
Originally Posted by
Daevyll
Stubbornly keeping to Hard setting, I tried the Mori clan.
Must say it went better than before, with me taking an early lead in capturing sea trade spots and using the finances to develop my provinces and take some lands. Killed off the clan to my immediate west, and to the northeast, for a total of 5 provinces.
That's when the real trouble began.
Lost all but one of my tradespots to enemy fleet action, highlighting my dependance on trade income for it plummeted enormously. Developing your castles etc costs 'food' as well as time and money, and I have a negative amount of food now causing massive unhappiness and thus rebellions.
So basically at the moment I have an empty treasury, a negative income, a fairly big army that is occupied fighting rebels in my own lands, and a fleet that can safeguard exactly 1 tradespot, since if I split it it will be overwhelmed. I also can't afford to replace losses.
Key seems to be to balance your economic development; being opportunistic is the main thing, you dont want victories, you want CHEAP victories ;P
So far I really like the game; it gives quite a challenge on the strategic front without feeling ridiculously slanted towards the AI.
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