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whocarz · 08-21-2004, 12:16 AM

I use to get that all the time. It's actually a hardcoded event in the game. When you get close to conquering the whole map, almost all of the provinces will revolt. The best way to make sure this doesn't happen is to carefully monitor provincial loyalty. When you have conquered much of the map and are the big dog in town, you tend to get careless and don't pay attention to those things.

On that note, I have another sob story involving M:TW. Currently, I'm playing as the Byzantines, and have conquered all of the Middle East/Turkey, North Africa, Southern Russia, The Balkans, Italian Penninsula (except the Papal States), and Eastern Europe. At one point I was at war with 9 out of 20 factions, and still managed to conquer territory. Anyway, I had taken western North Africa from the Spanish about 50 years ago, and had four armies hanging out there, yet I hadn't built my fleet up enough, so they were isolated. I was currently expanding into Russia and Hungary and wasn't paying attention to N. Africa, so I didn't notice the large amount of Spanish bishops and emissaries gathering in those territories, nor did I notice the Spanish fleet sitting off the coast. Then the bastards invaded with overwhelming force. They had three to one odds, and basically annihilated my forces. The next year, they sieged my castles. I played out two of the three sieges. In Tunisia I had built a Castle, and 150 men had escaped inside. The Spanish had something on the order of 1200-1500 men. My General was a 6 star, and all 150 men were tough veterans with high valor. I stuck all my men but the horse archers inside the inner keep walls and waited. The Spanish only had a ballista, which I had the horse archers destroy. So they had to send men up to break down the walls, and this cost them dearly thanks to the arrow towers. Then, they sent a unit of feudal sergeants to break down the inner wall gatehouse, and the hot oil and my archers killed most of them. Once the gatehouse was destroyed, they sent in their men. I had a unit of 22 byzantine infantry with 6 valor, and a couple urban militia units hold them off at the gate. It was a massacre. At the end of the battle, all 150 of my men were either dead or captured (mostly dead), yet they took 552 Spanish with them. I'd estimate the castle defenses claimed another 300-500. There was a carpet of Spanish bodies underneath the inner wall gatehouse, almost like a welcome mat. I have to say, the feeling of pride for my men and sorrow for their loss was pretty overwhelming. They fought like lions. But their deaths were not in vain, as I assembled a huge force and retook all my lands, and pushed the Spanish back out of North Africa. Over 7000 men from both sides died in the final battle.

I love this game!

08-21-2004, 12:16 AM	#9 (permalink)
whocarz Jarhead Location: Colorado	I use to get that all the time. It's actually a hardcoded event in the game. When you get close to conquering the whole map, almost all of the provinces will revolt. The best way to make sure this doesn't happen is to carefully monitor provincial loyalty. When you have conquered much of the map and are the big dog in town, you tend to get careless and don't pay attention to those things. On that note, I have another sob story involving M:TW. Currently, I'm playing as the Byzantines, and have conquered all of the Middle East/Turkey, North Africa, Southern Russia, The Balkans, Italian Penninsula (except the Papal States), and Eastern Europe. At one point I was at war with 9 out of 20 factions, and still managed to conquer territory. Anyway, I had taken western North Africa from the Spanish about 50 years ago, and had four armies hanging out there, yet I hadn't built my fleet up enough, so they were isolated. I was currently expanding into Russia and Hungary and wasn't paying attention to N. Africa, so I didn't notice the large amount of Spanish bishops and emissaries gathering in those territories, nor did I notice the Spanish fleet sitting off the coast. Then the bastards invaded with overwhelming force. They had three to one odds, and basically annihilated my forces. The next year, they sieged my castles. I played out two of the three sieges. In Tunisia I had built a Castle, and 150 men had escaped inside. The Spanish had something on the order of 1200-1500 men. My General was a 6 star, and all 150 men were tough veterans with high valor. I stuck all my men but the horse archers inside the inner keep walls and waited. The Spanish only had a ballista, which I had the horse archers destroy. So they had to send men up to break down the walls, and this cost them dearly thanks to the arrow towers. Then, they sent a unit of feudal sergeants to break down the inner wall gatehouse, and the hot oil and my archers killed most of them. Once the gatehouse was destroyed, they sent in their men. I had a unit of 22 byzantine infantry with 6 valor, and a couple urban militia units hold them off at the gate. It was a massacre. At the end of the battle, all 150 of my men were either dead or captured (mostly dead), yet they took 552 Spanish with them. I'd estimate the castle defenses claimed another 300-500. There was a carpet of Spanish bodies underneath the inner wall gatehouse, almost like a welcome mat. I have to say, the feeling of pride for my men and sorrow for their loss was pretty overwhelming. They fought like lions. But their deaths were not in vain, as I assembled a huge force and retook all my lands, and pushed the Spanish back out of North Africa. Over 7000 men from both sides died in the final battle. I love this game! __________________ If there exists anything mightier than destiny, then it is the courage to face destiny unflinchingly. -Geibel Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. -Marcus Aurelius Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever? -GySgt. Daniel J. "Dan" Daly Last edited by whocarz; 08-21-2004 at 12:19 AM..