barb vs greek question

**quackingduck** · 03-08-2008, 03:59

so it seems to me that the civilized fractions(romans, carthanage, and greeks) get a huge financial advantage.
the civilized fractions (i know we could argue about that but im just using that as a term for romans, carthage, and greeks) get better road, port, farm and trade upgrades. and the biggie: they get the big mine upgrades. so is there a way to compensate for this or am i just destined to be poor as the lustonians?

**Khazar_Dahvos** · 03-08-2008, 04:22

I'm staying away from this one

**quackingduck** · 03-08-2008, 04:34

Originally Posted by Khazar_Dahvos

I'm staying away from this one

i dont get it? just a simple question/wondering.

**antisocialmunky** · 03-08-2008, 04:52

... You just need to develop your economy ...

Go play a steppe faction, by comparison you're rolling in dough. Also, Iberia is one of the richest places if you develop it well. Gotta love all that silver.

**russia almighty** · 03-08-2008, 05:00

Your problem is, stuff is expensive for luso. Their decent units are gonna cost you, cause either they are really large, or small and armored somewhat to the teeth.

**PenguinLobster** · 03-08-2008, 05:04

Your a barbarian for gods sake, go find those 'civilized' cities and burn them to the ground. After afew huge city sacks you'll have tons of money.

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 03-08-2008, 06:12

The 'civilized' factions seem to have more coastlines with more trade routes. They aren't really all the richer, they just have better access to the money you can get from sea trade.

**quackingduck** · 03-08-2008, 07:17

Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus

The 'civilized' factions seem to have more coastlines with more trade routes. They aren't really all the richer, they just have better access to the money you can get from sea trade.

idk man, i had a lust campaign and a mak one. mak's can build the big mines and are in mineral rich land. i was rich as hell 600k gold and i had like 5 full stacks for armies. i only owned italy, greece, and part of turkey.

lustonian campaign was also in land that was rich with minerals, but i couldnt build the big mines. was very poor, i was only making 700 per turn for awhile and that was right after i built a shit load of mines. i aslo didnt go crazy with expensive units or anything.
mines make the biggest difference, the total trade income of the richest places is like 1 or 2k if ur lucky, max mine income can get up to 5k.

**LorDBulA** · 03-08-2008, 12:28

max mine income can get up to 5k.

Dont belive building descriptions.

I think you can get max around 4K. But its only in few Very mineral reach provinces. Usually its max 2-3K.

**konny** · 03-08-2008, 13:44

600 for simple mines and 1200 for advandced mines is the norm. You'll usually make much more money with sea trade in larger towns.

With the Lusotanns there shouldn't be any problems with economy after some time: save for two towns, all settlements in Spain have sea trade and a lot of - even simple - mines too.