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[The Warrior King]

Hi

I,m looking for some general help with Medieval Total War on the single player campaign on dommination mode

I was wondering what fraction was the easiest?

What Period to play Early,High or Late,?

What to build where?

what type of strategy to use?

What to train and where?

[Oleander Ardens]

Well I would read through the guides of Froggie on the .org side to gain some general knowledge..

Search a bit on the ,org side as almost all came up at least once..

But:

Byz Early is fairly easy;

If you have more specific questions about Byz early wait until the forum turns normal and you will get all the info you need...

Cheers

OA

[Accounting Troll]

The Danes on early are a pretty good choice for when you are learning the game. They only have one province, but Germany is a lot weaker than it looks and Vikings are a cheap and highly effective infantry unit in early.

[Sjakihata]

Yes, and you can subdue Sweden and Norway for practice, then either invade germany or england

[Despot of the English]

Try the Almohads in early and train up multitudes of Almohad Urban Militia. They're better than anything most factions can use early on and they don't need much at all to train. That should do the trick.

[Heinrich VI]

the english are another good choice. they hace an easy to defend position. you can get sweden and set up a huge trade empire fairly easy. train gallowglasses early in with valor bonus in scotland and in the high era the two awesome exclusive units of the english: longbowmen in wales and billmen in mercia (ich with valor bonus).

but imho the almohads (mentioned already) are the easiest faction. they have only one province to defend in the east and after you took over the iberian peninusla only two to defend in the west + they got provinces with gold. spain is incredible rich and has four iron provinces

[Demon of Light]

Use the Danes. Build a navy. Expand and trade. That should solve any money concerns you might have. Once you are financially solvent, the rest is easy.

Byzantine early; the Turks fall easily, then the Egyptians are hard to take but not impossible, land troops in Egypt and attack from the rear.

Also subdue Bulgaria and Serbia early to defend against Hungarian invasion.

Finally, be willing to lose Naples, you can also conquer it back after the real enemies (the Turks and Egyptians) are destroyed

[clovenhoof]

Also be sure to build enough of a navy to secure your traderoutes. Otherwise, midgame you will get into a war, your ships will be sunk and that 200k treasury will quickly sink down to 20k.

[Si GeeNa]

Quote[/b] (The Warrior King @ July 31 2004,20:48)]Hi

I,m looking for some general help with Medieval Total War on the single player campaign on dommination mode

I was wondering what fraction was the easiest?

What Period to play Early,High or Late,?

What to build where?

what type of strategy to use?

What to train and where?
I think its preferential if you start with a faction which you might have some interest in. Most players like to try out the Danes or the English in their initial games. If you would like an extended tutorial lesson, start at the Early age. It offers alot of time to learn about the game.

Conversely, factions which are relatively easy will include Almohads and Byzantine, also in Early.

Almohads have only 1 natural enemy, the Spanish and in the Early game, they will most likely trounce the Spanish if you can get masses of AUM.

Watch out for your cash-flow. Try not to build units only. Build the gold mines in N.Africa. That's how the Almos get the bulk of their cash early on. Develop Granada as a Military Centre. They offer +1 for AUMs there.

Cordoba is a very big province. Its rich and faces many of your Catholic enemies. Therefore, you'll have to station the bulk of your units there.

Seek alliance with Egypt early on. Even if they reject it, do not place too many units in Cyrenecia. All it does is provoke an arms race in Egypt. It does not work kindly for both. If need be, only station 3-4 units.

The typical Almos army is very Infantry-heavy. Its got lots of AUMs, backed by Muratibin just off the second line, and Desert Archers. Nubian Spears for the nasty Western Knights. Therefore, use your Ghulam Bodyguards for the pursuit role only. This way, you can concentrate on getting infantry early on.

At some point, say 50 turns into the game, you'll want to build a navy of some sorts. Start with using the N. African province that gives +1 to Dhows. Almos need a navy. This is because their coastline is long. The only way to transit units from Cordoba to Cyrenecia is through ships. The land-bound journey will take too many turns and therefore reduce your strategic flexibility. Moreover, its just the natural progression to invest in trading posts from then on.

Cordoba and Morroco will have trading goods. These will give you good income. Try to extend your ships to Egypt first then the Black Sea. These are relatively near trading ports that yield high revenue.

I'm sorry if my post seems rather abrupt at times. I'm in need of coffee...

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[The_Emperor]

I say English or Byz.

The English are the best choice, go for taking Flanders from the French ASAP and work towards Ille de France and Champagne, this should be the perfect opportunity to capture the French King and some of his heirs to ransom them off... Failing that you could always kill them and wipe out their royal line.

If you get excommunicated don't worry, chances are the other factions haven't got a chapter house ready to crusade against you.

Keep some Emissaries handy and bribe Brittany and Tulouse over to your side.

Meanwhile work your way up to building a navy in Northern France and Northumbria to end your financial troubles with trade and farming from Flanders.

[Tomassi_Rossino]

It is probably best to start off in the Early period. High is okay but if you aren't an experienced king then don't go higher than Early. Advantages on High are few, such as your chosen nation already being half built up. Late is for experts as you only have about 100 turns to take over all the countries.

[Blodrast]

beside reading Frogbeastegg's guides, you can also take a look at the Guides section of the forum; you should find in-depth advice for all factions and for all ages. Some of it may seem irrelevant to you in the beginning, but it's okay. You'll figure it out later ;)
good luck

[eadeater]

I think that the easiest faction to learn to play with is definately the English in the Early period, because not only is England itself very easy to defend, but you also hold half of France, which means as soon as the French start a war with the Holy Roman Empire (which they always do) you can step in and aid the destruction of the French, and so long as you hold Flanders (one of the richest provinces - especially once you get the trade going), you'll be alright.
However, it terms of winning the game, and generally ruling, the Byzantines in the early age are the best, as once you destroy the Turks, you will have very little to worry about. Easy to defend against Egypt, so long as you control the seas, and lots of rebel provinces to subdue in the east and north. Also they are an Orthodox province so no stupid excommunication to worry about and you hold Constantinople, that has a castle in it as well as being a very rich province. Also, in my opinion, the Byzantine infantry are one of the best infantry units in the game altogether, let alone in the early age, where they will absolutely slaughter peasants, urban militia and all sorts of sergeants. The Varangian guard are also incredible. I held off a French crusade which had three or four full stacks in it at Constantinople with two units of trebizond archers, two byzantine infantry and one varangian guard! (However I was very lucky, the archers killed their general straight away, and as soon as their reinforcements came in, my varangians charged down the hill and routed all opposition.)
Thats, another good point about the Byzantines in the early age, Trebizond archers are a lot better than regular archers. Whenever I play starting in the early age with anyone but the byzantines, and if I personally dont attack the Byzantines, they are the ones that I have my final show down with.
Oh yeah, also they get lots of good generals and leaders for some reason. Always. Whenever I play as the Byzantines, they will spawn 6 or 7 star generals from scratch.
Well, thats my little rant over ~D