Re: Why am I not able to win the Orania Map ?
 

Gandalf,

Are you sure that you don’t get taxes when unrest goes over 100? I was sure I was getting some in my current game. If you are right, I need to makes some changes…

On PD, I like 11 everywhere, as it will usually hold off Call of the Winds and Call of the Wild. I still argue that if you really need PD, you better get Mechanical Milita. If you have not tried that spell, you will be impressed. (At least in single player)

Re: Why am I not able to win the Orania Map ?
 

I believe the taxes go down with unrest? Or population (and therefor taxes)? Generally 100% can be maintained but cranking it to 200% is quickly damaging.

I find it a particularly handy thing when seiging a home castle. Drive up the unrest so that even if he does manage to get it back he wont be able to develop a response force. Another quick rush often grabs it again.

Re: Why am I not able to win the Orania Map ?
 

Hmm, I will check tonight. I know that when it hits 100%, you can not recruit, which makes your tactic very effective. I have found against the AI, they do not agressivly patrol when you drop a spy or two on the capital. I have found it so effective that it is almost an exploit. Against a human who knows what they are doing, I suspect the spy would have a short life span...

Re: Why am I not able to win the Orania Map ?
 

Humans definitely react if you raise unrest on them. The trick there is to have a whole set of spies start raising unrest on the same turn. You can cripple someone in this manner if you hit thier capitol and gold-heavy provinces all together. Quite powerful.

Re: Why am I not able to win the Orania Map ?
 

How many spies do you need to push it over 100 in one turn? If you catch them out and they can not recruit a patroling force the next turn, you could really disrupt things. Still, even pushing it up to 60 or so will disrupt income, it is a nice idea.

Re: Why am I not able to win the Orania Map ?
 

Sometimes you have a chance to take someones home castle even though you know he has large armies that will rush to take it back. Cranking taxes to 200% and setting everyone to search for blood maidens can give a nasty blow to his economy and ability to create national units.

Sometimes I even leave as his armies approach. Dont even bothr making him fight to get it back. Particularly with Pangaea or some other nation where I can hide my armies nearby just waiting for him to try and move his main army back out to the front lines. Its a difficult winning strategy but its a great ally strategy.