sp impossible ai+agressive strategy

[wailoktam]

I have some success with mighty but none with impossible. I can stay ahead until I kill off one ai early. Then multiple ai declare war on me. Ring of castles fall before troops of +1000 men in a turn and very quickily they would be all around in my land no matter how well I use chokepoint.

Any one has any success with SP impossible ai+ agressive?

[mivayan]

You'll have to use strategies such as supercombatants where you can defeat lots of foes with few losses.

[Ironhawk]

I have had plenty of success, yeah. The key to beating the AI is two things:

1) Manipulate your empires "stats"
The AI can only understand your empire via generalized numbers. Most important is the Army Size - the AI doesnt know that you have 400 dual-blessed helhirdlings, only that you have 400 units. So, buff up your army size with cheap garbage troops (like militia) to stay in the #2 or #3 position on the chart. This will make the AI more likely to attack each other, rather than you.

2) Employ army-killer strategies
The AI pretty much only uses enormous hordes of troops with no strategy. So, all you need to do to counter them is employ the tactics that are more profitable against large armies. The easiest of all of these to implement for you is probably Artillery Spells (Murdering Winter, Fire from Above, Beckoning). One cast of these spells can kill up to 40% of an army of human troops. The next step would be army-killer spells like FireStorm, Wrathful Skies, etc. If you prepare your mage properly, he can defeat entire armies with these. The most complicated route (but perhaps the most effective) is to summon and equip powerful SCs who can kill basically unlimited numbers of mortal troops.

[Gandalf Parker]

You can also avoid the "everyone gang up on the leader" by avoiding being the leader. Be choosy about the provinces you take. Work your way yoward them instead of spreading like an amoeba. It makes it easier to defend the frontlines also. Only when you are setup for the result do you start taking every little province in the area.

[Manuk]

Lots of archers work like artillery. just place them in the back with some forces to hold the enemy. Fire arrows makes this more deadly also if you use fire magic.
Also if the computer is sieging a castle they will never abandon siege (for what ive seen). So if you capture all the surounding provinces and then attack their army with yours you will kill everyone once they rout (sieges take time, so you can prepare this).

[Gandalf Parker]

Even masses of slingers can be useful as an artillery barrage. Its a cheap way to get a "smaller" army to run away, and can cause routs in things like elephants.