Poll: Let's play Medieval 2: Total War

[dyre]

Won't attacking the HRE destroy all the goodwill you've been building up with the Pope? Or does the Pope hate HRE? I don't remember. I think you should take out Antioch though, because Crusades are fun!

 

[Aidinthel]

Huh. Maybe you should have picked that first guy, after all. At least he was loyal...

Won't attacking the HRE destroy all the goodwill you've been building up with the Pope? Or does the Pope hate HRE? I don't remember. I think you should take out Antioch though, because Crusades are fun!

I'm pretty sure the Pope isn't very fond of the HRE, but I also would like to see a crusade. Decisions in Let's Plays should be made primarily for the amusement of the audience rather than practicality, IMO.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

A good start. I'm about two thirds through an England campaign I started because of this thread. Scotland decided to emigrate to Germany, and fucking Milan has been spamming those goddamn genoese crossbowmen to no end. Poland has been flattened along with france and denmark, and I'm gearing up to take spain and kill scotland once and for all.

 

[Bernzz]

I shall be very interested in this LP, especially considering I got Medieval 2 a few days ago myself.

Nice way to deal with the traitor, by the way.

 

[Fat Hippo]

Well, IF you do go on a crusade, don't even bother trying to hold those towns, but just sack the shit out of their settlements for lots of money and piss off again before the Mongols arrive. Trying to actually hold provinces in the orient just isn't worth it if you're playing as a northern nation.

But really, you should probably just focus on Europe. Crusades can be such a *****.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Well, IF you do go on a crusade, don't even bother trying to hold those towns, but just sack the shit out of their settlements for lots of money and piss off again before the Mongols arrive. Trying to actually hold provinces in the orient just isn't worth it if you're playing as a northern nation.

But really, you should probably just focus on Europe. Crusades can be such a *****.

Unless it's aimed at Cagliari or Tunis. Then jump on that Crusade as soon as possible. It is always good to have a Fortress in the Mediterranean, giving you shipping lanes as well as a base from which to build your attack force to conquer Jerusalem and achieve your campaign goals.

 

[Fat Hippo]

Well, IF you do go on a crusade, don't even bother trying to hold those towns, but just sack the shit out of their settlements for lots of money and piss off again before the Mongols arrive. Trying to actually hold provinces in the orient just isn't worth it if you're playing as a northern nation.

But really, you should probably just focus on Europe. Crusades can be such a *****.

Unless it's aimed at Cagliari or Tunis. Then jump on that Crusade as soon as possible. It is always good to have a Fortress in the Mediterranean, giving you shipping lanes as well as a base from which to build your attack force to conquer Jerusalem and achieve your campaign goals.

True, true. As long as you don't have to mess with the golden horde, it's fine. God, I hate those Mongols! I can't even remember how many times they've screwed me over. Tunis and Cagiliari should be fine, though in my experience, crusades are almost always aimed at the holy land itself. I think you can manipulate the pope into calling a crusade on any non-Christian province if he likes you, though I'm not sure anymore.