I like the idea of Barbarossa saving Richard. Having something where Saladin's forces wind up crushed between Richard and Barbarossa would be pretty epic.
This being epic doesn't mean it has to be some cinematic sort of thing - just something where well, he shows up and does what we expected. Undoing all the 1187 conquests of Saladin and restoring the kingdom of Jerusalem to its pre-Hattin state would be epic. Hell, what Richard did OTL, plus Jerusalem, would be epic. Entering Jerusalem in a barrel? Not epic.
Also: Keep in mind Alexius is paying more than lip service to helping out the Crusaders (whatever that means...)
This may or may not mean we see Alexius II as the first basileus to set foot in Palestine since John I.
Just hinting at other things to think about.
Saladin has been beaten by a western-style army before in something pretty epic: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/baldwin.html
It exaggerates. Its still true.
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/frederickbarbarossa.html A more serious note - is this kind of guy going to occupy Jerusalem peacefully? The downside of him succeeding like Age of Empires got our hopes up to have is that he's going to do the less nice stuff discussed there to anything resembling a Muslim stronghold.
Yeah, this is kind of rambling. Its my thread, I can ramble.
This being epic doesn't mean it has to be some cinematic sort of thing - just something where well, he shows up and does what we expected. Undoing all the 1187 conquests of Saladin and restoring the kingdom of Jerusalem to its pre-Hattin state would be epic. Hell, what Richard did OTL, plus Jerusalem, would be epic. Entering Jerusalem in a barrel? Not epic.
Also: Keep in mind Alexius is paying more than lip service to helping out the Crusaders (whatever that means...)
This may or may not mean we see Alexius II as the first basileus to set foot in Palestine since John I.
Just hinting at other things to think about.
Saladin has been beaten by a western-style army before in something pretty epic: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/baldwin.html
It exaggerates. Its still true.
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/frederickbarbarossa.html A more serious note - is this kind of guy going to occupy Jerusalem peacefully? The downside of him succeeding like Age of Empires got our hopes up to have is that he's going to do the less nice stuff discussed there to anything resembling a Muslim stronghold.
Yeah, this is kind of rambling. Its my thread, I can ramble.
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