Idea for some fun let's play's and gameplays at home

[SusaVile]

Hello there. I'm SusaVile, I am a let's player on youtube, and I would like to promote an idea.

In Starcraft 2, there is an idea divulged on the community about "funday monday". It started through a SC2 commentator/theorist called Day(9), which states the following:

Every week, he gives a small constraint to the game. That can be anything, from not using a certain unit, or trying to expand very early, or trying to avoid the basics of the game in order to keep people imagining new strategies.

I wanted to know if you would like to take this idea into play on Total war games. It can be on battles or campaigns, like "don't use cavalry unless on direct assault", or "never siege during more than 3 turns, you have to attack the siege". Something that would take people out of their confort zone, and try out new strategies. Of course, the new strategy must make some sense: cavalry charges can be very effective, but most of the time we are not willing to do so afraid of the outcome. It can be interesting to see that sometimes you can actually charge on the front with a good result. Siege attacks are often hard to make, so it can cause the person to prepare better for a siege, and enhance their capabilities at it.

There could be a vote from 2-5 categories of ideas, and then, the next week, people would share their accomplishments on the forums. Pictures, videos, anything would be fine.

So, I would like to think what the community thinks of this idea, and if anyone would be willing to try out.
Btw, check "funday monday day9" on youtube for a better sense of what I'm talking about.

Thks for your time, have fun!

[Dude with the Food]

I nice idea, already have ideas in my head but I don't think I'd be dedicated enough to follow them through properly.

[PrestigeX]

I'm thinking this would be more effective if a particular mod, or modification of specific files (EDU , EDB) were agreed upon and then people played it out. With EDU - can remove certain units, or greatly alter them - for instance, making the CAvalry extremely weak - or in a smaller size etc. EDB -- emphasize certain units, placing some further along the tech-tree.


I think the kind of RPG that I'd like to try, would be "UNique Unit only" kind of games -- that means , no more Mailed Knights, DFKS, Feudal Knights, spear militias etc.

Take a bit of work with the EDB but its doable - not just to limit the units for the player, but all the factions. Perhaps a few exceptions -- perhaps that France and HRE may keep some of the early roster troops ( until high period, they have no unique units!)

[SusaVile]

Unique unit only would be fun, even if it's restricted. Maybe something like "unique only + 2 other unit types" or even "choose 3 units, can't build anything else the entire game". It would have to be something like a short campaign, or something like that, but probably still fun. I really don't know much on how to mod or alter some existing mods, but it would be nice if the idea was taken in that regard as well.

[totalwar_legend]

Do the peasant challenge! I don't want to be the only person to have done it!

[Maklodes]

Could be fun. One possible idea: "no more than two of the same unit in a stack." You could have two mounted sergeants, two mailed knights, two feudal knights, and two chivalric knights in a stack, but no using eight units of chivalric knights in one stack, for instance. Might be good for forcing people to use comparatively unused units like town militia (usually superseded by spear militia) and the like. A full stack would have at least 10 types of units, if one can be assembled at all. Mercenaries might be called upon for the sake of diversity (mercenary crossbowmen, for instance, might take the place of otherwise commonly-spammed units like pavise/Genoese crossbow militia or longbowmen).

[Highlander of Scotland]

as scotland use the cheats and conquer the isles. Then play like a maniac, no retreating, sacking and exterminating only, etc. When the mongols come march on them with full stacks of pikes, convert as many cities to castles as possible. You have to beat the mongols in the field with no archers and border horse only for cav. In battle you have to be aggresive and take the offensive, units must fight individually or in small groups, although pikeman are allowed, with a good general to take a defensive position. If you do use noble pike they will fight on there own. Basically the aim is to play like a barbarian maniac and defeat the mongols and tirmuids. You dont fight defensive seiges and sally out even if they attack you. Units who run must be put in the vanguard and cut down.

[SusaVile]

nice ideas here. It would be nice if there was some kind of poll weekly or monthly, where we would vote for the next funday idea. Then, everyone who wanted to participate would either upload videos (preferably) or some pictures and description of what he had to do in order to win. Let's see if more people are interested, divulge the idea so it becomes a more global thing, yes?