Might as well post this and risk peppos rage......ignore me, refuse to hire me, listen to me-im just trying to give some advise.
Hospitaller-lets think about your situation for a second.
1.You are losing-theres no arguing here, the war is at your doorstep, you are losing fiefs, you took 3 HUGE defeats within the last few days(there were more losses but 3 of them stood out)
2.You are losing valid mercs. I say valid as in NA mercs. The last few battles you have struggled to find people even including the EU players. Your rosters are always 5-7 people lower and half of them are EU now.
3.Your tactics are clearly not working. I have played for both FCC and Hospitaller now and I have to say there is a huge differential. Theres alot more red on one side and its not FCC.
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Now. I truly believe that you are not a specifically weak faction but i do believe there have been some errors that have cost you greatly. To list a few.
1.Inadequate gear-Your supposedly"good" armies lack simple things like bolts or enough construction sites. This isnt because you cant afford them but because you DONT pay attention.
2.Trading routes-If you look on the strat map, FCC has a large area where they can trade. Hospitaller does not have massive trading routes. Now you can say that the majority of NA is at war with you blahblahblah, but why did you not look at EU? WHY do you not have any allies in EU(its not hard to make them) that you can do massive trading runs with?
3.Battle tactics-The last few battles ive been in have been rather poor tactics wise. Im not singling an induvidual out, but there has to be something done. In a battle which you had the advantage gear wise, FCC was able to turn around and wipe you out with 500-600 men left on the attacker side.
Personally I think that strat pays less attention to induvidual skill and more to flexible and intelligent formations(given equal gear and not including marksmanship and 1v1 melee ect.) Then, why would you guys be losing battles so drastically? Even 5 men down and with EU ping, you should still be getting green
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I think the problem lies in your ability to organize men. Both FCC and Hospitaller have similar tactics, at least according to what kesh/peppo says in ts. The difference is in efficiency. When the FCC leader says "stop shield wall, hold, and now charge" It is a fluid and efficient movement. Hospitaller is different. Ive recently changed to a range class and this has allowed me to see things I previously only experienced. Before I would wonder why during a hospitaller fight I would 1.Arrive with the men 2.engage and form up and 3.get backslashed because everyone near me was dead. Now I realize that its because of the time it takes for you guys to form up. Basically, by the time your line fully engages the enemy, 1/3 of them is dead because it took so long to form up.
Im not going to suggest tactics or anything unless asked, but simply tell you that there is ABSOLUTELY NO reason why you should be getting destroyed so badly in fights.
take this with a grain of salt from a person who has fought in a number of battles which resulted in the same thing. I want you to do well because without these great strat battles I cant gen in 11-15 days.
