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  1. Your favourite state/nation

    Bluehawk 说:
    Argeus the Paladin 说:
    Ah, I think it's a little hard to say about the Russian Cossacks. While a good portion of them hated the Tsar/hated the Soviets/hate the current Russian government, I do believe another good few actually identify themselves with the Rus national identity. For all intents and purposes they are as much Russian as your resident Moskva vodka drinker.

    The Zaporozhians and other Cossack groups in Eastern Europe? Well, that's even more debatable, ain't it?
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    Cossacks loved the Tsar because he gave them special privileges. They hated the Soviets because most of them lost their land and freedom of movement. (Which is why there's a stereotype that Cossacks are all pro-White or pro-Nazi).
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    Not to mention the Soviets knocked off quite a few of the poor bastards.  :sad:

  2. What could have made Napoleon's invasion of Russia work?

    Jhessail 说:
    Force the Russians into a big, decisive battle. If that's not possible, do not even attempt to go for Moscow late in the year but withdraw into Ukraine/Poland for winter and try again next summer.
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    Didn't he attempt something like that at Borodino?

  3. What could have made Napoleon's invasion of Russia work?

    I think that with the level of technology (particularly transportation) he had access to, nothing. It's simply impossible to uphold such long supply routes with horses and carriages. Even with motorized transportation, it would take enormous amounts of gasoline, which is primarily why the Nazis couldn't handle it either. I don't think he would have had any chance of taking Russia with conventional warfare (i.e. march in, take town, move on to next town, repeat). To be successful he would have needed to occupy each major transport hub for decades, install proper infrastructure, instill (some) sense of loyalty to the French, in other words turn Russia into France bit by bit, which is (needless to say) impossible within the lifetime of one man. However I doubt that was his goal, the whole marvelously idiotic idea of the Russian Campaign was a way for a peculiar and sad little man to bust his boredom and once again restore a sense of glory and accomplishment to his gigantic ego.

  4. The 17th Century: What nation would you have fought for?

    Hussar (probably Hungarian). A fast mount, a good pistol/carabine and a trusty sabre.

    JHaukewood 说:
    English Civil War, fighting for Parliament. Why Parliament? Their troops got paid.  :grin:
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    Not to mention their awesome uniforms.

  5. [Hypothetical] Mongol Empire Vs. Western Europe

    Austupaio 说:
    I have trouble believing that even the impressive Mongol force could kill every single European on the continent. As long as there were a few settlements, there'd be Europeans trying to kill Mongols.

    Ah, and the Mongolians past attempts at amphibious invasions didn't go so well, so I think that the Britons are safe.

    The Britons also reminded me of the Scandinavians; I'm under the impression there's not much the Mongols could've done about coast raiding.
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    Not to mention their cavalry would do better in hell than in the Alps.

  6. Best-dressed Warrior

    My that's a hard question. As much as I would love to say Hungarian hussars, I find their uniforms to be a tad flamboyant. All in all I would go with the reiter-type uniform or the cavalry uniform worn by parliament troops (Roundheads) during the English Civil War.
    EDIT: If I were to go with an even more modern uniform I would choose the uniform of German and Hungarian troops during WW2/WW1 (basically the same thing, not the wars but the uniforms; Hungarians used the same thing through both wars and Germans I believe made the switch during the second). Grey is definitely the best color for a uniform and the helmets provide excellent all-round protection against shrapnel, also those overcoats are just ****ing boss.

  7. Your favourite state/nation

    Definitely Hungary. A thousand years of war, quite a history (also I'm Hungarian). Also, Poland, love the Poles. :grin:
    And I guess they don't have a country right now but I have great respect for Cossacks. And how could I forget my favorite non-European nation? Jamaica of course!

  8. Looking for mods on range weapon accuracy?

    If you prefer a historically non-accurate experience then I'm sure there's mods to boost your accuracy, but keep in mind that the firearms of the day were horribly inaccurate compared to modern-day ones. I honestly like it this way, more challenging.

  9. Strategy

    maor772 说:
    HunnicWarrior 说:
    I have kept much of my strategy from Warband; I compose my troops entirely of cavalry (which gives the huge advantage of moving faster in the world map) and lead them in a head on charge. I have however, made some minor modifications to tactics in order to not be obliterated;

    -I send my winged hussars in first (they have the fastest horses anyway) and they can sustain a few shots, so my enemy wastes their first volley and they usually don't have time for a second as my heavy cav. make m mincemeat out of them.
    -I also use dragoons and reiters (as well as myself) to give ranged support; we ride away from the battle them give the enemy a volley or two from the flank before charging in.

    In the beginning I used a New Model Army style warband, mostly made up of mercenary musketeers augmented by mercenary pikemen and halberiders, but this proved to be ineffective as we were slow on the world map and suffered heavy casualties (which were difficult to replace as they were pretty rare troops).

    As for myself, I would qualify as a light cavalryman; I'm armed with a pistol or two and a saber and dressed in light Cossack armor, which means I die easily. To avoid this I always keep moving with my horse (makes for a harder target) and stay away from the main battle. I tend to pick out special enemy units (Lords, winged hussars, reiters etc.) and follow and kill them, leaving my men to deal with the larger numbers of weaker troops.
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    you mean that you play withe cavelry as Main attak.
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    What's withe cavelry? Did you mean light cavalry? Winged hussars are about as heavy as it gets.

    11sparky11 说:
    Yeah I think it's far more enjoyable and challenging to use realistic armies.
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    Meh I find that's only fun if you have a large army. Not much fun to have a hussar, two musketeers and wounded pikeman. :razz:
    Apart from this, I'm pretty sure they had all-cavalry detachments back in the day for raiding, scouting etc. (Austro-Hungarian army for sure had all hussar detachments) and I just role-play a raiding and scouting party. Sure I can't take on a huge enemy force but my 30 or so elite cavalry come in handy for an ally fighting a loosing battle.

  10. Strategy

    I have kept much of my strategy from Warband; I compose my troops entirely of cavalry (which gives the huge advantage of moving faster in the world map) and lead them in a head on charge. I have however, made some minor modifications to tactics in order to not be obliterated;

    -I send my winged hussars in first (they have the fastest horses anyway) and they can sustain a few shots, so my enemy wastes their first volley and they usually don't have time for a second as my heavy cav. make m mincemeat out of them.
    -I also use dragoons and reiters (as well as myself) to give ranged support; we ride away from the battle them give the enemy a volley or two from the flank before charging in.

    In the beginning I used a New Model Army style warband, mostly made up of mercenary musketeers augmented by mercenary pikemen and halberiders, but this proved to be ineffective as we were slow on the world map and suffered heavy casualties (which were difficult to replace as they were pretty rare troops).

    As for myself, I would qualify as a light cavalryman; I'm armed with a pistol or two and a saber and dressed in light Cossack armor, which means I die easily. To avoid this I always keep moving with my horse (makes for a harder target) and stay away from the main battle. I tend to pick out special enemy units (Lords, winged hussars, reiters etc.) and follow and kill them, leaving my men to deal with the larger numbers of weaker troops.
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