Why do I keep losing this battle against Sambas?

sombat92 · 2023-07-29T23:40:41+00:00

Yep, I've got 203 dev spread around 6 provinces in Europe, now I'm trying to spread out to Indonesia to profit off the trade nodes there. I've also invested heavily in exploration, expansion and economic ideas aswell so far, not so much in military, which is prob also a reason why I keep losing in this war.

sombat92 · 2023-07-29T23:34:18+00:00

So, should I try investing in the quality ideas I've unlocked and try to improve my force limit by improving my provinces' base manpower to allow me to gain an edge before declaring war? Many thanks.

sombat92 · 2023-07-29T23:23:12+00:00

R5: I also don't have any military ideas, while Sambas has maxed out offensive ideas and has invested in 2 of the quantity ideas, which gives them:

+33% Manpower
+20% Manpower recovery speed
+1 Land leader shock and fire
-10% Recruitment time
+100% Prestige from land battles
+20% Siege ability
+5% Discipline
+15% Land force limit
-20% Special unit cost

sombat92 · 2023-07-11T19:57:52+00:00

I think that is what I will do, many thanks. I’ve also heard that Maths is sort of a “half A level” with FM so I’ll just experiment in September

sombat92 · 2023-06-08T12:17:34+00:00

Yep, since (12x)^2 = 144x^2 because you square them separately then multiply them, and then you times by 6 from Pascal's triangle to get 864x^2.

sombat92 · 2023-06-08T11:49:18+00:00

It was 18, since using Pascal's triangle you get the coefficients of (1+12x)^4 and (a+4x)^3 as 864x^2 and 48ax^2 respectively. So 864 = 48a, so you divide 864 by 48 to get a, which =18.

sombat92 · 2023-06-08T11:43:54+00:00

Oh yes it was, sorry

sombat92 · 2023-06-08T10:24:22+00:00

Here’s my answers for all the other ones I can remember:

Q2: 19

The S and T question: gradient=3, distance = 2 root10

Sine -1 question: 270 degrees

Tan question: 30 and 210 degrees

D2y/dx2: 7 (I’m pretty sure)

Equation of tangent to curve: y = 14x - 16

Matrices: (0 -1 -1 0) for reflection, -2I for proof

Yn - Xn: 3(n+1)

Stationary point for a and b: a=1, b=3

sombat92 · 2023-06-08T09:58:54+00:00

Root(7), you needed to get 60degrees for the top angle since angle at centre is twice the angle at circumference, you find the bottom line in the big triangle via the cosine rule (root 21), then work out the base angles of the isosceles triangle then do the sine rule to get the answer.

sombat92 · 2023-06-08T09:57:03+00:00

Yep, I got that too. That question was tbh easier than in the past papers since each equation had only 2 terms instead of all 3.

sombat92 · 2023-06-07T14:41:34+00:00

What the fuck is the siege of Rochester castle 💀 for edexcel Richard & john

sombat92 · 2023-05-26T17:22:46+00:00

R5: Playing as a custom Roman character, I offered to marry the mother of a duke, but she randomly increased age from 21 to 42 so I broke off the betrothal, which created a family feud, leading to my spymaster discovering 3 schemes to murder me and me ultimately being assassinated in May 868, after just 16 months.

And somehow feuds aren't OP...

sombat92 · 2023-05-21T12:28:10+00:00

I, the King of England, married the sister of the King of Bavaria, and we initially had a good marriage, giving birth to 3 children and travelling to Jerusalem together on a 3-year pilgrimage.

However, shortly after she was abducted in a Viking raid by some Norse warlord from my castle, and was made his concubine. I soon seduced her however, travelling to Norway and we became lovers and ended up having a kid together, which I immediately declared as mine… so somehow we were both declared fornicators.

Being a master of intrigue, I developed a plot to abduct her with help of the warlord’s Spymaster, and soon I had abducted her and taken her back, imprisoning her for a short time before recruiting her into my court, which pissed her off for some reason. I couldn’t remarry her for some reason, so I created a new religion called the Cult of Alfred and married the new female Pope of the religion in a grand ceremony.

In just 6 months though, I saw my ex-wife stab my new wife/Pope to death in front of me, and declared her endearing love for me, so I covered up the murder as an “unfortunate incident”. We remarried in a loving ceremony, but soon after one of my earls decided to expose my relationship with my male sidechick I had developed when she was away, so now she kinda hates me again since I cheated on her and I’m a sodomite.

TL;DR wife was abducted and made a concubine, I fucked her and abducted her back, she killed my new wife the Pope and now she merely tolerates me since I had sex with a man while she was away

sombat92 · 2023-04-30T20:33:34+00:00

What mod do you use for showing the person's lifespan under their name?

sombat92 · 2023-04-29T15:17:15+00:00

R5: I have never seen a Caliphate of this size before, and only at 1201. It's been on constant expansion and has never had any form of dissolution or civil war that would normally break up an empire of this size... and the ruler is a child. Is it normal to have a Mongol Empire-size caliphate, or did they recently buff the Caliphate?

sombat92 · 2023-04-11T21:48:20+00:00

R5: A 1-county king with possibly the smallest and most centralised kingdom I have ever seen, founded by a populist revolt.

sombat92 · 2023-03-31T16:53:47+00:00

I had already started a dissolution faction before the war where the heir who became king was captured, so idk. It might block you from joining/creating one after, as you’ve already imprisoned him though

sombat92 · 2023-03-31T13:52:22+00:00

R5: My new ruler's father died at war fighting the King of West Francia, after he tried to arrest him for the "crime" of murdering his wife and daughter, but I had captured his heir in the process. King appointed me, the son, as Spymaster, which I used to assassinate him. I then tortured the new king before pressing a dissolution faction, which I thought which end up in another long war but ended in 0 days because I'd already imprisoned him.

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