good job listing all the richest provinces of the medieval world.
However, by the time you are done taking those, you will be at war with soo many factions, it's not even funny.
BTW, 30k is not that rare at all. I've pulled off 50k profits. The key is to really upgrade the merchants of the rich provinces.
half of these you list is already enough for that.
I first stabilise my borders by going for a quick land grab if i'm playing a smaller faction or one that would benefit from a couple of coastal provinces. Perhaps bribe local rebels (thinking Aragon there). And then concentrate on getting a good economy, mainly through trade.
''I DON'T. Buy the tomatoes with. The stems. On them. They don't. Degrade. They go. Down the sink. And into the WATER. Then. They get lodged in the throats of little. OTTERS.''
C Walken.
I dont worry about staying true to history, i just build up my economy and occasionally take an enemy province if the opportunity arrises, then once im nicely established i will just overwhelm my enemies with superior troops and technology
"Wishazu does his usual hero thing and slices all the zombies to death, wiping out yet another horde." - Askthepizzaguy, Resident Evil: Dark Falls
"Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical"
Sun Tzu the Art of War
Blue eyes for our samurai
Red blood for his sword
Your ronin days are over
For your home is now the Org
By Gregoshi
I try to take rebel territory and at the same time get a trade network going so that I can build for armor, morale and weapon upgrades before going campaigning.
In medmod I'll try desperately to take nearby provinces with valour upgrades for basic units (northumb. for archers, navarre for spearmen, brittany for hobilars...). This makes a huge difference.
I used to go with the "stabilize economy, then build up, then expand" approach. However, lately, i've taken disliking to this way of playing. The AI is really bad at upgrading its troops and infrastruture. By the time, my armies ar high-tech, the AI is usually still living in the stone age so my troops can steam-roll over any futile AI resistance. Therefore, to keep myself interested, nowadays I go for straight war and land-grab from day one. I overextend myself and then try to survive it :)
Kristaps aka Kurlander
A Livonian Rebel
I take as much rebel land as possible. For some factions I make deliberate choices to expand in the most financially advantegous direction i.e. Poles - go north to Baltic, Hungary - west to Kiev. I also try to get 20% farms going ASAP.
Once I've stabilized a nice group of provinces I build trade.
E Tenebris Lux
Just one old soldiers opinion.
We need MP games without the oversimplifications required for 'good' AI.
It all depends on what faction I am playing. If I am playing a faction that is big to start – HRE, Byzantium, Italy or Egypt – I tend to try to become economically balanced while securing my borders. I do some expansion when playing as Italy to get rebel territories like Serbia and Naples (if it falls in to rebel hands early…)
If I play a smaller faction – Turks, Danes, Polish, Spanish – I generally go for aggressive early expansion followed by becoming economically balanced. I think you need more territories when you are small to start building and cranking out troops – it can be scary early as the Danes when you see the HRE just to your south with thousands of troops and you with a few royal knights, a few Vikings and maybe an archer unit and a spear unit or two.
If I play the English or French, I try to wipe out the French or English, then secure my borders and expand my economy.
With the Almos, I try to wipe out Spain & Aragon and secure the Iberian pensinsula at Navarre & Aragon and then work on my economy. If I can secure Iberia, I only have 3 territories I need to mass troops in to defend borders, two with mountainous terrain and 1 with desert terrain.
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