Helping minor factions hold there ground

[EGr]

I'm looking for a way to help the minor factions hold ground and conquer some too. I have already increaded the start money for them but that is not enough.

In particular the following factions need to be more aggressive
Aragonese, Sicilians, Poland, and the Almohads who are major but still extremely weak

any suggestions?

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[Jo_Beare]

Almohads extremely weak http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/confused.gif Are you sure you are playing MTW?

JoBeare

[This message has been edited by Jo_Beare (edited 10-31-2002).]

[EGr]

no matter what setting i use and no matter in what period the Almohads are quickly wiped out by the Spanish and Egyptians

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[Jaret]

You have to increase the basic Province income !! The AI builds units according to its "support limit" !! The closer to the support limit the AI gets the crappier and fewer the units it produces ! Also giving them one or two more provinces helps a lot.

[Turbo]

Quote[/b] (Elite Guard @ Oct. 31 2002,00:38)]I'm looking for a way to help the minor factions hold ground and conquer some too. I have already increaded the start money for them but that is not enough.

In particular the following factions need to be more aggressive
Aragonese, Sicilians, Poland, and the Almohads who are major but still extremely weak

any suggestions?

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A couple of quick ways to improve things are to add improved farmlands to AI controlled areas (the best way to give the AI $&#036http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif. Giving the AI 'Merchant2' buildings near other AI's helps with trade income. You should also consider increasing the number of buildings in provinces (at least 1 castle in empty AI provinces greatly helps the AI).

An easy to boost Alhomad strength is to remove the landbridge between Morocco and Granada and Morocco and Cordoba. Given the Alhomad a port and a fleet in Morocco. I do this when I play the Spanish and it is damn difficult to take and hold Cordoba or Granada much less hold on to anything else. Putting a rebellion rate of 3 and 4 in Valencia and Navarre and a castle in both, makes these provinces very tough to take and hold.