My First Experience with EB

[procopius1980]

You can only build ships in the southern Hiberian province and Ictis

Has anyone noticed that the last man in a unit is always the hardest to kill?

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Now I fully appreciate why everyone suggested taking Ictus first, which I did not.

[Apgad]

Also, make sure that you take Ynis Mon and train all of your FMs there for a while (if you aren't already). They get more Druid attendants to give them extra traits and abilities. Their traits say something like "Ynis Mon - Training" initially, and then "Island of Darkness" when they've finished. I think it's about a year that they sit around learning, but well worth it!

[procopius1980]

Also, make sure that you take Ynis Mon and train all of your FMs there for a while (if you aren't already). They get more Druid attendants to give them extra traits and abilities. Their traits say something like "Ynis Mon - Training" initially, and then "Island of Darkness" when they've finished. I think it's about a year that they sit around learning, but well worth it!

I noticed that on my FL yesterday, but I didn't put two and two together. Thanks for the info.

I got to play some last night (a wife and three kids does reduce playing time). I've consolidated my hold on Engladn and I am buiding the Warrior's Hold (governmet building) in Ictus. I'll have a ship in a few seasons to make my way to the Emerald Isle.

[Apgad]

I'll have a ship in a few seasons to make my way to the Emerald Isle.

You don't need a ship! Just head north and you can walk across over Iona or Isle of Man or Arann or something like that. (Sorry, my geography skills regarding north-western English island-hopping to Eire is a little patchy... correct me if I'm wrong).

[procopius1980]

Doh! I knew you could do that in Medieval II at the Bosphorus straights, but not on RTW:EB.

BTW: I've done some research on building ships at Ictus, but I am still running into a major fail.

According to the tech tree on the EB homepage, and the building browser at the city itself, I need a level 4 (Casse Allied Tribe) government and a market #2. I have both of those now (tore down me level 1 goverment), but there is still no option to construct a building capable of recruiting ships.

Methinks I'll go hop on EB right now and march my army north of Yns-Mons.

[Apgad]

There's a few land bridges in EB that aren't there in RTW. There's 2 between the Med and Black seas, and another at the western edge of the Crimea. Sicily to "the toe" is the other obvious example. There are also some canals that allow shipping throught that you don't get in Vanilla. The Corinth Canal in Greece and the Red Sea Canal in Egypt are 2 I can think of.

Oh, I forgot the land bridge at the mouth of the Gulf of Corinth, and across to Euboia in southern Greece. And maybe some more in Scandinavia, I'm not too sure about those.