Build farms!

**USMCNJ** · 10-15-2004, 10:48

i've noticed alot of people telling everyone to stop building farms.
why?!!?
Squalor, there is a way around it.
step 1
Build a farm.
This increases your income as well as your population growth. More people = more money.

step 2
Pull the garison out.
When the city becomes expensive to control (population about 25,000), pull the garrison out.

step 3
Sell the city.
In the same turn sell the city to your enemy, or someone you plan to attack. Get good money for it too.

step 4
Take the city back.
In the same turn put the garrison back into the city. The new owners have not had a chance to do anything.

step 5
Exterminate.
Exterminate the population brings it down to about 8,000-10,000. and give you about 20,000-40,000

Now you have to rebuild some demaged buildings, but the price you got for extermination, is way more than this cost. The farms and other advanced building in this city will bring the population back up quickly.

step 6
Repeat.
do this again ang again when the city population reaches 25,000. usually every 30-40 years.

Alternitive.
Don't have any enemies?
Step 1
Build farms

Step 2
Train a diplomat.

Step 3
Move the army out.

Step 4
Let the city revolt.

Step 5
a) if the rioters have a good army let them leave the city to attack you.
run away from the battle (because you peassant garrison will get killed)
bribe the army (usually costs 1000-2000), besiege the city
b) If the rioters have a bad army, besiege the city.

Step 6
exterminate

Step 7
rebuild and repeat

**Emren** · 10-15-2004, 11:13

Man, why do you even play this game?

**The_Emperor** · 10-15-2004, 11:13

You cannot do this with a rebellious city because when it revolts you get a rebel army turn up.

I did it once in carthage and a new Carthaginian army appeared in the city complete with War Elephants (and walls cannot be removed from a city to make it easier to take)... It was a nightmare retaking the place in order to exterminate again and reduce squalor and unrest.

Also often such an army cannot be bribed.

**USMCNJ** · 10-15-2004, 11:38

Originally Posted by The_Emperor

You cannot do this with a rebellious city because when it revolts you get a rebel army turn up.

I did it once in carthage and a new Carthaginian army appeared in the city complete with War Elephants (and walls cannot be removed from a city to make it easier to take)... It was a nightmare retaking the place in order to exterminate again and reduce squalor and unrest.

Also often such an army cannot be bribed.

but you can still sell it and take it back, you don't have to hold a siege, there's no one in there.

**Vlad Tzepes** · 10-15-2004, 11:43

Man... this is so...

nazi effectiveness... I'm not sure that should be the spirit of the game.

**Patricius** · 10-15-2004, 13:29

Peasant garrisons and monthly games, if needed, solved all problems. Deliberately provoking revolts is silly.

The city information contains two squalor meaurements: one related to health and the other sentiment? Which is the related to the squalor so much complained about?