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Started by Martinus, March 21, 2011, 08:36:07 AM

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Queequeg

#5640
May 28, 2015, 11:36:57 AM Last Edit: May 28, 2015, 11:38:42 AM by Queequeg
Honestly, do an 867 start with a modded Karen Satrap and go for Khiva while the Saffarids are taking Persia.  That's basically at the very start.  Maintain good relations with the Saffarids, and gain total control over Turan (Central Asia) while the Saffarids are pulled in to other conflicts.  Take Buddhist Afghanistan but avoid the Hindus at all costs until you are ready to start taking on the Saffarids if they have a weak ruler or a civil war.  But honestly-avoid war with the Hindu powers and any kind of reunified Caliphate until you are damn sure you are ready and Zoroastrianism is re-entrenched and your satrapies are up an drunning.  You can get fucked fighting a two-front conflict or a pan-Sunni Jihad.   

I actually love playing a Central Asian Tengrii dynasty that converts to Zoroastrianism, too.  The Oghuz are good. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Syt

#5641
May 28, 2015, 11:40:30 AM
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Queequeg

#5642
May 28, 2015, 11:44:18 AM
As the "Karen Dynasty", what's probably most important is keeping the Muslim community disunited.  Unless your Persia and Central Asia are unified, Zoroastrian and competently administered it's not that hard for a competent Caliph to come back in and fuck you over. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Razgovory

#5643
May 29, 2015, 01:12:55 AM
As the Raz Dynasty I conquered New York.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

jimmy olsen

#5644
May 30, 2015, 08:04:02 AM
Golden Horde declared war on me! :bleeding:
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Caliga

#5645
May 30, 2015, 01:05:53 PM
Relax.  Just make sure you win.  If not, reload. :)
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Valmy

#5646
May 30, 2015, 04:42:23 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 30, 2015, 01:05:53 PM
Relax.  Just make sure you win.  If not, reload. :)

If you start reloading when bad things happen you might as well just open the cheat codes and make yourself Emperor of Everything :P
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

garbon

#5647
May 30, 2015, 04:43:02 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 30, 2015, 04:42:23 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 30, 2015, 01:05:53 PM
Relax.  Just make sure you win.  If not, reload. :)

If you start reloading when bad things happen you might as well just open the cheat codes and make yourself Emperor of Everything :P

Okay but we're talking about Tim who is on record for doing said sort of things. ;)
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

jimmy olsen

#5648
May 30, 2015, 10:41:26 PM
There's a reason they give you the ability to save and reload the game. It's called a game, you're supposed to have fun, not stoiaclly suffer the vagaries of a random number generator and defeat. :rolleyes:
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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garbon

#5649
May 31, 2015, 01:01:49 AM
Yeah loading and save are good for say when you actually have to go have a life and then want to come back to playing again. :)
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

dps

#5650
May 31, 2015, 02:59:32 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 30, 2015, 10:41:26 PM
There's a reason they give you the ability to save and reload the game. It's called a game, you're supposed to have fun, not stoiaclly suffer the vagaries of a random number generator and defeat. :rolleyes:

It's called a game, it's supposed to have rules.  When you don't obey the rules, it's called cheating.

Of course, we can't expect a Patriots fan to understand such things.

jimmy olsen

#5651
May 31, 2015, 04:01:20 AM
Quote from: dps on May 31, 2015, 02:59:32 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 30, 2015, 10:41:26 PM
There's a reason they give you the ability to save and reload the game. It's called a game, you're supposed to have fun, not stoiaclly suffer the vagaries of a random number generator and defeat. :rolleyes:

It's called a game, it's supposed to have rules.  When you don't obey the rules, it's called cheating.

Of course, we can't expect a Patriots fan to understand such things.
Don't be silly, it's not against the rules.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

garbon

#5652
May 31, 2015, 05:17:09 AM
But against the spirit.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Tamas

#5653
June 01, 2015, 01:59:02 AM
Quote from: garbon on May 31, 2015, 05:17:09 AM
But against the spirit.

Indeed.

Valmy

#5654
June 01, 2015, 07:19:06 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 30, 2015, 10:41:26 PM
It's called a game, you're supposed to have fun, not stoiaclly suffer the vagaries of a random number generator and defeat. :rolleyes:

It's called a strategy game. The fun is trying to overcome challenges with a good strategy. If you just remove all the challenges where is the fun?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."
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