Gameplay in BC.....?!?!?!

**familyguy1** · July 14, 2008, 08:58 AM

One thing Im dissapointed in BC has been the limit of land battles, what I mean is the whole time, 1199-1250, Ive been doing seiges and only doing open battles with Rebels... So is there a way to make them come out and fight? like they do in ME2TW.

**the_mango55** · July 14, 2008, 09:03 AM

You must be playing a different BC than I am.

As Jerusalem I'm at war with the Great Seljuks right now and they have 4 full stacks marching on Edessa, after I already destroyed 3 stacks a couple turns back. Plus Markura is not at war with me, but they have 4 stacks parked right outside the Cairo border, so I can't really move those guys up to help deal with the Seljuks.

**familyguy1** · July 14, 2008, 09:18 AM

No Im playing the same game, it just seems like from the beginning till about 1150(or so), I will always be doing sieges, never land battles, It seems weird.

**Miltiades the Younger** · July 14, 2008, 09:29 AM

well I for one am not having this and am experincing plenty of land battles in all of my campigns, dont know whats up with yours

**anaztazioch** · July 14, 2008, 09:42 AM

Its becouse armies can travel long distances, it not a problem to march from one settlement to besiege another - thats what this guy is talking about IMO.
Still i get to fight open field alot.

**Miltiades the Younger** · July 14, 2008, 11:09 AM

Well I like it better like this then for example in SS Where there are such huge distances and gaps between everything, get's annoying IMO

**anaztazioch** · July 14, 2008, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Miltiades the Younger

Well I like it better like this then for example in SS Where there are such huge distances and gaps between everything, get's annoying IMO

Nothing like 4 years to move your army from Krakow to Prague

**iksterminator** · July 14, 2008, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by anaztazioch

Nothing like 4 years to move your army from Krakow to Prague

good one

+rep for that man!

**Erwin Rommel** · July 14, 2008, 11:13 AM

ever tried just waiting in the open

Im sure BC has lots of open spaces for battle............like this isnt obvious

**Thema'zandaar** · July 14, 2008, 09:27 PM

I get a decent amount of field battles. Right now, I'm Abbassids, fighting a Georgian army in my Mosul territory. However, I'm wondering why they were just sitting there for three turns (while I gathered my forces) instead of attacking the settlement.

I also think a look at The Long Road mod may not hurt - their AI is scripted to intercept player's armies so that could provide for a more interesting turn of events.

**Douchebag** · July 14, 2008, 09:41 PM

he must be playing on easy or something

**Bull** · July 15, 2008, 04:08 AM

Yeah, just besiege an enemy city and the AI will almost always send a relief force. The quality and size of this relief force is quite variable though.

**The Noble Lord** · July 15, 2008, 04:48 AM

Hi,

I encountered same problem in M2TW vanilla. The AI was only eager to fight sieges. However later I put it on VH/VH and AI changed drastically.
Then I started playing BC and SS 6.1 and AI is exactly the way I want it to be. Lots of open field battles.
However, I try to avoid open field battles with the Mongols

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For them, sieges are just fine.

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