High Elves impossible campaign? Hell no!

[TWmadman]

I know a lot of people find HE very difficult to play, or nearly impossible and give up because of scripted battles and huge money loss. Most of us run bankrupt in the first ten turns and cannot afford any developpement in their strategy which is true sadly. So most of us just give up or cheat (add_money) which is at the end, the same.

but i found a solution :

- at the beginning you have two settlements, one close to empire one in the north.
- abandon the settlement in the north, take the ship with all the best units (elite) delete the other ones
- wait outside the settlement, destroy all the buildings, max out the taxes
- the city rebelled, a scripted elite HE army spawns, stop the siege, delete all units EXCEPT THE ELITES
- now take all your elites troops and come aboard the ship
- with the ship go to the west close to the coast untill you can go through the mountains to head to the dark elf settlement and join the other sea where you other settlement is
- take the army of the first settlement (and the lonely army near skaelings) and head to the south with your ship to Marienburg
- take marienburg, it will provide 10000 gold a turn very quick, it is your lifesaver
- with the "elite" army travelling from the north to your capital (first settlement) take skaelings settlement as the scripted mission says
- in the south, after taking marienburg take the rebel city just below, quickly recruit merchants since Marienburg is rich of ressources and gold mines are near, merchants war is coming but profit too!
- when skaelings settlement is taken, back up all your elite forces in your capital waiting for the DE invasion, fill up the rest of slots recruiting archers, spearmen or seaguards

from the moment you take Marienburg you should have no problem with money, build your empire, watch the empire northern cities which are usually taken by DE's and Chaos, retake them and keep it for yourself, this way you conquer only large cities and above with ports to recruit troops.

THEN you ll be ready to go deep into the empire to help your allies against orcs, goblins, vampires and other scums, THEN you ll be ready to help Kislev against the horde of Chaos, THEN you ll be ready to retake the settlement you abandonned earlier and avenge your deads....


enjoy

[Karnil Vark Khaitan]

Great info m8, and its nice written ^^

[TWmadman]

battle of Marienburg will be tough, but it is the key of your campaign.

[mw2xboxplayer]

Quality work and an excellent guide for the High Elves, bravo!

You should have this included in the CoW factions guide.

[TWmadman]

it does not deserve a to be in guides section because i made this very quickly. perhaps if people ask i ll make a guide for the 15 first turns, step by step with screens. but this is just a little candy to help people to not despair with HE's.

[Amorphium]

where is the difference between add_gold and letting your city rebel so you get more elite units? imho its the same.

[TWmadman]

if you wish to know everything, you can even let your citie rebel and disband all the troops of the spotted new HE army, you will even suceed. the "elite troops" only meant 4 regiments. now thank you for your contribution.

[IrishBlood]

good post, + rep