Raid?

[Glowboy]

I was wondering does anybody do small scale raids on enemy settlements capture them,destrot everything worth value thne abandon it?

[Theseus1234]

yes
it gives a lot of cash early on and you dont even have to maintain it
for countries like norway in britannia in kingdoms, its imperative

[D|major]

I was wondering does anybody do small scale raids on enemy settlements capture them,destrot everything worth value thne abandon it?

No I don't do that because I don't see the point in doing it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the aim of the game is to capture as many settlements as possible. But if you abandon them after capturing it'll take pretty long to finish the campaign I guess
I only once or twice sacked a town when I desperately needed some cash, but I didn't abandon it afterwards but I tried to rebuild everything as fast as possible...

D|need

[Kiljaden]

I play Northern\Western European factions, so when I crusade to the Middle East I always capture and demolish the settlement, then sell it back to its original owner for a Ceasefire and money

[Monsieur Alphonse]

I once used it create a barrier of rebel states along my north western frontier playing as the Turks. Those rebel cities were filled with triple gold units after they rebelled and the endless attacks by Poland were stopped. And like Kiljaden I use the sack and sell tactic during crusades. The only thing I do different is that I sell / gift the city to the pope. This makes him very happy and since he will lose that city within a couple of turns ensures that a next crusade is called which will be done by my general who happened to be in the area

[D|major]

I once used it create a barrier of rebel states along my north western frontier playing as the Turks. Those rebel cities were filled with triple gold units after they rebelled and the endless attacks by Poland were stopped. And like Kiljaden I use the sack and sell tactic during crusades. The only thing I do different is that I sell / gift the city to the pope. This makes him very happy and since he will lose that city within a couple of turns ensures that a next crusade is called which will be done by my general who happened to be in the area

Okay, that sounds like a good way... When I played western european factions I either ignored crusades or conquered the whole middle east when the pope called a single crusade lol...

[Kiljaden]

conquered the whole middle east when the pope called a single crusade lol...

For western nations, the corruption or w/e (from distance from capital), unhappiness, and wrong religion kinda screws with your wallet and growth

Which is usually why Rome usually ends up being my capital in late game - mitigating the distance penalty as much as possible

[Leutrim]

I once used it create a barrier of rebel states along my north western frontier playing as the Turks. Those rebel cities were filled with triple gold units after they rebelled and the endless attacks by Poland were stopped. And like Kiljaden I use the sack and sell tactic during crusades. The only thing I do different is that I sell / gift the city to the pope. This makes him very happy and since he will lose that city within a couple of turns ensures that a next crusade is called which will be done by my general who happened to be in the area

Thats a very good tactic. I tend to do similar when im the Turks, launching a Jihad when Im right next to the enemy city with a huge powerful army

[Anglo-Pole]

I do what a few others others have said when Crusades are called. I usually send a large army over to the Middle-East and get as much cash from them as possible before returning home.

[Cmdr_Sdxo]

If I'm playing a faction like the Danes or Turks then yeah, otherwise I'm just expanding sloowly but steadily.

[Rommel]

When I'm at war with a faction, and know I can't win, I do it, and try and hit as many cities as possible before my army is destroyed, usualy the peasents rebel and turn the city rebel, given me a buffer against the overly strong enemy

Rommel

[Double A]

I don't, because I conquer slow enough as it is...

[Khassaki]

I was wondering does anybody do small scale raids on enemy settlements capture them,destrot everything worth value thne abandon it?

Yeah, jump in a boat and sack alexandria, cairo and jerusalem, the survivors wander off an park on an island as an outpost of in this case, Lithuania.