war as hell, don’t know what else to say
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Most of the rebel soldiers are peasant levies, not career military. And you can still conduct the Atiming River Massacre and run them down with cavalry while they flee in terror.
@Sujan_Dhakal if Bacon was editing ITF1 before I2O comes out, I’d say that the Marshal holding off on decisive blows (at the Atiming and the final battle), because the opponents are mostly peasant levies, should be tracked.
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Also the PC fought in fantasy Vietnam, I don’t think I need to explain what that meant
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Ofc it is but I’m just saying that maybe we can choose to just not burn hospital tents.
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Running them down with cavalry is another thing, it was a common thing in those times to destroy the military force of the opposite side eith cavalry after the battle was won but burning hospital tents would count as a warcrime nowadays.
I wonder why we can choose to pursue or not pursue the enemy when winning a battle but be unable to pick between burning or not burning hospitals tents or whatever they’re called.
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What that meant?
I assume they mean that in a Vietnam-like scenario there’d be a lot of warcrimes.
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Hey how do you all think Loyalists, Regents and Kings will have to balance their support stats?
Like, between staying loyal to Elya and being the bastard king you get like 25 more points of Noble Support and 20 more points of church support at the maximum of vassal loyalty with Elya compared against the maximum of the bastard king, do you think they have the same floors for support you need before bad shit happens and support you need before good shit happens? Maybe avoiding a crisis is the best the bastard king can hope for, while Elya strives to reassert control and support of her vassals.
And what about Army Loyalty? Regents only have 40 army loyalty to start with, should they expect immediate desertions if they don’t cater to their soldiers hard with veteran retirements, suicidal charges and rewards for brutality, even if it further reduces their numbers and terrifies the people?
Should a bastard king strive for even more army loyalty than loyalists? They can start with the highest out of all, but will the army also have higher expectations from turning their Marshal into a king? How high must loyalty get so they stay with a bastard instead of finding the opportunity to defect to Rade or even a high strength Elya?
I expect loyalists will have the easiest time as long as Elya is strong and warm, that sounds nice. Also, maybe the text of Elya’s eyes could change according to her strength and warmth, a frigid Elya with 6 strength probably doesn’t have eyes “full of warmth” anymore. And maybe the rage in Vedran’s eyes could slowly subside as respect and redemption increase.
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It’s because that kind of thing is really the foundation of the guerilla strategy. You’re attacking their supplies so they don’t have enough to eat and you’re destroying their medical capability so they can’t care for their sick and wounded. You’re letting illness and hunger and fatigue destroy their army while you harass them to be sure that they never get the chance to rest and forage.
The strategy is about slowly strangling their army to death, there’s no room in it for things like “but don’t attack the hospital tents”.
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i would say yes. No reason to make it easy for ussupers. they did very unpopular thing and it should harm them compared to more stable rule of elya.
same i expect it to matter very much, you are kind of dependat on armys loyality they are what keeps you in power so player should do everything to make them happy, i would not be supirsed if they will have desertions
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I did some testing, Usurper can end Chapter 2 with at best 38 noble loyalty (although that could increase to 40+ I think if the speech they give is updated) while Elya would start with at least 40, do you think the consequences for both should be equal? I think it might be in line to be more lenient on an usurper and more harsh on a loyalist for reaching these numbers, but the best of the loyalist should absolutely outperform the best of the usurper.
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i mean personaly i would still be harsh on usurper. you are bastard that usrprued throne no reason for nobles to like you or even whant to help you really.
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Somewhat. Yes. Enemies using children isnt new. Many warcrimes back then were not considered warcrimes to others. Depends on people.
I go with massacres cause, just as Germans did it. Recycling troops that lost the field and others doing same. If they survived a loss. Which they do end up having, Recycling.
Well ok you got a point…
Does the fighting style we pick ever have an effect or is it just cosmetic?
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Just cosmetic, doesn’t even increase army respect or fear.
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How much larger will the armies and battles be in comparison to ITFO?
I believe it affects personal battles. If not weapon specialist, gotta match close to what and who you are.
Strong men and women with brutality going in strong on Rades lover boy.
Small men and women with finesse has to stay light and pull away, swap to dagger.
This is one where style and performance matters. Most likely other locations where choice of strike/defense is given too.
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It doesn’t, it only takes in consideration your size, and, surprisingly, personal weapon. Poleaxe and Warhammer Marshalls can dent his plate armor through sheer power, while the Axe and Greatsword ones need their dagger to actually sneak a stab into the weak points.
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Yeah, the fighting style are just interchangeable flavor text bits.
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