Hello! I just spent about 3 hours trying to beat this scenario in moderate (I already beat it in standard). A couple things to notice here:
If you try to build ships to knock venice out then you will see them spawn what looks like an infinite fleet. I defeated many of their vessels but they just kept spawning more. Looks like a naval victory is out of the question.
I also tried to attack padua (green). They train genoese crossbowmen. By the time I managed to get some economy running and create trebuchets I ran out of wood. My wood was spent on a couple ships to lure the venetians to a castle I built close to the water. I also tried training some halberdiers and skirmishers.
Judging from the looks of these past three hours the enemies here have either a huge amount of resources or infinite resources. This means that eventually you will run out of resources if you move to the top right island. Especially wood since you only get one forest there. Moreover, everytime you try to attack one player the other three will gang up against you.
To be honest I dont think this one is doable for someone with my skill.
I recently finished the Saladin campaign and I noticed that the scenarios there had some saving grace, you can pay 2000 gold to Tiberias in Jihad to get them off your back, and Tyres navy is not infinite. During the Lion and the Demon you get persians to trade with. This lombard league has no saving grace. No ally to establish a trade route, no viable position from which you are not vulnerable from the water, and 4 very aggressive enemies.
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this includes a convienient way to beat the scenario, hope it helps
a bit cheesy, the legit way is ofc much harder but really just a test of how good you are at baiting the enemies away from wherever you build that wonder
edit: important update, seems like this method is no longer gonna work, tried it on that exact spot and it didn’t trigger the win
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Hello! thanks for your interest. I just beat this. I had to cheese it by going straight to Henry the Lions town and building a castle and a town center there, then betraying him before he betrayed me. I used petards to destroy his castle. Then I could improve my economy without being harrassed by the venetian fleet. I used the resources in that part of the map to defend against paduas and venices attacks, cleared part of verona and built a wonder there to win. Not sure about that victory condition, but conquest here seemed impossible with that huge fleet constantly attacking.
this scenario is not broken, It just is very difficult
Hello! Thank you for your interest in my post. I beg to differ. The fact that trying to survive in the areas designated after boarding the transports is not viable suggests that the aggressiveness of the computer and the amount of resorces it posseses shoud be adjusted.
Aoe2: Is It Possible to Win the Barbarossa Campaign Without Killing Enemy Units?
found out why it no longer works they split the original venice trigger into 2 smaller triggers that don’t go beyond the city walls
also ye best strat to betray henry before he betrays you, applies to henry the lion too