Stupid questions...

[aldin]

Fearun,

I'd say a lot depends on relative strength. Depending on the exact situation I'd use one or more of the following:

a) Buy a Merc army to hunt the AI army down.
b) Summon an army and send some researchers on temporary (permanent if you replace them) assignment as commanders.
c) Wait in fortifications until a sufficient force can be recruited.
d) Buy defense.
e) Attack the AI's territories.

I like a combination of a&b usually then replace the researchers by buying new ones. One tactic to remember when AI hunting in your provinces is that the AI tends to go after the richest, least defended provinces.

~Aldin

[Taqwus]

Depending on your mages, research so far, and assassins, you may be able to take advantage of the fact that rituals and assassinations take place before normal movement. Otherwise, it's very difficult to catch a rampaging army that doesn't care if it's starving -- you basically need to block it off in all directions because it'll generally stay one step ahead if you just attack its current province at any given turn.

[Lord Hammer]

Originally posted by aldin:
Fearun,

I'd say a lot depends on relative strength. Depending on the exact situation I'd use one or more of the following:

a) Buy a Merc army to hunt the AI army down.
b) Summon an army and send some researchers on temporary (permanent if you replace them) assignment as commanders.
c) Wait in fortifications until a sufficient force can be recruited.
d) Buy defense.
e) Attack the AI's territories.

I like a combination of a&b usually then replace the researchers by buying new ones. One tactic to remember when AI hunting in your provinces is that the AI tends to go after the richest, least defended provinces.

~Aldin

Very well said .With the power of observation and a little practice i have learned to always stay one step ahead of the enemy and following the above guidlines and moving to the "LEAST" likely/obvious province i ruin the ai's economy while a) playing tag b) building up my "real" invading force Bruhahahaha!!!

[Fearun]

Thanks for your advices. They seem to work well indeed in practice. That Gandalf´s tactic sounded very interesting. Worth of trying!