World Wars?

**XSHEAFFEYX** · September 18, 2011, 11:00 AM

So, as I only just downloaded Darthmod for medievil 2 (only got the game a few weeks ago), i was reading the thread explaining all the goodies the mod brings, and it said something about the diplomacy and that the campaign is prone to a word war or something, with aliances and such - so, darthmod or not, whos had a world war where most if not all factions were included? and how messy was it?.

**Diamond** · September 18, 2011, 11:56 AM

Well, I play vanilla.
the most unlikely alliances, THREE sides
Side one:
England, Scotland, France, HRE, Portugal, The Moors
Side two:
Denmark, Russia, Poland, Hungary
Side three:
Milan, Sicily, Spain
I was the un-involved Venice
So it looks like Side 1 was the anti-Spain alliance... Spain took everything up to Paris, Portugal took western Spain in Iberia, and the Moors kicked them out of the south. The French took Milan and Genoa. Milan took South HRE. The HRE moved east into Poland. The Russians attacked the Turks even though the Turks weren't involved.
The Scottish attacked Oslo in Denmark, The English landed in Arhus but they lost the battles there. Sicily attacked Moorish Africa.
It was INSANE. Basically everyone got attacked, abandoned their homeland and moved somewhere else.

**XSHEAFFEYX** · September 18, 2011, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by Diamond

Well, I play vanilla.
the most unlikely alliances, THREE sides
Side one:
England, Scotland, France, HRE, Portugal, The Moors
Side two:
Denmark, Russia, Poland, Hungary
Side three:
Milan, Sicily, Spain
I was the un-involved Venice
So it looks like Side 1 was the anti-Spain alliance... Spain took everything up to Paris, Portugal took western Spain in Iberia, and the Moors kicked them out of the south. The French took Milan and Genoa. Milan took South HRE. The HRE moved east into Poland. The Russians attacked the Turks even though the Turks weren't involved.
The Scottish attacked Oslo in Denmark, The English landed in Arhus but they lost the battles there. Sicily attacked Moorish Africa.
It was INSANE. Basically everyone got attacked, abandoned their homeland and moved somewhere else.

Haha, well what did YOU do??

**Diamond** · September 19, 2011, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by XSHEAFFEYX

Haha, well what did YOU do??

Every time Sicily and Milan sent their armies away to foreign land I took a city

Then I'd make peace and do it again next time.

This was when I played Vanilla, I have a mod now, no save game.

**ChivalrousKiller** · September 18, 2011, 12:00 PM

Diamond, I want a screenshot

**Kine** · September 18, 2011, 12:23 PM

World wars happen often in my campaigns. A couple being really good ones with steady alliances and wars lasting for decades. I notice it works better if I'm the one initiating the first coalition. Sooner or later another one would emerge and then the show begins.

**In3x** · September 18, 2011, 04:22 PM

Check out my AAR "World War 0", I play a hotseat as every faction on the map to ensure there really is a world war.

**.L.** · September 18, 2011, 05:00 PM

Side 1: Byzantium and Egypt and Moors and Hungary and Spain.
Side 2:England, Turks, France, HRE, Portugal, and Poland.

Not everyone was at war with everyone, and Alliances weren't always perfect, Portugal and Poland weren't allied, neither were Poland and the Turks or England or the Turks, but you know what I mean. I was Byzantium, and I was at war with all those factions on side 2 and THEN some(Milan and Venice, and the Pope)

I tasked myself with defending the allied city of Jerusalem from the Crusaders, that helped kick it off. It took QUITE a bit of money to ease my relations with Hungary and Spain.

**PrestigeX** · September 18, 2011, 11:53 PM

Egpyt leading the cause of Islam, against the Infidels of Europa.

allegiances with Turks, and moors -- constant jihads and targets chosen to help allies. settlements taken and given as gifts to allies in their regions. Egypt bulked up to repel and destroy the Mongols.

Turks to destroy Byzantium and fight Russians , Moors to conquer Iberia, naval invasion of Southern France and ITaly by Egypt !

**XSHEAFFEYX** · September 19, 2011, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by PrestigeX

Egpyt leading the cause of Islam, against the Infidels of Europa.

allegiances with Turks, and moors -- constant jihads and targets chosen to help allies. settlements taken and given as gifts to allies in their regions. Egypt bulked up to repel and destroy the Mongols.

Turks to destroy Byzantium and fight Russians , Moors to conquer Iberia, naval invasion of Southern France and ITaly by Egypt !

Sounds awesome - did the European infidels manage to oganise an oppossing coalition??

**Kine** · September 19, 2011, 04:15 AM

Originally Posted by PrestigeX

Egpyt leading the cause of Islam, against the Infidels of Europa.

allegiances with Turks, and moors -- constant jihads and targets chosen to help allies. settlements taken and given as gifts to allies in their regions. Egypt bulked up to repel and destroy the Mongols.

Turks to destroy Byzantium and fight Russians , Moors to conquer Iberia, naval invasion of Southern France and ITaly by Egypt !

I like this one! Gonna start a vanilla campaign now as the Moors and see if I can do the same. Turks and Egypt seem to always do well in my campaigns.

**PrestigeX** · September 19, 2011, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by Kine

I like this one! Gonna start a vanilla campaign now as the Moors and see if I can do the same. Turks and Egypt seem to always do well in my campaigns.

You have to really Baby Sit the AI, so you want to gift some settlements to the allies, pay them gifts now and then, and keep strong garrisons on any border territories so they're not tempted to Back Stab.

Christians nations not really have a cohesive defense in unity, but they will continue to declare Crusades which is pretty good. IN fighting Sicily, to invade I didn't see any allies helping them but fighting in Hungary / Vienna later on -- HRe, Poland, Hungary all allies so some cool battles there 3 vs 1 (but my army was almost entirely cavalry, except for Crossbow mercs).

**XSHEAFFEYX** · September 19, 2011, 04:37 AM

Actually another thing - any Screenies would be pretty sweet.

**XSHEAFFEYX** · September 19, 2011, 09:36 AM

Haha -ahhhhhh, Vanilla Ai: A joke

**Diamond** · September 19, 2011, 03:44 PM

I'll try the moors later.

**Kine** · September 20, 2011, 06:32 AM

my campaign atm. Moors turn 50. No world war yet although Egypt finally accepted an alliance. But the rest of Europe is in a free for all chaos. One and only crusade called on Antioch and none of the Catholic factions responded - I'll let it run to turn 100, see if this gets anywhere...