SoI Domination Challenge

[Jusos2108]

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[Jusos2108]

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[SanJose]

Once i capture Chittor with starting archer and swordsman, but it don't give me any profit -Abbasids build HoW and SM quickly.

 

[SanJose]

Samands 1150 score 28570
Try new tactics - invasion of India first: found Nowshera(on wheat Gandhar, 1E Peshawar), capture with starting army and mercs all N.Hindustan. But failed with 1st and 2nd UHV. No time to attack Iraq and Hejaz. No vassals.

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[SanJose]

Abbasids 1117AD score 46365
Bagdad on wheat = I did not become a Commander of the Faithful. Capitulated Fatimids only. Early Hama, Duba and Kaysun. Settled couple trash cities like Torbat-e-Jam for Great Artist bomb.

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[SanJose]

Settled Farwan(1N1E Kabul) and Chaman(1N1W Quetta), razed empty Qandagar, capture Bost, Merv and Balkh. Vassal - Kingdom of Oman. Minaret of Jam and Kutlug-Timur in Peshawar, Al-Ahzar and Soltanie in Mansura, Shahnameh in Zaranj.

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[SanJose]

Tartus as capital, Maras and Hamah - main cities in Syria, Izmir spamming WWs, Angora training army. Abbasids respawn near 1080 without Samarra and Baghdad, so i easy capture heart of Iraq. Completed 2/3 URV for Golden Age in 1290AD. Vassals - Georgia, Mamluks(both capitulated) and Zengids.

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[Jusos2108]

Straight forward conquering. Mamluks were quite strong, but I managed to crush their main stack in Damascus, after which everything was easy.

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[Jusos2108]

Conquered the indy cities first then other Hindu-nations, vassalised Malwa and Ghorids and rolled to Persia.

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[Jusos2108]

First Levant and Hejaz, then Constantinople, then Egypt and Iraq. Seljuks vassalised during the Mongol Invasions, which proved to be vital.

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[Jusos2108]

Key was to capitulate the ottomans.

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[SanJose]

I can't sleep today
Good job, Jusos2108!

 

[Jusos2108]

Thanks, you too!
Don't despair, I haven't been playing much recently.
Currently thinking on redoing the Mamluks and Oman/Yemen, any ideas on them?

 

[SanJose]

Thanks, you too!
Don't despair, I haven't been playing much recently.
Currently thinking on redoing the Mamluks and Oman/Yemen, any ideas on them?

• Oman:
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  1. Someone found Gwadar(and Turbat), it saved settler for Salalah;
  2. Weakly Seljuks and Abbasids, but with all WWs;
  3. Good merks at start
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  1. Settled Sur as capital without religion(replace palace later if necessary), Masqat 1W and Salalah.
  2. Capture Gwadar, Siraf, Kerman and Shiraz, Mekkah and Medina;
  3. Kizik Kule in Gwadar better for military center that Sur;
  4. Prepare to Mongol invasion;
  5. Go into Iran and Iraq after mongols;
  6. Trying complete land goal before Portugals spawn with 24 turns of GAs
  7. Tech to Cavalry tactics for HHAs and Soltanie.
• Mamluks:
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  1. Strong Al-Qahira (like our in Fatimids Cultural SG);
  2. No Ayyubids;
  3. No Sunni Tabuk, Aqaba, Kerak;
  4. Makuria controlled Upper Egypt(for add. army after flip);
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  1. Vassalize Ottomans/Karamanids, AK Kounlu, Yemen, Georgia(if possible);
  2. Managment Al-Qahira to spawn only Great Artist;
  3. Keep the economy from collapsing after Mansa Musa voyage.
• Yemen:
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  1. Merks at start - 2 Camel Archer;
  2. HoW and SM in Baghdad;
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  1. I want try Ibb(on salt, 2S1W Sanaa) as capital, second settler - Duba(camel Hejaz) with protection of skirmisher;
  2. Fast capture Hejaz, after Iraq(raze useless city like Basra), also i have idea about rebuild Samarra 1N and raze Mosul;
  3. Convert to Sunni;
  4. Use the trick with Isfahan as capital of Buids, eat it, Shiraz, Yazd and Kerman;
  5. Preparation to Mongol Invasion - future army for next conquest;
  6. Vassalise Omani and Seljuks if possilble;

P.S. Written without access to the game

 

[Jusos2108]

I remember that at some point Yemen use to found Salalah before Oman spawn and when you flipped it, you got extra troops (never happened to me though). That would be a dream start.

About Yemen, not sure about the salt city, food would still be scarce and you couldn't found Mokha. Could be worth a try though.

 

[SanJose]

Ibb easy groth to pop 9, after Crop Rotation can groth to pop11(slowly), but blocked Mokka/Taiz, so in general, Yemen - difficult region

 

[Yoda Power]

Any advice on a Rum domination victory?

 

[SanJose]

Any advice on a Rum domination victory?

• Switch civics. Dont settled Konya at start, capture Tarus, block Sis spawn. Steal workers from Byzantines. Capture rich cities (Attalia, Izmir, Sinop, Instambul, Manizkert).
• Develop your land: Angora- military center, Izmir/Instambul - spam WWs with Kizil Kule.
• Keep high stability(avoid Ottomans spawn and respawn Byzatines).
• Prepare to mongols: 4-5 waves(~16-18 units each), first after 1240AD between Erzurum and Sivas, next between Sivas/Kaysery/Angora.
• Try to steal/trade tech
• Complete 2/3UHV.
• Slide to 100%, use Great Artist for bomb(give ~1%land).

 

[Yoda Power]

Thanks.

The Byzantines respawned in Constantinople in 1263. Can I prevent that by moving by capital there?

 

[SanJose]

Thanks.

The Byzantines respawned in Constantinople in 1263. Can I prevent that by moving by capital there?

Don't worry about this. Kill them again. Respawn mechanics realy strange, Constantinople can seceded easy to Byzantines with your palace.