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Aetius · #1 May 11th, 2004, 03:00 AM

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Originally posted by Chris Byler:
You can also estimate the resource richness of a province by its terrain. Forests and mountains have more resources than farmlands or plains.

I was aware of that and I suspect that it may be part of the problem since it seems that most of the Feudal provinces are on grasslands, thus low resources. Of course this is only based upon my observations I have not tested this hypothesis.

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
But the advantage of some of the nations is their spys or information granting dominion which allows them to make better choices in that area

Good advice. However my intent was to express that I think it is logical that provinces that are capable of producing resource costly units have adequate resources to do so. Not necessarily on a 1-1 unit per turn ratio but 1-2 or even 1-3 would be reasonable. What I object to are situations were you have 1-6 or greater ratio of units per turn to build a knight.

PvK · #2 May 11th, 2004, 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by Graeme Dice:

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Originally posted by Slygar:
Just be glad you can directly target a province with a ritual now.

I'd also like to be able to use the province number as well as directly clicking, since there are times when you want to send multiple spells at a province that will take a long time to scroll to.

Ok. In the meantime, how about just zooming out the map so the target doesn't require scrolling?

PvK

PvK · #3 May 11th, 2004, 08:03 PM

Some people may accuse me of beating a dead horse, but hey, I have a fresh dead horse to beat - the one that was just shot dead along with my elite heavy cavalry while they were pursuing ONE LIMPING MILITIA MAN, by their own men.

Enemy losses: 3 leaders, 45 men
Own losses: 0 leaders, 2 men DUE TO FRIENDLY FIRE

Argh!

Wish: AI does use Accuracy <100 ranged attacks on targets that have friendly units near them that have any appreciable chance of getting hit by accident!

PvK

PvK · #4 May 11th, 2004, 08:06 PM

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Originally posted by Aetius:

quote:
Originally posted by Chris Byler:
You can also estimate the resource richness of a province by its terrain. Forests and mountains have more resources than farmlands or plains.

I was aware of that and I suspect that it may be part of the problem since it seems that most of the Feudal provinces are on grasslands, thus low resources. Of course this is only based upon my observations I have not tested this hypothesis.

Quote:

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
But the advantage of some of the nations is their spys or information granting dominion which allows them to make better choices in that area

Good advice. However my intent was to express that I think it is logical that provinces that are capable of producing resource costly units have adequate resources to do so. Not necessarily on a 1-1 unit per turn ratio but 1-2 or even 1-3 would be reasonable. What I object to are situations were you have 1-6 or greater ratio of units per turn to build a knight.

However if you build a proper fortress there, then they are generally able to produce at least one knight per turn, especially if you own the surrounding provinces. To me, it seems reasonable and interesting that you can't just easily create knights from farmland as soon as you've taken over a province with no military infrastructure.

PvK

Gandalf Parker · #5 May 11th, 2004, 09:26 PM

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Originally posted by Aetius:

quote:
Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
But the advantage of some of the nations is their spys or information granting dominion which allows them to make better choices in that area

Good advice. However my intent was to express that I think it is logical that provinces that are capable of producing resource costly units have adequate resources to do so. Not necessarily on a 1-1 unit per turn ratio but 1-2 or even 1-3 would be reasonable. What I object to are situations were you have 1-6 or greater ratio of units per turn to build a knight.

I understand that. Im not sure of the logic. Rarely is a province not able to create a unit. They just arent able to do it as fast as you would like. Since the indepts have been there awhile I dont see illogic in them having made those troops. And I think there is a resource switch on making the game that you can turn up.

But what to you is an irritation, to me is a tactic. If it has low return (low resources, low gold, no strategic advantage, not next to my castle) and has high cost (dangerous troops guarding it, cant seem to get my dominion pushed into it) then I would leave it there to be a problem for my enemys.

A great strategic chokepoint is to find a province that is worth taking, sandwiched between two that are not worth taking. Leave them there and buildup the chokepoint until later in the game when you have pushed well past that point. Make the indepts the easier route to you. Force the other guy to hit them then strike when he is weakened and sitting in a province he cant rebuild army in.

[ May 11, 2004, 20:28: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

Aetius · #6 May 12th, 2004, 02:02 AM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:

I understand that. Im not sure of the logic. Rarely is a province not able to create a unit. They just arent able to do it as fast as you would like. Since the indepts have been there awhile I dont see illogic in them having made those troops. And I think there is a resource switch on making the game that you can turn up.

But what to you is an irritation, to me is a tactic. If it has low return (low resources, low gold, no strategic advantage, not next to my castle) and has high cost (dangerous troops guarding it, cant seem to get my dominion pushed into it) then I would leave it there to be a problem for my enemys.

A great strategic chokepoint is to find a province that is worth taking, sandwiched between two that are not worth taking. Leave them there and buildup the chokepoint until later in the game when you have pushed well past that point. Make the indepts the easier route to you. Force the other guy to hit them then strike when he is weakened and sitting in a province he cant rebuild army in.

I think we will have to agree to disagree and leave it at that. The title of the thread was wishlist, this is my wish. I seem to be in the minority so I will respect the opinion of the majority and not bring this up again.

To PvK call it luck of the draw but in most of the games that I play I end up with a feudal province next to my capital. Regarding the advice of building a castle to ensure high resource output that would depend upon the race I was playing. If cavalry poor then I probably would. The majority of the time I tend to place castles on resource rich areas to maximize national troop building capacity.

Gandalf Parker · #7 May 12th, 2004, 02:13 AM

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Originally posted by Aetius:
I think we will have to agree to disagree and leave it at that. The title of the thread was wishlist, this is my wish. I seem to be in the minority so I will respect the opinion of the majority and not bring this up again.

My apologies. You are quite right. Your fine and Im out of place. This is the wishlist thread and you posted quite nicely. Im afraid others of late have put me into a debate mode.