The_Ar
01-06-2005, 08:17
Just got the game today and like most others, I find the game far too easy for my liking. I got a General with no additional knowledge, but with max arrows and max ranged unit damage/accuracy. Five squads of crossbowmen shooting flaming arrows defeats any army I face as long as I control the battle personally (takes about 30 seconds to win).
The only time I had any troubles was when I went straight east immediately, captured an Orthodox province, then converted. Took me a while to recover, but all I did to become unstoppable was send a low knowledge spy into Denmark. Went to war with them, killed a few armies, then the spy became king. I made Denmark give myself all their lands. Once that happened, I got so much gold that I was unstoppable. I just finally built a cathedral and declared independence. The game will be over within an hour or two now.
Once I beat this game honestly though, I am going to turn off the rebels. I know the game is already too easy, but they are gay. When you can only have nine knights and that is the only way to defeat rebels (unless they attack a town), then they are pointless. Hell, I don't even worry about them anymore. I just let them plunder all they want. I am getting 300 gold anyways even with kingdom power at -1. I am sure they do far more damage to the enemies than they do me. At least in EUII you could build armies in all the rebel filled provinces.
Oh well. Enough of my whining. But one question. What does adopting a population with a cleric do? Make them more accepting of my different religion?
The only time I had any troubles was when I went straight east immediately, captured an Orthodox province, then converted. Took me a while to recover, but all I did to become unstoppable was send a low knowledge spy into Denmark. Went to war with them, killed a few armies, then the spy became king. I made Denmark give myself all their lands. Once that happened, I got so much gold that I was unstoppable. I just finally built a cathedral and declared independence. The game will be over within an hour or two now.
Once I beat this game honestly though, I am going to turn off the rebels. I know the game is already too easy, but they are gay. When you can only have nine knights and that is the only way to defeat rebels (unless they attack a town), then they are pointless. Hell, I don't even worry about them anymore. I just let them plunder all they want. I am getting 300 gold anyways even with kingdom power at -1. I am sure they do far more damage to the enemies than they do me. At least in EUII you could build armies in all the rebel filled provinces.
Oh well. Enough of my whining. But one question. What does adopting a population with a cleric do? Make them more accepting of my different religion?