Campaign Advice

[Aslan Stark]

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to start off by saying thank you for all your advice and comments but i still have more . it is 1867, i just had a war with Austria( playing as Prussia) and i had to accept peace as they had just too many soldiers, even though i took 200,000 of their men. Effectively this is the Prussian-Austrian war... during the peace period, i have upgraded troopers with breach loading guns and iron cannons BUT they have a stack of doom of 5000 . i want to declare war and continue on the historical path and gain south German states. i have 4 large armies of at least 1500 and all have no penalties and i have a strong garrisons. My question is... should i make my own stack of doom and fight that way or should i just spam with as much troops until I win?

Also i have zero militarism yet i have states that are on strike any advice?

[Jim-NC]

Strikes are not caused by militarism, but by a lack of contentment. Depending on the contentment level, there is a random roll for each region, and the contentment level for the next few months is determined. It's in the manual, but I don't remember the exact table. If your contentment is high enough, you can't get strikes for example, and if it is low enough, you can get popular enthusiasm.

As to the stack of doom, try to fight it on favorable terms (you defending), and if necessary, try to trade space for troops, and cut it's supply lines (it's power goes way down when it's out of supply). So you may have to retreat a bit and not be near it until you can wear it down enough.

[Kensai]

The AI sometimes creates stacks of dooms with huge CP penalties, up to the max 35%. Do not necessarily fear them.

[vaalen]

The AI sometimes creates stacks of dooms with huge CP penalties, up to the max 35%. Do not necessarily fear them.

Kensai, I thought the penalty for AI stacks cannot exceed 23 percent. Am I mistaken?

[loki100]

Kensai, I thought the penalty for AI stacks cannot exceed 23 percent. Am I mistaken?

You're right, the AI malus is capped at 23%. One problem is that at 35% its not just an impact on overall combat efficiency you lose rate of fire.

[Kensai]

I was not aware of the 23% cap for the AI. Does it have to do with a specific setting in options like the one giving advantage for the AI to "see" in regions it is not supposed to see?

Anyway, even if it's only 23%, it's a hefty penalty for stacks of doom. My advice when on defense is to always have enough artillery support. The more the better. In defense and entrenched you open fire earlier and do a lot of damage before the ranks close in for melee.