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[Stworca]

Does changing that flag life the limit on your troops too?  Or just on enemy armies consisting of multiple stacks?

I don't even know the answer to this one.
What i do know is : Using more than one stack as player is suicidal. You can only control 20 units. 21st and all the following are controlled by the retarded AI, which leads to crushing defeats and countless casualties.

Thus multiple stacks are fun, but only if you face them.
The biggest battle i've had was 1v4 (i think) stacks. Greece.

[Shadowgandor]

Isn't there a mod or something that quadruples the amount of units the A.I. gets/trains? Stworca needs to be challenged

[Zrk2]

Isn't there a mod or something that quadruples the amount of units the A.I. gets/trains? Stworca needs to be challenged

...That's how the normal AI works.

[Stworca]

...That's how the normal AI works.

This is not part of the vanilla HoI2, but from the DAIM mod. Speaking of which.. I should install HoI2 

[mainiac]

What i do know is : Using more than one stack as player is suicidal. You can only control 20 units. 21st and all the following are controlled by the retarded AI, which leads to crushing defeats and countless casualties.

Can't you just click the check box next to the image of the computer with a gear on it to turn off AI control of allied armies?

[Stworca]

Can't you just click the check box next to the image of the computer with a gear on it to turn off AI control of allied armies?

It's a hard-coded UI limitation. You can only see 20 unit portraits at once, thus you can only control 20. The checkbox matters only for <21 units. As in : 2 armies of 10 units, 3 of 6 and so on.

I recall controlling more units, and just having extra arrows to  view the >20 portraits, but it may have been a mod, or some patch... No idea.

[mainiac]

You didn't kill the murders of the Sassanid martyrs!

[Heron TSG]

You could always limit your total army size to 30 squads for the entire empire.

[Zrk2]

That... EVERYONE WOULD REVOLT!

...

That's it! We need to make the WRE a hellhole again - to add challenge, y'know? Totally not 'cause I'm an asshole that like making people repeat themselves...

[USEC_OFFICER]

For some reason this thread as inspired me to draw. Don't ask me why, I just did.

Spoiler: Horrible, Horrible Drawings. (click to show/hide)

Originally his legs were going to be replaced by balls, but then I switched to his face at the last second. Seemed more humorous that way.

If you're wondering why they're so big, it's because I still have to fiddle with the settings on my scanner. Meh.

[Stworca]

Those shall be carved in history books.. for kids!

[Stworca]

Spoiler: THE dust settles (click to show/hide)

Once we effortlessly captured Constantinople - only to discover that there are no entertainment areas downtown - we focused on the game once again. The terribly governed Manuretinople gave us almost 30 grand.


Our money situation was further strengthened with the capture of ex-Sarmatian capital. Later Hunic capital. Now Hunic capital is somewhere further in the wastelands. Their crops surely prosper in there.


We hit end turn, to see what will happen. Will all the enemies unconditionally surrender?
Hmm.. Right.


An all cav army attacking stronger forces made of mostly spearmen and heavy infantry that toss even heavier javelins.. A stronger force that also has higher ground..
WHY did WRE fall before ERE? Did we adopt these retards?


You see this, Sunny Jim? What do you have to say now?!
What? Don't escape! You can win here! Come closer!


Winter has passed, it is now summer. Well.. in the civilized parts of the world anyway. In the horde lands it's still cold as balls. Which leads us to General Big Balls, that is still assembling mercenaries along with his protege : Captain Cojones.


While our hostile, frozen wasteland campaign is stuck for a turn or two, the hostile, scorching wasteland one is moving forward. General Goldsack, the mercenary master, is sieging another meaningless ERE city.


Those peasants are surely going to stop us.. cough cough..


Another turn has ended (we run through these, do we not? Don't worry, at the end of this update you will see why i'm avoiding showing army movement. To build up the atmosphere!)
We see that ERE can not even hold their 10 provinces from rebelling.


We also see that one of the factions is richer than us.. It will change soon, as we are spending ALL of our cash constantly.. But who migh-- Burgrundii..? You mean the tribe that has one general and three peasants, that we are sieging for 15 turns?
Touche!


Lastly, we see that our General-recruiting facility (called Rome) has dished out another one. Also : We now have naval superiority.


