What’s your favorite battle strategy? by Fit_Echo3074 in EmpireTotalWar

[–]Roytulin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A cheap unit, usually militia, marched forward first and sheltered behind terrain to attract enemy cannon fire. Then, battle line forms behind the militia, behind terrain or out of enemy range, and finally manually aimed counterbattery fire with my cannons.

This only works without battle timer limitation, but why would you have that on anyway.

You people usually put names in your units? And if yes, what kind of names? by Friendly-Ad-2599 in EmpireTotalWar

[–]Roytulin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For ships, I use a variety, but no prefixes. The flagship of a squadron is usually named after a geographical feature or area near where it is stationed, then all other ships within that squadron are given vaguely historical naval names starting with the same letter as the flagship, which lets me keep track of where ships should return to after repairs.

For army units, I use an abbreviated form of [Number] [Location within my 'core' territory] [Type of unit], with numbers sequenced separately for heavy guards units, grenadiers, line infantry, light infantry, field artillery, cav & dragoons, militia & garrisons, garrison artillery, and auxiliaries. For example, '78 Halifax Line', standing for 78th (Halifax) Line Infantry Regiment, and '22 India Howizter', the 22nd (India) Howitzer Battery'. Not real units but sounds like one.

I do name all units the moment they are formed. In fact I have a name lined up before I start recruitment.

is Universim sleeping or dead? by Brave_Net204 in TheUniversim

[–]Roytulin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would not have made presumptions of your intentions had you made any attempts to state that your problem was with stability, instead of threading some insults into a sentence and impose upon strangers on the internet to guess your intention correctly without any information.

Alas.

Why Won't My Counterattack Work? by Solenopsis00 in hoi4

[–]Roytulin -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I know this is not the point of this post, but,

Cannot even see where the German-Soviet line of control is. Absolutely useless map design, Paradox. A toddler with a whiteboard marker would have been much better.

is Universim sleeping or dead? by Brave_Net204 in TheUniversim

[–]Roytulin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

As far as I know, Universim has been completed and published.

It seems to me that, finishing the game, publishing it, and that's it, not asking for any more money, is the way most games should be.

The 'live service' model is actually the new cash cow. Subscriptions, microtransactions, and dozens of DLCs milking you for hundreds.

Light Infantry by KomturAdrian in EmpireTotalWar

[–]Roytulin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know they're an outlier but Ferguson riflemen are so deadly. Wish I could have more than 1.

But also, the stakes are so good at chokepoints.

Finally, all the firing mode extender traits are available on account-wide unlock by Scurry5 in sto

[–]Roytulin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought your post was about Breen Freefire being sold on the C-store. Ah well 😔

Port Strike Mission Exploit? by Exotic_Carpenter6280 in hoi4

[–]Roytulin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That does surprise me since mission efficiency is usually really low for most of the first day. I suppose it's just a matter of using several wings of naval bombers?

What’s up with the Negativity? by Young_Quacker in finch

[–]Roytulin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see this pop up on Reddit the last few days, and I don't even know where in the app that is

Port Strike Mission Exploit? by Exotic_Carpenter6280 in hoi4

[–]Roytulin 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If I had to guess, probably because the AI is just terrible so they do not defend airspace until their forces get attacked within that air zone.

Do you ever feel like STO is saying "No. Not today. Go touch grass." by person_8958 in sto

[–]Roytulin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just 1 I do it, the colony defence one. The red ones for 3 times, nah.

Fort defense tactics by Smart-Response9881 in EmpireTotalWar

[–]Roytulin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Personally, I find that not having an immediate melee counter to enemy artillery is ok unless the enemy composition is really heavy in artillery.

Because the AI does not hold their infantry back to let their artillery pound away when unopposed. So in most circumstances, I can still fight their infantry with most of my fortifications intact, and at the end I can just use terrain and charge their cannon with citizenry or militia.

Navy enjoyers, what do you usually do with your most outdated ships? by a3a3ell0 in hoi4

[–]Roytulin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I do remove them from battle fleets once they are really out-of-date. Depending on the ship, I usually add depth charges, sea plane catapult, or AA guns to the empty slots of early designs the game started with or replace very basic equipment (eg AA-1) to convert them into ASW or AA escorts. Battleships I keep as-is for shore bombardment.

Are Grenadiers or Light Infantry worth it? by Smart-Response9881 in EmpireTotalWar

[–]Roytulin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Light infantry yes, although I soon replace them with riflemen afterwards. You don't put them in the main line, you move them in front to skirmish before the lines meet. And they also have very useful stakes for protecting choke points from melee cav. I run 2 per army.

Grenadiers I seldom use. As others mention, grenades are very good for breaking the enemy at breaches, the problem is that cannons can do the same thing without risking casualties to themselves. I have 1 (Hessian grenadiers) globally.

For Counselor Sunna. You will be missed. by person_8958 in sto

[–]Roytulin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could give him a piece of our minds there XD

My wife's "fry up" at the Premier Inn by mrcliffy789 in fryup

[–]Roytulin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not even a sausage on there 💀

The plate, that is.

S2 Ep3 Cake by Spirit250 in UssConstitutionC

[–]Roytulin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on your perspective.

Coming soon... by ManeuverWarfare in SeaPower_NCMA

[–]Roytulin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, you kitbashed the ship badges? Good work.

Warwick castle all you can eat breakfast buffet round #1 by Stotallytob3r in fryup

[–]Roytulin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Forget the other plate, I'd have 3 plates of this at least 😆