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John Madden & victory points

Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:06 pm

John Madden (American football announcer) once said something like:
Loosing hurts worse than winning feels good.

I think the same applies to morale points for taking or losing cities,
It looks to me like you lose more moral points when you lose a city than you get for taking a city.
In the Swedish scenario, it seems like your first priority is to keep Magdeburg & Kassel from falling.

Takes a lot to make up for that

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Re: John Madden & victory points

Tue Aug 15, 2017 7:46 am

First priority imo is to consolidate the north, bring troops from Sweden and defeat the minor Imperial armies.

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Re: John Madden & victory points

Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:53 pm

I've tried that several times. And it doesn't work. (not for me anyway)
I even captured every city on the board - including retaking Magdeburg & Kassel
eliminated all Imperial forces
And lost on victory points - The Swedes will never win on VP
They have to win on morale.

The only time I did win vs. AI I used a 3 prong attack.
Gustavus Hustled down and saved Magdeburg & Kassel then worked his way down the Rhine
Baner took Kolberg, Frankfurt and then headed for Prague & Vienna
Horn took the northern coastal cities.

You lose like 5 moral each if you lose one of those cities
Takes a long time to get it back

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Re: John Madden & victory points

Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:35 am

Here is what I mean – Feb 1632
I captured Kolberg, Gartz, Landsberg, Frankfurt Oder, New Brandenburg
That got me to a morale level of only 103
When I lost Kassel, it dropped my morale down to 97
I haven’t seen anything that gives me a 6pt gain in morale

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