Time to see some of our army movement.. Thessalonica is sieged by one of our armies. It seems that the spy has opened the way for us.. But i am not going inside. They have ballsy walls and more archers and heavy infantry that i consider healthy.
I'm going to starve them for two turns or so.


Next, i move Big Balls towards the Hunic newest capital, and Dickus the Crucifix is heading north.


Lastly, i reinforce the army that is sieging Ostrogoths with four useless units of uselessness. The general idea behind this group is having peasants in front of archers when fighting against enemy horse archers. As shields. This way we will minimize archer loses! Now somebody has to explain the plan to the peasants..


We end the turn.

Spoiler: It's just not enough to win (click to show/hide)

We have starved Ostrogoths for a while, and they have finally decided to attack us. Normally i would accept the fight, kill their general and fall back. But now thanks to the viewers we are going to take the city and have a horde appear.


With three hordes out of the way already, i have a lesson to teach Ostrogoths.
Armies that sail out to meet you are one of the easier to beat. We begin with a lovely cavalry charge. Our generals were slightly bored.


Next we retreat the generals for afternoon nap, and hurl random stuff at them barbarians.


Ostrogoths try to outflank us using their cavalry. Too bad we have carriage balistae just for that possibility.


I am a kind leader, so the second our soldiers got tired of hurling stuff, i have archers replace them.


This way they can play catch with the OGoths. Except you can only tag someone with a sword.


Sadly enemies stop attacking before i could use all them tricks


Also : Their general was a fool.


They have some units still barricaded inside the city.. What should we do now..?
Retreat.


And call in the bloody commando's!


Time to visit das scoreboard! Yay! Wait.. these casualties seem wrong.


Oh.. Now they are correct. Silly Ostrogoths.


Now they turn into a horde, and i will have to wipe out 5 stacks of these idiots...

Spoiler: SURE You can win, AI! (click to show/hide)

Do you wish to see the most ridiculous and retarded decision made by the AI?
Well.. Here it is :


Wait, there is more :


And the hidden bonus of total AI retardness :


Big Balls was feeling generous, so he allowed the fools to cross the river. Also : Look at how badass our cavalry is looking from afar.


Now that we have the introduction behind us, let us skip into one minute into the actual fight :
You can actually see Big Balls looking for something in his pocket. Perhaps some change to throw at barbarians while slaughtering them.


What? We won? How did we.. (almost all casualties are Foederati Cav. Some friendly fire too)


Now that Captain Cojones has seen how easily barbarians are to kill, we head back to them Ostrogoths.


We end the turn.. And yet another ERE army is attacking us. This time it's the city garrison of Thessalonica. They have sent a small force to distract us while the main army leaves the city. A smart plan.


And look at them arriving. A glorious sight for the Eastern Empire.


Now let us see how good they are against our forces.
ERE Army uses : "Complete lack of organization and tactics"


It's not very effective.


Once again friendly fire has caused more damage to us than the enemy army.. Oh well.

Spoiler: Where's my gold stash!? (click to show/hide)

We finally regain control after ERE has fed us another terrible display of peasants leading armies.
Only to see that our income is no longer what is has been a few turns ago..


What happened?! What the balls?! WHERE IS MY STASH!?
Well, we have some armies to maintain. Let us ask our good friend to help us count them!


That's one and two.. About to face them Ostrogoths who have decided to retake their village.


Three, sieging Lombardii, and Four - general Big Balls.


Number five, still holding Burgrundii.. And they will for next few turns, until reinforcements arrive (They are, after all, ALL archers and town watch..)


6, 7 and 8.. Wrecking ERE's shit.


9, making sure that even the crappiest villages are sieged by us. (I was actually living on Crete for half-a-year)


And 10, about to dig the Suez canal.


Lastly, let us consult them charts, to see how can the AI defeat us.


Aye, They're fucked.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

We shall achieve Post-Victory Domination. Glory! Honor! Supervictory!

[USEC_OFFICER]

Those shall be carved in history books.. for kids!

I'm pretty sure that having a character with balls so big that he can sit on them would not work well for a children's book. But what do I know? Merely that I know my enemies!

Spoiler: I see what you did there. (click to show/hide)

The engineer from TF2 is now a Goth. Not the sucky kind, but the head-smashing kind.

How did the quality turn out? I still need to fiddle with the settings a bit more.

[Zrk2]

Super victory gets super approval.