Teutonic Campaign Information

[Heiro de Bodemloze]

Hey,

I am doing a small (or big) project, and I need some help. I do not have Medieval 2, or the Kingdoms expansion. So I need some info and maybe some pics. It would be lovely if someone could help me.

# I need a picture of the campaign map, preferably one that shows cities as well. But atleast the different factions territories.

# I also need a picture of the family overview.

# I understand that the succesion and heirs are different for this faction since it has got Grandmasters and stuff? I need the age of the faction heir, his name and the way the succession works.

# Which cities are important to have? Or will give you bonuses, such as gold, iron or horses? Some of the more important of these would be appreciated.

# What moves does the A.I. do? Is it some cities that they attack every single campaign? And how hard are the A.I. factions to take? Are Danes and Novgorod hard? And how about the Polish Lithuanians? Are there any more factions?


Thank you very much, and if there are any more questions I have, I will add them below.

[Mhaedros]

I guess your making a teutonic mod for Rome?

[Heiro de Bodemloze]

Wrong I am trying to write an AAR without playing the game

[Mhaedros]

lol, OK I did not expect that I can't help you tho, it's a very long time ago I opened the Teutonic campaign

[Heiro de Bodemloze]

Expect the unexpected To bad you couldn't help me.

[Blaze of Macedon]

# I need a picture of the campaign map, preferably one that shows cities as well. But atleast the different factions territories ----> At the start of the campaign or in a developed campaign?

# I also need a picture of the family overview. ----> Same question?

# I understand that the succesion and heirs are different for this faction since it has got Grandmasters and stuff? I need the age of the faction heir, his name and the way the succession works. ----> Same question?

# Which cities are important to have? Or will give you bonuses, such as gold, iron or horses? Some of the more important of these would be appreciated. ----> Hamburg, Danzig, Visby, Riga, Novgorod - if you contro 3 of those you get to build the Hanseatic League HQ, that gives you a big income boost through increase in tradeable goods. Pskov and Kiev are also prett wealthy, and the mines in the east give you a pretty big income bonus as well.

# What moves does the A.I. do? Is it some cities that they attack every single campaign? And how hard are the A.I. factions to take? Are Danes and Novgorod hard? And how about the Polish Lithuanians? Are there any more factions? ----> Just played one campaign with the TO and my impressions are: The TO is the most bad ass faction ever to be introduced to the TW series. In fact they are so bad ass that they should be banned from TW unniverse. You need to employ very little strategy when you have so much raw force. So i played on VH/VH and the only problem was the starting economy (which is non-existent for the TO) and the fact that Novgorod, Poland and the HRE love to use way to much arty in their armies - which can inflict terrible casualties before you close in. At the beginning it was tricky since Novgorod decllared while i was fighting Lithuania and i had to deal with them with more or less my starting armies + pikes but after i got the economy rolling it was a stroll. AFter you conquer a certain number of cities everyone DoW on you - even the HRE - but by then you are pretty much an unstopable killing machine

[GoodstuffTW]

http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/The_Teu...(M2TW_Kingdoms)


here you go theres a lot of piccs/info on this so there should be some useful stuff there

[Aeratus]

Here's the campaign map

[Heiro de Bodemloze]

Thank you guys, and Blaze it is for the start of the campaign.

[Heiro de Bodemloze]

And how is that island Gotland? The Teutonics had a historical attack on that island, but who does it belong to? And is it possible to take it?

[Mhaedros]

It's rebel in the beginning

[Aeratus]

Gotland is part of Sweden, which is represented by the Rebels in this campaign.

[Blaze of Macedon]

Start:





Later developed cash cow cities:





And i never figured out how the succession works (it's no the best general, it's not the guy with most piety, it's not the most dreaded or chivalrous guy... It probably depends on many factors)

[Mhaedros]

I think it's the one with most authority, and the 'best age'. For example, I don't think a 16 year old has the same chance to become leader, even if he would have the most authority, but rather the 40 year old with second most authority. This is just a guess tho

[Blaze of Macedon]

Yah, maybe. As i said i think it dpends on many factors. And i think a character can not progress from a certain title to become Hochmeister (for example a Grosskomtur can't become Hochmeister - not sure if the actual example i gave is true but i've seen this discussed in a couple of threads)

[Aeratus]

For factions with a family tree, I think the faction heir it is the son of the king with the most authority, and if there is no son, it is the family member with the most authority regardless of position on the family tree. I don't think age is a factor, as I've seen members become heirs when they're really old.

For factions without a family tree, I'd expect that the heir is simply the member with the highest authority at the time he became heir.

[Heiro de Bodemloze]

I saw that the Ordenmarschall is faction heir somewhere. Anyway, are these people young enough to be in an AAR? Or should I think out my own general, that will be narrator?

[╬Ritterbruder╬]

Gotland originally was a pirate base where viking-like raiders lived who attacked the trade rich regions of the Baltic. the kingdom of sweden did not originally possess it. But the first 'crusade' was called to protect polish merchants from these raids, and then from land raids from the pagans
Do realise that the faction leader/heir system in the game is absolutely 0% historical

[Heiro de Bodemloze]

Is Gotland an island that it is natural to attack? Or is it not?

[Mhaedros]

I took it early in my one campaign, as a military base against Denmark/Norway. IIRC it also has good rescourses.