Rebel Towns

[Steistas]

I've tried to play 4 different campaigns: Scotland, Poland, Russia and England. Played on med/med and when in the first turns I am attacking rebel towns, no defenders found, the towns are empty. Is it normal? Because it's a bit dissapointing, not to fight with anybody, at least some resistance would be more fun.

Any comments on it?

[Mikelus Trento]

That is interesting indeed. I wonder if it is the difficulty setting? I have tried almost all the factions now (including Scotland and England) at least 15 turns into the game on VH/VH and have yet to find an undefended city. The only time that has happened is when my move ended close to a rebel town and they attacked out of it and were eliminated.

[Spiff]

As Scotland the nearest rebel cities always had Rebels in them when i played, not sure why they wouldnt when you play

[Spart]

Weird, in my campaigns there are at least half a stack of rebels in every town..

[Steistas]

The game is as comes, I have changed only the list of playable factions and used no cd, because don't want to scratch dvds (£30 - not cheap ). And that's it. No more changes, with Russia I just separated the army into separate units and was taking towns one by one, and like this I was quickly loosing interest, I haven't seen none of rebel armies in 15 turns
I will try to change the dif. levels and see what changes from it.

[Anarion]

Change the Rebel's "King's Purse" in descr_strat.txt to a crazy value like 40 000 and watch rebels build up their towns and fortresses and create huge armies.

[Mikelus Trento]

I will fire up a russia campaign and check it out. That's one faction I haven't yet tried.

[Ketzerfreund]

What Anarion says is true, indeed. The "Deus Lo Vult"-Mod does that, and it works... Right during the first few turns the rebels upgraded the castle of Magdeburg in my HRE-campaign. I see many, many rebel towns and castles increasing their garrisons from turn to turn, building up their cities... I wonder, inhowfar the "rebel faction" thinks strategically... Will the rebels build up those garrisons that are in immediate danger, or is it all a rather random thing?
Because 40000 florins will still not suffice for boosting all rebel provinces.

However, with increased money for rebels all those independent provinces actually feel like small kingdoms instead of remote villages. And that's a good thing. Plus to that, it does influence the other factions truth to alliances, since they have to cope with these strengthened rebels, too. It gives you more air to breathe, before the known world sinks in blood, turmoil and havoc...

-Der Ketzerfreund.

[StayingPower]

Steistas, I had your problem too. Remove the Aztecs, Rebels, Timurids, and Mongols from playable factions and you should be set.

[Shaun]

I play on med/med and ALL the rebel towns have units in them, infact some have so much that early conquest is out of the question. Switzerland has about 2 units of swiss pikemen with 2 chevrons, and both upgraded armour and weapons, 2 units of armoured sergeants with upgraded armour and some mailed knights with upgrade. Antwerp and the other flanders region has similar but Flemish pikemen.

[Ieuano]

good result for you shaun, for celtic i mean

[Steistas]

Thanks StayingPower, you are right, I had Aztecs, Timurids, and Mongols as playable, and when I took them of it worked straight away.

Thanks a lot everyone. Problem solved.