Is this possible

[Krauser]

Now I'm sort of new to RTW but it doesn't seem possible to have like 5 provinces and already have 220,000 denarii. You think they got a special preview version with a cheat for money or is this really possible? I mean like 50 years have passed in their game but how could they have so few provinces after that many turns and so much money. They must have just been sitting there doing nothing. I just started and chose Julii so maybe it's different for the faction they chose. I don't know.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/....html?page=137

[King of Atlantis]

Its no differnt every faction starts with the same amount of money. It is possible to have that much money, they have just been sitting on their provinces building up their economy. Its a strategy that works, but is to boring for me.

[TonyJ]

From what I remember, the Brutii are an incredibly rich faction from the outset because of the provinces they control.

It's the complete opposite with the Julii (my favourite faction ) as they really, really struggle for cash early on.

Hate to think what sort of corruption hit those settlements are taking with that size treasury mind !!

[Dutch_guy]

yes the Brutii are the richest of the Romans, still only because they have quick expansion possibilitys to greech and Asia-Minor.

However on that pic. they do not seem to hold really rich provinces , only thapsus, and Libyum ( sp ? city on Sicily ) and thermon,and their italian city's- at least that is what I can make out from the screenshot.

So the only thing what they could have done , is cheat , or just built economic structures only - and / or just have very very small army's.

[IliaDN]

It is possible if use looting tactics ( exterminate population in enemy's city and then withdraw troops to raid another enemy's province ) and sell maps ...

[Conqueror]

It's the temples. Brutii gets the one that increases trade income. Couple that with diplomacy (keeping peace & trade rights with other factions) and the Denarii just come pouring in.

I played a Numidian campaign (Mundus Magnus mod) where I built lots of temples to Milqart (icreases trade) and always built bazaars and ports to my cities first. Once I got to a point that I had destroyed Carthage & Iberians and forced peace with Romans, my income just exploded. I had 1,6+ million Denarii when I begun my "war" against the Ptolemaic empire and after I bribed away most of their armies and cities, I still had over 1 million left. Really, my diplomats were an unbeatable weapon

[Maedhros]

If ever we can do multiplayer strat games I sense spies and assasins will be big.

Very big.