HRE 1798: Running for Princesses Guide

How do you deal with the situation around the border and Paris? My starting generals tend to get knocked about so badly they're almost useless to conquer the city, and I'm not sure whether I'm not doing the save/load properly or whether I just need to stuff them full of medikits and keep them healthy. I suspect I shouldn't be accepting anything less than forty or fifty hitpoints from any of them at any time. Antonio Luna 's guide is fantastic, and I know that failure to achieve under 31 turns is my problem and not his, but any little hints would be valuable.

The last time I tried it, I have to admit, all the things happened which he said should not be allowed to happen, but I figured why not, play it to the end and see what happens. It is very clear that if Desaix and Marmont come for you, things are going to go very badly. The run in which I got Isabela and Sakurako, things went unbelievably well; Desaix stayed in Switzerland for an age and rear echelon troops were able to deal with him (it got desperate at times though), while Napoleon actually died in Naples before I ever had to fight him,  and Carteaux showed himself to be an adequate substitute for Isabela when fitted with War Horse.

The main problem I had in repeating the feat is that Isabela still isn't quite yet up to the level of nobility and rank that Carteaux was (even though I regrouped him into her). In addition, Sakurako is not yet as strong as Dumouriez was when he helped me win her, though now that she has three cav stars instead of two, I might give her another shot.

NO MEDKITS! You don't need them! 

If you're talking about your starting generals (like Davidovich, Klenau, etc.) I'd recommend putting your cavalry general in charge of the starting light cavalry at Weilburg, just as the guide states. Follow Saltin's instructions from there on out. 

August I is key to the early stages of the conquest. You need to keep him alive in order to knock Dumouriez out quickly. No matter what, he can't die before you take Paris. After that, he doesn't really matter that much, since you'll have so many forces across the map.

The French general in Paris (Massena) is a tough nut to crack. Basically, he's a macademia. I'll call him that. Macademia just wallows around in Paris, and only attacks your units when they're right next to him. Take the industry next to Paris first, and then use your artillery to crack the Macademia.

Just try following these guidelines and the original guide as best as you can. Make sure that from round #2~#6 or somewhere around that, that you save the game. This makes the likelihood of the Spanish heavy artillery moving to Morocco less (even if it does, it'll get itself killed) and the likelihood of Desaix and Marmont confronting you less. When I repeated this conquest a day or so ago, Desaix YOLOed my troops, and got himself near Paris. I had to spend resources on artillery, in order to kill him. That, in my opinion, was unlucky.

The generals that I used were Sophia (110, 8) Isabela (98, 6), and Dumouriez (98, 5). You're gonna want your generals to have high ranks and nobilities. And your generals have to be at least decent. Refer to this for more information:


european-war-4.boards.net/thread/515/list-conquest-guides-general-recommendations

Have fun! Do inform me if this works or if it doesn't. If not, then I'll try helping you out further.

I am told the resources need to be 9k, 3k, 9k but how I am supposed to manage this escapes me so far.