Quote[/b] (KukriKhan @ Dec. 04 2002,14:56)]Hi
RunAway, welcome to theOrg
First, I assume you have downloaded the patch.
Second: I'm no expert, but I've played the Byzie's, so I'm just taking a stab at answering your questions.
#1: when you have the campaign map up, press v...that lights up each ocean area where you have a ship. You need an unbroken string of them. Make certain you have trading posts and ports. You get more florins from provinces you don't own. If you own both Greece & Constantinople, you only get the land-based trade rate, even with a ship between them. Consider expanding you fleet.
#2: You'll see several Crusades that sputter and just sit for years without reaching its objective (mirroring history), slowly losing people year-by-year. I've always kept a superior force next door, in case they get frisky, but they never have after sitting 2-3 years. I just check them each year to make sure their guys are deserting.
#3: Crusades aren't very concerned with amassing land assets (like regular armies are), only getting to their objective (then holding that province as long as possible). As you've no doubt seen, they build huge armies usually; esp the English, because they pick up volunteers from the other Catholic factions along the way, so they're massive by the time they get to Byzie-land. If they're going to a province I don't own, and I think I don't have what it takes to stop them at my door, I get out of their way, let them pass, then retake control after they're gone.
Edit: Oops, stepped on
Naagi's toes. Sorry m8. Great minds think alike
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