I had to trap it around militia spam and chip it with light artillery, taking like 6 turns to regain it.
- I wasn't able to take Naples, but I took a factory above it.
- Rome took longer than the HRE video to take down, but I sent Sophia and destroyed Italy in 2 turns.
What did I learn?
- Maybe the Polish heavy artillery didn't attack back in the HRE video because its morale was down, and mine wasn't. I should S&L for L'Estocq to attack and make its morale go down at the start
- If Desaix doesn't move exactly as the video, he will go take the factory east of Paris
- We can S&L until enemy/ally doesn't spawn soliders to defend buildings for more efficiency
- Light cavalry at Russia can continue to capture Russian farms
What did my headquarters generals do?
- I used 5-star econ Fatimah instead of Arnold, but she had napoleonic code. Not much difference from Arnold in the video.
- I used Sophia on the siege artillery to destroy forts much faster, and sent her down to Italy late-game when Rome wasn't down yet. Sophia stayed there with the second code for more resources
- I spawned a single guard cavalry from stable next to marseille for Lan to destroy Spain quickly. Lan helped take farms quickly and also destroy Madrid in 2 turns. Then, Lan went to Cadiz.
Conclusion
AI movements were overall worse for me, but my combat generals and some of allies help came in clutch.
All setup for victory at R27.
Waited for resources to max out at R30.
Amazing dub. I maxed out the achievements.
I'm also pretty high up he leaderboard with only 7 generals that maxed nobility but ranks only halfway. (All princess except Maria. Maria still waiting forever to join. I didn't kill her.)
Conquest Report
What went well or even better?
- Early game optimizations. They weren't all exact, but I followed the video mostly with many S&L in AI turn to keep it as similar as possible. (went well)
- Antonio Luna's 5 tips in this thread were also followed while I did the S&L (went well)
- Sophia just destroyed Netherland small fort at the start and also the netherland infantry. (even better)
- Ottoman city southeast of Clujnapoca was left empty, so I just took it. (even better)
- Factory and Stable south of Belgrade were empty, so I took them. (even better)
- Thanks to Dumouriez and Desaix, I took Zurich. (went well)
- The Swedish actually nearly destroyed Denmark. The large fort was killed, Christiania was taken. They only had 3 weak and low-HP infantry, 1 coastal fort, and 1 frigate which Hotze and Rosenberg destroyed easily. (even better)
- The Portuguese actually destroyed Spanish army, so it didn't take long to destroy Spain. It took a bit longer to starve though. (even better)
- In the late-game part, only Ottoman spammed forts, which was easily taken care of by Lusignan. French didn't spam forts. (even better)
- I continued to utilize the light cavalry in Russia, and captured Russian farms for more resources. (even better)
- Naples killed Napoleon on their own (even better)
- I spammed privateers from port below Barcelona early before starvation, so I was able to quickly take out toulon and spanish fort at the sea. (even better)
- I took over some cities in Britain at late game, and also stopped their motion to protect Moreau. (even better)
What went wrong?
- The Polish Heavy Artillery, in Polish turn, attacked L'Estocq for some reason... and got killed, and Prussians took over it. They left it empty 1~2 turns later so I took it.
- Factory next to Paris and east of Paris were taken back by the French. Desaix took a while to kill (east factory) but I had Sophia to kill him in about 3 hits. Paris factory was also regained after taking out Massena.
- Ushakov moved 2 rounds after the video. Also they kept killing Copenhagen and Denmark spawned new defense... and this went on for about 3 turns.
- Prussians stole Amsterdam
- Swedish took Christiania
- Nelson didn't move out of his port
- Some french buildings were defended unlike the HRE video. Examples: City Lyon, lv1 city north of Paris, Factory Marseille
- I wasn't able to take the Prussian Factory northeast of Berlin. I took Danzig instead but much later on.
- I took the city below Dombrowski, but Dombrowski took it back. I had to trap it around militia spam and chip it with light artillery, taking like 6 turns to regain it.
- I wasn't able to take Naples, but I took a factory above it.
- Rome took longer than the HRE video to take down, but I sent Sophia and destroyed Italy in 2 turns.
What did I learn?
- Maybe the Polish heavy artillery didn't attack back in the HRE video because its morale was down, and mine wasn't. I should S&L for L'Estocq to attack and make its morale go down at the start
- If Desaix doesn't move exactly as the video, he will go take the factory east of Paris
- We can S&L until enemy/ally doesn't spawn soliders to defend buildings for more efficiency
- Light cavalry at Russia can continue to capture Russian farms
What did my headquarters generals do?
- I used 5-star econ Fatimah instead of Arnold, but she had napoleonic code. Not much difference from Arnold in the video.
- I used Sophia on the siege artillery to destroy forts much faster, and sent her down to Italy late-game when Rome wasn't down yet. Sophia stayed there with the second code for more resources
- I spawned a single guard cavalry from stable next to marseille for Lan to destroy Spain quickly. Lan helped take farms quickly and also destroy Madrid in 2 turns. Then, Lan went to Cadiz.
Conclusion
AI movements were overall worse for me, but my combat generals and some of allies help came in clutch.
