To enslave or exterminate?

**the_rydster** · 12-10-2004, 20:16

I am currently playing my first barbarian campaign as the Britons. Having now conquered about 6 areas now I am finding cash a little tough to come by. The setting are VH/VH and I have made efforts to build up my economy.

So far I have been systematically enslaving as I go, in my last campaign (first as well) I systematically exterminated but I figured with the brits such a 'bltzkrieg' tactic would run out of steam, so a more long term stategy of building up my economy/population was needed.

What is the best thing to do?

**Ldvs** · 12-10-2004, 21:02

It depends on the cities. The ones with a tremendous population growth like Carthage, some Egyptian cities "require" extermination (you get a substantial income from looting and reduce the unrest). Reversely I've found out that barbarian cities take a long time to grow so I prefer enslaving them.
If you're running out of cash choose the extermination though

**m4rt14n** · 12-11-2004, 03:44

Forget that. Multi enslave the cities.. :D

**Mikemyers64** · 12-11-2004, 04:22

envlaving cities always gets me a revolt from the croud so i always put them to the sword

**Maltz** · 12-11-2004, 07:27

To enslave is certainly preferred when you are not urgently needing money. You keep the pop. to beef up other places and you usually have a huge pop. boom (as high as 100% happiness) after a lot of enslavement in the region.

Or else you can exterminate first, then lose the town (either as a gift or by its own revolt), then enslave again to receive the same enslavement public order bonus.

**KiOwA** · 12-11-2004, 15:55

You might not even want to enslave if the population is just a couple of thousand... it would take ages for the population to regenerate.

**R3dD0g** · 12-11-2004, 16:11

Originally Posted by the_rydster

I am currently playing my first barbarian campaign as the Britons. Having now conquered about 6 areas now I am finding cash a little tough to come by. The setting are VH/VH and I have made efforts to build up my economy.

So far I have been systematically enslaving as I go, in my last campaign (first as well) I systematically exterminated but I figured with the brits such a 'bltzkrieg' tactic would run out of steam, so a more long term stategy of building up my economy/population was needed.

What is the best thing to do?

In the early game, like this, I find little difference between enslavement / extermination. In fact, I just go ahead and occupy until I reach a city well over the 6K mark - usually around 8K I'll start worrying about it.

**anti_strunt** · 12-11-2004, 17:59

If I've learned one thing, it's to always, always put every egyptian you can find to the sword. They reproduce like rabbits!

**Didz** · 12-11-2004, 18:07

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill them all.

Any city which rebels against my rule or forces my armies to assualt its walls is automatically put to the sword.

**nokhor** · 12-11-2004, 18:14

Didz,

you wouldn't happen to "want to see blood, want to see blood for a week, want to bathe in their blood" would you?

**master of the puppets** · 12-11-2004, 18:23

slay

kill

destroy

anahilate

its the barbarian way (roman too) if they fight you and do not accept your rull da da da daaaaaaa

KILLLLLLLL

**Oaty** · 12-12-2004, 02:43

I found enslaving is the better way to go. I conquered 90 territories and only extermitated 4 of them. The 3 nile cities and Corduba. The rest of the high populace cities are usually not a problem as they are usually a decent distance from your capital so you do'nt get that big penalty. The only reason Corduba and Egyptian cities is a problem is the distance to capital problem. Romans should not have a problem with Carthage as I've heard so many times. For some cities I go to conquer I bring a baggage train .... a stack of peasants following behind the army to garrison the city after I conquer it. If it;s north of Patavium I enslave it just so the population can actually grow.

**TheDuck** · 12-12-2004, 10:10

Originally Posted by nokhor

Didz,

you wouldn't happen to "want to see blood, want to see blood for a week, want to bathe in their blood" would you?

LMAO

**FURRY_BOOTS** · 12-12-2004, 19:14

early in a campaign i occupy settlements, generally there nearer my setlement.& less likely to rebel the further away i get i enslave, to bolster my other settlements,
i find the nearer you come to destroying a faction the more unrest there is so crucifiction is the way