Amazing!!!

[M.R.Maiornikov]

Wow... is the only word that comes out of my mouth about this mod. Simply amazing. I love the new nation, knight's templar one. Man so hard to will or even survive.

Basically at the beginning of the game i prospered very well controlling 3 big cities. but then all hell broke loose. Me and Egypt disagreed about a small thing, can't remember which it was. But they opened military actions against me. My soldiers fought bravely, but we couldn't resist the might of Egypt so after a long campaign i was left with only one city and an army that it couldn't upkeep. So my 50000 money started to fade away. Not knowing what to do, i decided to take drastic measures. I managed to assemble an expeditionary force and sent it up north to the slave lands. But as i was blocked from the sea by the Egyptian fleet, my only way was to go through the Turkish mountains in the far east. This action angered the Turks and they in the blink of declaring a war against my weak nation.

So after couple of years of march i managed to reach the Caucasus and immediately decided to invade a castle, controlled by Poland (?) but as i was preparing the siege, all hell broke loose, THE MONGOL INVASION.

So right now I'm in a very delicate place. I am planning to invade the Crimea region and fortify my position there.

The Last Stand of the Free People.



All this to say I LOVE THIS MOD, one of the best out there. Thanks for producing this marvel.

[Hambi]

I totally agree. I'm at 1234 with the templars, 1 year per turn, vh/vh

The start was the hardest compared to the other nations I played. The Egyptians attacked me prety early and the rebel cities were crowded of troops, so I almost had to give up. But i managed to at least ally with the turks, so I could concentrate to the south and east. Luckely the Egyptians had most of their armies on the field instead of having them defending the cities, so i could strike at the right placed to conquer their landsand defending from the walls was easier then on the battlefield!

I was first calling a crusade on Jerusalem, so many factionas declared war and sent some heavy troops to Egypt, where I fought them together. Now, they only have 2 cities left.
But menawhile, the Turks used my situation and fell in my back, Republic of Novgorod, the biggest nations, also declared war on me. Having a hard time defending, loosing and conquering cities each turn.
- Lots of enemy troops are already at the highest armour-grade, which I find ok.

I just can't stop playing, it's so exciting. Recommendation!

What attract my attention somewhat negatively:
- I could ally with the Mongols easily... Aren't they here to conquer everything? (well, in my situation, I'm glad, because it could have been my end!
- The assasins are way way way too good! (But that you know already, I guess)

Actually, there is nothing else to "complain" about...
looking forward to further releases (if there even is something to enhance!)

Thanks for reading my novel!

kind regards,
Hambi (Swiss MTW2-SS-addict)

[Hambi]

What I wanted to add, not that it stays wrong:

- One turn after i wrote this yesterday, the Mongols declared war on me...
Now my reign is in struggle again!

[Mike13531]

lol, you should know better, this part? its CA's fault, i know all about the mongols. Historically , mongols DO NOT agree with alliances at all, or not easy anyway.. however, once they do make a promise, they are honorable enough to keep it. So.. This part , i blame it CA, and mongols are not muslim. They are believe in buddah , i think..

[King Kong]

Hi Maiornikov,

A big thanks for the feedback and you campaign report!
It's always very nice to read such positive comments!

And an amazing screenshot!
I think it's time for me to buy a new graphics card..


Hi Hambi,

...Thanks for reading my novel!

I thank you for that!
And you said that the assassins are too good?! Can you tell me which SS version you're playing? I hope not that they are too strong in 3.2...
And well, I agree that alliances with Mongols is a little weird. Maybe I'll find a way to make this more realistic...


Hi Mike,

I think the Mongols were pagans, historically...
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[AdmiringtheEnemyeh?]

Yes they were oringinally pagans in their mongolian homeland but converted to Islam somewhere in present day Iran.

Man those templars look awsome cant wait till i can get this mod downloaded.

[Hambi]

@ KK


I always look for the newest updates and of course download and install them directly. I even reinstalled the game, patched it with the original patch, modded it with SS and then updated it with 3.2

Assassins:
I actually haven't tried them so far in 3.2, didn't know you changed them already! (readme?) So i didn't use them since i wanted the hard game play to stay by letting the enemies generals live!

Golden Horde:
They are ok actually, since they attacked me out of nowhere 2-3 turns after they easily allied with me. So don't worry about it too much!
They conquered the rebel city "Jerusalem" first (they even built some ships already!), surrounded by my provinces, so they didn't know what to do next but attacking me...

Do they recruit more troops and update the conquered provinces like a normal faction? Would be kind of hard, since there are still loads of them!
Luckily, some crusader-armies are still on their way to Jerusalem, since it was owned by rebels when the crusade started!

How is it with other games playing SS, are the Russians also the ruling nation?
What's very interesting to "see": The HRE has been the only nation already defeated so far (being the strongest faction in any other session I've played), and the French don't have any provinces in Europe anymore, only in Arabia. Cool.

Please keep up the good work on this mod, man.

Looking forward to further releases!

Greez,
Hambi

[Maximilian I]

The AI is amazing too in VH/VH settings.