A quick intro note;
i was lucky enough to have been invited as an alpha tester. I posted a lot in the Dev forum about my campaign, and Wallachian suggested that i post it here as well as a preview of how the game currently works. Unfortunately i wasn't paying too much attention to making screenshots as the game progressed as often as it would be ideal, so i'm going to make a report from some of my old screens, and try to be more consistent with it in the future, while giving you guys some battle pictures as well.
I have tried to take a very historical approach as the Ottomans; which has added difficulty to my game; avoiding conquering Constantinople for example, which, spoiler alert, i still did 20 years to early since Mehmed appeared too soon, and given how every nation hates me i had to close down one front in order to be able to continue the campaign.
1410 AD - The Timurids arrive
One thing that really surprised me in the mod was how well the AI is using navies. As you can see, Trinacria is trying to reform the Norman Sicilian Kingdom. After a hard fight, i managed to push into Serbia; however upon conquering Larissa from the Serbian Empire the Duchy of Athens decided that they don't want any Turks close to Athens and attack me the next turn. Given how strong their combined armies were, i had to withdraw and consolidate in the north.
Asia minor is a battlezone. The Knights, the Genoese, Karamanids and Aydin are fighting like crazy for their land. But now the Timurids arrived. I've actually lost a battle vs them as a slight underdog. It was probably because i was so shocked about how amazing their units looked that i didn't pay too much attention to detail. I forgot to have my archers in skirmish mode, and when the Timurid tanks hit they decimated my army. At this point war was brewing on every front, and the Ottomans, despite their riches and strong power bases in Bursa and Edirne were fighting for their lives everywhere.