not sure who against. But I (er ,we) will attack somebody sometime. I had just returned from Europe with a small group of mighty fighters when Black Bird decided to skedaddle. I weep when I think of his cowardice. We, who remained of the the HCE (pretty much all Acre), were quite convinced we were fucked. But we did not puss out. We actually thought the rosters would be 50:25 against us, yet we all agreed to hold our ground. And we held it, much to James' delight and my disapproval. James had a lovely 'plan B', where we all met up in Eu and struck in force. I happily embraced that plan, and planned toward it. It never happened:( Black Bird Pussed out, revealing he was not the awesome commander he told everyone he was. I remember asking his mercs what he did that was so good- they told me he just focused on siege gear (something us dark age NAers never bothered with), and offended his mercs.
We have all learned that screaming orders at guys who obviously known what they are doing is bad tactics. When one guy flanks and kills 5 warriors and 8 archers before dying, we don't yell at them. We yell at the wannabees, the guys who venture out and tw five guys before dying. Yet, from what I heard, BB wanted everyone to act like they were subpar retarded (like my fighting skills). Hold stil, get shot to shit by ranged, then attack. Attack in a close group where skill doesn't matter, and just overhead. Whichever side TWs the least wins!
But Black Bird ran , rather than face defeat. He had a great reason though, it being, 'there was a chance I'd lose'. PHUCK THAT! I have always attacked no matter what I thought the odds were. And, despite my stupidity, I seemed to advance. Too many cautious players in this game, methinks.
So, in the spirit of 'Who Gives a Fuck', I will risk attacking fiefs with tiny armies. Perhaps the battle times will work, perhaps they won't! Who cares? So this is more roulette than strategy; the point is I will not have huge shiny armies sitting about doing nothing. Since Black Bird ran, I have over 3,000 men, and after making them shiny, still got 6 mill. Last time I fought I had 700 heavily armed men. Last time I attacked I had 500 men. I don't piss about.
My hands are getting shaky... I need to cure my ill... MUST ATTACK SUMFIN!!!!