Regardless of roleplay motivations my Council decisions and decrees are meant to find additional boosts.Archers get damage and HP boosts, Cavalry get HP and AC boosts. My cities, once sorted out by teleport hubs and defensive chokepoints, are given Garrison Stables and Garrison Ranges to boost production.Any survivors are tied up in melee by cavalry. My archers fire first and knock out spellcasters and ranged units first, then whittle down melee troops by priority of movement speed.My "best" armies are made up of large numbers of archers and cavalry, usually Marksmen and Hedge Knights respectively, and are led by generals with Master of Maneuver, Extensive Infirmary, and Caravan Masters (with damage stuff as available).
While this guide is meant more to help players plan out the development of their individual Crusade rather than tell players how to fight their individual battles, I can at least provide the general tactics and decisions I've used because those have flavored how I've written this guide. The assistance is incredibly appreciated!
If anyone wants to contribute to a Lich Crusade in this gude feel free to comment.Īnd finally, I want to give a shout-out to TrueMaxx for the contributions and double-checking that helped make this guide come to be. The latter is a guaranteed lock-out from Crusade mode and the former has mechanics that may not align with that is written here. One other important note: this guide is written under the assumption that your character is NOT playing as a Lich or a Swarm-That-Walks. With any luck this guide will provide a safeguard from you, the player, pulling out your hair. Nonetheless, it is incredibly important to the game that you come to grips with Crusade mode because to play in Auto mode (which was not even originally present) is to roll the dice and it will guarantee you are locked out of certain outcomes, such as the secret ending. Unlike Heroes of Might & Magic III the strategy is also very bland and uninteresting.
Much like Kingmaker's Kingdom Management mode it felt like a massive disconnect from the main game and the drama found therein.
This guide was written purely out of spite for Crusade mode, which is a combination of Kingmaker's Kingdom Management mode and Heroes of Might & Magic III.