money..help!!

[hitman00]

hey guys...

this is my 1st post one here

the problem I have when playing most nations is after awhile..my money is deep into the red...

am I attacking to fast?

and therefore have to many cities?

any advice will help..
thanks

[YAKOBU]

Hi Hitman00

Welcome to the org

I have only played a few factions in RTW but have not found having too many cities to be a problem. I try to just use my initial starting troops to begin with while building up my income builds such as roads, ports and markets whilst ensuring my diplomats are striving to get trade agreements with all factions. I do not even use the sale of maps as find this was giving me too much income in earlier patches. I try to keep a key few towns for building units whilst the rest are built for income generation. I also try not to keep excessive troops in the field and garrisons to a minimum. With these few tips I have succesfully completed a few campaigns on single player and play by e-mail campaigns.

I hope this helps you on your way.

[IliaDN]

Also try to garrison your towns with cheapest units ( peasants will do ) , because quality of units does not matter.

[professorspatula]

Early on, I tend to prioritise the construction of the most profitable buildings for each settlement. Ports are first priority, then possibly paved roads and traders. Also, don't feel you have to build every type of barracks and stables in every settlement. Have one settlement focus on cavalry, another on infantry, and one on missiles. That way you save yourself several thousands of denarii to waste on throwing expensive parties, or rather on your armies. Finally, for your most secure settlements (ones where the enemy can't get to without going through others first), don't waste money on garrisoning expensive troops. Peasants and militia will do. Once you have a secure financial base, move on to the next city and take it by force. The extra income will be welcome. Don't worry if you see negative incomes on the strategy map for your cities, they're all still adding income.

Also...

At the very beginning of the campaign, you can sometimes get a 1000 denarii or so from your neighbouring factions by asking for money in return for a trade treaty. After the first turn or two, that no longer works though and they have the cheek to ask you for money instead. Another way to get money from the AI (aside from the selling of maps), is to ask for money whenever they ask something of you. For example, if they force you into becoming their protectorate - always ask for money before agreeing. You should be able to wrestle 5,000 or more out of them, but aim higher and really drain their coffers.

[hitman00]

thanks guys...really try these tips out...cause it looks like a great game


one other question...in single i see you can only play as the 3 roman armies....how do you unlock or get to play with the other countries??

thanks again

[Copperhaired Berserker!]

Well you can unlock ALL playable factions by completing the game with Romans doing any difficulty or length of campaign I'd advise to play easy and short campaign. Now when I said "playable factions" I meant the only ones you could unlock. Aparrently RTW wasn't completely finished so not all factions were able to be played. Don't worry because you can get loads of mods for RTW which can unlock all factions.

[hitman00]

what faction will be availible when u unlock it??

o yeah how do I keep my cities happy?should i build every posible building?

how can you get more faction leaders?cause there are many cities with out any leaders in them?

thanks