Oooh goody, Sunset Invasion fired in 827
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=75761394067,200 event troops (in this wave), not sure if that's scaled down or not. Lacking attrition, they really could steamroll most of Europe if they played smart. The Umayyads and West Francia have 10k each. Britain has about 15k split amongst three main warrior parties.
I'm Amalfi, part of the Byzantine Empire, which has... 19k. I think we'll probably be fine, they'll probably blow most of the stack besieging holdings. Right? And Catholicism is doing pretty well, so there should be a fairly united front between them and us.
I've been letting myself lose doge elections and desperately trying to build a dynasty. It seems to have hit critical mass, so I'm not in particular danger of losing due to disease. People are still dropping like flies, though. I hope the Aztecs aren't immune to disease-based attrition, jeez.
But besides my level 4 palace under construction... I'm basically just a one-county trade republic. And not even the doge. So if they *do* break through, there's not a whole lot I can do to stop them... Mercenaries will be depleted, and no holy orders for almost a hundred years)
Emperor protect me...
I'm honestly excited for this
Edit: Aw balls the southern half landed and now they have 166k. And I *think* there's another wave coming later? I don't think this is scaled down at all haha