View Full Version : Who's playing with 1.05? - First impressions, please!
New picture. Ai import silk....
kevincompton
27-01-2007, 00:07
New picture. Ai import silk....
Thats awesome Laudan!!
Good reporting. Can you look into if the AI is improving their castle defenses as well?
RedbackSpider
27-01-2007, 00:07
I don't know about improved Castle defence building wise just yet.
But the AI certainly puts up a tough fight when garrisoning its cities.
I am Wessex trying to get the single city of East Anglia so far its repulsed attacks by me and Britainy, Its a race by me and Britainy to see who can get it first.
Each time I gather forces to attack it its fully garrisoned again.:eek:
I've attacked it 3 times once with 2 armies and got my arse kicked.
Britainy has attacked it twice and been defeated.:go:
Looks like my rushing the city is not going to work, I'll have to out tech them.:scratch:
kevincompton
27-01-2007, 00:09
I don't know about improved Castle defence building wise just yet.
But the AI certainly puts up a tough fight when garrisoning its cities.
I am Wessex trying to get the single city of East Anglia so far its repulsed attacks by me and Britainy, Its a race by me and Britainy to see who can get it first.
Each time I gather forces to attack it its fully garrisoned again.:eek:
I've attacked it 3 times once with 2 armies and got my arse kicked.
Britainy has attacked it twice and been defeated.:go:
Looks like my rushing the city is not going to work, I'll have to out tech them.:scratch:
What defenses do they currently have? If they have a wall, are they using their archers correctly?
RedbackSpider
27-01-2007, 00:17
What defenses do they currently have? If they have a wall, are they using their archers correctly?
They haven't had achance to build a wall yet ,its putting all its resources into keeping its garrison at full strength.
With the constant attacks by me and Britainy its only had a chance to produce spearmen and swordsmen.
I'll see what happens when I back off a bit and get better units myself.
But Germanies just DOW'd me so I think I'm in trouble:eek:
The defence building of the AI is after 4 hours only a wall. Towers, catapults on the wall can i not find ( without the Start building), but the AI have place to build this building. In the moment is the money not enough, but every town have full garrision and you can only win with two armies agains a town; sometimes i loose and retreat. The garrision units begins with farmers and end with the best units. The AI change these units.
kevincompton
27-01-2007, 00:56
Okay, well we should watch this, Hopefully the AI does improve because, overall, the cost of resuplying garrison is cheaper then having good enough permanent structures.
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How do you all feel the AI is in battles, any improvement with it s strategy on the battle map? Sieges are what most concerns me, they've always been somewhat effective on open field engagements.
Angryminer
27-01-2007, 00:59
Actually I didn't look at how the AI performs in battles. I've always been way too busy to consider leading a battle myself.
I didn't really notice that. Nice. :smile:
Angryminer
kevincompton
27-01-2007, 01:06
that is nice! Did you lose very many battles?
I'm afraid I'm not going to sleep tonight..
I will refer later after more hours will be played.
I really like that Colours are brighter and that Pagans are now easy to distinguish from Orthodox.
I miss the political map issue which has own thread and the vassals are not too visible. But generaly I must say I like it
AI Kingdom will win.......Look self...great. five exotics import...
Simply amazing :go:
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I must say it's great.
It's foolish now to invade AI kingdom withhout full army. It doesn't let you even to plunder a village with a weak marshall.
WOW.
:go: to BSS :cheers:
RedbackSpider
27-01-2007, 02:13
Continuing my attack against East Anglia I finally captured it, hard battle though.
I Inherited my ally Britainy as well , I'm up to 5 cities now.
But Burgandy and its allies are at war with me:eek: :eek:
I'm at war with Germany, France, Burgandy and Italy now.
They are all sending combined arms Armies at me:go:
Watch out for Balista's they hunt down your general:eek:
After capturing 3 cities I have to say the AI building strategy has improved though still not perfect. ;)
AI sends effective assasins after your heir:go: :eek:
So my impression is great Patch
Thanks Frujin and team Great job:cheers:
I have finally gotten up to 148 gold income with no inflation, normal taxes and two merchants, but the merchants are returning only 10 gold each and one of those merchants is trading with huge Germany, the other with the Papacy. My "no star" cleric was made Pope, I did not try to use the Pope for excommunications or any other options. I finally unified Ireland. I took Leinster from Wessex, after killing about 5 or 6 Wessex Marshall's and capturing and ransoming about 5 or 6. Wessex then agreed to peace but I could get nothing from them but a white peace. I then declared war on Normandy and took Ulster from them, but lost my first two town aasaults. Only after seeing Normandy move the two Marshall's in the province to Mercia to defend against France there, did I attempt for the third time. Even with no Marshall in the town and me with two Marshall's it was touch and go with the assault before I finally captured the province. All that was left of my beseiging armies when finally the town fell were the Marshall's personal sguads. I then took Mercia from Normandy and made peace with them. Currently I am at peace with everyone and trying to build up my economy and strengthen town fortifications before deciding upon my next move. I have 4 provinces and am 2nd wealthiest nation and have less than 10,000 gold.
I also loaded my Berber savegame and played a bit of it! The AI came at one of my towns with a full army and 4 catapults. On another front my 5 star cleric that I had through probably 4 Kings and many province conversions, suddenly handed over one of my provinces to one of my enemies, and I even had a 5 star spy watching over the court the whole time.
RedbackSpider
27-01-2007, 04:38
Seems like your having as much fun as I am Dobber
Sure the patch is not perfect, but its made the game a hell of alot better imho.
I haven't seen an AI army of peasants since the very early stages of my game.:go:
Its hard to go on the offensive when your at war because I have to keep fighting off multiple AI armies attacking me.:eek:
Maybe next time I'll start out as one of the larger nations.
My poor Wessex is getting overwhelmed by the armies of Germany,France, Burgandy and Italy and Coroba and Denmark keep threatening me.:cheers:
Another thing I noticed, every province I have taken in my Munster game has had 3 or 4 swordsmen in the castle slots when I have taken it. I was getting ready to declare war on Wales so I could get Longbowmen, when I finally finished the takeover process of making Ulster mine, and lo and behold I had possibility of training Longbowmen in Ulster! Saved me declaring war on Wales!
Another thing I have noticed is the rebels are stronger now as well and put up a better fight against your Marshall!
I may have been crazy for starting with such a weak country as Munster, but I sure do like a challenge and it has been one indeed!
:hello:
I haven't play much, but political map is now cool, not just religions, kingdoms also
they aren't pale anymore
and get this, on early map i had princess maried to byzantia + alliance and only 8 gold :oogle2:
editor chashed, normally, but it showed message there is no europe/something.something
was this here before or it's in my head? was any word done with it?
for honorrr
:knight:
They were not able to make the map editor any more functional than it was, but they have made a lot more stuff moddable and Frujin is going to make some other stuff available to the modders and tell how to work with the rle files and we will be able to change flags and other graphics and make new units and such!
After five hours gameplay , i must say i am very happy about the patch. Frujin you have done a good work. What can i modding, in the moment i see nothing, perhaps can make higher the boni from the landlords, builder or trader, because i saw that the AI use often the trader in the town. If the trader have a boni of 3 instead of one so is it a good income later in the town. Some player use then the trader in the town for more income, but the risk is high (spies).
Here comes some picture.
kiri_hacker
27-01-2007, 10:06
I just want to say one thing..... I love the patch! .... and I hope a new one comes some day :lol: :go:
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