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CuRsE13
08-11-2003, 21:08
I want to know if anyone was able to gain control over the viking homelands. I believe I played on expert and I might have been the saxons. I controlled all of the south and felt the vikings were a threat for my further expansion to the north. I built enough ships to overwelm the better viking ships and whipped out their whole fleet around the british isle. I thought eventually the vikings might find a way back in the game, so I wanted to take them out for good. Lucky for me they invested in ports. I stuck so many spys in their southern province that I ran out of room to put them. (I like to always have lots of spies to keep my province loyalty high and have one or two provinces aimed at producing them. I believe they have no upkeep so is cheaper then a stack of spearmen.) with that many spies in one territory the loyality dropped and eventually rebelled. after reloading a couple times I was able to bribe the rebels to my cause. Thus I was able to gain control of the southern province. I repeated the same on the north. The vikings were out of the game for a few turns, till a a lost viking sucessor appeared with a huge army. I razed everything and let my armies die. This leads to many possiblities, maybe building viking ships to land additional reinforements.

Rocket_Boy
08-12-2003, 11:42
Only the vikings can build viking ships. Holding the viking provinces has no bearing on the troop types that you can build.

CuRsE13
08-12-2003, 23:09
Yes you are correct Rocketboy. It has been a long time since I have played. You can still build ships to move men between the two provinces. I believe its almost impossible to hold the viking lands for very long. The only way I was able to keep loyality high enough was with an army of spies. Maybe on an easier setting it might be possible to hold.

CuRsE13
08-12-2003, 23:16
Actually from what I remember i was able to build viking units, but not the ship.

Rocket_Boy
08-13-2003, 16:01
You could well be right, Its been a bit since I played myself, i'm waiting for the patch.