[5/31/2019, 16:07]
RK47:
my opinion vassal option shd be disabled for those that are too far away
Shi Xie is Southlands
a simple logic check should render Yuan Shao fucking invalid
since he's way far north
[5/31/2019, 16:09]
ironyuri:
yeh
the way diplo works
is weird
because i think if make treaties with someone
that the AI hasn't met
then the AI can contact them
so yuan shao couldn't meet shi xie
in diplo
til I was at war
or something
distance does have an impact
but not strong enough
[5/31/2019, 16:10]
RK47:
psychic diplomacy
as usual
release broken shit first
collect 3 mil box sold
then fix shit
[5/31/2019, 16:14]
ironyuri:
the thing pissing me off
the most maybe
is that fighting the AI
is like death by a thousand cuts
i'm experimenting with Gong Du
Ma Teng tried to kill me turn 2
because the placement makes gong du and ma teng fight over Wu Du commandery
so i killed ma teng and his retinues
he's now a thingo
uh
regency
because ma chao too young to lead
but for 10 turns
ma teng sends a new 3 general army
EVERY turn
to fight me
[5/31/2019, 16:16]
RK47:
[5/31/2019, 16:16]
ironyuri:
i ambush them
execute everyone
every time
but they keep coming
just new random generals
and he won't make peace
but it's fucking me up
because every time i kill them
i become more of a diplomatic threat
on the map
so Liu Yan declared war on me
now he's coming from Baxi
to attack
[5/31/2019, 16:16]
RK47:
[5/31/2019, 16:16]
ironyuri:
Han Sui declared war
now he's coming from north
and the leader of Hangzhou?
Zhang something
he tried to attack
[5/31/2019, 16:17]
RK47:
zhang lu
[5/31/2019, 16:17]
ironyuri:
Zhang Lu yeh
so i've killed Zhang Lu
defeated and ransomed Han Sui
i'm killing their armies
but my main force with Gong Du and Zhang Kai
[5/31/2019, 16:17]
RK47:
so these are magical armies
[5/31/2019, 16:17]
ironyuri:
has no time to replenish troops
[5/31/2019, 16:17]
RK47:
that are conjured from thin air
[5/31/2019, 16:17]
ironyuri:
yeh
[5/31/2019, 16:17]
RK47:
and does not affect city pop
[5/31/2019, 16:17]
ironyuri:
the AI gets huge bonuses
[5/31/2019, 16:17]
RK47:
AAHAHHAHA
wtf
[5/31/2019, 16:17]
ironyuri:
on very hard
to recruitment
but the battle AI is bad
if you play on normal
[5/31/2019, 16:18]
RK47:
inb4 they call it a bug
[5/31/2019, 16:18]
ironyuri:
it's fucked
because I keep sacking their territories
they have 0 population left
in Wu Du silk trader town
but they keep fielding new armies
so population isn't linked to armies
which would be a huge fix
for me
if they made armies use population
to replenish
and to recruit
then it would be better
AI would be slowed down
[5/31/2019, 16:19]
RK47:
i really dont get why a wargame like TW relies on magical stack
thats such a dumb fuck solution since it'd just encourage a shitty meta to overcome gamey nonsense
constant drafting should result in riots and shit
people don't sign up for a year , die and then babies are born into ready soldiers by 2 turns
[5/31/2019, 16:44]
ironyuri:
i think it's because in TW
the way they've done it since early era games
means AI usually only has one or two stack armies
and if you cheese them
by using ambushes
the AI gets fucked
and can't fight back
also the way attrition works
the AI doesn't wait and replenish between attacks
usually it will wander around in enemy territory
losing troops
[5/31/2019, 16:47]
RK47:
supplement dumb AI with infinite stack
yeah man
that surely will teach your players ... uh
some kinda...
realization that your game system is retardo
[5/31/2019, 16:53]
ironyuri:
yeh
it's annoying
i remember the same thing
in Shogun 2
mid-end game
where AI had dozens of stacks of yari ashigaru
peasant spearmen
and peasant archers
because they built big stacks early game with those
so most of the mid game
was just ambushing all these crappy armies
to win with zero casualties
but the Ai would grind you down
and slow progress
and then they'd have big shitty armies like that
going behind your lines
attacking garrisons
til you created a clear frontline
the TW Ai is always death by a thousand cuts
as AI gets poorer
it fields bigger armies
of peasants
and wears you down with numbers