AAR: Me, Floris | Completed | Chapter 60 & Epilogue posted (19-09-2015)

[Malik Faris]

I see two real options here:

1. The rhodoks, preventing the enemy from taking their lands has the double effect of stengthing you while preventing them from getting stronger, and you'll probably want more empty lands for the defeated rhodok lords who will come to your side after the rhodoks have been eliminated.

2. The nords, Letting the other two finish off the rhodoks, then having the rhodok lords come to you, however you will ahve to give up a bunch of the villages you own, (really your only supposed to have 4, thats why the tax inefficiency is there). the key to beating the nords is having more lords then they do, because the nords are almost your equal in land though, it might also be wise to prepare to lose the land that the nords seperate you from, and just focus on taking over fiefs that are on your borders.

 

[monnikje]

Thanks everyone for voting and explaining why . It's very usefull, and whichever faction will be honoured after the vote to be my next victim, there are certainly good reasons for and tips for how to do it. But the vote goes till next Thursday, so there is plenty of time for things to change. After the vote closes, I'll start the preparations and lead Holland to war.

William de Beaujeu: That's indeed one major issue: Holland is split into four pieces now, all separated by the Nords. Defending them without preparations will be a tedious task.

Phoss: I feel very guilty .

socks: You indeed said it before: better to reconnect my kingdom and use the good relation with the Sarranids to prevent any backstabbing. We'll see if the majority thinks so too: I'll go with the flow.

COGlory: A popular choice when counting the comments.

Perrin: You've got a point there: both the Rhodoks and Nords aren't cavalry factions, while the Sarranids are. And mamlukes are really good cavalry, I've noticed.
Thanks . I try to update it several times a week, and so far I seem to manage it.

Dusk Voyager: I don't like the idea of fighting multiple enemies, or even all three of them, at the same time. But who knows who comes to the aid of the one I declare war upon.

Ronan37: Like pushing ahead once the Nords are beaten? That might be a good move right after a war against the Nords, unless my army is as beaten as after my victory upon the Khergits. I did win, but there really wasn't much left.
That's great to hear! Thanks .

Malik Faris: That's exactly why I took only one city, no castles and a lot of villages: to beat the tax inefficiency. And in the end I managed to do so. And then read about those factories... Maybe I can indeed give some of my fiefs later to some new nobles.

 

[Arch]

monnikje... it's cool that you let us vote and all, but I think we all know who will win the votes by the looks of it... 

 

[Lord Brutus]

Take on the Nords. They're my favorite faction to join and least favorite to fight. Get them before they get any stronger. Be there or be square. Plus Lady Miar and Lady Kaeteli would look good in your new brothels. lol

 

[Phoss]

Save the best for last: The Nords.

Get the Sarranids while they're not expecting it!

 

[Arch]

No no no! Add the invasion from SoD and have an invasion attack Calradia when all is quiet! The invasion leader will be Floris' wife who is pissed off because her husband married someone else and left her. XD Nah, besides, that would need a new game.

 

[Baguette Eater]

Export Floris to 1257 mod and make him conquer Europe with Holland 

 

[Bobsama]

Go after Nords for sure; Huscarls in the right hands are lethal and, I've found, the best way to attack and defend castles & towns. What I've done before is grown huge Huscarl forces and had them hold a line and then collapse it in on itself; you end up with 3+ lines of mostly Huscarls creating a great shield wall. Any mounted units that come by have their mount killed and then are brutally massacred.

 

[Kellick]

Nice analysis of the businesses Monn, I may quote you for the business guide.
I've been laying low and doing something else since I found all the discrepancies in the module system, waiting for next patch.

 

[Slayton]

I say kill the Nords! Besides you can get them in the rear while they are murdering innocent Rhodoks...

 

[Phoss]

I don't think I have to tell you how the Nords feel about being taken in the rear...they WILL drink from your skull.

 

[SimmiSumo]

being taken in the rear...

Uhh what's that suppose to mean? 

 

[monnikje]

Archevious: One has indeed a majority so far, but well, there's still a day left. Who knows what spectacular twist the Thursday brings us .

Lord Brutus: Haha, thanks that you want me to fight the once you'd least like to fight .

Phoss: That way I'd surround the Nords before attacking them. That's very interesting indeed!

Archevious: Isn't that mod for the original M&B? Or is there a Warband version? Anyway, I like the idea.

bobthehero: I've been thinking about that too, although he has his hands full with Calradia for now.

Bobsama: Actually, I haven't fought much with Huscarls yet. Maybe I should do so, but not against the Nords, obviously: that would imply a huge morale penalty. Or is it worth it?

Kellick: I'd be honoured to see me quoted in there .

Slayton: And while they conquer the Rhodoks, I'd conquer them, and conquer the former Rhodoks towns at the same time? Interesting .

Phoss: I think Floris' army has just one reply to that: For pig and chicken!

SimmiSumo: Hm... I think that would make this thread PG-13?

I'm working on the next chapter, but it's quite possible that I'm delayed a little bit. Today I discovered a writing contest by the Dutch publisher Contact: the deadline is tomorrow. I'm hoping to finish both tomorrow, but well, you'll never know how much work either proves to be in the end.
For the Dutchies who are interested, you can read more about the contest over here. It's obviously all in Dutch...

 

[Slayton]

Exactly Monn! that way i will know that you are not a Rhodok hater. Unless you are...

 

[Arch]

@monnikje: Yes... we'll see.

 

[Phoss]

Well, taking out the Nords is probably the logic step. It'll tie your kingdom together nicely, provided you cut straight through to Dhiirim and Uxkhal. It will probably also give the Rhodoks a bit of a breather if the Nords are occupied with you.

However, cutting through to Uxkhal and uniting your kingdom will also leave you with a 2 (possibly 3 should the Rhodoks join in) front war if the Sarranids wake up and smell the dates. With the Nords pressing from the North and the Sarranids from the South you'll be in a pickle if total war breaks out and no one knows how long peace with the Sarranids will last.

If you go for the Nords I'd say go to Wercheg and start pushing them back from the Northeast. That way you're at least keeping the kingdom compact.

 

[siprus]

it's always good idea to take care of nords if you can. their troops are gonna be creat help against castles.

rhodok castels can be a hell to take even if you can defeat them on field. and you don't really wan't your lords to have rhodok army since they have too many low tier units, nord troops on other hand work quite well with lords...

so for nords if you feel they are weak and you can hurt them a lot. but on other hand fighting nords might require and stronger kingdom in which case taking easy rhodoks(remeber that their castles might not be as easy as they seem) first to strengthen your kingdom and going after nords after that might be a good idea. but i doubt nords are weak so you should go for rhodoks

 

[Sinful01]

Why not just wait until two sides are brutally fighting each other and land-grab whichever is losing.

... or ... if you want to be more tricky ... wait until one side almost wins, but is run down and barely garrisoning their new fiefs, and take them both out.

 

[FalseRomeo]

Just caught up, a very good read , i think floris should be glad he ended up in calradia. This AAR actualy made me register , well done

 

[Gromish]

Good work.