Optical
The Fall of the Eleventh
Idea: overwhelm Rome with culture!
Sounds good to me.Rome ALWAYS has its BFC. No way to do anything with Rome. I consider OB and my troops in Rome as the proof that I am controlling it.
No, unfortunately research Manorialism myself. And I don't think I've really used it yet, so that was a mistake. I thought I would want to build cottages soon, but it's been mostly farms, mines, quarries, plantations so far.Did you trade Monorealism from Pope? Saves you 3 turns of research
Actually, the way it worked out for me was that Aleppo was attacked first, so that got my attention on defending that. But more recently its been Caesarea, and now (612) Sinope. I am also surprised I've survived. I won't stay so lucky, so I am building a road now (early 600s).Re: Aleppo Road and 2nd Thraki Tourma pic: the first order for my Worker is to connect perpetually attacked Caesaria to Antiochia. I am surprised you still holding the city, your free wins are long over.
Also your economy does much better at this time than usually does mine. Probably because I build Workers as my first building order in EVERY city (so much land to improve). Looking at you deficit (I was running -40 maybe) I am not even sure which strategy is better though... Perhaps you will be in disadvantage in a long run?
By my quick calculation, I would lose 40 commerce if I switched, so, without Manor Houses (which sort of make up for the lost trade route), I would need 40 farms to make it worthwhile. I guess it depends how long I think I might stay using Manorialism: if a long time, it is worth building those Manor Houses, but if not so long, then maybe I shouldn't switch. sigh: playing RFC is such a mental strain. )
In Beta 12 I always used to loose some city before Arabs spawn. I am very curious how will you greet them
Ooh, you should go all the way to 1800.
Wait until 1453, then switch to the next non-otto country and protect Byzantium so that it may survive.
It's in one of the most interesting positions you could ask for - a vast, strung-out empire, poorly defended, with enemies about to pop up on all sides. And it has begun. As soon as I get the next couple updates up, you'll see what that looks like.I know I'm a tad late but with regards to the first posts: all strategy games offering Byzantium will cause the gamers to flock to it ;P
I play another game called Medieval 2: Total War, and you can control Byzantium, and most of the community favors Byzantium including me
So, cool!I'll start reading!
None of the pics work for me