I think as a compromise you should be able to use the militia but exclusively within your core territory (and sticking to your other rule with the command stars) - so you can push Khan out of your land but the second they cross the border your militia can't go after them
Shield wall formation doesn't increase defensive stats at all, but rather increases the units mass. This makes them more resistant to cav charges but doesn't actually affect their combat against other units. Also useful for pushing through or defending gates
The game doesn't calculate correctly the trade improvement for the first port, it gives you 2 or 3 times the amount it says. I wonder if defeating the army with the 3 nazguls will give you the traits for the 3 or only for the one commanding that army. The militia garrison building gives you a 10% law bonus at tier 1 at a cost of 100 gold per turn. Also don't forget that you have the swan knights bodyguard in the ithilien fort. I really like this series, the challenges makes this very entertaining to watch. And finally merry christmas and a happy new year.
Don't break your rule! It's fun watching you struggle to win! I haven't seen a single third age campaign where someone actually lost tbh. As for general advice, basic rule of warfare is concentrating your forces and getting them where they need to be. So you could pin morder down at the black gate and minas ithil. (You'd still have rhun, and maybe dol guldor harassing you), send an army to retake dol Amroth lands and possibly gift them back and then push out into harad, umbar, and khand. My honest take. Take an army or two, retake dol Amroth, gift them back and then focus your efforts on wiping out hard, umbar, and khand because that will secure your sea trade, it will allow you to close up your one flank allowing you to concentrate more forces on Mordor and rhun. But you will need to be quick about it or have a very sturdy defending army against mordor
I think it may help if you can try and recruit all of the anfalas pikemen along the coastal regions and then send them to fight khand as well by fannuilond as they will be very effective against them too.
You should really think about investing into upgrading roads and focus on the economy. They don't just strengthen the income of one settlement, but every settlement that trades with it around. also it makes troop movement much easier in the long run.
Same with ports! The more you have the more they trade among each other. Also the lack of sea trade is impacted by a lack of trade rights with distant factions!
Augimund Looking a tough fight now but I think you need to concentrate more on the main fronts against Mordor and its immediate allies. Isengard is struggling but you have a lot of resources tied up in the west. Also don't forget your spies. Part of the reason you lifted that siege was to get two spies into there to boost culture and that would help in holding it and enabling forces to be recruited/repaired in time. Similarly, unless you can get a diplomat to Dol Amorth I think you need the spy in that area north of the river checking the status of DA rather than south of it checking what else is coming up from Khan. Looks a fascinating struggle and a hell of a long way to go but best of luck to you. Thanks for the info about spies and culture, as using it in my campaign and just wish I had known about it a lot earlier as it would help immensely. One other question. Does the fact your calling the version your using v5.2 mean there's a v5.1 out there? Steve
Mordor is a big threat, but Khand is also a significant issue since they are right at the borders. Isengard is nearly dealt with so I don't plan to have much in the West except for garrisons with all the forts there. As for the version number, there is not a 5.1, and the reason this is called v5.2 is because it's an in development build towards the next version that will be publicly released. This next version is likely to be 5.5, though in the end these numbers are arbitrary. Think of it as between public release builds.
fyi huron had 1 unit of gondor militia in his army and his army in the fort is bigger than his command stars unless it doesnt apply for garrisoned units
Is there a way to have both DaC V5 and AGO installed at the same time? I would like to play V5 with all the changes but also have a way to finish my campaigns in AGO
I just wonder why you do not build roads :-) I know that at the beginning it is just a little of income by it grows by the time immensely, especially when all cities will have roads 🙂.
![Divide and Conquer v5.2 Beta: Gondor [14] Denethor on Defense](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6rqvbr1777M/mqdefault.jpg)
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I think as a compromise you should be able to use the militia but exclusively within your core territory (and sticking to your other rule with the command stars) - so you can push Khan out of your land but the second they cross the border your militia can't go after them
Shield wall formation doesn't increase defensive stats at all, but rather increases the units mass. This makes them more resistant to cav charges but doesn't actually affect their combat against other units. Also useful for pushing through or defending gates
The game doesn't calculate correctly the trade improvement for the first port, it gives you 2 or 3 times the amount it says.
I wonder if defeating the army with the 3 nazguls will give you the traits for the 3 or only for the one commanding that army.
The militia garrison building gives you a 10% law bonus at tier 1 at a cost of 100 gold per turn.
Also don't forget that you have the swan knights bodyguard in the ithilien fort.
I really like this series, the challenges makes this very entertaining to watch.
And finally merry christmas and a happy new year.
Don't break your rule! It's fun watching you struggle to win! I haven't seen a single third age campaign where someone actually lost tbh.
As for general advice, basic rule of warfare is concentrating your forces and getting them where they need to be. So you could pin morder down at the black gate and minas ithil. (You'd still have rhun, and maybe dol guldor harassing you), send an army to retake dol Amroth lands and possibly gift them back and then push out into harad, umbar, and khand.
My honest take. Take an army or two, retake dol Amroth, gift them back and then focus your efforts on wiping out hard, umbar, and khand because that will secure your sea trade, it will allow you to close up your one flank allowing you to concentrate more forces on Mordor and rhun. But you will need to be quick about it or have a very sturdy defending army against mordor
I think it may help if you can try and recruit all of the anfalas pikemen along the coastal regions and then send them to fight khand as well by fannuilond as they will be very effective against them too.
Wonderful idea!
You should really think about investing into upgrading roads and focus on the economy. They don't just strengthen the income of one settlement, but every settlement that trades with it around. also it makes troop movement much easier in the long run.
Same with ports! The more you have the more they trade among each other. Also the lack of sea trade is impacted by a lack of trade rights with distant factions!
Augimund
Looking a tough fight now but I think you need to concentrate more on the main fronts against Mordor and its immediate allies. Isengard is struggling but you have a lot of resources tied up in the west.
Also don't forget your spies. Part of the reason you lifted that siege was to get two spies into there to boost culture and that would help in holding it and enabling forces to be recruited/repaired in time. Similarly, unless you can get a diplomat to Dol Amorth I think you need the spy in that area north of the river checking the status of DA rather than south of it checking what else is coming up from Khan.
Looks a fascinating struggle and a hell of a long way to go but best of luck to you. Thanks for the info about spies and culture, as using it in my campaign and just wish I had known about it a lot earlier as it would help immensely.
One other question. Does the fact your calling the version your using v5.2 mean there's a v5.1 out there?
Steve
Mordor is a big threat, but Khand is also a significant issue since they are right at the borders. Isengard is nearly dealt with so I don't plan to have much in the West except for garrisons with all the forts there.
As for the version number, there is not a 5.1, and the reason this is called v5.2 is because it's an in development build towards the next version that will be publicly released. This next version is likely to be 5.5, though in the end these numbers are arbitrary. Think of it as between public release builds.
when are we geting news on the update on the mod
What do you think is the hardest faction in DaC?
Wooden Elves
fyi huron had 1 unit of gondor militia in his army and his army in the fort is bigger than his command stars unless it doesnt apply for garrisoned units
You are correct in assuming the exception to the rule! Garrisons do not count!
Is there a way to have both DaC V5 and AGO installed at the same time? I would like to play V5 with all the changes but also have a way to finish my campaigns in AGO
They aren’t compatible. The next version of AGO will be standalone.
What is goal of this campaign? Destroy mordor is pretty impossible they just keep keping full stack of armies
I just wonder why you do not build roads :-) I know that at the beginning it is just a little of income by it grows by the time immensely, especially when all cities will have roads 🙂.
old units image`s were better
I tend to agree. Maybe I'm used to. I don't know.