Originally Posted by
DaVinci
I only wonder why this is not getting boring with the time to play with this tactic, Ala?
[ ... everybody can view Ala's family-member-army-AI-exploit-tactics in his AAR's, and they are entertaining, too.
He is
an evil AI hater without mercy for peasants and independent faction units, using with 95% his bodyguard-knights in his armies ( his family members must all have the
Butcher and
Bloodthirsty traits ... but he doesn't show them in his AAR ... lol ) - this is no
chivalric way to play, btw., and he knows that surely, and/or he ignores it
]
Remember everyone, the AI hates you too and will attack you whoever it can. Don't fold under the weight of your computer's undying hatred for your faction!
It won't be possible with 1hp bodyguards, or not as easy -don't be fooled just because I make it look easy. But even with 1 hp, it is *safe* to use your bodyguard unit early on (vs peasants/light infantry). When the enemy gets the armored spear/swordsmen, then 
Now, when there are more "ambushing heavy class" rebels, we shall see what happens. There are some even now, with knights (?!) which are left alone. Regardless, I think now after some thought that there are better targets than rebels with stacks ... but we will see come patch 1.1
I'll go grab a screenshot right now and have a look for you...
To be honest, I need to get them out more with the charges. I tend to get too busy chasing enemy generals down and then my battle line starts to fold under the AI's mass of armored foot.
Originally Posted by
DaVinci
( Info for the others who don't know this already: this way to win those battles very easily with this exploit-tactic is about to a change with patch 1.1, at least the losses will be higher for the human player who makes such a blitz-sportsfestival-campaign
i hope so, it is at least the plan - and anyway, i hope some Chiv players have also the fun to make some merely 1:1 or sometimes even risky battles ... ie. to get good/chivalric traits ).
Ironically, when it's 300 peasants vs 50 2hp knights, it is "risky" with 3:2 odds or so. Oddly, it can be won because you only really *kill* 10% or so, the rest are all routers ...
Also, I don't have any late-game AARs simply because this current one is too slow. My own campaign doesn't use the FMs quite as much (of course I'm at 20 regions now, so I spam Dogheads like crazy, so the FM's don't *need* to do anything except fight enemy knights and watch the casualties rise).
If anyone is wondering, 2 FMs is usually because I have such-and-such stacks and 2x the number of FMs. And they're horrible governors - increasing Unrest and construction costs while reducing income. Sometimes one of them will sit around to funnel slaves and make the most out of "shows mercy training bonus...
Here's a little look at the kinds of Traits ChivTW has - lots!
Several of the more interesting traits:
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Eh, +6 morale. Maybe some more bonuses from the other traits I didn't highlight. No wonder why his Dogheads seem positively suicidal sometimes compared to those of "fresh" generals.
Heh - "Chivalrous Mercy" and "Reputation." Beats me why, I've looked at the traits file and it seems related to how many troops the enemy has alive at the end of battles. If it was really RPing, it would probably be because:
: "Peasants get to go to their homes. Knights get to die honorably in battle."
Chiv has a lot of very fun units! Even Bohemia, a rather small faction, has 2 unique units 
For example, this army is actually one of the less varied ones ... only because I take effort to use (1) interchangeable units and (2) all my units are trained from 1 of 4 towns:
We have of course the general (the Crown Prince - Heir) whose unit is a little understrength.
There are the wonderfully obedient dogheads (Never wonder why border defense troops are in France - it's Bohemia now).
Varlets of Bohemia! The faction's second unique unit after the Dogheads.
And custom house militia - civil servants that do more than just paperwork!
Yeah, there are also those Feudal Men-At-Arms, but I don't have a picture for them, so instead I used one for Vassal MAA.
You should really play Chiv! It's also CTD-free (make sure you have the latest hotfix, of course)
Re: So, is this mod done? should i get it?
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