So, I recently started playing the game again. Played Romans on continents, Noble, Huge, Marathon. It's 1846.
Background: I control my whole continent, while on the other continent, Willem managed to vassal both Toku & Ragnar. Brennus was doing his own thing and didn't like Willem & his vassals.
My original plan was to keep good relations with Brennus (he's the weaker party) while I build up my military for a campaign of conquest against Willem, who was gaining tech and his vassals were helping him.
While preparing to load troops and go to war, Brennus, who became pleased the turn before, declares war on me, and conquers an ice city I put there for resource. He also landed an SoD on my east coast. I cancel my invasion plans and manage, barely to repel the attack (bulk of my troops were upgraded riflemen with city raider). Naturally the troops came at the expense of teching, so by the time I was ready for another war, Brennus was gaining in tech as well. I made the tactical error of targeting Brennus; I still had significant war weariness against him, and the unhappiness plagued me. While it was victory after victory, I still had to be careful, and lost troops in engagements. I ended up declaring peace as my war machine ran out of steam, and I couldn't wait due to unhappiness issues. I refused his capitulation as the cities I had conquered were surrounded by his culture.
Story now: Anyway, I get fighters, and begin loading troops to the north, where Amsterdam is. After many turns of preparation, I launch an attack, and manage to take two cities. Because I needed to heal troops, Willem manages to put 21 troops (12 cuirs) facing my army of few riflemen, infantry, cav, & cannon (many effectively useless for few turns as too damaged). His airships keep targeting my troops, and I can't bring all my fighters to bear as only 8 can be within range and I don't have carriers. Worse, I'm getting some unhappiness already. Silver lining, though, is that I have naval superiority and I'm in the process of blockading him and his vassals completely. The two cities I took will basically starve, and losing them won't affect him much as his cities have a lot of overlap.
Anyway, what I'll think I'll do is maintain my war, switch to police state, and slowly airlift and transport tanks to the front and take Willem down, even if lasts until the end of the game.
Background: I control my whole continent, while on the other continent, Willem managed to vassal both Toku & Ragnar. Brennus was doing his own thing and didn't like Willem & his vassals.
My original plan was to keep good relations with Brennus (he's the weaker party) while I build up my military for a campaign of conquest against Willem, who was gaining tech and his vassals were helping him.
While preparing to load troops and go to war, Brennus, who became pleased the turn before, declares war on me, and conquers an ice city I put there for resource. He also landed an SoD on my east coast. I cancel my invasion plans and manage, barely to repel the attack (bulk of my troops were upgraded riflemen with city raider). Naturally the troops came at the expense of teching, so by the time I was ready for another war, Brennus was gaining in tech as well. I made the tactical error of targeting Brennus; I still had significant war weariness against him, and the unhappiness plagued me. While it was victory after victory, I still had to be careful, and lost troops in engagements. I ended up declaring peace as my war machine ran out of steam, and I couldn't wait due to unhappiness issues. I refused his capitulation as the cities I had conquered were surrounded by his culture.
Story now: Anyway, I get fighters, and begin loading troops to the north, where Amsterdam is. After many turns of preparation, I launch an attack, and manage to take two cities. Because I needed to heal troops, Willem manages to put 21 troops (12 cuirs) facing my army of few riflemen, infantry, cav, & cannon (many effectively useless for few turns as too damaged). His airships keep targeting my troops, and I can't bring all my fighters to bear as only 8 can be within range and I don't have carriers. Worse, I'm getting some unhappiness already. Silver lining, though, is that I have naval superiority and I'm in the process of blockading him and his vassals completely. The two cities I took will basically starve, and losing them won't affect him much as his cities have a lot of overlap.
Anyway, what I'll think I'll do is maintain my war, switch to police state, and slowly airlift and transport tanks to the front and take Willem down, even if lasts until the end of the game.
